Hi All. First.. and foremost.. A Very Happy & Healthy Holiday and New Year.. to all here at PC Works..
Well, it's been almost 2 months.. and you haven't heard me "complain" about Dell... So,, here goes.. LOL. First time, I've had to call them.. since I got my new computer (again). second one they shipped me.. If you all remember all the problems I"ve had with Dell/and their computer.. But this one.. Was.. working, fine.. Anyway, this morning.. Computer boots up as normal.. I have Earthlink. as my ISP.(dial up) and when I go to click on the icon.. to get to Earthlink.. Nothing happens.. I do it several times. and nothing. I "TRY" to reboot the computer.. .BUT, the computer will NOT shut off... So I try control/alt/delete.. Nothing. I try escape. nothing.. Finally I try to turn it off manually. and it goes off.. Now, I try again.. and my desktop comes up again.. but can't connect to Earthlink... Nothing happens. when I click on it.. I now figure. .Okay, I"ll do a system restore. and get it back to yesterday.. Well, I "Try" to click on system restore.. NOTHING.. (Btw.. Running XP Professional. on a 3 month old computer.(Dell). Well, actually, the new one is only 2 months old.. Since I had the first one for a month.. and then it was shipped back.. So, now I'm concerned and at 6 am. I"m on hold with Tech Support.. (for 15 minutes - wait time).. Meanwhile. I WAS able to do a system restore.. Finally... I dont' know why?.. or how.. But after rebooting, and turning off the computer. manually about 6 times.. I was finally able to do the system restore. to yesterdays date.. Finally tech gets on the phone. and even though I'm "up and operational".. he says. "It's static". and what I had to do.. was to unplug the power cord.. Then hold down the power button for 10 seconds.. then reconnect the power cord to the computer.. and that will 'reset itself".. He said, this happens with any electronic devices.. especially computers.. So, my question is this.. Has this every happened to anyone. and does that make any sense?? That static can build up?? and you have to do this.. I do know. that when my cable has been out.. OR.. my VCR wont' work. for some reason.. I have called and I have been told to unplug it.. then plug it back in and it 'does' reset - itself.. So it does ring true.. But I've never heard of this with a computer.. Any thoughts?? Thanks all,, and a very happy & healthy --- to everyone HELENE [EMAIL PROTECTED] ============= PCWorks Mailing List ================= Don't see your post? Check our posting guidelines & make sure you've followed proper posting procedures, http://pcworkers.com/rules.htm Contact list owner <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Unsubscribing and other changes: http://pcworkers.com =====================================================
