Windows 8.1 context after boot

Having read all the articles on fixing context menus I cannot find a solution for the exact issue I am seeing.
When I boot my PC I can right click and select 'open' on my PC. I can then quite happily bring up the context menu on any folder on my drive.
However for a period of around 10-15 seconds I an unable to select anything displayed on my desktop. After which period everything works fine until the next reboot.
My PC is a Lenovo T440s that was shipped with windows 8 and has been upgraded to windows 8.1.
I have tried disabling all non-Microsoft extensions using shexview and has tried safe mode but the problem still exists.

Hi,
Firstly, please check Event Viewer if it identify this problem.
Secondly, this problem should be caused by Explorer.exe process crash or hung, when this problem occures agagin, please open
Task Manager, right click Windows Explorer process, then click
Create dump file. In the end, upload the dump file and share with us.
Thirdly, check and upgrade Graphic driver for test.
Roger Lu
TechNet Community Support

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<?xml version="1.0"?>
<Results><Errors>8</Errors><Warnings>0</Warnings><RetVal>-2147467259</RetVal><DeploymentType>CUSTOM</DeploymentType><Messages><![CDATA[FAILURE ( 5456 ): Unable to determine Destination Disk, Partition, and/or Drive. See BDD.LOG for more information.
Litetouch deployment failed, Return Code = -2147467259 0x80004005
Failed to run the action: Apply Windows PE.
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Unknown error (Error: 00001550; Source: Unknown)
Task Sequence Engine failed! Code: enExecutionFail
Task sequence execution failed with error code 80004005
Error Task Sequence Manager failed to execute task sequence. Code 0x80004005]]></Messages></Results>
I have not only regenerated my boot files while updating my deployment share, I have completely rebuilt the MDT 2012 deployment share from scratch, and I'm still getting the exact same errors. I can't figure out what is causing this. The only hits for these
errors seemed to say that the -214... error is likely related to a missing file, but I don't know how to figure out what that might be. I don't know what the FAILURE ( 5456 ) could be caused by, either, although it seems to be related to not knowing what partition
should be imaged or imaged to. I haven't been able to find any reference to MDT needing a partition to image from/to set in a CS.ini property or in a task variable.
I am running a modified version of the Sysprep and Capture Task Sequence (set up as described at http://bjtechnews.org/2012/06/01/mdt-2012-capturing-a-reference-image-part-ii/, it's basically the default settings for that TS with the sysprep step disabled and
the "Set Image Folder" task variable created per that post--I ran sysprep myself, manually, on the machine before shutting it down to boot from USB) after booting a Dell Latitude 10 tablet from a USB drive created by extracting the contents of the
MDT 2012 DeploymentShare$\Boot\LiteTouchpe_x86.iso to a FAT32-formatted volume.

