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Computer issues, Viruses, trojans, crashes, install problems etc |
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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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| Dark Reaper |
Dec 2 2016, 11:09 PM
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QUOTE(mirocu @ Dec 2 2016, 04:05 PM)  Some update must have taken place and screwed that up.
That can usually happen. I wish I can help further but I'm not that familiar with IE.
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"The fallen leaves tell a story. Of how a Tarnished became an Elden Lord. In our home, across the fog, the Lands Between. Our seed will look back upon us, and recall. The Accursed Age...OF THE BELLY!!!!"
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| Callidus Thorn |
Jan 22 2017, 12:02 AM
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Joined: 29-September 13
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So, been having a slight issue from time to time with my wifi lately. Nothing major, just the occasional difficulty connecting, I figure something's just being awkward. Until I noticed that there was an extra device connected to my wifi. So I changed my password, but whatever it was was still connecting. Went poking around and found no info on it apart from a MAC address, which I've blocked.
Can't help wondering if the two were connected. If not, there must be something up with my wifi.
Update: Found a site where I could look up MAC addresses, and it seems it was someone's Sky box that was connecting. Though that doesn't answer the question of how it reconnected only a few minutes after I changed my password...
This post has been edited by Callidus Thorn: Jan 22 2017, 12:24 AM
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| Dark Reaper |
Jan 22 2017, 10:42 PM
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QUOTE(mirocu @ Jan 22 2017, 03:19 PM)  Too bad you had to do a factory restart though. Again  Thanks---I don't know what happen with Win 10 but all my programs and files became corrupted and unusable.
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"The fallen leaves tell a story. Of how a Tarnished became an Elden Lord. In our home, across the fog, the Lands Between. Our seed will look back upon us, and recall. The Accursed Age...OF THE BELLY!!!!"
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| mirocu |
Feb 25 2017, 11:11 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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| Decrepit |
May 14 2017, 08:48 PM
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From: Mid-South USA

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I'm sure all here know of this, but just in case.... WannaCry RansomwareIs apparently making the rounds big-time. My primary PC should be safe, assuming folk are correct that having all Windows Updates installed patches the vulnerability. Gonna power down soon as I'm done posting this (it can spread to all machines on a network) and check my Win10 secondary computer. Better safe than sorry I reckon.
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| mALX |
May 15 2017, 12:32 AM
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Joined: 14-March 10
From: Cyrodiil, the Wastelands, and BFE TN

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QUOTE(Decrepit @ May 14 2017, 03:48 PM)  I'm sure all here know of this, but just in case.... WannaCry RansomwareIs apparently making the rounds big-time. My primary PC should be safe, assuming folk are correct that having all Windows Updates installed patches the vulnerability. Gonna power down soon as I'm done posting this (it can spread to all machines on a network) and check my Win10 secondary computer. Better safe than sorry I reckon. Now, how do you configure your firewall to block any incoming access/code?
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| mirocu |
May 15 2017, 07:08 PM
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Joined: 8-February 13
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QUOTE(mALX @ May 15 2017, 12:46 AM)  As cheap as external hard drives are, there is really no excuse not to have one. I have two "Passports," the smallest is 400 gig - bought that one almost a decade ago. Since then the price of them has dropped by more than half and the size of hard drive memory they hold has increased exponentially. Get one, you will never be sorry.
Best thing I could do now was copy the most important stuff to my two flashdrives, mostly pictures. In order to do that though I had to delete many backup saves from Oblivion, Morrowind and Fallout 3. But I kept the very first saves as well as the most recent ones. The ones in the middle really don't matter much to me, it's the very first ones and most recent I really care about. I also copied some texts, mods etc because I had space left over but other than that I don't have much that needs being backed up.
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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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