Sounds like bios battery to me if that worked. It's replaceable, on a laptop 
it's very likely under the keyboard.

-----Original Message----- 
From: Tom Behler
Sent: Saturday, December 12, 2015 11:54 AM
To: [log in to unmask]
Subject: Windows XP Logging Computer Issue Solved, at least for now

Hi, everyone.



Well, it turns out that Albert's suggestion did the trick, at least for now.



I turned off the laptop, took the battery out, and unplugged the DC power
supply connection.  I then let the computer sit for about 15 minutes to make
sure everything was cleared from the machine's memory.



When I plugged things back in and re-booted the machine, things began
working again.



I am not sure this will solve my issue in the long term, since I probably
really do need to think about replacing this old Windows XP logging
computer, but at least I'm up and running again for now.



Thanks to all for such a quick response to my rather desperate plea for help
here.  (LOL)



Tom Behler: KB8TYJ