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post 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 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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post Apr 14 2014, 04:43 AM
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Sorry to hear of your Mac issues, KOB. Something similar to that happened to me a couple of years ago. Believe me, I know that sinking feeling!

Does your MBP have an optical drive, or is it one of the new ones (Retina MBPs have no optical drive)? You do have your data backed up, do you?

You may want to try and boot up from a system CD (if the answer is yes) or from the Recovery Mode (for OS X Lion or later). If the computer boots up into the desktop from the CD or Recovery partition, then you likely have a glitch in the update process (i.e. a corrupted download).

In that case you'll want to reinstall the system from either the CD or Recovery Partition and get to to the desktop, or restore from a Time Machine backup that predates the update. Then you can try re-downloading and reinstalling the update again.

If the computer won't boot up from CD or Recovery partition, then you may have a hardware issue. That requires a visit to the nearest Apple Store or Apple Authorized Service Technician.

I hope this helps! Do let me know how it goes for you.

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post Apr 14 2014, 04:47 AM
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Thanks for the advice smile.gif

I hope one of those things works, I have all my Africa pics on this computer sad.gif


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post Apr 14 2014, 04:55 AM
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Ouch! Hopefully we can get them back.

All the more reason to keep your computers backed up regularly and often! My Win 7 partition is set to back up daily, the Mac partition (both on my Mac Pro desktop) hourly (thanks to Time Machine), and my MacBook Pro weekly. I also keep an archive drive of all my photos. Redundancy is a computer geek's best friend (and a digital photographer's, too).

KOB, I'm off to bed. But PM me if you need more help. I do check my email often (like to keep my inbox clean, you know).


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post Apr 14 2014, 04:58 AM
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I'm an idiot so of course I didn't back up my computer lol


Thanks for the help smile.gif

I hope I can figure this out

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post Apr 14 2014, 07:57 AM
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Sorry to hear about your MAC problems, Kobby. Canīt help you myself but I see h.e.r got you covered. Hopefully itīs not as bad as you think and itīll be up and running again soon smile.gif


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post May 22 2014, 10:41 AM
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IPB Image
So yesterday I decided to make some backups of programs on my oldest puter (Win 3.1) in case it drops. I know I shouldnīt jinx it but cīmon, I have to be able to talk about it... IPB Image

I wanted to transfer them to my Millennium puter because not only do they work on it, from there I can also upload them to my flashdrive. But I can only use 3.5" disks for the first step and fortunately I found one just laying about! I should have more somewhere but one was sufficient for now. I was able to fully transfer Chipīs Challenge which was my main focus, and then I moved on to copy savegames of CyClones, Duke Nukem 3D and Wolf 3D plus some other stuff. I donīt have to bother with the rest of the games because I have those on CDs so I can just install them at any point. Next step is to copy Jezzball and Maxwellīs Maniac.

I did encounter some problems, though. Because many of these programs are not installed in their own folders, the files are scattered all over the place and itīs sometimes very hard to figure out which file belongs to which program. I wasnīt able to copy Paintbrush and some of the images Iīve made, but most of them I could transfer and I might even show them here sometime!! biggrin.gif

What happened earlier with this puter (scroll down a bit)


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post Sep 28 2014, 05:22 PM
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Had a little trouble earlier in the week. Computer got a virus, though Norton shut it down quickly. The source? The external hard drive I use for backup embarrased.gif No idea how it got there.

As it turned out, there were in fact four viruses lurking on that hard drive, I'm guessing in amongst the files from my old laptop. *facepalm*

My laptop does seem to be a little slower to start up since then though...


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post Sep 28 2014, 05:24 PM
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Regular virus searches is the lesson then.. biggrin.gif


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post Sep 28 2014, 05:26 PM
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Urk...I need some antivirus on both my Laptop and PC - forgot to add it since I'm finally able to get back online after a year sad.gif








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post Sep 28 2014, 05:28 PM
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QUOTE(mALX @ Sep 28 2014, 06:26 PM) *

Urk...I need some antivirus on both my Laptop and PC - forgot to add it since I'm finally able to get back online after a year sad.gif

I have Microsoft Security Essentials. Free and works for me! biggrin.gif


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post Sep 28 2014, 05:30 PM
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QUOTE(mirocu @ Sep 28 2014, 05:24 PM) *

Regular virus searches is the lesson then.. biggrin.gif


Norton does that, and I had it on my old laptop, so I'm not really sure how the viruses got there...