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<![LOG[VSSMaxSize not specified using 5% of volume.]LOG]!><time="21:18:42.000+000" date="07-23-2013" component="LTICleanup" context="" type="1" thread="" file="LTICleanup">
<![LOG[Logs contained 8 errors and 0 warnings.]LOG]!><time="21:18:42.000+000" date="07-23-2013" component="LTICleanup" context="" type="1" thread="" file="LTICleanup">
<![LOG[No Windows PE image to delete.]LOG]!><time="21:18:42.000+000" date="07-23-2013" component="LTICleanup" context="" type="1" thread="" file="LTICleanup">
<![LOG[Stripping BDD commands from unattend.xml template.]LOG]!><time="21:18:42.000+000" date="07-23-2013" component="LTICleanup" context="" type="1" thread="" file="LTICleanup">
<![LOG[Modified unattend.xml saved to C:\windows\panther\unattend.xml]LOG]!><time="21:18:42.000+000" date="07-23-2013" component="LTICleanup" context="" type="1" thread="" file="LTICleanup">
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<![LOG[testing drive Z: mapped to \\NCSD-WDS\DeploymentShare$]LOG]!><time="21:18:43.000+000" date="07-23-2013" component="LTICleanup" context="" type="1" thread="" file="LTICleanup">
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<![LOG[Cleaning up TOOLS, SCRIPTS, and PACKAGES directories.]LOG]!><time="21:18:43.000+000" date="07-23-2013" component="LTICleanup" context="" type="1" thread="" file="LTICleanup">
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<![LOG[No value found for JoinDomain]LOG]!><time="00:55:56.000+000" date="07-24-2013" component="ZTIConfigure" context="" type="1" thread="" file="ZTIConfigure">
<![LOG[No value found for MachineObjectOU]LOG]!><time="00:55:56.000+000" date="07-24-2013" component="ZTIConfigure" context="" type="1" thread="" file="ZTIConfigure">
<![LOG[No value found for JoinWorkgroup]LOG]!><time="00:55:56.000+000" date="07-24-2013" component="ZTIConfigure" context="" type="1" thread="" file="ZTIConfigure">
<![LOG[No value found for DomainAdmin]LOG]!><time="00:55:56.000+000" date="07-24-2013" component="ZTIConfigure" context="" type="1" thread="" file="ZTIConfigure">
<![LOG[<Message containing password has been suppressed>]LOG]!><time="00:55:56.000+000" date="07-24-2013" component="ZTIConfigure" context="" type="1" thread="" file="ZTIConfigure">
<![LOG[No value found for InputLocale]LOG]!><time="00:55:56.000+000" date="07-24-2013" component="ZTIConfigure" context="" type="1" thread="" file="ZTIConfigure">
<![LOG[No value found for Language]LOG]!><time="00:55:57.000+000" date="07-24-2013" component="ZTIConfigure" context="" type="1" thread="" file="ZTIConfigure">
<![LOG[No value found for LanguageGroup]LOG]!><time="00:55:57.000+000" date="07-24-2013" component="ZTIConfigure" context="" type="1" thread="" file="ZTIConfigure">
<![LOG[No value found for SystemLocale]LOG]!><time="00:55:57.000+000" date="07-24-2013" component="ZTIConfigure" context="" type="1" thread="" file="ZTIConfigure">
<![LOG[No value found for UserLocale]LOG]!><time="00:55:57.000+000" date="07-24-2013" component="ZTIConfigure" context="" type="1" thread="" file="ZTIConfigure">
<![LOG[No value found for TimeZone]LOG]!><time="00:55:57.000+000" date="07-24-2013" component="ZTIConfigure" context="" type="1" thread="" file="ZTIConfigure">
<![LOG[No value found for AutoLogon]LOG]!><time="00:55:57.000+000" date="07-24-2013" component="ZTIConfigure" context="" type="1" thread="" file="ZTIConfigure">
<![LOG[No value found for AutoLogonCount]LOG]!><time="00:55:57.000+000" date="07-24-2013" component="ZTIConfigure" context="" type="1" thread="" file="ZTIConfigure">
<![LOG[No value found for BitsPerPel]LOG]!><time="00:55:57.000+000" date="07-24-2013" component="ZTIConfigure" context="" type="1" thread="" file="ZTIConfigure">
<![LOG[No value found for Xresolution]LOG]!><time="00:55:57.000+000" date="07-24-2013" component="ZTIConfigure" context="" type="1" thread="" file="ZTIConfigure">
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<![LOG[No value found for Vrefresh]LOG]!><time="00:55:58.000+000" date="07-24-2013" component="ZTIConfigure" context="" type="1" thread="" file="ZTIConfigure">
<![LOG[No value found for AreaCode]LOG]!><time="00:55:58.000+000" date="07-24-2013" component="ZTIConfigure" context="" type="1" thread="" file="ZTIConfigure">
<![LOG[No value found for CountryCode]LOG]!><time="00:55:58.000+000" date="07-24-2013" component="ZTIConfigure" context="" type="1" thread="" file="ZTIConfigure">
<![LOG[No value found for Dialing]LOG]!><time="00:55:58.000+000" date="07-24-2013" component="ZTIConfigure" context="" type="1" thread="" file="ZTIConfigure">
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<![LOG[No value found for AutoMode]LOG]!><time="00:55:58.000+000" date="07-24-2013" component="ZTIConfigure" context="" type="1" thread="" file="ZTIConfigure">
<![LOG[No value found for AutoUsers]LOG]!><time="00:55:59.000+000" date="07-24-2013" component="ZTIConfigure" context="" type="1" thread="" file="ZTIConfigure">
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<![LOG[No value found for OSDComputerName]LOG]!><time="00:55:59.000+000" date="07-24-2013" component="ZTIConfigure" context="" type="1" thread="" file="ZTIConfigure">
<![LOG[No value found for ProductKey]LOG]!><time="00:55:59.000+000" date="07-24-2013" component="ZTIConfigure" context="" type="1" thread="" file="ZTIConfigure">
<![LOG[Removed parent of //settings[@pass="windowsPE"]/component[@name="Microsoft-Windows-Setup"]/UserData/ProductKey/Key from C:\MININT\Unattend.xml because the value was blank.]LOG]!><time="00:55:59.000+000" date="07-24-2013" component="ZTIConfigure" context="" type="1" thread="" file="ZTIConfigure">
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<![LOG[No value found for JoinDomain]LOG]!><time="00:55:59.000+000" date="07-24-2013" component="ZTIConfigure" context="" type="1" thread="" file="ZTIConfigure">
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<![LOG[No value found for DomainAdmin]LOG]!><time="00:55:59.000+000" date="07-24-2013" component="ZTIConfigure" context="" type="1" thread="" file="ZTIConfigure">
<![LOG[No value found for DomainAdminDomain]LOG]!><time="00:56:00.000+000" date="07-24-2013" component="ZTIConfigure" context="" type="1" thread="" file="ZTIConfigure">
<![LOG[<Message containing password has been suppressed>]LOG]!><time="00:56:00.000+000" date="07-24-2013" component="ZTIConfigure" context="" type="1" thread="" file="ZTIConfigure">
<![LOG[Updated C:\MININT\Unattend.xml with InstallFromPath=\\ncsd-wds\latitude10deploy$\Operating Systems\Windows 8 Pro x86\sources\install.wim (value was .\Operating Systems\Windows 8 Pro x86\Sources\install.wim)]LOG]!><time="00:56:00.000+000" date="07-24-2013" component="ZTIConfigure" context="" type="1" thread="" file="ZTIConfigure">
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<![LOG[No value found for Organization]LOG]!><time="00:56:01.000+000" date="07-24-2013" component="ZTIConfigure" context="" type="1" thread="" file="ZTIConfigure">
