Windows 7 critical internal error after timezone change

[HellOnWheels357]

My name's Nick and I was hoping to get help on an issue I'm currently having with my laptop. I was doing a project for school and I needed to know the time in China. So I changed my timezone, and as I closed the window I noticed a pop up window saying something along the lines of "windows has encountered a critical internal error and will restart in one minute, please save your work."

I've tried starting my computer on safe mode w/networking but I get the same error, only safe mode works. I have homework due today, so any help would be greatly appreciated.

 

[Tmagic650]

Did you change the time zone back to yours and restart? You could try a Windows start up repair after correcting the time zone

 

[HellOnWheels357]

Hi, thank you for responding. Yes, that was the first thing I did, It's still giving me the error.

 

[Tmagic650]

Is the computer's time and date correct?

 

[HellOnWheels357]

Yes sir

 

[HellOnWheels357]

I tried system restore in safe mode, but it said it failed. But when I chose "repair your computer" from the startup options, I tried system restore from the menu that came up and it completed successfully. So at this point it seems to be running ok. Thank you very much for the help.

 

[Tmagic650]

Good work... and you are very welcome

 

[Redfeather20]

To: HellOnWheels357

Hello Nick!

I got that message about the critical error also. I had never seen it before and I have had this computer for three years.

What I did was just wait and sure enough in about a minute, the computer shut itself down and cycled back on and rebooted and everything seems to be fine now.

I do have a 23-inch screen all-in-one desktop computer which I believe is bluetooth enabled. I don't know if that had anything to do with what happened to get me running again or not.

But the Windows Program seemed to take control and solve the issue . . . for now, anyway.