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My fan is working okay in my power supply. I think my problem is, I have it overloaded and I'm drawing too much current making it overheat. I'm hoping to build a new unit soon, if I can come up with the money, so I don't want to spend any more on this one. I'm looking at TigerDirect.com for my stuff. They have some really good deals, and I've bought parts from them before. They have pretty quick delivery and good service.
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Oh, OK. Look at Newegg too. They have good deals and service too. I usually buy from them unless I can get something on sale somewhere else. Keep the Corsair PS in mind for your build. They really are top notch units and can keep up with heavy loads that other "larger" power supplies can't due to the design, and they are very quiet.
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GaCDBFan wrote: Oh, OK. Look at Newegg too. They have good deals and service too. I usually buy from them unless I can get something on sale somewhere else. Keep the Corsair PS in mind for your build. They really are top notch units and can keep up with heavy loads that other "larger" power supplies can't due to the design, and they are very quiet.
Thanks, I'll check them out.
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Hey GaCDBFan,
Would you check this out when you get a chance, and let me know what you think. I value your opinion. If you have time, check out a few of the other boards, and give me your opinion on some of them.
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What is your preferred hard drive for a big laptop. Mine has some corruption and is going to have to be replaced. Every hard drive I've ever had to fail was a Western Digital but that is what my man wants to use. This machine is only 15 months old.
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Muddauber, from the specs and everything, it sounds like a deal. There were only 3 reviews for the board on tigerdirect, so I looked it up at newegg, where there were 60 reviews. There it got a 3 out of 5 rating, with 26% 5's, 25% 4's, 12% 3's, 15% 2's, and 22% 1's. That is a pretty wide spread on the reviews. I like to see mostly 5's and 4's with very few of anything else. A LOT of the reviews talked of problems with the built in network port, and of needing a BIOS update for certain newer CPU's and some memory boards before it would boot successfully, which is all but impossible to do without having a CPU that will boot successfully to install first. I didn't look closely enough to see if the CPU included in this bundle was one that will boot successfully or not.
My own personal preference for motherboards is Gigabyte. That is what I have in the computer I'm writing this on, and it has been a solid performer for well over a year now. I'd look at this one: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813128394 . This is almost just like the one I have with updated and upgraded hardware. This one is $80 with free shipping and has a 4 out of 5 rating, with 67% 5's, 15% 4's, 7% 3's, 6% 2's, and 5% 1's from 260 reviews. The possible downside for you is that it is a micro-ATX and only has a few expansion slots. Here is a full size ATX board: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813128395 . This one is $83 with free shipping and has a similar distribution of ratings.
Newegg has the same CPU as the bundle you were looking at for $61 with free shipping here: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819103688 If you go with that CPU, it'll be about $15-20 cheaper total, MB and CPU, than the bundle you are looking at.
The primary difference between the motherboard you are looking at, and the two I'm pointing to is the graphics, nvidia vs. ATI. Both are powerful enough to play high def TV and blu-ray, and games that require just a bit less horsepower. Neither are powerful enough to play the latest and greatest games. Either should do for all but the most hardcore gamer.
Asus normally makes top notch equipment and they could very well have ironed out the BIOS update in recently produced boards, but I think the ratings the Gigabyte boards have make them look better to me.
Hope that helps!
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SusieQ_TX wrote: GACDBFan
What is your preferred hard drive for a big laptop. Mine has some corruption and is going to have to be replaced. Every hard drive I've ever had to fail was a Western Digital but that is what my man wants to use. This machine is only 15 months old. I've not had any serious trouble with WD, but I also like Samsung and Hitachi a lot if you'd like to try a different brand. Hitachi hard drives used to be IBM till IBM sold that division a few years ago. Samsung makes almost everything they make at a pretty high quality. I don't think you'd go wrong with either of these.
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Thanks GaCDBFan, that helped a lot, I have bought things from tiger before, and have always gotten good service, I'll check out those at newegg. Again, thanks.
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Hey there again, GaCDBFan. Just been checking the links you gave to newegg, and I think I like what I see there better. Looks like that CPU and Board will out perform the one I was looking at at Tiger, and as you said about 15 bucks cheaper. I guess when I'm ready to build, I'll go with newegg. Thanks again.