<![LOG[No value found for FullName]LOG]!><time="00:56:01.000+000" date="07-24-2013" component="ZTIConfigure" context="" type="1" thread="" file="ZTIConfigure">
<![LOG[No value found for BitsPerPel]LOG]!><time="00:56:01.000+000" date="07-24-2013" component="ZTIConfigure" context="" type="1" thread="" file="ZTIConfigure">
<![LOG[No value found for Xresolution]LOG]!><time="00:56:01.000+000" date="07-24-2013" component="ZTIConfigure" context="" type="1" thread="" file="ZTIConfigure">
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<![LOG[No value found for Vrefresh]LOG]!><time="00:56:01.000+000" date="07-24-2013" component="ZTIConfigure" context="" type="1" thread="" file="ZTIConfigure">
<![LOG[No value found for AreaCode]LOG]!><time="00:56:01.000+000" date="07-24-2013" component="ZTIConfigure" context="" type="1" thread="" file="ZTIConfigure">
<![LOG[No value found for CountryCode]LOG]!><time="00:56:01.000+000" date="07-24-2013" component="ZTIConfigure" context="" type="1" thread="" file="ZTIConfigure">
<![LOG[No value found for LongDistanceAccess]LOG]!><time="00:56:01.000+000" date="07-24-2013" component="ZTIConfigure" context="" type="1" thread="" file="ZTIConfigure">
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<![LOG[No value found for KeyboardLocale]LOG]!><time="00:56:02.000+000" date="07-24-2013" component="ZTIConfigure" context="" type="1" thread="" file="ZTIConfigure">
<![LOG[No value found for KeyboardLocale]LOG]!><time="00:56:02.000+000" date="07-24-2013" component="ZTIConfigure" context="" type="1" thread="" file="ZTIConfigure">
<![LOG[No value found for UserLocale]LOG]!><time="00:56:02.000+000" date="07-24-2013" component="ZTIConfigure" context="" type="1" thread="" file="ZTIConfigure">
<![LOG[No value found for UserLocale]LOG]!><time="00:56:02.000+000" date="07-24-2013" component="ZTIConfigure" context="" type="1" thread="" file="ZTIConfigure">
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<![LOG[No value found for UILanguage]LOG]!><time="00:56:03.000+000" date="07-24-2013" component="ZTIConfigure" context="" type="1" thread="" file="ZTIConfigure">
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<![LOG[No value found for Home_Page]LOG]!><time="00:56:03.000+000" date="07-24-2013" component="ZTIConfigure" context="" type="1" thread="" file="ZTIConfigure">
<![LOG[No value found for OrgName]LOG]!><time="00:56:03.000+000" date="07-24-2013" component="ZTIConfigure" context="" type="1" thread="" file="ZTIConfigure">
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<![LOG[ZTIConfigure COMPLETED. Return Value = 0]LOG]!><time="00:56:04.000+000" date="07-24-2013" component="ZTIConfigure" context="" type="1" thread="" file="ZTIConfigure">
<![LOG[ZTIConfigure processing completed successfully.]LOG]!><time="00:56:04.000+000" date="07-24-2013" component="ZTIConfigure" context="" type="1" thread="" file="ZTIConfigure">
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<![LOG[Will boot into Windows PE architecture x86 to match OS being deployed.]LOG]!><time="00:56:06.000+000" date="07-24-2013" component="LTIApply" context="" type="1" thread="" file="LTIApply">
<![LOG[DestinationOSInstallType = BYDISKPARTITION]LOG]!><time="00:56:06.000+000" date="07-24-2013" component="LTIApply" context="" type="1" thread="" file="LTIApply">
<![LOG[Found: DestinationDisk: 0]LOG]!><time="00:56:07.000+000" date="07-24-2013" component="LTIApply" context="" type="1" thread="" file="LTIApply">
<![LOG[Found: DestinationPartition: 1]LOG]!><time="00:56:07.000+000" date="07-24-2013" component="LTIApply" context="" type="1" thread="" file="LTIApply">
<![LOG[No drive mapped to Disk Partition: \\MININT-IDKMK2C\root\cimv2:Win32_DiskPartition.DeviceID="Disk #0, Partition #0"]LOG]!><time="00:56:07.000+000" date="07-24-2013" component="LTIApply" context="" type="1" thread="" file="LTIApply">
<![LOG[Unable to yield a target Partition (Special Recovery option for Litetouch).]LOG]!><time="00:56:07.000+000" date="07-24-2013" component="LTIApply" context="" type="1" thread="" file="LTIApply">
<![LOG[DestinationDisk and Partition did not yield a target Partition.]LOG]!><time="00:56:07.000+000" date="07-24-2013" component="LTIApply" context="" type="1" thread="" file="LTIApply">
<![LOG[FAILURE ( 5456 ): Unable to determine Destination Disk, Partition, and/or Drive. See BDD.LOG for more information.]LOG]!><time="00:56:07.000+000" date="07-24-2013" component="LTIApply" context="" type="3" thread="" file="LTIApply">
<![LOG[Event 41002 sent: FAILURE ( 5456 ): Unable to determine Destination Disk, Partition, and/or Drive. See BDD.LOG for more information.]LOG]!><time="00:56:08.000+000" date="07-24-2013" component="LTIApply" context="" type="1" thread="" file="LTIApply">
<![LOG[Removing AutoAdminLogon registry entries]LOG]!><time="00:56:12.000+000" date="07-24-2013" component="LTICleanup" context="" type="1" thread="" file="LTICleanup">
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<![LOG[Logs contained 8 errors and 0 warnings.]LOG]!><time="00:56:13.000+000" date="07-24-2013" component="LTICleanup" context="" type="1" thread="" file="LTICleanup">
<![LOG[No Windows PE image to delete.]LOG]!><time="00:56:13.000+000" date="07-24-2013" component="LTICleanup" context="" type="1" thread="" file="LTICleanup">
<![LOG[Stripping BDD commands from unattend.xml template.]LOG]!><time="00:56:13.000+000" date="07-24-2013" component="LTICleanup" context="" type="1" thread="" file="LTICleanup">
<![LOG[Modified unattend.xml saved to C:\windows\panther\unattend.xml]LOG]!><time="00:56:13.000+000" date="07-24-2013" component="LTICleanup" context="" type="1" thread="" file="LTICleanup">
<![LOG[Checking mapped network drive.]LOG]!><time="00:56:14.000+000" date="07-24-2013" component="LTICleanup" context="" type="1" thread="" file="LTICleanup">
<![LOG[testing drive Z: mapped to \\ncsd-wds.ncsd.local\deploymentshare$]LOG]!><time="00:56:14.000+000" date="07-24-2013" component="LTICleanup" context="" type="1" thread="" file="LTICleanup">
<![LOG[testing drive Y: mapped to \\NCSD-WDS\Latitude10Deploy$]LOG]!><time="00:56:14.000+000" date="07-24-2013" component="LTICleanup" context="" type="1" thread="" file="LTICleanup">
<![LOG[Disconnecting drive Y: mapped to \\NCSD-WDS\Latitude10Deploy$]LOG]!><time="00:56:14.000+000" date="07-24-2013" component="LTICleanup" context="" type="1" thread="" file="LTICleanup">
<![LOG[Cleaning up C:\MININT directory.]LOG]!><time="00:56:14.000+000" date="07-24-2013" component="LTICleanup" context="" type="1" thread="" file="LTICleanup">
<![LOG[Cleaning up TOOLS, SCRIPTS, and PACKAGES directories.]LOG]!><time="00:56:14.000+000" date="07-24-2013" component="LTICleanup" context="" type="1" thread="" file="LTICleanup">
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Windows 7 crashes seconds after booting up.

