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mirocu |
Jun 29 2013, 04:46 PM
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Due to my recent experience where I got a trojan that effectively blocked me from using my computer and threatening me with heavy fines or jailtime (unless I paid a smaller fine, of course ), I thought I'd start a thread where we could discuss the various computer problems we've had. Perhaps we could give each other some hints and tips on how to solve them I solved my problem thanks to the wonderful feature built into Windows where you reset your computer to an earlier save point. To get to that program even though my computer was locked I had to fire up my computer in failsafe mode (pressing F8 during startup), choose Failsafe Mode with Command prompt, exit from that and do the Ctrl-Alt-Delete thing to bring up the activity menu from where I could search for the C:/ directory and from there find the program where you make a save point/reset to a save point. (Apologies if my explanation is a bit clunky ) This post has been edited by mirocu: Nov 25 2017, 10:15 PM
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Lol birdIt matters not how strait the gate, How charged with punishments the scroll, I am the master of my fate, I am the captain of my soul.
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mirocu |
Feb 4 2014, 04:12 PM
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Just wanted to mention that I havenīt had any issue after disabling the Windows updates. If nothing I have avoided problems since I did that and I have decided to stay off. I can always enable it if absolutely necessary but I donīt see that coming at all. Updating when everything works is like fixing a flat tyre when you donīt have a flat tyre
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Lol birdIt matters not how strait the gate, How charged with punishments the scroll, I am the master of my fate, I am the captain of my soul.
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ghastley |
Feb 4 2014, 07:41 PM
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QUOTE(mirocu @ Feb 4 2014, 10:12 AM) Updating when everything works is like fixing a flat tyre when you donīt have a flat tyre And not updating is letting your tyres go slowly flat, instead of keeping them pumped up! < /analogy >
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mirocu |
Feb 4 2014, 08:42 PM
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QUOTE(ghastley @ Feb 4 2014, 07:41 PM) QUOTE(mirocu @ Feb 4 2014, 10:12 AM) Updating when everything works is like fixing a flat tyre when you donīt have a flat tyre And not updating is letting your tyres go slowly flat, instead of keeping them pumped up! < /analogy > I very much disagree there, buddy I do have Microsoft Essentials going and that I update regularly
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Lol birdIt matters not how strait the gate, How charged with punishments the scroll, I am the master of my fate, I am the captain of my soul.
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mirocu Computer issues Jun 29 2013, 04:46 PM ThatSkyrimGuy I cannot stress the obvious enough. A good, reliab... Jun 29 2013, 05:14 PM mirocu I use Windows Defender and two free programs to sc... Jun 29 2013, 05:18 PM King Coin Heh, Java's getting its butt kicked recently. ... Jun 29 2013, 05:35 PM Kiln I got the same virus the other day. It says that ... Jun 29 2013, 05:40 PM mirocu
I got the same virus the other day. ...
It locks... Jun 30 2013, 03:35 PM Kiln
I got the same virus the other day. ...
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I sprinkle protective fairy dust on Puter once a ... Jun 30 2013, 07:57 PM mirocu @Acadian - :lol: Jun 30 2013, 04:44 PM ImperialSnob Here's a tip.
Don't click anything you sh... Jun 30 2013, 09:00 PM mirocu
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Don't click anything you s... Jul 1 2013, 08:41 AM ImperialSnob
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Don't click anything you ... Jul 1 2013, 02:33 PM Kiln
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Don't click anything you s... Jul 1 2013, 08:42 PM ImperialSnob
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Don't click anything you ... Jul 1 2013, 09:04 PM mALX *
@ Mirocu - this thread is an excellent idea... Jul 1 2013, 09:48 PM mirocu
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@ Mirocu - this thread is an excellent idea... Jul 1 2013, 10:17 PM mALX
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@ Mirocu - this thread is an excellent idea... Jul 1 2013, 10:21 PM mirocu Have a problem at Bethsoft, something to do with J... Jul 1 2013, 11:45 PM Acadian mirocu - You can normal post and there is a button... Jul 2 2013, 12:26 AM mirocu Already did the things you suggested, Acadian :) I... Jul 2 2013, 09:16 AM mirocu Downloaded Microsoft Essential and now I use that ... Aug 21 2013, 10:34 AM King Coin If Wikipedia is to be believed, Windows Defender i... Aug 21 2013, 02:09 PM mirocu
If Wikipedia is to be believed, Windows Defender ... Aug 21 2013, 04:51 PM mirocu Installed the Fallout 3 DLCs today and I did what ... Sep 2 2013, 03:51 PM mirocu Ok, so today I had to make a system reset because ... Dec 14 2013, 10:11 PM Callidus Thorn
Ok, so today I had to make a system reset because... Dec 14 2013, 10:15 PM mirocu
I'm not sure it's the updates screwing th... Dec 14 2013, 10:17 PM Callidus Thorn
I'm not sure it's the updates screwing t... Dec 14 2013, 10:22 PM mirocu Yeah, I donīt think itīs my puter specifically sin... Dec 14 2013, 10:26 PM McBadgere Not sure what day it was, but we had to get the co... Dec 20 2013, 04:44 AM mirocu
Bloody windows updates...I wonder if that's k... Dec 20 2013, 09:33 AM Callidus Thorn *Checks laptop*
Wow, I've got over 600Mb of u... Dec 20 2013, 09:41 AM mirocu
*Checks laptop*
Wow, I've got over 600Mb of ... Dec 20 2013, 09:42 AM Callidus Thorn
*Checks laptop*
Wow, I've got over 600Mb of... Dec 20 2013, 09:55 AM mirocu
I've also got to download an updated driver f... Dec 20 2013, 10:04 AM Callidus Thorn
I've also got to download an updated driver ... Dec 20 2013, 11:08 AM haute ecole rider The only problem with not updating is that your co... Feb 4 2014, 04:25 PM King Coin
The only problem with not updating is that your c... Feb 4 2014, 04:49 PM SubRosa I have never had any trouble with Windows Update o... Feb 4 2014, 08:31 PM Callidus Thorn Well, I just spent a half hour panicking.
