Yes, but it would really dumb down the list if we didn't expect members to do certain things first before asking questions. The first of which is power cycling.
I'll be darned if I'm going to keep repeating the obvious first steps with every single answer I ever give. I suppose we could add in the already over-long footer the initial troubleshooting steps for total noobs. 1) Power down, wait 5 seconds, power back up. 2) Google for the error message. 3) Try Firefox/Opera 4) Run a freeware spyware app Realistically I suppose that isn't going to happen so I guess I ought to just make myself a macro. PS Note that a computer reboot will not reboot the computer's peripherals, including all the drives. On 5/25/07, Fred Holmes <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
All kinds of problems are cleared by a re-boot. At 10:09 AM 5/25/2007, Marcio V. Pinheiro wrote: >Yes, it is a working computer. But...guess what. This morning when I started the computer >After booting I tried again and the shelf opened out...
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