Windows 7 is crashing everytime I boot up into it. I'm on a Mac Pro 2010 (MacPro5,1) with OS 10.7 Lion. The installation goes fine through Boot Camp Assistant, but after the "Windows Support Software" (Boot Camp drivers), downloaded through the Boot Camp Assistant and burned to a disk, installs and restarts, Windows 7 crashes. Any ideas?
I've spoken to Apple support twice. First time the advice was to reinstall everything including the BOOTCAMP partition. I did that. Windows 7 runs just fine until the "Windows Software Support" drivers are installed. The second time I call to Apple support I'm told there is no solution for this. He said maybe I could just install the drivers manually and not install the ones I don't need and see if that helps.

I think there is some misunderstanding as to what is happening, when, and also why.
Pull all the drives other than the one Windows will be installed to.
To install Windows 7, nothing is needed.
Boot Camp Assistant included, unless you really want to share a drive with Mac OS on it also.
Nothing will get installed until after Windows is installed, and that is when Apple drivers are needed - except in some few cases (USB-DVD, MacBook Air, a trouble booting from a Windows DVD otherwise).
A Mac Pro does not need assistance booting Windows 7. It is as close as can be to a stock PC workstation.
Boot Camp from 10.6 work fine.
There has not been a tech note I've been able to find as to what BC 4.0 offers, maybe able to 'work around" the presence of the Lion Recovery partition - which itself is optional unless using FileVault2, and can be on another disk drive than the primary boot drive.
After Windows is installed is when you need to provide hardware drivers; Apple TimeServices; and others. You still will need ATI and Realtek after that.
Boot Camp 4.0 Installation & Setup Guide OS X Lion
Boot Camp 4.0, OS X Lion: Frequently asked questions
Boot Camp Support

HP Envy 15 Laptop Notebook Windows 10 Black Screen After Boot

Hello, My issue invloves my laptop notebook which is the HP Envy 15, Product Number: A9P60UAR#ABA. I recently upgraded to Windows 10 from my Windows 7 and experienced issues involving very long boot times to load to the log in screen and then all I see before I get to the login screen is a completely black screen with no curser for over a minute on average. I used to be able to load to the log in screen in an average time of 10 to 30 seconds with Windows 7. After I log into my pc and reach my desktop I tried to put my pc in sleep mode and then try to wake up from sleep mode and then the black screen that happened when I booted my computer happened for about a minute to two minutes before I was able to see the log in screen, usually with my computer completely skipping the password requirement. This issue is quite agrivating and I have reverted back to Windows 7 sinse this began to happen. I am willing to upgrade back to Windows 10 because I am able to revert back to windows 7 easily. Im not sure if I can fix this issue at this point in time with the lack of updates for drivers with my laptop some how or if others are experiencing the same problem. If there is more information required to help I will be glad to help with the information. If anyone could help it would be much appreciated.

