Thread: computer fix

Start | Run | msconfig <Enter>

BUT....be VEERRRY careful what you turn off.

Also, you might consider downloading Malwarebytes, Spybot Search & Destroy and AdAware. These are three free and very powerful tools that I use A LOT when working on people's machines.

Also, if you don't have Symantec (aka Norton) or McAfee, download AVG and install it. It's free also.

All of these are gonna suck to download if you can't get your aircard working. Fair warning.

Let me know if you need more help.

If you have a restore disk and are able to save off the stuff you want to keep (if its not a huge pain in the a$$) I would just dump it all and start new.

Originally Posted by polvo

If you have a restore disk and are able to save off the stuff you want to keep (if its not a huge pain in the a$$) I would just dump it all and start new.

DITTO!

Sounds like the way to go, Beagle...you could be fighting this for a long time and not get it back the way it was. Sometimes it's just easier to start over.

(I'm wondering if that's what the HP guy was trying to get you to do? Hitting F11 at startup? You just need to save everything away first, though!)

the hp guy wanted me to start over so i did, got rid of everything, and this computer only has pictures and cdc on it, nothing else, no files to save, well one my fishing map but it's backed up on disc. so no problem there, so I zapped everything, back to square one, factory preset. default. so hear I am air card wont work, ATT closed on sunday, pages switch slow, real slow, so guess I will just live with it, dont want to shut down the wrong program, will call ATT monday morning after they have the coffee and constitunal. I think they can get the air card working, thanks and I will follow up after buzzy and I get back from stockton, If we dont get rained out. later all and again thank you

Did you just reset the factory defaults or wipe the entire hard drive and reload the operating system? I'd reload the operating system. If it's still borked after that, you may have a bad sector in your RAM. New RAM is cheap and easy to install.

I googled the problem and here's some interesting results:

Slow startup after system restore

Curious case - New computer running very slow even after system restore. - Tech Support Forum

Hey Beagle Did You Find A Hp Person Who Spoke English? Last Couple Of Times I Got Someone Out Of The Usa And I Couldn't Understand Them. I Asked To Speak To Someone In The Usa And Finally Got Someone That This Old Redneck Could Understand!

Had The Same Problems With Dish Network A Month Or So Back! We Were Having Problems And Called For Tech Support. I Got Some Guy Outside The Usa Who I Could Only Understand About His Every 3rd Word. Told Him That If He Couldn't Find Someone In That Company In The Usa Who Could Speak English In Ten Minutes All Their Equipment Would Be In Street And I Would Have Another Service Provider. Got One In 5 Minutes!

If These Major Corporations Are Going To Continue To Send Jobs Over Seas, We Are Going To Continue To Ask To Speak With Someone In The Usa!

Originally Posted by Joedog

Start | Run | msconfig <Enter>

BUT....be VEERRRY careful what you turn off.

Also, you might consider downloading Malwarebytes, Spybot Search & Destroy and AdAware. These are three free and very powerful tools that I use A LOT when working on people's machines.

Also, if you don't have Symantec (aka Norton) or McAfee, download AVG and install it. It's free also.

All of these are gonna suck to download if you can't get your aircard working. Fair warning.

Let me know if you need more help.

joedog what is Symantec? every time I turn on the computer it comes up then it says symantec has stopped working, when I go to AVG to down load it takes so long it stop downloading and a prompt comes up and says the time slot to down load has expired and windows has shut down I have the computer up and running pretty good, DW60 MY computer does the defrag,automaticatly, done all the stuff ya'll suggested and can post and everything now or for two days now, but I still cant use the air card, done the uninstall,reinstall, and it works a little bit,but not often, tried all the crap the ATT people told me to do, no good, oh well will keep trying. thanks everyone I shall endevor to perserver..... ten bears

Originally Posted by beagle man

joedog what is Symantec? every time I turn on the computer it comes up then it says symantec has stopped working, when I go to AVG to down load it takes so long it stop downloading and a prompt comes up and says the time slot to down load has expired and windows has shut down I have the computer up and running pretty good, DW60 MY computer does the defrag,automaticatly, done all the stuff ya'll suggested and can post and everything now or for two days now, but I still cant use the air card, done the uninstall,reinstall, and it works a little bit,but not often, tried all the crap the ATT people told me to do, no good, oh well will keep trying. thanks everyone I shall endevor to perserver..... ten bears

BEAGLE SORRY YOUR HAVING TROUBLES! SYMANTEC IS NORTON ANTIVIRIS. OH BY THE WAY MR BEAGLE!!! HP S_CKS! I HAVE BEEN WORKING ON MINE FOR THE LAST 3 DAYS! MY HP WON'T SHOW THAT I HAVE A CD ROM DRIVE! AND I HAVE BEEN ON EVERY HP WEBSITE LOOKING FOR THE DRIVERS! THIS IS NOT THE FIRST TIME THIS HAS HAPPENED TO MY COMPUTER! CAN'T FIND THE DRIVERS NOW AND THEY (Hp) SAYS IT IS ALL WINDOWS VISTA PROBLEM. I WOULD CALL HP BUT I ALWAYS GET SOME A HOLE WHO CAN'T SPEAK ENGLISH! I AM ABOUT TO PUT AN EXTERNAL CD ROM ON THIS COMPUTER AND CALL IT QUITS! ALL I WANT TO DO IS INSTALL A MAPPING PROGRAM FOR MY FISHING GPS UNITS! AND I CAN'T EVEN DO THAT! I COULD USE PW'S COMPUTER BUT THEN I WOULD HAVE TO USE IT WHEN EVER I WANTED TO BACK UP MY WAY POINTS AND I AM NOT GOING TO DO IT!