Re: XP Pro will not shut down, and CPU often reeves

Oh, wow...that is a new game for me. But, I have a friend online, and easily
accessible who can help me through this--so I don't have to use my IE for
responding, posting, et al. I am also saving your comments for the Tech when
he comes, so he'll see what I'm also experiencing daily.

The rev of the CPU sounds like the fan and it freezes any actions.
Additionally, none of my F prompt keys work. That may be because this was set
up for Dragon, and ZoomText, but Control/Alt/Delete does nothing either.
Thus, I'm manually shutting down each time. I did look at the power/maintence
et al, and there are several Warnings in there on days I had problems. All
are related to NSW, bless its little cotton gizzard. I always used AGV before
and ran TrendMicro weekly, for three years, and had two spyware/malwear
programs (now its Spyblaster and Ad Awares). I had SpyDoctor downloaded but
problems seem to start up at that point, so I uninstalled anything new--that
was the only program that was new. I'm not in the habit of picking up
Freeware, etc.

I have pulled my CPU out from under the adaptive desk I use
(www.computercomforts.com), its suspended on a slide out tray, so it gets
more circulation. Believe me, this is a whole new "game" for me. Thank you,
again, for your wonderful help.

--
"A large volume of adventures may be grasped within this little span of
life, by him who interests his heart in everything (Laurence Sterne)."


"Malke" wrote:

Pappion wrote:

Opps, one other question--I just came online and my CPU is giving me that
revving sound aleady. Is there a reason for that? Will it harm my
computer? Will manually shutting down harm it? I'm getting suspicious of
MS's Updates, to be perfectly honest. I've had computers since 1980, and
as compromised as one became, I never experienced any of these problems,
much less the "engine gunning" sound.

OK, to answer both questions from your last two posts:

1. You are having difficulties with the site because you are using the web
interface to these groups, which is awful. Here's my standard boilerplate
about it:

Since you are using the web interface, you may not realize that this is
really a newsgroup. You will get far more out of this resource if you learn
to use a newsreader (very easy to set up). There are many good newsreaders
for Windows, but you can use Outlook Express since you already have it.
Here are some links to information about newsgroups:

About Usenet:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Usenet
http://groups.google.com/support/bin/static.py?page=basics.html - Basics of
Usenet
http://www.elephantboycomputers.com/page2.html#Usenet - a brief explanation
of newsgroups

Using Outlook Express as Newsreader:
http://michaelstevenstech.com/outlookexpressnewreader.htm
http://rickrogers.org/setupoe.htm

How to Post:
http://www.dts-l.org/goodpost.htm
http://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html
http://aumha.org/nntp.htm - list of MS newsgroups
microsoft.public.test.here - MS group to test if your newsreader is working
properly
http://www.mailmsg.com/SPAM_munging.htm - how to munge email address
http://www.blakjak.demon.co.uk/mul_crss.htm - multiposting vs. crossposting

2. Now I understand what you meant in your very first post. You had written
"reeve" when you meant "rev". It is important to determine from where the
sound is coming. Your description makes me think this is a fan and that the
computer is getting too hot.

Malke
--
MS-MVP Windows Shell/User
Elephant Boy Computers
www.elephantboycomputers.com
"Don't Panic"

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