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Glad to help. Keep in mind that the MB prices I quoted from newegg are sales, although only $5 and $7 off but sales nonetheless, and free shipping doesn't always apply. When you are about ready to buy, if they are not on sale and/or free shipping, wait a week or so if you can and that will probably change and you can save a few more dollars again like you can right now.
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Duke,
I thought I saw where you had posted a request for some headers of a different color at the start of the answers, and/or a "table of contents" with links to each topic or something like that. Did you edit that out, or was that in a PM or a different thread, or was I dreaming?
I don't know about the table of contents part. That would take a lot of effort to maintain, and it would be way down in the bottom of the thread. Well maybe I could edit the very first post in the thread and make a TOC there. I'll have to look at doing that at some point. I have gone back and added a red colored synopsis to the beginning of posts I think might be helpful to people other than the one it was written to so people can find them easier. I'm not finished yet. Thanks for the ideas.
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Dawber,
Condolences on the death of your mouse.
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GaCDBFan wrote:Posted:Mon Nov 16th, 2009 10:21am Pg.2/111th Post
GaCDBFan,
You are right, I had it posted and realized it would be a whole lot of work and respectfully changed the post. It was Posted: Wed Nov 11th, 2009 09:53 am Post 96 pg.1.
I'm glad you understood I was trying to be helpful and not telling you or anyone what to do. I do get into trouble in the way I word things on a lot of subjects.
You've got a very good and helpful topic going and it is appreciated. I love seeing forum members helping each other and I know most share that appreciation also.
These are just thoughts nothing more;
People could be very helpful if they choose to by putting a header in their question posts like in blue, because your answer(s) header are in this color red, example;
Question- Why is my PC running so slow now, it used to be much faster?
They could in another way of doing it is just highlight in blue the sentence(s) that most accurately details their question in the future.
Your Replies you went back and edited are reading something like this;
Header; Answer to ( copy/paste post date aaand type in post # here) ; Reasons for PC speed running slower.
I looked at pg.1, good job and thanks for the extra hard work of going backover all those posts on top of what you are already doing.
If it is pleasing to you let me offer this; If you want to? Send me something I can do to help in any way I can.
What I'd really also like to see is after you or someone has answerd a question is for the asker to go back and edit their question post and state something like question answerd and give post date/post #and page #, but I ask a lot of folks but that would sure make scrolling through faster and have a lot less for people to read. Team work is a sight to behold.
Thanks again for your hard work and for you and others sharing what they know,
Duke
I'll come back and edit this shorter after a while.-Duke
My condolences also to Mudawber, alas and a final goodbye dear faithful mousey he knew thee well.
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Hawk wrote: Dawber,
Condolences on the death of your mouse.
Hawk
Thank you very much. She was a good one for several years. Just too much usage, and her little thumpin gizzard just gave out.
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Hey ya'll. I want a printer that is cheap to run. Are there still any around that you can refill the little ink thingies?
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A lot of them use chips embedded in them so even if it is refilled, the printer knows that cartridge has been used and will think it is empty. If you want a really cheap to use printer, get a laser. I've had one for 5+ years and have only replaced the black cartridge twice, and have never replaced any of the color ones. The cartridges are fairly expensive, about $70-80 each on mine and there are 4, but they last a LONG time with page counts in the thousands instead of in the hundreds. Lasers are a little more to begin with, but are built to last longer and the ink is cheaper per page. In the long run, they'll be cheaper.
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SusieQ_TX wrote: Hey ya'll. I want a printer that is cheap to run. Are there still any around that you can refill the little ink thingies?
I like that technical term, little ink thingies. Sorry, I couldn't resist.
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How to un-ignore someone in here without having to bug Broose or Hokie.
This was posted in Charlie's soap box. I copied it here so it wouldn't disappear when he wrote a new one, and in case someone had the same question.
Old Cuz wrote: Cherokee Bill wrote: rt16 wrote: Help! I seem to have somehow put proudmomof4 on my ignore list. How do I un-ignore someone?
Thanks.
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This happened to me a while back on someone (not proudmomof4) and Broose fixed it.
Send Broose a PM and explain what happened and who you accidentally "ignored." He can fix it for you.
