Took my Dell Inspiron 1545 to a technician today. It turns out that I had conflicts in my startup programs. I had quite a few and he also felt that perhaps Avast Internet Security may also have...

Hey You! Thanks! The problem is I can't stay signed on the desktop long enough to accomplish anything so these routes into safe mode just don't cut it.

I guess I am just going to have to wipe...

Hi Gary! I may actually have to do that I was just hoping to avoid it. I have so many things I will lose by doing that including having to rebuild my iTunes collection.

Specifically when I get the new stupid frowny-face blue screen of death the error says: SYSTEM THREAD EXCEPTION NOT HANDLED. I would really hate to have to wipe this computer clean and start from...

How did you try to enter Safe Mode?

I have tried: F8, Shift-F8, Shift-Restart none of which have worked.

How did you try to upgrade?

Actually it was a nearly automatic download from...

I feel frazzled and abandoned. Since downloading the Windows 10 update last week my laptop has been rendered completely useless. I can boot it up, sign into windows but in less than 3 minutes I...