Ferrari Mailing List: Computer Problem OT

[Larry T (l02turner]

Hi Gang,
    I'm posting this in the hope it prevents others from having a problem like  I did.   My Acer laptop was fine but one morning I found I could not connect to wifi or ethernet and the sound card  was dead also.

    I worked on it for 2 days trying to get things started.  I finally decided the network card was bad as well as the sound card.   I bought a new laptop.

    The new laptop had been fine for a couple of months when I decided to uninstall some unwanted toolbars and other software.  After rebooting I found my internet card and sound card were both not working.  Again, I worked on it for a day before I checked the Component Services in the Control panel\administrator services. 

    I found all the services had been disabled,  well Duh, no matter stuff stopped working!   I went through each line item (about 60) and changed almost all to "Automatic".  reboot and Bingo - everything works again!

    I needed another laptop anyway because the one I had been using (the 1st with the problem) because it is a small frame laptop and I have trouble typing quickly on it.

    Anyway, I am telling on myself that I did not do all the trouble shooting  I could on the 1st computer before deciding it had bad cards.  When the 2nd had the same problem it was too much of a coincidence. 

    I suspect the makers of some software that prefer not to be un-installed decided to do damage when they are un-installed!     What a chicken ____ thing to do!

Anyway - watch yourself...

LarryT