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Yes it also happened to me once and I went to the "Menu", clicked on "My Account" Down at the bottom It has "Ignore", click on that and it takes you to the page of alll those you have on your ignore list, just click in the box of the person you want to start receiving again and Hit "remove from list" Hope this helps, God bless Last edited on Mon Dec 7th, 2009 01:55 pm by GaCDBFan
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Deleted, quoted fully next post below-Duke Last edited on Thu Dec 10th, 2009 04:10 pm by Duke
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Duke wrote: I know I speak what many others would say also;
You've put a lot of hard work into your topic and it has been and will be helpful to many of us.
The Table of Contents is surely icing on the cake.
I(We) thank you for what you have done and are doing.
Thanks again for your hard work,
Duke
I second that. Know I plan on checking out each subject.
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Hello,
On my Hotmail account I was sending out some email and I happen to notice at the very bottom was a contact I don't know and I didn't put there. It is in bold type. It doesn't come up when I go to the edit part on my contact list, only at the bottom when I go to "to" where you select the contact to send the mail. Do you know how that got there and how to get rid of it?
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Unfortunately, I don't have Hotmail, so I have no idea... Anyone else have any ideas?? Sorry I couldn't help with this one.
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Ok, thanks. Maybe someone else would know.
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nuffsaid wrote: Hello,
On my Hotmail account I was sending out some email and I happen to notice at the very bottom was a contact I don't know and I didn't put there. It is in bold type. It doesn't come up when I go to the edit part on my contact list, only at the bottom when I go to "to" where you select the contact to send the mail. Do you know how that got there and how to get rid of it?
thanks
Was this on something you were forwarding? If so, check the original you received to see it it is there. If so, it was added by the person you received the email from. Or someone else in the accounts it was forwarded from. If this is the case, just highlight and cut.
Otherwise the only thing that should be added should be by Microsoft and shouldn't really be an address.
If actually an address and is not on the original you received, you need to do a virus and malware scan. Plenty of free programs available. Some have been listed in this thread by GaCDBFan.
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When I start to send an email and go to send and hit the "to" icon it brings up all my contacts and this contact is at the very bottom of my list. It doesn't show up when I go to the edit part of my contacts.
I did a virus check and a spyware scan and nothing came up.
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nuffsaid wrote: When I start to send an email and go to send and hit the "to" icon it brings up all my contacts and this contact is at the very bottom of my list. It doesn't show up when I go to the edit part of my contacts.
I did a virus check and a spyware scan and nothing came up.
Ok, so it's in your address book. Open the address book by some other method. My ISP is MSN and the address book has an icon in the navigation bar at the top. Should be a box to check, then hit delete.
Could have been added when you opened an email from them, especially if it was in the junk folder.
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I googled "phantom hotmail contacts", and it kind of sounds as if there is, or at one time was, a virus that was attempting to send itself through your account....
http://windowslivehelp.com/community/p/83062/609767.aspx
They (a MS tech support rep) said there that Hotmail, by default shows addresses you have sent mail to in the past, even if they are not in your address book/contacts list. They said the list is un-editable. Make sure your anti-virus is up to date, and so a full system scan to try to make sure it is gone. Unfortunately, no anti-virus is 100% perfect, so even if it says there is no virus, there could still be one.
Another possibility is that you somehow got your cursor in the "to:" field and typed some stuff in there and didn't notice, and Hotmail saved that as a possible contact. I have actually done that before myself in another mail program. Sometimes on the web, the "tab" button doesn't behave quite as you'd expect in a word processor. I've accidentally hit the tab when meaning "caps lock" before and have been typing into some random other field in the browser. Hopefully, this is what happened to you.
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OK, THANKS.
I DID A SPYWARE AND A VIRUS CHECK AND NOTHING CAME UP.
IT'S NOT ON MY ADDRESS BOOK. WHEN I OPEN IT UP THAT CONTACT DOESN'T COME UP. I ACTUALLY TRIED TO SEND IT AN EMAIL ASKING WHO IT WAS AND IT DIDN'T GO THROUGH.
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I'll be brave and ask this...
