Hi there,
In this past week, I've suddenly begun to experience a number of strange issues with my Windows 7 laptop.
First of all, I found that there was no sound. The speaker icon has disappeared from the bottom right of my screen, and when I try to access 'sound' through control panel I receive a message which says 'Windows Audio Service is not running.'
Since then, I have found that I cannot access MS Office, I cannot change the power settings ('the handle is not valid), and when I access device manager, there are no devices listed.
I was running Avast antivirus, but this seemed to break down too, and updating it wouldn't, so i've downloaded new antivirus software and run a full scan and repair cycle. I'm still stuck with these strange issues though.
Any help or suggestions would be hugely appreciated. If you need anymore info than I've given, just let me know.
Thanks
In this past week, I've suddenly begun to experience a number of strange issues with my Windows 7 laptop.
First of all, I found that there was no sound. The speaker icon has disappeared from the bottom right of my screen, and when I try to access 'sound' through control panel I receive a message which says 'Windows Audio Service is not running.'
Since then, I have found that I cannot access MS Office, I cannot change the power settings ('the handle is not valid), and when I access device manager, there are no devices listed.
I was running Avast antivirus, but this seemed to break down too, and updating it wouldn't, so i've downloaded new antivirus software and run a full scan and repair cycle. I'm still stuck with these strange issues though.
Any help or suggestions would be hugely appreciated. If you need anymore info than I've given, just let me know.
Thanks