The only things that auto start windows are CCC (ATI drivers), Hitman Pro and speedfan. I installed Hitman after the problem first occurred. No virus scanner, no malware scanner other than that. Nothing of the other things you suggest.
Tried the taskmanager, but it (taskmanager) freezes up as well...
The only programmes I frequently use are Firefox, Chrome, iTunes and Live Messenger.
Oh and the GPU's are extremely power-efficient, they only use 90W each.
Hi Tews,
450w is indeed tight yes, and for sure with any hard gaming it will get into trouble.
But he stated it has been running solid for 4 months.
Plus, if a graphic card fails, the lights go out.
He is just typing and the browser works, but the rest freezes.
Looks like an explorer crash.
And since it crashes a short while after login, I think it must be something that loads on boot.
And I saw a remark about Logitech setpoint.
Could very well be the culprit.
That or any other program that starts with windows.
Ok.
Ditch speedfan first. It diggs very deep in your system and even the maker of the program states it is at your own risk.
Do you have the latest catalyst 9.7?
uninstall MSN also.
You have to first start as clean as possible and then one by one reinstall, to see where it goes wrong.
Have you read other stories about Explorer crashes here in SevenForums. My own, this with Logitech Setpoint I mentioned earlier, you can find here. Here is another story, here one more. Searching the forum you'll find you are not alone with your problem, and that somebody might already have a solution. This is a big forum, the best you'll find, with lot of geeks who really know what they are talking.
Hope you can solve this.
Kari
Thanks for all the responses and suggestions! I didn't expect all of that so soon. I am going to try a system restore next, but maybe not today since I have some things to arrange for my school first (I'm going to university next year).
If the problem is solved, I will let you know!
I removed MSN, speedfan and some programme called relevantknowledge that I didnt remember installing, turned out to be spyware, and now everything seems to be fine.
Again, thanks for all the help!
Spyware hmmm that will do it. That's one of the reasons I don't like helping people who havn't at least tried to reinstall Win7 first because that seems to solve 98 percent of the problems. I've been using setpoint since day one never caused a crash for me.
It's a pain to install them because the set point drivers havn't passed the Windows certification process, but the ones for the G-15 keyboard have been certified so they install easily.
You should uninstall the set point drivers first and then reboot. Once at desk-top right click the set point drivers and choose run in Vista compatability mode, the drivers will fail to install with a warning message... but then just wait approx ten seconds....... after which point Windows will prompt you to reinstall the drivers with different settings, choose to let Windows reinstall the drivers for you.
After that let the the program open up, double click on settings at which point it should ask if you want your mouse associated with this program, say yes and adjust settings. This procedure works for me everytime.
Logitech really needs to get those drivers approved, i'm not sure what the hold up is.
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