When I'm printing in word perfect it takes about 10 min for each page to get to the printing process (then the printer quickly spits it out). I can print off any website instantly...as well as my photo programs, and Hallmark. This happened in the past and I called tech support ($25) it was a matter of going to control panel (I think) and clicking a few things there...however I did not have time to write it down and I can't remember it now. It's not a huge deal, but I have better things to do then wait for it. Last night it took nearly 2 hours for all my Christmas card envelopes to print. I know could have done it faster by hand LOL! Computer is a Dell running on XP and printer is a Canon Pixma MP500.
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Nicole and Joe wrote: I'll be brave and ask this...
When I'm printing in word perfect it takes about 10 min for each page to get to the printing process (then the printer quickly spits it out). I can print off any website instantly...as well as my photo programs, and Hallmark. This happened in the past and I called tech support ($25) it was a matter of going to control panel (I think) and clicking a few things there...however I did not have time to write it down and I can't remember it now. It's not a huge deal, but I have better things to do then wait for it. Last night it took nearly 2 hours for all my Christmas card envelopes to print. I know could have done it faster by hand LOL! Computer is a Dell running on XP and printer is a Canon Pixma MP500.
The simplest thing to do is try running a file in the WordPerfect folder called printserverxxx, where xxx is either 100, 110, 120, 130, or 140 depending on which version you have. You can use windows search function to look for "printserver*.*" without the quotation marks. It should be located in a folder something like c:\Program Files\Wordperfect....... or c:\Program Files\Corel\WordPerfect...... Then try printing. If it gives you an error, or doesn't work, (actually do this even if it does work, because this is the fix!)create a shortcut to that file in the "startup" folder in your start menu. If I'm remembering XP correctly, "start, all programs, startup" is where it is located. Don't click it, but right click it and select open. Right click in there and select new shortcut, and point the shortcut wizard to the printserverxxx location. Apparently, this program gets blocked by other programs sometimes, or a printer driver for some reason won't load it, and this forces it to load with Windows on startup. Close the folder, and reboot and test to see if the printer works now.
Do you have any drivers for old printers no longer hooked up still installed? If so, get them out. Go into the control panel, printers and right click and delete any no longer there.
If that doesn't work, the other things I've found to try are a bit more complicated. Corel releases update packs and patches from time to time to correct bugs. There is a long description of how to figure out which updates to download for your version here: http://www.wpuniverse.com/vb/showthread.php?s=&threadid=4818.
The last thing to try involves editing the registry. It is potentially dangerous, so do it as a last resort. This is copied from a WordPerfect support document:
WordPerfect stores some printer specific information. WordPerfect may not print as expected if this information is not synchronized with the printer. To restore this information, the WordPerfect print engine must be restored to it's factory defaults.
This section involves modifying the Windows Registry. It is recommended that you back up your registry before proceeding with this step. Click Here for important information about the Windows Registry.- Click on ‘Start’ and go up to ‘Run’
- Type in regedit into the ‘Open:’ box. Click on ‘OK’
- Scroll up to the top of your screen until you see ‘My Computer’
- Browse to HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\Corel
- Right click on the folder ‘PrintEngine’ and go down and left click on ‘Rename’. Change the name to PrintEngineOld
- Browse to HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\Corel\WordPerfect ('13', '12', '11' or ‘10' if your using that version)
- Right click on the folder ‘Envelope’ and go down and left click on ‘Rename’. Change the name to EnvelopeOld
- Scroll up to the top of your screen untill you see 'My Computer'.
- Click on the ‘-‘ to close the folder ‘HKEY_CURRENT_USER’
- Click View, Refresh.
- Close the registry editor.
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Hi GaCDBFan - Would you mind refreshing my memory on what I might need in a computer? I'm thinking in terms of an e-machine; nothing super fancy...and a compatible printer. I'm computer illiterate, so bear with me trying to convey my needs, especially if I use the wrong techno terms, ok?
Of course, I need to have files. And I need/want Microsoft Word on it for writing. The printed page has to look professional so it wouldn't be rejected for illegibility. At the same time, it doesn't have to be so super fantastic that the printer costs a zillion dollars. I know nothing about Vista or XP, though I often see that on the boxes the bundled sets are in. I heard there are some glitches with XP and wondered if you knew what the scoop is on that rumor. I promise I'll print your answer this time and hang on to it. Oh yeah, do you know if hooking up Comcast is easy or confusing? I have their high speed internet for this MSNTV receiver box but all that does is give me speed. I can't even access Comcast's homepage with this thing. So, I'd have to use the computer disks that came with the modem kit and I'm a little scared of that since I'm not too bright in that kind of stuff. Do you think it'd be fairly self-explanatory?
