Hey Donk,
One of the most hair pulling things about this is that I had Thunderbird
pretty much cleared out. My bad luck strikes again, I guess.
The strangest thing is that I don't have anything on automatic updates, so
there should have been no software changes either. Every early Tuesday
morning I have diagnostics scan everything, and I have daily and weekly
Avast scans going, plus I have run Bitdefender's online scan.
Empire Electric did have a brownout over last weekend, but as far as I
know, my computer wasn't plugged in at the time. We are having our
summer-into-fall weather with big thunderstorms, why so early I don't know,
and usually with those I unplug everything.
Theresa
On Sat, Aug 3, 2013 at 10:06 PM, Donk <d.knier...@verizon.net> wrote:
> Hi Theresa -
> If I recall, your biggest problem was with your email. Couldn't get
> Thunderbird to sort your messages correctly, etc. Sorry you couldn't
> get that fixed. I don't know what else might have happened to your PC,
> but here are a couple thoughts:
> I don't think most people consider PC's "disposable". Maybe what the
> Best Buy guy meant was that since new computers can cost as little as
> $500, you have to think twice about paying a shop $300 in repairs -
> especially if the PC is 4 or more years old. I think Best Buy charges
> WAAAAY too much for repairs. It sounds like your tech guy charges a lot
> too. I think most people have a techie type person somewhere in their
> orbit who will gladly help out. Is there anyone of your friends or
> family that knows a friend of a friend who is tech savvy and can help
> for free? Just a thought. I help all my relatives and friends gratis.
>
> Anyway... not knowing what your PC is doing at home but not at the shop,
> it's hard to suggest a fix. One free thing that would be a last resort
> before paying a shop money would be to reformat the hard drive and
> reinstall windows from scratch. Lots of times computers get soooo
> messed up with conflicting software that the only fix is to erase
> everything and start from scratch. In order to reformat you'll need at
> least a little tech savvy and a Windows disk to reinstall windows.
> There are a zillion good step-by-step sites that explain how to reformat
> and reinstall. That is the route I'd take before paying anyone anything.
> Most major brand PC's (like Dell, HP, Sony, etc) have an easy way to
> reformat and restore the PC to factory settings with a few clicks. If
> you provide the brand and model number of your computer we can check out
> if it has an easy restore function.
>
> Good luck,
> Donk
>
>
> On 8/3/2013 6:39 PM, Theresa Ramseyer wrote:
> > ---------- Forwarded message ----------
> > From: Theresa Ramseyer <tlr28...@gmail.com>
> > Date: Sat, 3 Aug 2013 17:29:39 -0500
> > Subject: 4 year compaq & service rant/question
> > To: a-1_computer_t...@yahoogroups.com
> >
> > I have a Compaq, about 4 years old, that has practically died. Thought
> > it was memory or motherboard. Will work at the tech's office fine now,
> > but not here.
> >
> > Both of us are baffled, so I stopped at Best Buy this morning and
> > asked what they thought. He agreed, but from some of what he said,
> > companies see computers as throwaway items now. Why?
> > I don't anyone who can afford $300+ every year and/or $200+ for their
> > service subscription. I know a lot of people! Not to mention that
> > almost every computer will be sent to a service center.
> > I'm not asking for a $100 computer, and I understand BB's reasoning.
> > I'm just stuck between a rock and a hard place, and sick that it costs
> > as much as my computer to see if it will act up for them - with a good
> > chance I'll end up needing a new computer anyway. $300+ before
> > purchasing a computer, and then when it breaks just buy a new one? Not
> > for me or many folks I know. Thanks for listening. Theresa
> >
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