Windows 7 Update Bricked My Rig

[Buzz Killington_v1legacy]

That's not "bricked". Bricked is when the system is so far gone you have to use it either for spare parts or a doorstop. If you can boot it enough to see files on the hard drive (even if you have to use a rescue CD to do it), you don't have a brick on your hands.

Bricked is when--for instance--someone flips the voltage selector switch on the back of your power supply to the wrong setting, and you don't notice and turn the computer on anyway. There was a loud hum, a pop, and the smell of burning plastic, and I wound up having to replace the power supply and motherboard.

As for those of you wondering how to turn off Windows updates:

Log in with an administrator account. In the Start menu, run "services.msc" (without the quotes). Find the Windows Update service and double-click on it. Stop the service and set the startup type to Disabled.

 

[ExileNZ]

Funny you should ask.

I was on holiday in the States when I bought my new lappy (far more bang for buck than France) and so when it bricked on the first night I was more than a little put out. I called Lenovo several times and eventually was told that they couldn't replace it, only repair it.

Sure, fine, but I was only there a couple more weeks...

Naturally, even though I was told 5-7 business days, the damned thing took over a month, by which time I was back in France, and Lenovo couldn't send it to me because international mailing was "against company policy".

Thankfully, a few weeks ago I started a job with an American team, who had to be flown over for the job. One of these folks happened to be close to my brother's place, so he was able to take it to my colleague, who in turn took it over to me.

Then I installed Deus Ex 3 on it and all was right with the world.

I still can't thank them enough.

 

[redisforever]

This happens to me very often. I do this about once a month. However, I now have a copy of Linux on my SD card which I can just boot from, and all my drivers on my other USB, just in case. I also make weekly backups to a 1 terabyte hard drive, in case something really bad happens.

 

[DazZ.]

My last problem was my PSU blew out my motherboard along with my GFX card. Ancient computer though, so I bought a new gaming computer and upgraded to Win 7 whilst getting a new PSU and motherboard to built an Ubuntu based rig.

Liked it enough to buy a 2nd hard drive and dual boot on my gaming rig now as well.

 

[Hoplon]

The moral of this story is don't fuck with the registry, ever.

Yes that means you.

Definitely you now that you put your hand up.

Yes I know some people know what they are doing with that, but frankly even they shouldn't.

This is why I don't keep windows up to date. They often break more than they fix.

People like you should never be allowed to advise anyone on computers. ever.

 

[DasDestroyer]

That's why I keep frequent backups on my 2TB HDD. If anything bad appears POOF and it's gone.