Thanks so much for your help, GA....I know it's a busy week, so please just answer at your convenience.
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Mustng959 wrote: Vickie, hope you don't mind if I butt in here a little. My sister had a cheap "e-machine" computer as she just needed something simple and like I said "less expensive". She finally disconnected it all together as she had so many problems with it. She was on high speed cable internet also and all the pop-ups, spyware, etc. that she accumulated that my limited knowledge of computers couldn't get her back on-line ... even after I installed Norton antivirus, a firewall, and other protection devices.
My 2 daughters have laptops .... one a refurbished HP that gives us fits and the other a Dell purchased about 5 years ago. The Dell works like a charm. My computer is a Tiger Systemax desktop that I've had a few problems with but they were of my own doing when I let antivirus subscriptions lapse. Mine came from Tiger Direct.com and is made of easily interchangable components that I can add to or upgrade as needed. I prefer AMD processors over Intel personally, and began using "iolo" antivirus and system mechanics programs as well as a Norton firewall that I've been happy with so far. I'm also still using XP Windows and like it.
Good luck and Merry Christmas.
Thank you, Mustang. My brother recommended it but I've heard mixed reviews. Viruses give me the willies. I worry I'll somehow fry the system getting one. Spyware makes me angry. You'd think it'd be illegal. I'll let you know what I decide. Thanks again, Mustang, and Merry Christmas!
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Mustang, you aren't butting in. I don't mind, and in fact encourage others to put in their two cents.
Vickie, if all you need is to get on the internet, and do office programs, pretty much any computer you get these days will be fine for what you need as long as you get a minimum of 3GB of memory (usually called RAM on the box), and try to get a "dual core" processor. If you think you might ever want/need more RAM than that, make sure to get the 64 bit version of whatever version of Windows you get, as the 32 bit version won't see or be able to use more than about 3.5, no matter how much you have. There are a FEW incompatibility problems with some things and the 64 bit, but that is mostly with older hardware and software, and is quickly becoming a thing of the past. If you are getting new stuff, I wouldn't worry about it. I'd probably go ahead and get the 64 bit version, no matter how much memory you get now, so you can upgrade easier later.
As far as the hard drive is concerned, get the biggest one you can afford. A smallish one (250GB or so) will do for a while, especially if you don't do digital camera or camcorder or music on the computer. You can get a bigger one that plugs in to the USB port later (or e-sata if the computer has it... that is much faster than the USB, but external hard drives with that are harder to find, at least right now) to do that kind of stuff, and it will save wear and tear on the drive that Windows is installed on if you store most of your stuff on another drive.
As Mustang said, AMD processors are usually cheaper for the power/speed you get from them, and I've never had any problems with them. Most people won't need much more than a basic dual core processor. I'm using a fairly slow (by today's standards) and cheap ($60 18 months ago) dual core AMD processor, and it is great. This computer is very fast and responsive, and I have lots of things I do with it, and it has no problem keeping up.
I haven't had any major problems with the various versions of Windows since I quit using the ME version years ago. 2000 (obsolete now), XP, and Vista have all been fine for me. I only use 7 at work for now, and although it seems fine there, I don't really USE it, so I don't know. I'm sure it is fine. Most people complain about Vista. There was a new "feature" called "user access control", or UAC, that was supposed to increase security, and help prevent hackers and viruses from running programs on your computer. It works for the most part, but it does pop up a message a lot something like "a program wants to run on your computer......." and you have to click "allow" or "disallow" and you don't always know which to do, and sometimes running one program will cause that to pop up 20 times it seems like. It is very annoying. I have that "feature" turned off.
Comcast connection is pretty complicated.... ready? Plug the ethernet cable (the one that looks like a giant phone cable) from the cable modem into the back of the computer. Whew, that was hard. Seriously, that is all there is to it!! You don't need your CD's or anything else. You'll simply need to know what your email settings are, and most email programs are smart enough to get everything except your email address and password by themselves these days.
