Solved Power outage during computer wake-up stops 32-bit processes from running

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MJAZ10

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Hello,

Recently, while taking my Vista x64 Ultimate computer out of sleep mode, a power outage occurred. When I turned my computer back on, no 32 bit applications run - not even the operating system's own services such as Windows Installer will run if they are 32-bit.

I tried typing 'firefox' in the Task Manager to see what happened. The process appeared for a moment, then was instantly killed. I don't know why. The Windows event log has been unhelpful in diagnosing the problem.

I also looked at Task manager at startup, and saw that all the * 32 processes were dying moments after Vista boots and show the desktop.

I have tried system restore, nothing worked. I tried to auto-repair my system in the windows recovery console, that didn't work either. Is there anything I can do to fix this problem short of simply reinstalling the OS, which I am reticent to do? If so, what should I do?

Before the outage, this problem had not occurred.

My hardware:

Core 2 Quad
250GB HDD
9600GT Video
780i SLI mobo
DVD drive
4GB RAM


Thanks,

MJAZ
 

My Computer

System One

Power outage when the disc is spinning usually means PC death, so you're lucky you managed to get it to boot at all.

I'd reinstall no matter what.
 

My Computer

System One

  • CPU
    Intel Core 2 Quad Q9550 2.83GHz 12M Cache S775 1333MHZ
    Motherboard
    Gigabyte S775 Intel P45 DDR2 ATX - GA-EP45-DS5
    Memory
    8Gb. 4x2Gb sticks - Corsair 800MHZ NON ECC CL5
    Graphics card(s)
    Sapphire 512Mb Radeon HD 4670 PCI-Express VGA Card "HD4670"
    Sound Card
    on-board
    Monitor(s) Displays
    Samsung 22" flat + Generic 18" flat.
    Hard Drives
    Western Digital 150GB VelociRaptor 10,000RPM SATA 16MB x2
    PSU
    Enermax Technology 385W 82+ ATX 84-88% Energy Efficent PSU
    Case
    Antec P182 Mid Tower.
    Cooling
    OCZ Vanquisher
    Mouse
    Logitech
    Keyboard
    MS Digital Media 3000
    Internet Speed
    20Mb cable
Actually, I fixed it. COMODO firewall had installed some kind of unsigned driver which killed my system. I uninstalled COMODO, and everything is fine.

Thanks for your help.
 

My Computer

System One

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