Downloa... Mar 11 2014, 03:30 PM mirocu Thereīs always a solution, you just have to know w... Mar 11 2014, 03:35 PM mirocu Hereīs a question for those who have it; What do y... Apr 13 2014, 02:16 PM Callidus Thorn
Hereīs a question for those who have it; What do ... Apr 13 2014, 02:47 PM ImperialSnob
Hereīs a question for those who have it; What do ... Apr 13 2014, 03:09 PM mirocu I already have 7 :) But why exactly is 8 so horrib... Apr 13 2014, 03:15 PM Callidus Thorn
I already have 7 :) But why exactly is 8 so horri... Apr 13 2014, 03:27 PM mirocu Itīs still bad that you have to do all that just t... Apr 13 2014, 03:31 PM Callidus Thorn
Itīs still bad that you have to do all that just ... Apr 13 2014, 03:41 PM ImperialSnob http://www.infoworld.com/d/microsoft-windo...-its-... Apr 13 2014, 04:28 PM mirocu All the talk about Xbox and tablets... I just want... Apr 13 2014, 04:37 PM SubRosa I have Windows 8 on my Surface, and from what I ca... Apr 13 2014, 05:10 PM King Of Beasts Anyone good with MACs?
So, I updated my 13... Apr 14 2014, 04:32 AM haute ecole rider Sorry to hear of your Mac issues, KOB. Something s... Apr 14 2014, 04:43 AM King Of Beasts Thanks for the advice :)
I hope one of those thin... Apr 14 2014, 04:47 AM haute ecole rider Ouch! Hopefully we can get them back.
All the... Apr 14 2014, 04:55 AM King Of Beasts I'm an idiot so of course I didn't back up... Apr 14 2014, 04:58 AM mirocu Sorry to hear about your MAC problems, Kobby. Canī... Apr 14 2014, 07:57 AM mirocu http://tekkenweb.sakura.ne.jp/tekken/etc/images/d0... May 22 2014, 10:41 AM Callidus Thorn Had a little trouble earlier in the week. Computer... Sep 28 2014, 05:22 PM mirocu Regular virus searches is the lesson then.. :D Sep 28 2014, 05:24 PM mALX Urk...I need some antivirus on both my Laptop and ... Sep 28 2014, 05:26 PM mirocu
Urk...I need some antivirus on both my Laptop and... Sep 28 2014, 05:28 PM Callidus Thorn
Regular virus searches is the lesson then.. :D
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I have Microsoft Security Essentials. Free and w... Sep 28 2014, 05:31 PM mALX
[quote name='Callidus Thorn' post='229173' date='... Sep 28 2014, 06:50 PM Callidus Thorn
and Thorny - I did get a virus with Norton instal... Sep 29 2014, 10:09 PM mirocu I have only extremely rarely gotten virus in my pu... Sep 29 2014, 04:11 PM mALX
I have only extremely rarely gotten virus in my p... Sep 29 2014, 05:50 PM haute ecole rider
I have only extremely rarely gotten virus in my ... Sep 30 2014, 12:46 AM Callidus Thorn Ugh.
Trying to download Chrome, since Firefox is ... Dec 9 2014, 08:59 PM SubRosa
Ugh.
Trying to download Chrome, since Firefox is... Dec 9 2014, 09:50 PM mirocu Who knows? I have really no idea how long it shoul... Dec 9 2014, 09:03 PM Callidus Thorn Well it shouldn't take anything like that long... Dec 9 2014, 09:04 PM mirocu Are you on 56K? https://images.proboards.com/v5/sm... Dec 9 2014, 09:08 PM Callidus Thorn
Are you on 56K? https://images.proboards.com/v5/s... Dec 9 2014, 09:26 PM ghastley (In best Yorkshire accent) When I were a lad, we w... Dec 9 2014, 09:22 PM mirocu
(In best Yorkshire accent) When I were a lad, we ... Dec 9 2014, 09:25 PM mirocu :lol: ! Dec 9 2014, 09:51 PM mALX No way it should take that long unless you have a ... Dec 9 2014, 10:28 PM Callidus Thorn Hence blaming it on google.
On the upside, updati... Dec 9 2014, 10:54 PM mALX
Hence blaming it on google.
On the upside, updat... Dec 9 2014, 11:45 PM Callidus Thorn And now, for one of those "well, what do I do... Dec 15 2014, 10:55 AM Acadian :lol: Looks sort of like one of those 'Can... Dec 15 2014, 04:04 PM Callidus Thorn Yeah, I had to laugh when I saw it, then grabbed a... Dec 15 2014, 04:28 PM mirocu Solution: Install Windows XP.
Next question? B... Dec 15 2014, 05:26 PM SubRosa Or install Windows 7. I have not heard anything go... Dec 15 2014, 09:43 PM mirocu Sometimes making progress means staying where you ... Dec 15 2014, 09:45 PM mALX This is the best news EVAH! I am getting a ne... Dec 23 2014, 10:45 PM SubRosa Ok? That is the Thor of computers! :viking: S... Dec 23 2014, 11:59 PM mALX
Ok? That is the Thor of computers! :viking: ... Dec 24 2014, 12:17 AM mirocu
Ok? That is the Thor of computers! :viking: ... Dec 24 2014, 09:09 AM mALX
Ok? That is the Thor of computers! :viking:... Dec 24 2014, 10:40 AM
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