Thanks, John.

It's now a question of how much more money I actually want to put into that
particular computer.

It's an old Windows XP computer that I bought used about 3 years ago.

In addition to having an antiquated operating system, I'm wondering how long
it will be before other parts of the system begin to fail.

It's up and running again, but, realistically, I don't know for how much
longer.

Tom Behler: KB8TYJ


-----Original Message-----
From: For blind ham radio operators [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
On Behalf Of John Miller
Sent: Saturday, December 12, 2015 1:00 PM
To: [log in to unmask]
Subject: Re: Windows XP Logging Computer Issue Solved, at least for now

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