I posted this as a response to another discussion but thought it would be better posted as a new discussion thread.
I am experiencing a problem with Win 7 64 bit professional on a Toshiba laptop . I am able to get the logon window and can log on successfully. The desktop looks correct but when I attempt to start a program it appears as if nothing is happening.
To test this I attempted to start Freecell and it actually did start finally but it took about 7 minutes from the time I clicked on the icon until it started. During this time the hard drive light blinks from time to time.
I went to the Start button and attempted to run control panel but the same thing happened. I never did get control panel to come up on the screen.
I also pressed Ctrl+alt+Delete to see if I could start task manager. After a while the screen went black, and after several minutes I got a message that the task manager could not be started at that time.
I have run full antivirus scans and found nothing. This is a new laptop with the I7 processor and 6 gb of memory. It is a Toshiba laptop and when I spoke with their support group, I was told to re-install Windows 7 from the recovery DVD's.
This doesn't seem like a solution based on what I saw but I suppose it is an easy way to get out of something they don't understand.
I am still in the process of trying to figure this out and I have removed most of the software I installed and ran without Virus scan to see if that might be the problem, it wasn't.
The Laptop came with Win7 Home Premium 64 bit and I upgraded to Win7 pro after getting the laptop.
I usually can get it to work when I do a forced shutdown (power button) and restart. Sometimes it requires rebooting in safe mode and then restarting the system. The problem usually, but not always, occurs after I close the cover on the
laptop and open it at a later time.
Greg