Still, at least I know they're dealt with.

QUOTE(mirocu @ Sep 28 2014, 05:28 PM) *

QUOTE(mALX @ Sep 28 2014, 06:26 PM) *

Urk...I need some antivirus on both my Laptop and PC - forgot to add it since I'm finally able to get back online after a year sad.gif

I have Microsoft Security Essentials. Free and works for me! biggrin.gif


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You're a braver man than I, 'Rocu.

I don't trust Microsoft for anything beyond the OS, and that's only because I don't have much choice in the matter...


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post Sep 28 2014, 05:31 PM
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QUOTE(Callidus Thorn @ Sep 28 2014, 06:30 PM) *

QUOTE(mirocu @ Sep 28 2014, 05:24 PM) *

I have Microsoft Security Essentials. Free and works for me! biggrin.gif


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You're a braver man than I, 'Rocu.

I don't trust Microsoft for anything beyond the OS, and that's only because I don't have much choice in the matter...

Iīm not brave, just lazy and cheap rollinglaugh.gif


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post Sep 28 2014, 06:50 PM
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QUOTE(mirocu @ Sep 28 2014, 12:31 PM) *

QUOTE(Callidus Thorn @ Sep 28 2014, 06:30 PM) *

QUOTE(mirocu @ Sep 28 2014, 05:24 PM) *

I have Microsoft Security Essentials. Free and works for me! biggrin.gif


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You're a braver man than I, 'Rocu.

I don't trust Microsoft for anything beyond the OS, and that's only because I don't have much choice in the matter...

Iīm not brave, just lazy and cheap rollinglaugh.gif



I should try it then. I thought they charged for it, not sure why I thought that. My favorite antivirus and firewall (when I could afford to pay) was by Trend-Micro, it was excellent right up until the month it was going to expire, then hounded me with so many dire warnings that I went with Kapersky the next year, then Norton - neither did the job Trend-Micro did - and Thorny - I did get a virus with Norton installed.




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post Sep 29 2014, 04:11 PM
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I have only extremely rarely gotten virus in my puters, with or without antivirus programs. Might as well have one thatīs free. Donīt wanna pay for yet another thing tongue.gif

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post Sep 29 2014, 05:50 PM
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QUOTE(mirocu @ Sep 29 2014, 11:11 AM) *

I have only extremely rarely gotten virus in my puters, with or without antivirus programs. Might as well have one thatīs free. Donīt wanna pay for yet another thing tongue.gif



I have problems every time my husband gets on my PC.



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post Sep 29 2014, 10:09 PM
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QUOTE(mALX @ Sep 28 2014, 06:50 PM) *

and Thorny - I did get a virus with Norton installed.


Well, I've had no problem with Norton so far, so I figure between it and Malwarebytes my laptop's pretty well defended.

*shrugs*


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post Sep 30 2014, 12:46 AM
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QUOTE(mALX @ Sep 29 2014, 11:50 AM) *

QUOTE(mirocu @ Sep 29 2014, 11:11 AM) *

I have only extremely rarely gotten virus in my puters, with or without antivirus programs. Might as well have one thatīs free. Donīt wanna pay for yet another thing tongue.gif



I have problems every time my husband gets on my PC.


Well, tell your hubby to stop visiting the pr0n sites!! biggrin.gif


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post Dec 9 2014, 08:59 PM
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Ugh.

Trying to download Chrome, since Firefox is giving me issues.

But the damn thing's taking forever. Apparently it's going to take four hours to download ohmy.gif

What on Midgard is it downloading?


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post Dec 9 2014, 09:03 PM
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Who knows? I have really no idea how long it should take.


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post Dec 9 2014, 09:04 PM
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Well it shouldn't take anything like that long.

Screw Chrome.


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