[TechAssist] Re: Need help for HP Computer
- From: "Lawrence Tucker II" <kc4iai@xxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: techassist@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Tue, 20 Nov 2001 19:45:43 +0000
/// I am not the family computer expert, my son is. (US Army) The message
to close programs could mean two things. The ram (your memory chips) do not
have enough storage to run all the programs you have running and when that
happens the computer swaps into and out of the hard drive. Speed of physical
disc and write head versus the speed of memory chips, causes problem thus
the warning to close programs.
Something as simple as over heating can cause memory and CPU errors. Once
this happens the files can be corrupted and reloading is necessary.
Depending on the age of you computer, smoking employees, and airborn dust,
the memory, CPU, cards, and heat transfer equipment, fan and heat sink,
should be cleaned regularly. Look at the blades on the fan and the fins on
the heat sink for inslulating dirt film.
If you use a computer on the internet you should have a minimum of two
partitions or two hard drives. If it becomes necessary to reload the OS (set
up disc with HP) you can format the OS partition wiping out any virus then
reload clean OS. This would not effect your data located in the second
partition. (Programs would have to be reinstalled.)
As a security measure I have two removable hard drives, one OS and one data.
I can swap the data drive into any family computer without any other
changes.
Increase speed-- Scan disc only scans partitions/drives that have moved
files since the last scan/boot. If you have one large drive scan disc must
scan the whole disc rather than one third (my partition size) of it.
There is a repair feature for IE built in, according to IE web site. If you
do not fix your problem quickly email me and I will look up the address for
you.
Sorry if I insulted the intelligence of computer geeks with this email. As
others have said it could be a virus.
>From: John McKinney <winturbine@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
>Reply-To: techassist@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>To: techassist@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>Subject: [TechAssist] Re: Need help for HP Computer
>Date: Mon, 19 Nov 2001 19:42:33 -0800
>
>
>You didn't say what size your C: drive was. The symptoms you describe
>sound exactly like those of limited memory on the hard drive and small
>(nowdays) RAM like you have.
>
>John McKinney Service
>
>
>At 09:35 PM 10/19/2001 -0400, you wrote:
>
> >Possible virus! Try McAfee Virus scan.
> >
> >Sean
> >
> >----- Original Message -----
> >From: <gulftech@xxxxxxxx>
> >To: <techassist@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> >Sent: Monday, November 19, 2001 10:19 PM
> >Subject: [TechAssist] Need help for HP Computer
> >
> >
> > >
> > > Friends,
> > >
> > > I am in a near panic. My shop computer is possessed.
> > >
> > > When it comes up, it has the following message:
> > >
> > > INTERNET EXPLORER
> > > Some software (Active X controls) on this page might be unsafe. It is
> > > recommended that you not run it. Do you want to allow it to run?
>[Yes]
> > > [No]
> > >
> > > I click "NO". Then when I bring up "My Documents" to bring up my
> > > customer files, I get the message again.
> > >
> > > Later in the day, the computer froze up. I lost entries I had made
>since
> > > opening. It froze up two more times today, but I had saved after each
> > > entry. A couple times when it froze, there was a message something
>like
> > > "Not enough memory. Close some programs to continue." Couldn't do
> > > squat. All frozen. A couple times my MSN startup window popped up,
>like
> > > I was attempting to connect to the internet. I wasn't. It might take
> > > two or three attempts to close the window.
> > >
> > > For a couple of weeks I have noticed the light on my hard drive pulse
>on
> > > and off regularly for several minutes at a time and the machine
>attempt
> > > to access the A drive.
> > >
> > > I tried to run defrag, but it wouldn't run. Got a message something
>like
> > > "Stopped running 10 times. Do you wish to try again?
> > >
> > > For the record, it is an HP Pavilion 6635, 533MHz, with 64M SDRAM
>memory.
> > > It has run flawlessly for one year until the devil got in it a few
>weeks
> > > ago. Now, it has me really worried. I could call a computer shop,
>but
> > > with all my files on this one, I'd be in real trouble while it's gone.
> > >
> > > Thanks for any suggestions. BTW, it goes without saying I know very
> > > little about computers, so be kind and "speak in simple phrases to
>this
> > > rookie!"
> > >
> > >
> > > Ken Smith
> > > Gulf Technical Services
> > > 3034 Gulf Breeze Parkway
> > > Gulf Breeze, FL 32561
> > > 850-934-8324 (Voice) 850-932-0819 (Fax)
> > >
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