Well..
I found my own solution, for anybody interested:
Now, I am not entirely sure if the video driver crashing is related, because it is working fine now.
But, what I did was hit F8 at boot, went to Windows recovery tools area, and ran system restore to a restore point created by Revo Uninstaller before it uninstalled the AOL Registry files, and it booted up fine.
My thinking, and probably everyone else reading this, is that when it uninstalled the AOL registry files, it must have caused some sort of problem? I scanned the Revo Uninstaller (and the crack I downloaded from PirateBay) with AVG before I even used it, and there was no virus, trojans, malware etc, etc. It was clean. So I don't think it was a virus or anything of that sort. My only thinking is that it must have uninstalled something it shouldn't have, causing Windows to stop functioning.
Don't think it was a RAM problem, because I first booted with my old 1GB module (after the restore) and it booted fine, powered down, and put my 2GB in, and it is working fine. Although I am running off of AC power right now - my battery isn't attached. That is the last variable left untested. I will most certainly post again if something goes wrong when I put my battery in.
I hope you guys want to discuss this, and maybe this will help someone else who has this problem, although mine seems pretty unique.
Josh

Windows 8.0 new dual boot GUI disappeared and replaced with text menu after installing updated 8.0 and 8.1

I upgraded my windows xp to windows 8.0 and my windows 7 to windows 8.1 for a dual boot environment. I am using BCDEDIT program. I had no problem when booting to the GUI menu OF WINDOWS 8 when I first INSTALLED Windows 8. But after the second time
I booted from a cold start it defaulted back to the old text version of the dual boot menu from the old windows xp and 7 . I have tried many times to restore the boot mgr TO GET BACK THE WINDOWS 8 GUI but I can't seem to put my
finger on the root cause remedy that would over-ride the default TEXT VERSION STYLE. I really like the Windows 8 GUI interface. Remember I am not having any problems with booting into the OS of my choice ----- just the BOOTMENUPOLICY.
Here is where I need to resolve the new from the old command. By the way Does the Bcdedit program need to be installed in both OS'S? And when original Windows 7 was installed the os partitioned a Boot 100mb. I cannot remove or delete it in my Disk Management.
Just some other tidbits to ponder from any help I would appreciate.
Thanks
Michael

Hi,
What's the status of your current system boot option? Please check and make sure Windows 8.1 or Windows 8 was first boot.
Roger Lu
TechNet Community Support

Windows 8.1 won't boot after repair loop fix

I have a 1 year old Gateway desktop with Windows 8.1 installed at the factory so I have no Install disk. My problem began when the computer went into a repair/recovery loop which I found out is a common unresolved bug for Windows 8.1. After hours and hours
of internet search and trial and error I was able to get the repair loop resolved by going into command prompt and typing "bcdedit /set {default} recoveryenabled No}". I then tried rebooting and the Recovery page came up stating:
Your PC needs to be repaired.
The operating system couldn't be loaded because a required file is missing or contains errors.
File: NETIO.SYS
Error code: 0xc000000f
When I tried all of the options to address this problem none of them worked. I can't even boot into safe mode. Any suggestions?

Hi Boomer3s,
Can we boot into the Windows Recovery Environment now (Restart and keep pressing "Shift")?
If the Windows Recovery Environment is not available ,we can choose to boot from a installation media .We can make a Windows 8.1 installation media here.
Create installation media for Windows 8.1
http://windows.microsoft.com/en-HK/windows-8/create-reset-refresh-media
a)      Insert the installation DVD or USB and boot Windows 8.1 from it.
b)      In the ‘Windows setup’ page select the ‘Language to install’, ‘Time and currency format’ and the ‘keyboard or input method’ and click on ‘next’.
c)       Click on ‘Repair your computer’ and select ‘Troubleshoot’.
d)      Click on ‘Advanced options’ and select ‘Automatic Repair’ and select the operating system.Or the "System restore option "
Hope this helps
Best regards
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Windows 8.1 Boot Camp Screen is blank after boot

I installed Windows 8.1 Pro on my Macbook Air mid-2012 running 10.9.5 Mavericks and Bootcamp Assistant to create the install usb and download the windows drivers. After booting however, the screen always goes blank after the windows logo. I've tried an external monitor with no luck. I've verified I have the latest SMC and EFI firmware installed. I've tried using external usb keyboard/mouse. I've scoured the web for other things to try, but most people with this problem say you need to update your EFI, but mine is already updated.
I was able to boot into the 8.1 install via VMware fusion. That worked since it was using the VmWare video driver.
I've been unable to get 8.1 to boot into safe mode. Does anyone have an idea of what could be going on?
Jonathan

Are using a USB3 drive? If yes, please find a USB2 drive be able to load the KVM drivers. The Windows installer does not have a USB3 driver.
If you have installed Windows using EFI Boot, you will run into Graphics/Audio issues.

Can't boot into Windows 8.1 partition after apple store repair

Can't boot into Windows 8.1 partition after apple store repair
I went to the apple store about a week ago to get my screen fixed, and when I get it back I don't have an option to boot into my windows partition. The bootcamp partition is still there, but I can't boot into it. I can still see all of the files on the drive. When I try to boot into windows from the startup disc setting I get "no bootable device — insert boot disk and press any key” on a black screen. I went in for a dead pixel, and the guy at the genius bar ran something on my computer and went into disk utility application. I’m not sure what he was doing, but obviously that’s what messed up my windows partition. How can I be able to boot back into windows? Here's what disk utility looks like on my computer.

