anyone had this problem?

hi, this is my first post, but i've searched all over for this problem w/ no luck.

i've had win7 up and running on my main computer, but i'm having trouble getting it working on my lenovo thinkpad t60. I install just fine, and can begin to install programs (avg, office, firefox, chrome, etc. media player classic hc)

sometime after running updates and installs, explorer crashes, and restarts, and then things start going wrong. all/most of the icons in the start menu are gone. applications I installed no longer run. if i try to run an .exe file from explorer (after restart) nothing happens.

Then on a reboot of the system, i can't get past the login screen because of personal profile services failure message (no #'s or code to give).


I also tried the OEM image of vista (factory original settings) and get similar results.

Has anyone experienced anything similar to this? Is there a setting somewhere deep in the bios or something i'm missing? please help!

thank you

To clarify - the same or similar problem occurs in Windows 7 and also on a clean install of Vista? No dual boot?

If yes, you have a BIOS problem or hardware failure.

Antman said:

To clarify - the same or similar problem occurs in Windows 7 and also on a clean install of Vista? No dual boot?

If yes, you have a BIOS problem or hardware failure.

the exact same problem. no dual boot. clean system both times.

I just saw a hdd setting in the bios. ahci vs. compatability mode? could that be something?

rakhero said:

Antman said:

To clarify - the same or similar problem occurs in Windows 7 and also on a clean install of Vista? No dual boot?

If yes, you have a BIOS problem or hardware failure.

the exact same problem. no dual boot. clean system both times.

I just saw a hdd setting in the bios. ahci vs. compatability mode? could that be something?

Change it. Test. Report.

Antman said:

rakhero said:

Antman said:

To clarify - the same or similar problem occurs in Windows 7 and also on a clean install of Vista? No dual boot?

If yes, you have a BIOS problem or hardware failure.

the exact same problem. no dual boot. clean system both times.

I just saw a hdd setting in the bios. ahci vs. compatability mode? could that be something?

Change it. Test. Report.

changed it. tried it. still same problem.

rakhero said:

changed it. tried it. still same problem.

A reasonable indication that the problem is caused by something else. brb

thanks. will try new clean install. how do i get bios update?

all help is greatly appreciated. thx

Download the bios update from the mobo manufacturer

Ken