Make sure you get an antivirus program going ASAP, as in the very first thing you do when connected to the internet. Most name brand computers come with either Norton or McAffee pre-installed, but they only update for 60 days or so. If you don't want to keep paying for that, I've listed some free ones in some of the posts I've called routine maintenance in the table of contents I posted for this thread. Take a look at all of the stuff in there. To get to the TOC, go back to the very first post in this thread, and it'll link you there. Comcast lets you get McAfee complete with updates for free as part of your service. Bank of America just started offering a free antivirus for their online banking customers too. There are many places to get it free.
As far as Word, give openoffice.org a try. It is free, and is almost 100% compatible with MS Office. Also, there is Lotus Symphony (just google it, I don't remember the web site) and Google Docs (go to google.com, click more, documents). All free.
Gotta go to work. If you need more, I can add on later....
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GaCDBFan wrote: Mustang, you aren't butting in. I don't mind, and in fact encourage others to put in their two cents.
Vickie, if all you need is to get on the internet, and do office programs, pretty much any computer you get these days will be fine for what you need as long as you get a minimum of 3GB of memory (usually called RAM on the box), and try to get a "dual core" processor. If you think you might ever want/need more RAM than that, make sure to get the 64 bit version of whatever version of Windows you get, as the 32 bit version won't see or be able to use more than about 3.5, no matter how much you have. There are a FEW incompatibility problems with some things and the 64 bit, but that is mostly with older hardware and software, and is quickly becoming a thing of the past. If you are getting new stuff, I wouldn't worry about it. I'd probably go ahead and get the 64 bit version, no matter how much memory you get now, so you can upgrade easier later.
As far as the hard drive is concerned, get the biggest one you can afford. A smallish one (250GB or so) will do for a while, especially if you don't do digital camera or camcorder or music on the computer. You can get a bigger one that plugs in to the USB port later (or e-sata if the computer has it... that is much faster than the USB, but external hard drives with that are harder to find, at least right now) to do that kind of stuff, and it will save wear and tear on the drive that Windows is installed on if you store most of your stuff on another drive.
As Mustang said, AMD processors are usually cheaper for the power/speed you get from them, and I've never had any problems with them. Most people won't need much more than a basic dual core processor. I'm using a fairly slow (by today's standards) and cheap ($60 18 months ago) dual core AMD processor, and it is great. This computer is very fast and responsive, and I have lots of things I do with it, and it has no problem keeping up.
I haven't had any major problems with the various versions of Windows since I quit using the ME version years ago. 2000 (obsolete now), XP, and Vista have all been fine for me. I only use 7 at work for now, and although it seems fine there, I don't really USE it, so I don't know. I'm sure it is fine. Most people complain about Vista. There was a new "feature" called "user access control", or UAC, that was supposed to increase security, and help prevent hackers and viruses from running programs on your computer. It works for the most part, but it does pop up a message a lot something like "a program wants to run on your computer......." and you have to click "allow" or "disallow" and you don't always know which to do, and sometimes running one program will cause that to pop up 20 times it seems like. It is very annoying. I have that "feature" turned off.
Comcast connection is pretty complicated.... ready? Plug the ethernet cable (the one that looks like a giant phone cable) from the cable modem into the back of the computer. Whew, that was hard. Seriously, that is all there is to it!! You don't need your CD's or anything else. You'll simply need to know what your email settings are, and most email programs are smart enough to get everything except your email address and password by themselves these days.
Make sure you get an antivirus program going ASAP, as in the very first thing you do when connected to the internet. Most name brand computers come with either Norton or McAffee pre-installed, but they only update for 60 days or so. If you don't want to keep paying for that, I've listed some free ones in some of the posts I've called routine maintenance in the table of contents I posted for this thread. Take a look at all of the stuff in there. To get to the TOC, go back to the very first post in this thread, and it'll link you there. Comcast lets you get McAfee complete with updates for free as part of your service. Bank of America just started offering a free antivirus for their online banking customers too. There are many places to get it free.
As far as Word, give openoffice.org a try. It is free, and is almost 100% compatible with MS Office. Also, there is Lotus Symphony (just google it, I don't remember the web site) and Google Docs (go to google.com, click more, documents). All free.
