Welcome Guest ( Log In | Register )

> Computer issues, Viruses, trojans, crashes, install problems etc
mirocu
post Jun 29 2013, 04:46 PM
Post #1


Spam Meister
Group Icon
Joined: 8-February 13
From: [CLASSIFIED]



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


--------------------
Lol bird

It 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.
User is offlineProfile CardPM
Go to the top of the page
+Quote Post

Posts in this topic
mirocu   Computer issues   Jun 29 2013, 04:46 PM
mirocu   Auto-correct is just as bad as auto-updates as far...   Jul 2 2022, 03:07 PM
mirocu   Another minor but irritating nuiscance. Firefox up...   Jul 15 2022, 03:23 PM
Acadian   Hmm, I use Firefox as my primary browser and just ...   Jul 15 2022, 04:19 PM
mirocu   Had to reinstall due to Firefox complained about m...   Jul 16 2022, 02:45 PM
Decrepit   My "new" Samsung 970 EVO Pro 2TB M2.NVME...   Aug 24 2022, 08:39 PM
ghastley   If at any point something had to be plugged in, it...   Aug 24 2022, 09:24 PM
Decrepit   If at any point something had to be plugged in, i...   Aug 25 2022, 08:31 PM
Decrepit   Most interesting. Malwarebytes is all of a sudden ...   Sep 21 2022, 03:50 PM
mirocu   Since my ADSL service is being cancelled October 3...   Oct 11 2022, 10:20 AM
mirocu   Seems like it is! The box has already been ins...   Oct 29 2022, 07:41 PM
Lena Wolf   STUPID WINDOOZZZZ! :mad: Right, had to get it...   Nov 6 2022, 01:28 PM
Acadian   Urgh, that's gotta be frustrating! :-/o ...   Nov 6 2022, 05:23 PM
Decrepit   Had a brief moment of panic this morning, followin...   Nov 15 2022, 03:05 PM
mirocu   Planned tech obsolescence   Nov 16 2022, 07:32 PM
mirocu   Again a confusing youtube issue. Some videos, see...   Nov 23 2022, 08:18 PM
Decrepit   Again a confusing youtube issue. Some videos, se...   Nov 24 2022, 12:21 AM
mirocu   It's probably the site if it's only YouTu...   Nov 24 2022, 06:13 PM
Renee   Gosh no, Crow. Nothing like that going on here. Tr...   Nov 23 2022, 09:01 PM
Sakiri   It's probably the site if it's only YouTub...   Nov 23 2022, 09:56 PM
Decrepit   I've been bombarded by "sign-in with Goog...   Nov 30 2022, 03:48 PM
mirocu   Guys, I seriously need help right now. Chrome has ...   Nov 30 2022, 08:13 PM
Decrepit   Guys, I seriously need help right now. Chrome has...   Nov 30 2022, 08:42 PM
mirocu   FF here works fine opening tabs and visiting websi...   Nov 30 2022, 08:48 PM
Acadian   Puter died so will be sparse in comments till new ...   Jan 18 2023, 08:53 PM
Acadian   Puter died so will be sparse in comments till new...   Feb 3 2023, 05:58 PM
mirocu   Sorry bout your rig, Acadian. Hopefully you can re...   Jan 18 2023, 09:09 PM
SubRosa   Ugh, terrible news. Hope you get a new and improve...   Jan 18 2023, 10:14 PM
Decrepit   Yikes! :-/o I too am having an issue with m...   Jan 18 2023, 11:13 PM
mirocu   Fired up my backup Win7 computer now and did some ...   Jan 28 2023, 06:44 PM
mirocu   Chrome/youtube question: When I click on a video i...   Feb 3 2023, 05:38 PM
Decrepit   Chrome/youtube question: When I click on a video ...   Feb 3 2023, 09:31 PM
mirocu   I want to make sure I understand your issue. What...   Feb 3 2023, 09:46 PM
mirocu   Sounds good, Acadian! I bet Buffs can't wa...   Feb 3 2023, 06:00 PM
SubRosa   Cool! I tried Windows 11 briefly, but rolled i...   Feb 3 2023, 07:50 PM
Acadian   Sounds good, Acadian! I bet Buffs can't w...   Feb 5 2023, 09:44 PM
Renee   I bet the folks at Zenimax would be anticipating t...   Feb 6 2023, 02:20 AM
Acadian   Though I hadn't been paying too much attention...   Feb 6 2023, 01:11 PM
Renee   Mm hmm, like I said, I'm sure Zenimax anticipa...   Feb 8 2023, 02:06 PM
ghastley   But anyway, my question is: what was Bash trying...   Feb 8 2023, 03:03 PM
Renee   Ah... hence the term "temp" being added ...   Feb 8 2023, 05:45 PM
mirocu   I've now tried several addons to Chrome that c...   Feb 16 2023, 08:12 PM
Decrepit   Whew ... Following a mini lunch (a scoop of blac...   Mar 21 2023, 09:20 PM
Decrepit   Heads up for those who use Chrome (browser) (link...   Apr 24 2023, 07:56 PM
mALX   Heads up for those who use Chrome (browser) (lin...   Apr 25 2023, 05:17 PM
mirocu   Huh. Well, since FF started whacking up youtube fo...   Apr 24 2023, 08:13 PM
Decrepit   Got a "Dear John" letter in the mail thi...   Apr 25 2023, 01:40 PM
mirocu   My adblock updated yesterday but I got no other me...   Apr 25 2023, 05:37 PM
mirocu   Why is every text on youtube suddenly cursive? Jus...   May 4 2023, 05:24 PM