Here's the output
00000000 eb 52 90 4e 54 46 53 20 20 20 20 00 02 08 00 00 |.R.NTFS .....|
00000010 00 00 00 00 00 f8 00 00 3f 00 ff 00 00 b0 0e 2b |........?......+|
00000020 00 00 00 00 80 00 80 00 ff bf 2e 0f 00 00 00 00 |................|
00000030 00 00 0c 00 00 00 00 00 02 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 |................|
00000040 f6 00 00 00 01 00 00 00 05 92 d3 74 c4 d3 74 aa |...........t..t.|
00000050 00 00 00 00 fa 33 c0 8e d0 bc 00 7c fb 68 c0 07 |.....3.....|.h..|
00000060 1f 1e 68 66 00 cb 88 16 0e 00 66 81 3e 03 00 4e |..hf......f.>..N|
00000070 54 46 53 75 15 b4 41 bb aa 55 cd 13 72 0c 81 fb |TFSu..A..U..r...|
00000080 55 aa 75 06 f7 c1 01 00 75 03 e9 dd 00 1e 83 ec |U.u.....u.......|
00000090 18 68 1a 00 b4 48 8a 16 0e 00 8b f4 16 1f cd 13 |.h...H..........|
000000a0 9f 83 c4 18 9e 58 1f 72 e1 3b 06 0b 00 75 db a3 |.....X.r.;...u..|
000000b0 0f 00 c1 2e 0f 00 04 1e 5a 33 db b9 00 20 2b c8 |........Z3... +.|
000000c0 66 ff 06 11 00 03 16 0f 00 8e c2 ff 06 16 00 e8 |f...............|
000000d0 4b 00 2b c8 77 ef b8 00 bb cd 1a 66 23 c0 75 2d |K.+.w......f#.u-|
000000e0 66 81 fb 54 43 50 41 75 24 81 f9 02 01 72 1e 16 |f..TCPAu$....r..|
000000f0 68 07 bb 16 68 52 11 16 68 09 00 66 53 66 53 66 |h...hR..h..fSfSf|
00000100 55 16 16 16 68 b8 01 66 61 0e 07 cd 1a 33 c0 bf |U...h..fa....3..|
00000110 0a 13 b9 f6 0c fc f3 aa e9 fe 01 90 90 66 60 1e |.............f`.|
00000120 06 66 a1 11 00 66 03 06 1c 00 1e 66 68 00 00 00 |.f...f.....fh...|
00000130 00 66 50 06 53 68 01 00 68 10 00 b4 42 8a 16 0e |.fP.Sh..h...B...|
00000140 00 16 1f 8b f4 cd 13 66 59 5b 5a 66 59 66 59 1f |.......fY[ZfYfY.|
00000150 0f 82 16 00 66 ff 06 11 00 03 16 0f 00 8e c2 ff |....f...........|
00000160 0e 16 00 75 bc 07 1f 66 61 c3 a1 f6 01 e8 09 00 |...u...fa.......|
00000170 a1 fa 01 e8 03 00 f4 eb fd 8b f0 ac 3c 00 74 09 |............<.t.|
00000180 b4 0e bb 07 00 cd 10 eb f2 c3 0d 0a 41 20 64 69 |............A di|
00000190 73 6b 20 72 65 61 64 20 65 72 72 6f 72 20 6f 63 |sk read error oc|
000001a0 63 75 72 72 65 64 00 0d 0a 42 4f 4f 54 4d 47 52 |curred...BOOTMGR|
000001b0 20 69 73 20 63 6f 6d 70 72 65 73 73 65 64 00 0d | is compressed..|
000001c0 0a 50 72 65 73 73 20 43 74 72 6c 2b 41 6c 74 2b |.Press Ctrl+Alt+|
000001d0 44 65 6c 20 74 6f 20 72 65 73 74 61 72 74 0d 0a |Del to restart..|
000001e0 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 |................|
000001f0 00 00 00 00 00 00 8a 01 a7 01 bf 01 00 00 55 aa |..............U.|
00000200
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Dual boot , windows 7 keep restart after select from grub section

Hello everyone, i am new here.
I want to make a dual boot in my computer.
I am using a same hardisk to install both OS.
1st, I install arch linux , after install working well from grub.
2nd, I install windows 7, after install , it skip the grub section , directly load windows 7.
I boot my archlinux live cd.
Go to grub .
type root (hd0, and press tab to make sure my partition.
setup (hd0).
The grub section was recover and success to login arch linux.
but fail to login windows 7 , then i modify /boot/grub/menu.lst . modify the windows (hd0, 1).
My trouble probem is here, after i select the windows section , my com just like restart computer.
Even i try change to (hd0, 2 or 3 ) also same problem, windows 7 restart computer.

I have try to install dual boot for more than 5 time, first i install windows then only come to arch linux, but always fail to boot up windows.
Thank for helping me ^^
This is my fdisk -l
I have 2 hardisk, but i install both Os in the same hardisk.
Device Boot Start End Block ID System
/dev/sdb1 1 24 192742+ 83 Linux
/dev/sdb2 25 37 102400 7 HPFS/NTFS
Partition 2 does not end on cylinder boundry
/dev/sdb3 37 8243 65939456 7 HPFS/NTFS
/dev/sdb4 8247 14593 50982277+ 5 Extended
/dev/sdb5 8247 8368 979933+ 83 Linux
/dev/sdb6 8364 10858 20000893+ 83 Linux
/dev/sdb7 10859 14593 20001356 82 Linux Swap / Solaris
# (0) Arch Linux
title Arch Linux
root (hd0,0)
kernel /vmlinuz26 root=/dev/sd5 ro
initrd /kernel26.img
# (1) Arch Linux
title Arch Linux fallback
root (hd0,0)
kernel /vmlinuz26 root=/dev/sd5 ro
initrd /kernel26_fallback.img
# (2) windows
title windows 7
rootnoverify (hd0, 1)
makeactive
chainloader +1

Not able to use Mac after booting windows from bootcamp!

