Ken, Mainly the fact that your comptuer is trying to access the Internet, it really sounds like you picked up a virus. Go to: http://www.antivirus.com/ And have your system scanned, right away. It's free, and this is a real good company. What ever you do....do not have Outlook open, if this is what you use for your email, until you do a scan. Jeff mailto:Jeff@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx www.9-11-2001tragedy.com FAX 1-413-280-0677 Intrepid Video & Electronics Harrisburg, PA 17111 717-909-8844 www.intrepid-video.com www.tech-repair.net www.thetoolcaddy.com ----- Original Message ----- From: <gulftech@xxxxxxxx> To: <techassist@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Monday, November 19, 2001 9:19 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) > > ________________________________________________________________ > GET INTERNET ACCESS FROM JUNO! > Juno offers FREE or PREMIUM Internet access for less! > Join Juno today! For your FREE software, visit: > http://dl.www.juno.com/get/web/. > ================================= > Help make your TechAssist database better! > Submit your fixes here: http://circuitwork.com/techassist/tip/#tips > ================================= > To UNSUBSCRIBE your email address, click here: > techassist-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx?subject=unsubscribe > > ================================= Help make your TechAssist database better! Submit your fixes here: http://circuitwork.com/techassist/tip/#tips ================================= To UNSUBSCRIBE your email address, click here: techassist-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx?subject=unsubscribe