Hi kduck,
You may also try restoring the computer to the point when it was working fine. To perform a system restore please follow these steps:
- Restart the computer.
- Tap <F8> during startup until the Windows Advanced Options menu appears.
Press<Up Arrow>/ <Down Arrow> and highlight Repair Your Computer is highlighted, and then press <Enter>. - In the System Recovery Options window, click to select your language, and then click Next.
- Log in as a user with administrative rights, and click OK.
- From the Choose a recovery tool menu, click System Restore.
- In the System Restore window, click next.
- Click the Show restore points older than 5 days checkbox for a complete listing of restore points.
- Click to select a restore point.
- Click Next and then click Finish.
- Click Yes in the confirmation window.
- Click Restart after system restore successfully completes.
Check if the system beeps after restarting and reply with results.