Hello,
In my Mac mini, I dual booted it by installing windows on it using bootcamp!
Could you help me how to go to mac partition and i am also not able to use windows!
Pls help
Punit Khatri
+91-9925326095

Hi there:
You may be able to start up the Mac in such a way as to look
for an OS X volume at the same time using a keyboard comb-
ination at startup... Press key(s) immediately after start tone.
Press Option (opt) key during startup will start in Startup Manager
where you can select an OS X volume or network volume to run.
{There is also a way to choose a hardware test for diagnostic
purposes on startup, too. Some macs have features in the OS
to include a 'recovery' mode on later models.}
• Startup key combinations for Intel-based Mac:
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1533
PS: if you decide to remove Windows, you should also
consider Boot Camp to remove the partition it made.
Hopefully this helps.
Good luck & happy computing!

Boot Camp Windows 7 Black Screen After Graphic Driver Installation

Hi,
I have MacBook air (2012 model i think). I tried to install windows 7 64 bit using bootcamp. On the first windows boot and before installing boot camp drivers windows was fine. After installing bootcamp drivers and windows restart the windows came up to a black screen and stuck forever. When I uninstall graphic driver (intel HD 4000), windows is good again. Tried to reinstall different graphic drivers versions - didn't work. searched internet everywhere and didn't find any solution.
please help!

I have solved this issue now but seem to have encountered another one. I solved the above issue simply by keep on trying time and time again, partitioning the hard drive and trying to install windows 7.
Anyway, I have encountered this error: windows setup could not apply the configuration set. The WINDOWS folder cannot be found.
Please help!

HT5628 i was installing windows 8 on mac by boot camp and after i put the windows code and choose the partition i formatted the boot camp sector it said windows can not install on this sector because it is gpt

i was installing windows 8 on mac by boot camp and after i put the windows code and choose the partition i formatted the boot camp sector it said windows can not install on this sector because it is gpt

Reinstalling Mavericks depends on several factors:
if you erased your recovery partition
what OS originally came on your Mac.
I'll assume you don't have a backup available that you made before your mishap, because you didn't mention it.
That's really the take home message here: have a backup!
If you still have your recovery partition:
boot into the recovery partition (command R at restart)
use the recovery partition to reinstall Mavericks. see: OS X: About OS X Recovery
if you do not still have your recovery partition, then it depends on whether your Mac originally came with installer disks or not.
If it originally came with installer disks, you would boot from the installer disks, erase your HD, and then reinstall the OS that is on the installer disks, and then upgrade as necessary until you get to Mavericks.
If your mac did not originally come with installer disks, but you managed to erase your recovery partition, then you can try to boot into internet recovery (option-command-R at restart), and use internet recovery to erase your HD and reinstall the OS that originally came with your computer, and then upgrade to Mavericks if you need to. See: Hands on with Mountain Lion's OS X Recovery and Internet Recovery | Macworld
(the reference refers to ML but it applies just as well to Mavericks).

Help help please...Photoshop CS, on a Windows XP machine. After re-booting the machine after an unexpected power failure I have been told that the "Configuration appears to have changed since the time this product was activated. To continue using this p

Help help please... I'm running Photoshop CS, on a Windows XP machine. After re-booting the machine after an unexpected power failure I have been told that the "Configuration appears to have changed since the time this product was activated. To continue using this product I must re-activate it". BUT the activation link informs me that they no longer support the product (neither online nor telephonically). So how can I re-activate this software?

Hello Helios & Eb29075,
+1. Please check log file for error message.+
+2. Check status of EM.+
+3. Please see:+
+How To Drop, Create And Recreate DB Control In A 10g Database [ID 278100.1]+
+Problem - emctl start dbconsole Fails with Error OC4J Configuration issue OC4J_DBConsole__ not found [ID 555218.1]).+
As you said above, yes, I did find OC4J config issue & EM Config issue and resolved them. But still I couldn't get my DBConsole started.
Yes, I was able to drop DBConsole<sid> service using 'emca' repository drop. But, when I started recreating repository for DBConsole service, I wasn't able to do it. I tried several times but in vain.
Thanks,
A.P.

AMD/ATI fglrx and 3d, only after booting first into windows

I have a x1600pro agp and I can only get 3d acceleration to work if I first boot into windows. Every time after i turn off my PC, i first have to boot into windows or 3d wont work. It also happened with a 9600xt agp card.
I'm wondering if it has happened to somebody else, and if it is because they are agp cards?
It happens connecting with the vga or the dvi outputs of the cards.
Is there a way around this? It gets really annoying having to boot first into windows.
I also think many people having trouble getting they're 3d to work is because of this.
Last edited by tacita (2007-11-07 18:05:45)

tacita wrote:MrWeatherbee: thank you for the link, i have searched high and low (maybe in the wrong places) and didnt find anything before.
Cerebral: yes, but then i guess it is a nice excuse to upgrade. And stay away from the Nforce3.
I congratulate you for making the connection between Windows and 3D functionality in your Linux installation. That's the hardest part to figure out. Loss of hair can result wondering why 3D comes and goes without any apparent reason. However, once you know the secret, the behavior is 100% consistent. I rarely notice it because I rarely turn off the PC in question, and once the correct settings are locked-in by a single boot to Windows, 3D acceleration in your Linux distros will remain through any number of reboots. The only thing that requires a repeat of the Windows touch-n-go is when you power-off.

