I meant devices with drivers. It's them who can cause a system to behave strange. At which point does the startup process stop? Maybe you could deactivate a couple of components such as video card,...

It's probably a driver that causes the hangup. Did you install any devices before the problems started?

Yes. Maybe you have a good friend who will test it in his computer.




Michael

Since we don't know your operating system, try this:

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/263809/en-us

I don't know about the SA64CHK.DLL.




Michael

Puke on a laptop doesn't sound like a software problem.

But how do you want us to help you when even the tech guy, who has the computer right there, needs to open it up? Kids ARE expensive.


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It could happen that your hardrive is saying goodbye to this world very soon. Try to backup your data on CD-R/W or memory stick.




It probably means you have activeX disabled which is a good...

Did you look for and install the most recent drivers for your wireless card?

You can use something like ThightVNC to control your Tower PC from your laptop, but if you want to use the ressources of your tower with your laptop, then you would need a server OS. At least as far...

Maybe you could disable power management in the bios to see if it helps? Did you by the way install any drivers recently?




Michael