after the troubleshooter changed my power to save power, I thought the same thing...that if it slept or hibernated, it might not wake back up so I set it to never sleep or hibernate. I also set the wireless adapter to maximum power saving. Like I said, I have no reason why it was set to max performance when this is a cabled connected desktop with nothing wireless on it or for it or in the apartment or anything.
I have seen a geek squad truck go by from time to time so I know they're somewhere in the area. I'll look up their number and give them a call and see what they charge to put a battery in it.
I was reading on a site that some batteries are attached to the motherboard and cannot be changed. I hope that's not the case with mine. I know my graphics can't be changed. They're a chipset is that what you call them when they're attached to the motherboard and can't be altered or changed? I guess you get what you pay for . sigh.
I will find out what geek squad charges and let you know what happens.
Computer will be staying ON until the power shuts off lol. Then I guess I'm up a creek without a paddle lol
Your wonderful help and advice is so very very much appreciated. I will be online all day today on and off. Still runnung this morning though YAY!!! lol
I've read most of your posts, and I think you are a lot smarter than you give yourself credit for. You describe your issues very well, you are comfortable with your own limitations, and you have no trouble with our explanations. The only difference is in experience, which you will also gain. You are always welcome here.
I don't want to worry you too much, but definitely don't shut it down any more. It may shut itself down as the battery weakens, and then it may boot with a low cmos warning. The computer relies on the cmos to work with the bios in keeping track of its parts. It might tell you that it can't find the hard drive, or the keyboard or the mouse. Then it's shop time, so we'll hope to get as much out of it as possible to give you some save up time. Get the tech to check the power source as well to make sure it isn't adversely affecting the cmos.
Paula,
delphinium is right. There's an old saying "There's no substitute for experience". That's all you lack, not what you already have, which is a good head on your shoulders and, (imo), the most important asset, you, a nice person. That's an attribute that can't be measured in a number or statistic.
The other members are referring to the "CMOS" battery. Here's a picture of a part of my Mother Board which shows the battery location. My battery is a "CR2032" cell-type which is commonly used in may other applications.
My battery has 2 clips that retain the battery onto the board.
That picture is a great aid for me to know what the conversations are about! Thank you! (It is very very different in there than what I imagined lol)
I now see why it shouldn't cost very much to replace.
I have to stick to local actual physical help because I don't buy or sell anything online. I don't know how and frankly, I wouldn't know how to do it safely so I just don't lol.
Thank you very much for your informative picture and post! Have a wonderful day! I will let everyone know what's going on!
For now, it's too early in the morning to call the geek squad and I have to try to go outside and get some of the ice and snow off my car and see if it will start and run for a while so the battery doesn't go dead in this cold cold weather. That's all I need, eh? Another dead battery?! lolol
Thank you for answering. I still think something odd is going on. I posted this picture below with my question in red on it. I, too check for updates first thing in the morning. Right after I checked for updates I got a windows program that was blocked trying to access Norton which is good, right? My confusion is about the login. I completely shut down my computer last night (usually I leave it on and just turn off the speakers and monitor) but last night I shut down completely. Norton security history shows me as logging off. Then it shows me as logging back on last night. I didn't log back on last night. Could it be incorrectly logging this morning's login with the wrong time? why? anyway here is a picture of it. Maybe if you would, help me sort it out so I understand? Thank you F4E you're a kind and patient friend and so is Dave and delphinium
There could be another reason for the 'User logged in' event in the screenshot above.
There are two scenarios where Norton itself will write a 'User logged in' event into the Security History:
LiveUpdate patching i.e. 'Apply Now' patches like today's Firefox toolbar update;
Norton crashes and restarts itself i.e. Application Failure events in the Norton Error Reporting category in the Security History.
Based on your log above, I'd suggest that Norton crashed during shutdown. You may be able to confirm this by checking the Norton Error Reporting section in your Security History.
