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I don not know much about how computers work and I even asked the IT guy at

work and he was clueless. About a week ago my computer started to not load

the internet completely. The internet page came in with no logos, just the

text and boxes where the pictures should be. By the way, I should mention

that I had a hard drive problem back in May and my IT guy at work replaced it

for me with a new one and cleaned up the desktop and such. So, there is

hardly anything on my desktop and it had been running fine since then. So,

now when I clicked the internet either it does what I mentioned above or

displays a message: not enough data to complete the action. Or the another

message about the C drive. It always mentions the C drive and I don't know

why. Then, the IT guy suggested doing a System Restore and I did restore it

until mid-July. I thought maybe when I downloaded QuickTime that it slowed it

down because that was the last thing I downloded. So, I tried to uninstall

that and do the restore to 2 days before I downloaded QuickTime. I am not

sure it worked because the computer kept saying that same error message. The

programs on the desktop are slow and the internet did open last night as

usual with pictures and all, but it was very slow.

 

ANY IDEAS???

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Guest Poprivet
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Re: Computer acting funny

 

Atira wrote:

> I don not know much about how computers work and I even asked the IT

> guy at work and he was clueless. About a week ago my computer started

> to not load the internet completely. The internet page came in with

> no logos, just the text and boxes where the pictures should be. By

> the way, I should mention that I had a hard drive problem back in May

> and my IT guy at work replaced it for me with a new one and cleaned

> up the desktop and such. So, there is hardly anything on my desktop

> and it had been running fine since then. So, now when I clicked the

> internet either it does what I mentioned above or displays a message:

> not enough data to complete the action. Or the another message about

> the C drive. It always mentions the C drive and I don't know why.

> Then, the IT guy suggested doing a System Restore and I did restore

> it until mid-July. I thought maybe when I downloaded QuickTime that

> it slowed it down because that was the last thing I downloded. So, I

> tried to uninstall that and do the restore to 2 days before I

> downloaded QuickTime. I am not sure it worked because the computer

> kept saying that same error message. The programs on the desktop are

> slow and the internet did open last night as usual with pictures and

> all, but it was very slow.

>

> ANY IDEAS???

 

This may sound silly, but try doing 3 restarts in a row, and see if that

helps anything. XP rearranges the registry entries on the fly and sometimes

that can help.

 

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Guest Bogey Man
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Re: Computer acting funny

 

"Atira" <u37248@uwe> wrote in message news:77dc8f085e9b6@uwe...

>I don not know much about how computers work and I even asked the IT guy at

> work and he was clueless. About a week ago my computer started to not load

> the internet completely. The internet page came in with no logos, just the

> text and boxes where the pictures should be. By the way, I should mention

> that I had a hard drive problem back in May and my IT guy at work replaced

> it

> for me with a new one and cleaned up the desktop and such. So, there is

> hardly anything on my desktop and it had been running fine since then. So,

> now when I clicked the internet either it does what I mentioned above or

> displays a message: not enough data to complete the action. Or the another

> message about the C drive. It always mentions the C drive and I don't know

> why. Then, the IT guy suggested doing a System Restore and I did restore

> it

> until mid-July. I thought maybe when I downloaded QuickTime that it slowed

> it

> down because that was the last thing I downloded. So, I tried to uninstall

> that and do the restore to 2 days before I downloaded QuickTime. I am not

> sure it worked because the computer kept saying that same error message.

> The

> programs on the desktop are slow and the internet did open last night as

> usual with pictures and all, but it was very slow.

>

> ANY IDEAS???

 

If you are using Internet Explorer, go to TOOLS/INTERNET OPTIONS/ADVANCED

and scroll down to MULTIMEDIA and see if the settings for SHOW PICTURES is

checked and SHOW IMAGE PLACE HOLDERS is UNCHECKED.

 

Good luck

Guest db ´¯`·.. >
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Re: Computer acting funny

 

http://onecare.live.com/site/en-US/article/registry_cleaner_why.htm

 

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"Atira" <u37248@uwe> wrote in message news:77dc8f085e9b6@uwe...

>I don not know much about how computers work and I even asked the IT guy at

> work and he was clueless. About a week ago my computer started to not load

> the internet completely. The internet page came in with no logos, just the

> text and boxes where the pictures should be. By the way, I should mention

> that I had a hard drive problem back in May and my IT guy at work replaced it

> for me with a new one and cleaned up the desktop and such. So, there is

> hardly anything on my desktop and it had been running fine since then. So,

> now when I clicked the internet either it does what I mentioned above or

> displays a message: not enough data to complete the action. Or the another

> message about the C drive. It always mentions the C drive and I don't know

> why. Then, the IT guy suggested doing a System Restore and I did restore it

> until mid-July. I thought maybe when I downloaded QuickTime that it slowed it

> down because that was the last thing I downloded. So, I tried to uninstall

> that and do the restore to 2 days before I downloaded QuickTime. I am not

> sure it worked because the computer kept saying that same error message. The

> programs on the desktop are slow and the internet did open last night as

> usual with pictures and all, but it was very slow.

>

> ANY IDEAS???

>

Posted

Re: Computer acting funny

 

Good idea. Thanks!

 

db ´¯`·.. ><)))º>` .. . wrote:

>http://onecare.live.com/site/en-US/article/registry_cleaner_why.htm

>

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>

>.

>

>>I don not know much about how computers work and I even asked the IT guy at

>> work and he was clueless. About a week ago my computer started to not load

>

>>

>> ANY IDEAS???

Posted

Re: Computer acting funny

 

Ok, wait a minute. After further reading it seems that I did this last night.

I mantioned it above. It actually made the computer worse. The desktop icons

all disappeared and then didn't come back until I restarted the computer.

 

Atira wrote:

>Good idea. Thanks!

>

>>http://onecare.live.com/site/en-US/article/registry_cleaner_why.htm

>>

>

>>>

>>> ANY IDEAS???

Guest db ´¯`·.. >
Posted

Re: Computer acting funny

 

well,

 

it sounds like you did

a windows system restore.

 

the one care by Microsoft

takes care of a number of

issues.

 

if you ran it or not sure

you can try it again.

 

http://onecare.live.com

 

 

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not sure why your i.t. guy

is having a problem with

isolating your issue.

 

as a suggestion before you try one care

go ahead and boot into safemode

with networking options and

see if you pc acts better in that mode.

 

then let us know

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"Atira" <u37248@uwe> wrote in message news:77def7c448298@uwe...

> Ok, wait a minute. After further reading it seems that I did this last night.

> I mantioned it above. It actually made the computer worse. The desktop icons

> all disappeared and then didn't come back until I restarted the computer.

>

> Atira wrote:

>>Good idea. Thanks!

>>

>>>http://onecare.live.com/site/en-US/article/registry_cleaner_why.htm

>>>

>>

>>>>

>>>> ANY IDEAS???

>


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