Exit button [X] on application window not working

Exit button [X] on application window not working O.o

#1 duckne55

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Posted 02 July 2010 - 07:59 AM

not working for anything, even task manager.
I'm suspecting a virus so running a scan now with Avira.
Btw its my laptop, this is my desktop ;)

EDIT: also, apparently, regular pop-up dialog boxes, strangely enough, are missing the cancel/yes/no/ok/etc buttons
EDIT2: and i forgot to mention i cant move windows, minimize or maximize

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Posted 02 July 2010 - 11:22 AM

Can you connect to the Microsoft website?

Windows Update?

Your AV website?

Any websites?

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Posted 02 July 2010 - 11:30 AM

yes
yes
yes (avira)
yes
AV scan turned up clean

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Posted 02 July 2010 - 11:40 AM

Try running chkdsk /r command. Start/Run...type chkdsk /r and hit Enter. Type Y in new screen and hit Enter. Reboot.

Command will run before booting system into Vista.

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Posted 02 July 2010 - 11:43 AM

doing it now

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Posted 02 July 2010 - 11:56 AM

Got an error, something about cannot access disk to read or something like that
EDIT: and [x] and all that Jazz still does not work

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Posted 02 July 2010 - 03:50 PM

Can you be more precise...when quoting error messages?

There are literally hundreds of them possible...and they don't have a generic answer for all of them.

The higher the quality of data you present...the likelier that someone will suggest something that helps, IMO.

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Posted 02 July 2010 - 09:30 PM

Direct quote:
Checking volume (C:):
The type of file system on this volume is NTFS
Cannot open volume for direct access
windows have finished checking the disk
......(yeah it has this dots)
then it reboots

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Posted 03 July 2010 - 06:31 AM

ok there is definitely something fishy going around here.
So I wanted to do a system restore to yesterday (before the problem started), figured it would be easier than waiting for an answer.
then when i clicked next, it prompted me that C:\ might have an error and hence they could not perform a system restore, it wanted me to start chkdsk (which obviously did not want to start either).
(note the system restore did not take place)
So I wanted to try booting into safe mode and re-scan the computer, turns out safe mode is ALSO screwing me (it gave me the mouse and a black screen for a few seconds and the computer rebooted)
What do now?

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Posted 03 July 2010 - 07:32 AM

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/823439

What SP is installed on the system?

Typically, a black screen with the mouse pointer in the upper left corner...indicates a problem with the MBR.

System manufacturer and model?

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Posted 03 July 2010 - 07:40 AM

Vista SP2
Compaq
no idea whats the model, i'll check and edit this post
EDIT: still have no idea, but i can take a screen shot with speccy if you like

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Posted 03 July 2010 - 08:00 AM

You can try running chkntfs /d, then rebooting and trying the chkdsk /r command anew.

Do you have any utilities like Perfect Disk or Diskkeeper...scheduled to run at boot?

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Posted 03 July 2010 - 08:18 AM

Diskeeper, but not scheduled to run at boot.

I tried running chkntfs but the command prompt disappeared in a flash (i assumed it worked and rebooted)
after reboot nothing happened, i ran chkntfs again, rebooted again, nothing happened. (i assumed it worked also)
then i ran chkdsk, nothing happened.
curiouser and curiouser?

EDIT: oh and solitaire does not work lol

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Posted 03 July 2010 - 10:11 AM

Are you running any registry cleaners?

Seems to me that you have system files missing or damaged...or you could possibly have hard drive problems.

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