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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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Decrepit   I fixed it. :) All I had to do was right-click ...   Jul 21 2016, 12:06 AM
mALX   I fixed it. :) All I had to do was right-click ...   Jul 21 2016, 12:20 AM
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mALX   Excellent advice, mALX, I should do this monthly ...   Jul 21 2016, 03:25 AM
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mALX   I just left Puter at my computer guy´s home. HeÂ...   Oct 1 2016, 11:14 PM
mirocu   For now I´m just trying to get Colin McRae Rally ...   Oct 2 2016, 02:20 PM
mALX   For now I´m just trying to get Colin McRae Rally...   Oct 2 2016, 04:13 PM
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Decrepit   [url=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wgKJMsJ-6XU...   Nov 30 2016, 11:48 AM
mALX   [u][url=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wgKJMsJ-6X...   Nov 30 2016, 04:52 PM
mirocu   So. *hrrm* Maybe some people will get off my ...   Nov 30 2016, 09:31 AM
mALX   So. *hrrm* Maybe some people will get off my b...   Nov 30 2016, 09:32 AM
Acadian   I am running W10 for an OS. My primary browser ...   Nov 30 2016, 02:26 PM
ghastley   Copy/paste the exact error message here. "som...   Nov 30 2016, 03:32 PM
mALX   Copy/paste the exact error message here. "so...   Nov 30 2016, 05:12 PM
Cain   Did you unplug it and plug it back in? :D   Nov 30 2016, 04:33 PM
Acadian   Did you unplug it and plug it back in? :D As si...   Nov 30 2016, 04:37 PM
ghastley   Forcing the system to reload everything fresh ofte...   Nov 30 2016, 04:49 PM
mirocu   Windows, and the browsers, have a nasty habit of ...   Nov 30 2016, 05:04 PM
ghastley   My Win 7 Pro is currently having issues if I let W...   Nov 30 2016, 05:02 PM
mALX   My Win 7 Pro is currently having issues if I let ...   Nov 30 2016, 05:17 PM
mirocu   I´ve rolled back to an earlier save point a coupl...   Nov 30 2016, 05:14 PM
mALX   I went to the Chrome site and followed all THEIR i...   Nov 30 2016, 08:09 PM
mirocu   Gahhh!! Apparently I hadn´t disabled the...   Nov 30 2016, 09:59 PM
mirocu   Can anyone help me getting back the fullscreen fea...   Dec 2 2016, 09:52 PM
Cain   Can anyone help me getting back the fullscreen fe...   Dec 2 2016, 09:55 PM
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ghastley   That's a familiar format, and I don't reme...   Dec 1 2016, 12:20 AM
mALX   That's a familiar format, and I don't rem...   Dec 1 2016, 01:08 AM
Callidus Thorn   Done a bit of poking around the forum, think I...   Dec 1 2016, 02:03 AM
mALX   Done a bit of poking around the forum, think I...   Dec 1 2016, 08:03 AM
mALX   PROBLEM FIXED !!!!!!!...   Dec 1 2016, 04:17 AM
Acadian   That's wonderful news, mALX! Looks like y...   Dec 1 2016, 04:31 AM
mALX   That's wonderful news, mALX! Looks like ...   Dec 5 2016, 07:21 AM
mALX   I'm still trying to figure out how it got togg...   Dec 1 2016, 06:59 PM
ghastley   I think that might be the board default, as I...   Dec 1 2016, 08:51 PM
mirocu   Then how do I roll back to version 9? It worked be...   Dec 2 2016, 09:59 PM
mirocu   Hate IE all you want, guys. But fullscreen worked ...   Dec 2 2016, 10:25 PM
Dark Reaper   Hate IE all you want, guys. But fullscreen worked...   Dec 2 2016, 11:01 PM
mirocu   Oddly enough, fullscreen still works on my parents...   Dec 2 2016, 11:05 PM
Dark Reaper   Some update must have taken place and screwed th...   Dec 2 2016, 11:09 PM
Callidus Thorn   So, been having a slight issue from time to time w...   Jan 22 2017, 12:02 AM
Dark Reaper   I had to do a factory restore on my computer. This...   Jan 22 2017, 10:14 PM
mirocu   Yay for Win7! Glad to have you back on the t...   Jan 22 2017, 10:19 PM
Dark Reaper   Too bad you had to do a factory restart though. ...   Jan 22 2017, 10:42 PM
Decrepit   Thanks---I don't know what happen with Win 10...   Jan 22 2017, 11:18 PM
TheCheshireKhajiit   This one is very pleased with Win7.   Jan 22 2017, 10:50 PM
Cain   I have to say, Win10 (professional) has been solid...   Jan 23 2017, 02:20 PM
Acadian   Yes, my current puter was built last summer - with...   Jan 23 2017, 03:08 PM
ghastley   Win 10 is definitely better than Win 8, but I stil...   Jan 23 2017, 03:18 PM
mirocu   Stop Windows 10 Spying & Forced Application In...   Feb 25 2017, 11:11 PM
mALX   Stop Windows 10 Spying & Forced Application I...   Feb 26 2017, 12:25 AM
Decrepit   I'm sure all here know of this, but just in ca...   May 14 2017, 08:48 PM
mALX   I'm sure all here know of this, but just in c...   May 15 2017, 12:32 AM
mirocu   Welp. I guess my outmost important files are bac...   May 14 2017, 09:11 PM
mALX   Welp. I guess my outmost important files are ba...   May 14 2017, 11:46 PM
mirocu   As cheap as external hard drives are, there is re...   May 15 2017, 07:08 PM
Cain   Looks like I'll be updating like crazy when I ...   May 15 2017, 05:54 PM
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