Re: Computers! Aargh!

> On 15/11/2023 02:28 GMT Rick Womer wrote: > > > I’ve accumulated a lot of photos recently, from travel and walks through > groves of autumn color. > > Today I sat down to post some. But… > > When I launched Lightroom the window that should have displayed the photos > was blank. Both my

Re: Computers! Aargh!

Sorry to hear about your troubles, Rick. Sometimes I feel that you are to computers what Dave Brooks is to spell-checkers. Nov 14, 2023 9:28:32 PM Rick Womer : > I’ve accumulated a lot of photos recently, from travel and walks through > groves of autumn color. > > Today I sat down to post

Re: #@!#!^$%@ Computers!!!

The computer, monitor & a 5 port Ethernet switch are plugged into a 2000VA Uninterruptible Power Supply + Battery Backup. The UPS is plugged into a heavy duty Tripplite ISOBAR-4 surge protector. In the event of a power failure that setup gives me approximately 30 minutes to save my work & shut

Re: #@!#!^$%@ Computers!!!

That's what I tried to do, but I guess in addition to shutting the computer down & turning off the breaker, I should have pulled the plug out of the back of the power supply to ensure the computer wouldn't restart itself when I switched the breaker back on. On 11/3/2015 11:39 PM, Otis C. Wright,

Re: #@!#!^$%@ Computers!!!

I just left it because I go out & play guitar on Tuesday nights. Figured it would still be there when I got home & I could see what I was going to have to do then. When I got home from my music session around Tuesday night, it had come to the end of whatever it was doing & had a message

Re: #@!#!^$%@ Computers!!!

If you anticipate that you will need to reinstall anyway, unplug it and plug it back in. You might get lucky and it'll boot up. On Tue, Nov 3, 2015 at 3:03 PM, John wrote: > The repair can't be canceled either. There's a button to cancel, but when > you click it, it

Re: #@!#!^$%@ Computers!!!

After some years of investigating damage attributed to power anomalies during power restoration, it is my opinion that here in the USA, it is a good idea to leave the power to the computer (and other electric units) disconnected/off until power is restored and stabilized. I use drop out

Re: #@!#!^$%@ Computers!!!

I fully agree with you. I know several cases when my colleagues have lost their computers and other electronic equipments when the power was coming back up. That's why I've always been trying, both at home and at work, to unplug all somewhat valuable electric equipment from the outlets when

Re: #@!#!^$%@ Computers!!!

Many (most?) desktops since probably late 1990s/early 2000s have an option in the BIOS that enables starting upon power loss/detecting power. I've used this feature for many years with the computer, monitor and other related devices all connected to one surge protector. With a flip of a