Decrepit   Hmm... it hasn't afflicted my browser (yet?).   May 4 2023, 06:29 PM
mirocu   Just asked my Dad who's on FF and he says it...   May 4 2023, 06:30 PM
Decrepit   Just asked my Dad who's on FF and he says it...   May 4 2023, 07:16 PM
mirocu   Huh. Alluvasudden it's back to normal again :h...   May 4 2023, 07:58 PM
Decrepit   Mine isn't. :-/   May 4 2023, 11:16 PM
Decrepit   Firing up the PC this morning, I find that YouTube...   May 5 2023, 12:27 PM
mirocu   I wonder what that was all about :huh:   May 5 2023, 05:14 PM
Decrepit   I wonder what that was all about :huh: I found re...   May 5 2023, 06:02 PM
mirocu   I found reference to a lot of people suddenly get...   May 5 2023, 06:09 PM
Decrepit   Launching YouTube this morning, I am no longer abl...   Jun 15 2023, 10:55 AM
mirocu   It worked fine for me now. I reckon if everyone ...   Jun 16 2023, 03:24 PM
macole   Got to push out an update to fix what the last upd...   Jun 16 2023, 05:22 PM
Acadian   Got my new puter a few months ago and it has W11 (...   Jun 16 2023, 07:02 PM
TheCheshireKhajiit   Hey, sorry to go off topic, but is there a PC Comp...   Jun 21 2023, 04:02 PM
Acadian   I'd ask here and see how it goes. This is the...   Jun 21 2023, 04:20 PM
TheCheshireKhajiit   I'd ask here and see how it goes. This is th...   Jun 21 2023, 05:03 PM
mALX   I'd ask here and see how it goes. This is t...   Jun 21 2023, 05:33 PM
TheCheshireKhajiit   [quote name='TheCheshireKhajiit' post='351023' da...   Jun 21 2023, 05:40 PM
Acadian   My new puter? Hmm, it has green lights and lotsa ...   Jun 21 2023, 05:59 PM
mALX   My new puter? Hmm, it has green lights and lotsa...   Jun 21 2023, 06:26 PM
TheCheshireKhajiit   My new puter? Hmm, it has green lights and lotsa...   Jun 21 2023, 08:07 PM
Acadian   Thanks. The old one died at the ripe old age of s...   Jun 21 2023, 08:18 PM
TheCheshireKhajiit   Thanks. The old one died at the ripe old age of ...   Jun 21 2023, 08:28 PM
Decrepit   Since we're talking computer upgrades, several...   Jun 21 2023, 08:49 PM
TheCheshireKhajiit   Since we're talking computer upgrades, severa...   Jun 21 2023, 10:24 PM
macole   1) Case: My [b]Phanteks Enthoo Pro meets all my n...   Jun 22 2023, 04:30 AM
Renee   We should make a separate thread for computer spec...   Jun 22 2023, 01:27 AM
treydog   Um.... I have an Apple IIe (the "Golden Appl...   Jun 22 2023, 02:15 AM
Lena Wolf   Gosh, I am not sure where my gaming PC fits in thi...   Jun 22 2023, 09:21 AM
TheCheshireKhajiit   I recommend anyone at least try and build your own...   Jun 22 2023, 02:48 PM
Lena Wolf   I recommend anyone at least try and build your ow...   Jun 22 2023, 03:03 PM
TheCheshireKhajiit   I recommend anyone at least try and build your o...   Jun 22 2023, 03:07 PM
Lena Wolf   Storage: C:Boot Drive- Samsung 850 EVO 250gb 2.5...   Jun 22 2023, 03:12 PM
TheCheshireKhajiit   [quote name='TheCheshireKhajiit' post='351048' da...   Jun 22 2023, 03:27 PM
Renee   I recommend anyone at least try and build your ow...   Jun 22 2023, 08:14 PM
TheCheshireKhajiit   I recommend anyone at least try and build your o...   Jun 22 2023, 11:59 PM
mirocu   Did some backups today. Savegames from FO3 and Bli...   Jun 22 2023, 03:36 PM
TheCheshireKhajiit   Did some backups today. Savegames from FO3 and Bl...   Jun 22 2023, 03:48 PM
macole   But did you backup the backups? I knew I forgot ...   Jun 22 2023, 04:28 PM
mirocu   Did some backups today. Savegames from FO3 and B...   Jun 23 2023, 11:55 AM
Renee   YouTube® is fine. Because it's so visual, I...   Jun 23 2023, 02:11 AM
macole   YouTube® is fine. Because it's so visual, I...   Jun 23 2023, 06:47 AM
TheCheshireKhajiit   [quote name='Renee' post='351059' date='Jun 22 20...   Jun 23 2023, 03:06 PM
TheCheshireKhajiit   I have been busy this morning trying to do as much...   Jun 23 2023, 04:15 PM
macole   I have been busy this morning trying to do as muc...   Jun 23 2023, 05:12 PM
Decrepit   I have been busy this morning trying to do as muc...   Jun 23 2023, 05:20 PM
Lena Wolf   As far as I know, cloning works only on drive of i...   Jun 23 2023, 04:20 PM
TheCheshireKhajiit   As far as I know, cloning works only on drive of ...   Jun 23 2023, 05:03 PM
TheCheshireKhajiit   I have been busy this morning trying to do as mu...   Jun 23 2023, 05:36 PM
18 Pages V « < 12 13 14 15 16 > » 


Reply to this topicStart new topic
1 User(s) are reading this topic (1 Guests and 0 Anonymous Users)
0 Members:

 

- Lo-Fi Version Time is now: 30th January 2026 - 03:22 PM