Common OS Issues

• Time Drift:  Date and time are off.
• Slow Profile Load: Desktop takes a long time to load after logging in.
• No OS found: Boot loader for Windows is corrupt or cannot be found.
• System Instability: Crashing or slow system.
• USB controller resource warning: Too many devices connected to a USB.
• Low memory: Not enough RAM
• Applications crashing: Check for any application setting modification.
• Services not starting: Reinstall the application that installed the service.
• Frequent Shutdowns: Corrupt OS files or wrong drivers.
• Sluggish Performance:  Check that the computer has the minimum amount resources to run an application.
• Blue screen of death (BSOD): Corrupt OS files or drivers (wrong drivers), hardware failure (e.g., RAM), and application Error.
• Stop error: An error that the OS cannot respond to.
• Sluggish Performance: Check task manager and Reinstall OS as last option.
• Frequent shutdowns: Hardware failure: RAM failure or Cooling issues.
• Services not starting: Use system restore to revert to a point when it was working.
• Low memory: Add more RAM to use less page memory.
• USB controller resource warning: Reinstall the USB host controller driver.
• System instability: Corruption in Windows OS files, use SFC /scannow
• No OS found: Check if booting to correct device.
• No OS found: Rebuild Windows Configuration database: Bootrec /rebuildbcd
• No OS found:  Check if there is something plugged into a boot drive set in the BIOS.
• Slow profile load: Ensure enough bandwith to load roaming profiles.
• Time drift: Set computer to update time and date automatically.
• Fix Missing NTLDR: Run the command SFC/ scannow to check for corrupt files or use startup repair.
• If a service fails to run, check if all dependencies are running or not on the dependencies tab.
• 4GB Ram Limit: 32-bit Windows edition was installed over 64-bit Windows.