We have hadserious problrems with our PC. Briedfly, I barely got back here now. The login screen says we are in a limited protected program, all the files like pics and docs are inaccessible, thouigfh I kniw they are still oin the gharddrive. It has remanded back tyo things I do not understand. All the Explorer settings are screwed up. Google is there, but works different than before, showing accouint settings and such, bnut not alloweiong reset. I'm not trytinng tio correct anyt nof this wiondering ifd the keyvoard is the cause of much of it. My wifes tabletvbstill works normal we think son she is usaingb that only. The lapo[prtopo,mm this miserable P.IOo S. Hlp.. semndb jack.brady39yahoo.com.
@Frank Sanoica Frank, it could be worth restoring your computer to an earlier time, before you had the problem. Use your computers system restore option. I'm using windows 7 but later versions should be similar... Control Panel: System and Security: Action Centre - Restore your computer to an earlier time. Open System Restore : Next: Tick the box.. show more restore points. Highlight a date, click next and just follow the prompts. I've had to do this a few times when things have gone weird, it usually works
@Frank Sanoica BTW, because the computer would now be at and earlier time, you will probably need to let your Internet Security update itself. Don't make me weep Frank..
@Frank Sanoica I have done this as well and actually chose to reset my PC back to the factory settings.
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It is way past time that you got yourself an IPAD , @Frank Sanoica ! ! Seriously, once you have an iPad, you should not have any problems ever again. Yes, it takes a little while getting used to having a touchscreen instead of a mouse-pointer; but once you get the hang of it, you will wonder how on earth you ever put up with using the laptop all of these years. Get a keyboard case, and then the tablet will be just about like having a mini-laptop, but a lot more user-friendly. Even if you get a different brand of tablet, you will probably like it better than the laptop once you get used to using it; but I have always used Apple iPads and iPhones, and those are all that I can vouch for. Here is a picture of my iPad and the keyboard case, and you can see that it looks very much like a laptop; but it is lightweight, can be used with or without the keyboard, and has room for all kinds of apps. You will enjoy apps, Frank, you just do not know it yet.......
Cannopt restore to earlier date. Havev done this before many times. After login,,m a flag shows up saying computer is in a protected mofde, no fil;es accessed will be retaiunerd All favorites gobne, all pictures gone, also dioc uments. Home paghe was Yahoo, now MSN, can c hange setting under internet options, but does not remain set on yahoo. Thios alol started after some kind of bad shutdown. Cant seem to get it back./ F11 at startup displays the 3-chgoices for restore and recovery, choose restore, it red flags it where used to show restore points, say cannot be restored. Triued recovery, with save files, iot worked saving them for 25 minutes., then showed "to co,mplete recovery, press "begin". Pressed bergin, would not do anything atr all.
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If I wasn't hooked on Macs, and was looking mostly for an inexpensive computer, I'd shop Tiger Direct. I shopped with them almost exclusively before I switched to a Mac. They sell Macs too, but Macs aren't cheap. The Mini Mac might be affordable, though. Even on the cheap, which I have had to do plenty of times in my life, I don't recommend used. I'm sure there are good deals to be had, but you're also likely to be buying someone else's problems. Refurbished, maybe. But if getting online is the main purpose of having a computer, you can get a new one for just over a hundred dollars, and sometimes even less.
Frank, if your Windows menu is accessible just select the Recovery Manager At the prompt select 'Allow' --- on the next window as shown below select 'System Recovery' and follow any prompts with 'Yes.' and let it do it's thing. Selecting this option restores your Windows operating system back to the factory setting. It does not delete any files or photos that you already have saved to your hard drive. My experience with using F-keys only resulted in added confusion. If this doesn't work then you may be in the market for a new PC.
@Von Jones Recovery didn't work either, Von. Added tom thgis messed up keyboard........Here's exactlyu what is shown befor logging in: "You hav e been logged oin with a temporary profiule. You cannot access your files and files created in this profile will be deleted when you log off.To fix this log off and try logging on later. Please see the event log for details, or contact your system adnministrator." I went to several help sites addressing this exact problem. The several methoids shown won';t work because the options which are said to appear, don't/.
My suggestion is buy a new one. I saw one in Walmart for under a hundred bucks a few weeks ago, and Best Buy routinely has low-end computers in the neighborhood of $100-150. I don't know what you use your computer for, but if your main objective is to be able to get online, you can get a Kindle Fire for fifty bucks or so, although I don't know if you can connect a Kindle Fire to a keyboard and monitor, and I'm thinking probably not. You can do so with an iPad but, of course, iPads are more expensive. There are some here who'd disagree, I'm sure, but I'd opt for a low-end computer unless you really want an iPad for other reasons. Since you already have a keyboard, mouse, and monitor, you could get away with buying just the computer itself.
Okay, Frank. Try switching to another user. You may have to create/add one along with another password.