System: Asus G73JH-A2 (laptop)
Windows 7 Home 64 bit
Avast Antivirus
UPDATE: Have full control, just trying to figure out why I've lost my GUI still. Explorer.exe may have been moved to a corrupted portion of hard disk after Windows Update. A few other startup programs are no longer working either. Might be losing the drive? Everything else on other partitions is working just fine.
Edit: Currently on normal desktop. Still no explorer.exe. I now know what it was like to be a dinosaur using the internet (my first version was 95). Can run programs fine, just no explorer.exe. Wanted to try running avast, but I can't find the Avast program folder (and thus, can't find the exe to execute through task manager).
Downloaded the most recent windows update last night. Went to bed. This morning, wake up and turn on computer, and it applies said update. Login and everything works fine for about an hour, then while on firefox and loading a new page, computer freezes up and eventually goes to the blue screen. Restart, works okay for a bit, then BSoD.
Boots up fine once more, I login, but while on the login screen (after having logged in and its loading the GUI) I get the "Explorer.exe did not initialize properly..." error.
Safe mode with networking works fine (I'm on my affected laptop at the moment). I tried a clean boot. I then tried a VERY clean boot (disabled all Microsoft services that weren't functioning during safe mode as well). Still doesn't work. Tried uninstalling the last two most recent updates (Hotfix on the 25th and the other update on the 26th). It didn't help.
I've tried system file check. It found some errors, and according to the log appears to have fixed some but couldn't fix them all. Don't know why. I don't have a Windows 7 disc.
I don't believe this to be virus related, but it could be antivirus related. I'm running Avast, and this wouldn't be the first time its given me an issue.
Usually I can solve these things on my own, but I'm stumped on this one. Any help would be great.
Edit:
Random things I've tried:
-Using Task Manager "New Task" to start explorer.exe during a clean boot.
-Tried deleting Avast, but won't let me do it in safe mode -_- Avast also won't function in safe mode for whatever reason. I can't turn it on. Though I've had it working in safe mode before.
-Swearing at the computer and blaming it for my failures in life.
-Sobbing and hoping that if one of my tears fell on it, it would magically spring back to life.
Windows 7 Home 64 bit
Avast Antivirus
UPDATE: Have full control, just trying to figure out why I've lost my GUI still. Explorer.exe may have been moved to a corrupted portion of hard disk after Windows Update. A few other startup programs are no longer working either. Might be losing the drive? Everything else on other partitions is working just fine.
Edit: Currently on normal desktop. Still no explorer.exe. I now know what it was like to be a dinosaur using the internet (my first version was 95). Can run programs fine, just no explorer.exe. Wanted to try running avast, but I can't find the Avast program folder (and thus, can't find the exe to execute through task manager).
Downloaded the most recent windows update last night. Went to bed. This morning, wake up and turn on computer, and it applies said update. Login and everything works fine for about an hour, then while on firefox and loading a new page, computer freezes up and eventually goes to the blue screen. Restart, works okay for a bit, then BSoD.
Boots up fine once more, I login, but while on the login screen (after having logged in and its loading the GUI) I get the "Explorer.exe did not initialize properly..." error.
Safe mode with networking works fine (I'm on my affected laptop at the moment). I tried a clean boot. I then tried a VERY clean boot (disabled all Microsoft services that weren't functioning during safe mode as well). Still doesn't work. Tried uninstalling the last two most recent updates (Hotfix on the 25th and the other update on the 26th). It didn't help.
I've tried system file check. It found some errors, and according to the log appears to have fixed some but couldn't fix them all. Don't know why. I don't have a Windows 7 disc.
I don't believe this to be virus related, but it could be antivirus related. I'm running Avast, and this wouldn't be the first time its given me an issue.
Usually I can solve these things on my own, but I'm stumped on this one. Any help would be great.
Edit:
Random things I've tried:
-Using Task Manager "New Task" to start explorer.exe during a clean boot.
-Tried deleting Avast, but won't let me do it in safe mode -_- Avast also won't function in safe mode for whatever reason. I can't turn it on. Though I've had it working in safe mode before.
-Swearing at the computer and blaming it for my failures in life.
-Sobbing and hoping that if one of my tears fell on it, it would magically spring back to life.