-=PCTechTalk=- Re: H E L P ! I E will not go to a web page - Follow up

  • From: "witch" <alienkc@xxxxxxx>
  • To: <pctechtalk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Sat, 24 Dec 2005 08:15:07 -0600

I would tell her to save what she can to disc and demand a new hard drive
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Tech Rose - LoveBytes" <TechRose@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <pctechtalk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Saturday, December 24, 2005 6:34 AM
Subject: -=PCTechTalk=- H E L P ! I E will not go to a web page - Follow up


> Thanks for the info about SP2 and most importantly..the recipe...ha ha!
>
> She got the machine with SP 2 on it I believe.... it is only a few months
> old.
>
> As a follow up...  HP has her do a System Restore.   I am not surprised at
> that... but I am disappointed.
>
> She did the restore. And was getting her email back and installing 
> programs.
> She got a message that she had to update java.  She went to do that..in 
> the
> midst the machine froze.  Then things got worse after she rebooted.  She
> called HP again and they had her type something in the Start/Run... she 
> did
> not remember what it was.  It was taking a very long time.
> They told her that was because there were corrupted files in Windows and 
> it
> was repairing them.
>
> Then, she had trouble trying to get her email accounts to work, but 
> finally
> they did.
>
> I have a bad feeling about all of this.  I am leaning towards a hard drive
> failure.  Early on, when she was having problems, she said she heard the
> hard drive running hard but nothing was happening.
>
> I have reminded her to do the System recovery disks.  If she loses the 
> hard
> drive she has nothing and she will be devastated.   I think she has all 
> her
> graphics and data backed up.
>
> I can only hope she has done the restore.
>
> Rose
> Las Vegas
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Ange" <locustchewed@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> To: <pctechtalk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Saturday, December 24, 2005 4:08 AM
> Subject: -=PCTechTalk=- Re: H E L P ! I E will not go to a web page
>
>
> I had a similar problem with my PC after installing SP2 ~ by the book ~
> fresh install of Windows, most up to date Firewall and Virus software.  In
> the end my ISP (Cable) told me to remove SP2 and things went ok from 
> there.
>
> BTW I've since installed SP2 without the care and attention of the first
> time and it's fine.
>
> As far as the Southern Comfort thing goes I have a recipe that takes a
> bottle of Whisky/Bourbon, 2 big bars of milk chocolate, a tin of condensed
> milk, 2 tins of evaporated milk and 2 small tins of sterilised cream.
>
> You melt the chocolate and gradually whisk in the tinned stuff. Then you 
> add
> the whisky/bourbon and pour the mix into bottles and leave it in the 
> fridge
> for 24 hrs b4 drinking it. (in limited quantities for obvious reasons)  It
> lasts for months kept in the fridge but most ppl cant keep it that long
> without drinking it.
>
> Hope this helps.
>
> Have a great Christmas all of you.
> Ange
> Faith_unlimited
> Locustchewed ...under restoration!!¿!!
> http://www.geocities.com/locustchewed/outanabout.html
>
>
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