No SATA drive after booting into Windows (BootCamp 5.0)

One of my DVD burners has failed in one of my 2008 Apple Mac Pro's. I pulled the drive out (it was PATA/IDE) and replaced with a new LG WH14NS40 Blu-Ray Burner. I had to pull the fan out (temporarily) and run a new 24" SATA cable (with right-angle connector) from one of the two extra SATA ports (on the motherboard) to the new actual SATA drive, and also install a MOLEX to SATA power connector.
I managed to get the drive installed (and working). I now at least have a Blu-Ray burner in my 2008 Apple Mac Pro (with OS X 10.8.3 Mountain Lion).
The problem seems to be with when I boot directly into Windows 8. When I boot into Windows 8, the two ports on the motherboard are disabled and the latest BootCamp 5.0 drivers don't seem to support the two SATA ports on the motherboard (they seem to be disabled). So when I boot directly into Windows, my LG WH14NS40 Blu-Ray drive disappears.
I really wish Apple would have just "done things right" from the very beginning and took the time to write decent BootCamp 5.0 drivers that supported the two SATA ports on the motherboard, so that users who need to replace their old/dying/aging PATA drives could easily replace them with SATA drives and use the two SATA ports on the motherboard.
Also it would have been nice if Apple would have taken the time to write good BootCamp 5 drivers (for Windows 8) that support booting from the two SATA ports on the 2008 Apple Mac Pro motherboard.
I've heard of many people that have tried installing RAID Controller Cards (from OWC) in their 2008 Apple Mac Pro to upgrade their four hard drive caddys from SATA II (3Gbps) to SATA III (6Gbps) but unfortunately the RAID Controller Cards don't seem to be bootable and the only option is to install a fifth (bootable) hard drive into the Apple Mac Pro and this is normally done by installing a bootable SSD drive into one of the DVD-drive bays. Unfortunately if you use a SATA SSD drive (which most SSD's are SATA) and then use one of the two SATA ports on the motherboard to connect it, then you go back to having the problem of not having a boot drive when you boot directly into Windows 8 (since there are no BootCamp 5 drivers for the 2008 Apple Mac Pro that support the two SATA ports on the 2008 Apple Mac Pro motherboard).
This seems to be a never-ending problem, and we have twelve 2008 Apple Mac Pro's (along with an office full of 2008/2009/2010/2013 Apple Mac Pro's) and we're getting extremely frustrated with Apple's lack of support in BootCamp 5.0 drivers for the 2008 Apple Mac Pro (and the two SATA ports on the mainboard).
Please fix this problem, and please update the BootCamp 5.0/5.1 drivers (for 2008 Apple Mac Pro users) and please support the two SATA ports on the Apple Mac Pro mainboard, and please make those two SATA ports on the motherboard bootable and usable in both Microsoft Windows 8 and in OS X 10.8.3 Mountain Lion. Please update the BootCamp 5.0 drivers to support the two onboard SATA ports in Windows 8 (so that my Blu-Ray burner is viewable/usable in Windows 8).

Just as a follow-up, yes it does seem to be possible to get both SATA ports on a 2008 Apple Mac Pro working (in Windows 8).
You need to enable AHCI in Windows 8.
First boot into Windows 8 and then go into the windows registry (regedit) and enable AHCI in your registry.
You can do this by going to the following registry key:
Computer\HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\storahci
Set the "Start" Value data to "0" (to enable AHCI in Windows).
After AHCI is enabled in Windows, then reboot your computer and now the SATA drive (connected to the ODD port) should appear in Windows (under devices).
Now the next step is to update your AHCI drivers (in Windows) to the latest Intel drivers, so that your SATA device will actually work (and work properly).
The latest Intel RST drivers can be found here: https://downloadcenter.intel.com/Detail_Desc.aspx?agr=Y&ProdId=2101&DwnldID=2306 0&ProductFamily=Software+Products&ProductLine=Chipset+Software&ProductProduct=In tel%C2%AE+Rapid+Storage+Technology+(Intel%C2%AE+RST)&lang=eng
Download the 64-bit drivers (if you are running 64-bit Windows).
After you install the latest drivers, and perform a reboot, your SATA drive should now work under windows.
You can find a long detailed thread about enabling AHCI (in Windows 7) here: http://forums.macrumors.com/showthread.php?t=760482
The thread listed above is a bit old/dated (2009?) but it does give detailed step-by-step instructions for those that want to enable AHCI (and get those two onboard SATA ports working in Windows 8 or Windows 7).
I managed to get everything working in Windows 8, and I was able to enable AHCI in Windows 8, installed the latest AHCI drivers and I'm now able to use my SATA Blu-Ray burner in my 2008 Apple Mac Pro.
Hope this helps!
-> Mark

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