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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 wink.gif ), 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 smile.gif

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 wink.gif )

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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. ... It lock...   Jun 30 2013, 03:46 PM
SubRosa   One of the big things to look out for to prevent g...   Jun 29 2013, 06:49 PM
ImperialSnob   USE AVG!   Jun 29 2013, 08:16 PM
treydog   I am most definitely a "belt and suspenders a...   Jun 29 2013, 08:42 PM
McBadgere   Having fallen prey to a virus that even the techie...   Jun 30 2013, 03:50 AM
Acadian   I sprinkle protective fairy dust on Puter once a w...   Jun 30 2013, 04:42 PM
Kiln   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   Here's a tip. Don't click anything you s...   Jul 1 2013, 08:41 AM
ImperialSnob   Here's a tip. Don't click anything you ...   Jul 1 2013, 02:33 PM
Kiln   Here's a tip. Don't click anything you s...   Jul 1 2013, 08:42 PM
ImperialSnob   Here's a tip. 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   * @ Mirocu - this thread is an excellent idea...   Jul 1 2013, 10:17 PM
mALX   * @ 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
mirocu   Just wanted to mention that I havenīt had any issu...   Feb 4 2014, 04:12 PM
ghastley   Updating when everything works is like fixing a f...   Feb 4 2014, 07:41 PM
mirocu   [quote name='mirocu' post='210723' date='Feb 4 20...   Feb 4 2014, 08:42 PM
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 ...   Sep 28 2014, 05:30 PM
mirocu   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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