I have an Inspiron 2650 that has been so stable for so many years for me. I am on dial-up service because out here in the country that is all that is available; lucky to have that. Anyway, last week while I was on net my computer was downloading some updates (I have it set to do that automatically). It was taking forever, as usual. Well I had to go ahead and log off and get to bed without the downloads being completed. When I went to log off/turn off, as usual there was a little box that stated the downloads would be installed and then the laptop would be turned off (as I have always done in the past). A couple days later when I went to use the laptop, it came on fine with the Dell welcome screen, then the next screen was only a blinking cursor.
I let it do this for a few minutes, then finally rebooted. Same again; I then rebooted and pushed F2 but did not change anything and exited. It finally loaded Windows and everything looked fine. When I started to hook up to my internet connection (bellsouth),after dialing it then went to a \"bluescreen\" with a message driver irql not less or equal and then rebooted. It did this several times and I was never able to get to the connection. It would reboot fine and load windows.
Evidently these Window updates that did not complete has something to do with this. My virus scan (Norton) is up to date and I ran a scan and all is fine. I ran Norton Systemworks and everything is fine.
This has been such an excellent computer that I am so concerned.
| Operating System : Microsoft Windows XP Professional
CPU/Processor : Pentium III
Additional Comments : Inspiron 2650
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