Thank you, Dan! I want to get an external drive to copy my C drive
onto ASAP, but money is the problem. That grinding sound has been
going on for a very long time, many many months at least. Thank you
again. I'll probably have the nearby computer shop take a look at it
for me because ever since I moved cross country, I've developed a fear
of doing stuff like that myself. (I know that sounds ridiculous.)
Gail
On Sun, 15 Jan 2006 13:52:09 -0500, Dan Seur <click@casta.net> wrote:
>A grinding, (or buzzing, or humming) sound can be either very serious
>(if from a hard drive, it's the sound of doom) or minor (if from a case
>or CPU fan, that's a cheap and simple do-it-yourself replacement, or
>possibly just moving an errant wire away from the blades). You probably
>have to open the case to diagnose.
>
>If it's a hard drive, get your important data backed up elsewhere ASAP.
>
>Jyeshta wrote:
>> To follow up - I finally rebooted and the computer restarted fine,
>> with IE and all. I installed all the critical updates. IE no longer
>> appears in Control Panel's "Add / Remove Software" and I don't know
>> what to make of that. Only other worry is that my computer runs VERY
>> LOUD and makes an awful grinding sound from time to time. It's been
>> doing this for quite some time now, so I don't know what to think.
>>
>> In any case, thank you again, John. I very much appreciate your help.
>>
>> Gail
>>
>>
>>
>> On Thu, 08 Dec 2005 18:18:44 -0400, John John <audetweld@nbnet.nb.ca>
>> wrote:
>>
>>
>>>You're welcome.
>>>
>>>John
>>>
>>>Jyeshta wrote:
>>>
>>>>Thank you, John!
>>>>
>>>>Gail
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>On Wed, 07 Dec 2005 20:51:54 -0400, John John <audetweld@nbnet.nb.ca>
>>>>wrote:
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>>Sooner or later you're gonna have to reboot... or eventually there will
>>>>>be a power failure! For all it's worth you didn't remove IE, it can't
>>>>>be removed (at least not with Add/Remove Programs). All you did is
>>>>>revert it back to the version that was installed when Windows 2000 was
>>>>>installed. If there are temp files to be processed upon reboot you may
>>>>>as well reboot and get it over with then upgrade IE again. Unless you
>>>>>can find and remove the temps and run calls for the shutdown/reboot
>>>>>routine the installation of the new IE upgrade may be unpredictable, so
>>>>>I would reboot before upgrading again.
>>>>>
>>>>>John
>>>>>
>>>>>Jyeshta wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>>Thanks for your advice, John. But now, I did not yet reboot, which
>>>>>>will end the removal process of IE, but IE is now back to normal. Do
>>>>>>I dare to reboot and then install the fresh copy of IE? The online
>>>>>>virus scan came up clean.
>>>>>>
>>>>>>Thanks so much.
>>>>>>
>>>>>>Gail
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>On Wed, 07 Dec 2005 15:22:16 -0400, John John <audetweld@nbnet.nb.ca>
>>>>>>wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>>You should run Ad-Aware as well as Spybot Search & Destroy before you
>>>>>>>re-upgrade IE. Chances are if you got a BHO or other they will still be
>>>>>>>there after you do another IE upgrade.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>http://www.lavasoftusa.com/software/adaware/
>>>>>>>http://www.safer-networking.org/
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>John
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>Jyeshta wrote:
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>Please forgive me if this is the wrong group to ask in.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>This morning I was using Internet Explorer in a "safe" site when
>>>>>>>>suddenly I lost the top menu bar and the whole look of it changed. My
>>>>>>>>newsreader is now also strange, using a different font than before.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>I am doing an online virus scan.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>I removed IE from Add/Remove Software in Control Panel.* Should I
>>>>>>>>reboot before I install a fresh copy from Microsoft? Will Windows
>>>>>>>>2000 Pro Service Pack 4 with all updates except one non-critical
>>>>>>>>update run until I can install IE, or should I install IE over the
>>>>>>>>copy that's still on the computer?
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>Any help would be greatly appreciated.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>*I thought I would get the option to repair IE, but I didn't - it was
>>>>>>>>connected to something like Q***** with a string of numbers after Q
>>>>>>>>and I panicked and just removed it. I am assuming the Q***** was an
>>>>>>>>update.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>Gail
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>
>>
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