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mirocu
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 )

This post has been edited by mirocu: Nov 25 2017, 10:15 PM


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mirocu   Computer issues   Jun 29 2013, 04:46 PM
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mirocu   Backup Windows 7 computer has been updated. *More...   Oct 25 2020, 06:04 PM
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ghastley   Now add: trying to re-install ESO locks up the mac...   Jan 2 2021, 05:37 PM
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Decrepit   Ongoing plot-thickening situation at this moment ...   Jan 9 2021, 05:35 PM
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Acadian   Great news, ghastley! Now you can upgrade on ...   Jan 27 2021, 10:17 PM
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mirocu   Yay for more storage space! :D   Feb 18 2021, 08:07 PM
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TheCheshireKhajiit   [quote name='TheCheshireKhajiit' post='334771' da...   Mar 30 2021, 01:18 AM
Decrepit   [quote name='TheCheshireKhajiit' post='334771' d...   Mar 30 2021, 01:40 AM
Dark Reaper   The folly of PC gaming; constant upgrades and rep...   Apr 23 2021, 04:27 PM
mirocu   The folly of PC gaming; constant upgrades and re...   Apr 23 2021, 05:56 PM
mirocu   Khajiit knows what I mean :P   Mar 29 2021, 05:31 PM
SubRosa   https://media.giphy.com/media/zCv1NuGumldXa/giphy....   Mar 30 2021, 01:48 AM
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macole   I'm ready the build a new PC, if the GPU price...   Apr 1 2021, 07:43 AM
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Decrepit   Swapped monitors between my two active PCs today, ...   Apr 14 2021, 02:12 AM
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SubRosa   A usb floppy drive. Wow. That exists.   May 21 2021, 09:49 PM
mirocu   My main puter is acting up. It keeps "forgett...   May 26 2021, 05:19 PM
macole   My main puter is acting up. It keeps "forget...   May 26 2021, 05:49 PM
mirocu   Thanks, macole! I'll check it with my loca...   May 26 2021, 06:26 PM
macole   hopefully a relatively cheap fix.   May 26 2021, 10:33 PM
Decrepit   Aye, sounds like a dying PC battery for sure. And ...   May 26 2021, 11:11 PM
mirocu   Well, the battery does seem to have been the issue...   Jun 6 2021, 03:23 PM
Decrepit   Since Firefox 'updated' to v89, its New Ta...   Jun 25 2021, 07:58 PM
Decrepit   Yikes! My primary PC is, according to Microsof...   Jun 28 2021, 04:11 PM
mirocu   Yikes! My primary PC is, according to Microso...   Jun 28 2021, 04:51 PM
Renee   *looks at Windows 7* Yes. Totally not good. How ...   Jul 3 2021, 08:15 PM
Decrepit   *looks at Windows 7* Yes. Totally not good. How...   Jul 3 2021, 09:05 PM
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treydog   It depends on how much "stuff" you have,...   Jul 3 2021, 09:17 PM
SubRosa   As for the root of the issue "Support for th...   Jul 3 2021, 11:57 PM
Renee   Awesome, thanks Decrepit and Trey! Yeah I need...   Jul 6 2021, 12:53 PM
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mirocu   Compaq Presario CDS 520 with Windows 3.1 - The Sag...   Jul 7 2021, 05:18 PM
Decrepit   Booted the PC this morning. Launched Firefox. Laun...   Jul 8 2021, 12:56 PM
ghastley   New machine's issues turned out not to be new ...   Aug 21 2021, 01:32 AM
Acadian   That sounds like good news, ghastley - I think. G...   Aug 21 2021, 12:01 PM
ghastley   The good news is that I can run perfectly well on ...   Aug 28 2021, 07:14 PM
treydog   OR you could get one of these. Assuming the input/...   Aug 28 2021, 08:10 PM
ghastley   OR you could get one of these. Assuming the input...   Aug 28 2021, 08:20 PM
treydog   Hmmm. I kinda seem to recall something similar ha...   Aug 28 2021, 08:49 PM
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Renee   . I also tend to save at intervals. Not time inte...   Sep 15 2021, 12:47 AM
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Renee   In reality, I'll likely be the first of us to...   Sep 15 2021, 04:14 PM
Decrepit   Color me cautiously relieved. A banner has been a...   Sep 21 2021, 08:31 PM
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