Gotta go to work. If you need more, I can add on later.... Thank you, GaCDBFan. I'll print this because it's a lot to remember. If and when the time comes, I'm sure I'll be asking you lots of questions while I sit here saying, Duh...... This is super Saturday. Bet it'll be really busy there at work. You'll sell lots of computers. Thanks again for your help, and you, Shylo, and the boys have a great Christmas.
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2 sites where you can look for free programs are http://www.pcworld.com/downloads.
http://www.download.com from Cnet.
PCWorld is a computer magazine. The have a free newsletter you can sign up to get on their website. Same address as above without "/downloads". Can answer a lot of your questions.
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loner1115 wrote: Vicki
2 sites where you can look for free programs are http://www.pcworld.com/downloads.
http://www.download.com from Cnet.
PCWorld is a computer magazine. The have a free newsletter you can sign up to get on their website. Same address as above without "/downloads". Can answer a lot of your questions.
Thank you, Loner. I'll check those out bright and early tomorrow.
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I just realized that I didn't answer the question about the printer. My preference is for color lasers. They can run in price from under $100 to over $1000, and even more. For example, I don't know if you have a Fry's Electronics near you, but they have a Samsung color laser right now for $89. It seems to be available in store only (the web site warehouse might just be out), but if I didn't already have one with almost exactly the same specs, I'd jump on this. The only thing it doesn't have that I'd like is an ethernet connection, so I can print theough my network without having to share the printer and make sure any particular computer is turned on for it to work. That only applies really to people who have more than one computer like me, or has a laptop and wants to print from anywhere in the house without having to go hook up the usb cable to the printer first.
But really, any of the modern inkjet printers print well enough that you wouldn't have any documents rejected for print quality issues as long as you use good quality paper. Only highly polished and professional brochures and magazines would not be good enough from even a cheap printer. You'd have to have that type of thing professionally printed, but almost any printer would be good enough to at least print a pretty good sample of said brochure or magazine. Even such important documents as resumes will look just fine from any printer.
One of the most important things to remember when getting a printer is the cost of replacement ink/toner. HP for one has started putting an estimate of the number of pages each cartridge will last on the box. They can vary a LOT for even cartridges that are similar in price. I sell some that are rated for as few as 300 pages, and some as high as 1400 pages. The 1400 page cartridge is only about twice the price, but prints nearly 5 times as much. If you expect to print a lot, look very closely at the number of pages each cartridge can print, and figure out a cost per page. Say a cartridge costs $50, and prints 500 pages. Do a calculation of cartridge cost divided by estimated number of pages. That is ten cents a page. Now, say a cartridge that costs $60 prints 1200 pages. That is five cents a page. 500 pages is only one standard ream. You'd be surprised how quickly you'll go through that. Just a few cents per page saved can make a big difference, and will pay for the increased price of the printer (printers that use higher capacity cartridges tend to be more expensive to begin with) fairly quickly, and the more you print, the more you save. Way too many people buy the $45 printer and then complain when the replacement cartridges cost more than the printer did for less than 500 pages. Make sure to do a little homework about this!! It can save you a LOT of money in the long run. Be sure to include the black and the color inks, although black and white pages use only black, and color prints use black and color ink.
Many laser printers are rated in the thousands of pages for the cartridges rather than the typical hundreds for ink jets. Mine, for example, is rated at 4500 per cartridge, but they only cost about $80. That's pretty cheap for the number of pages I get. My printer is at least 5 years old, and I've printed about 7000 pages through it, and have yet to replace my color cartridges, and just replaced the black one the second time maybe a month or two ago. They seem to last forever.
The down side of lasers is that you really shouldn't print labels in them. They tend to peel off the sheets and get wrapped around rollers inside where you CANNOT get to them, and cause paper jams and such. This happens in inkjets too, but they are usually easier to clear. If you thing you might want to print labels, get a printer with a "straight through" paper path, or better yet, get a little stand alone label printer. I have one of those for labels, and they are great.
There are other features in printers that are not quite as important for many people. One is slots for camera memory cards. Virtually all newer computers come with them as well, and if the comouter is connected to the printer, what is the use of that duplication? They do somewhat simplify the process of printing pictures A LITTLE, but not enough to overlook a printer that doesn't have them, but otherwise fits the bill.
One thing about printing pictures.... it uses A LOT of ink. It'll probably be cheaper to go to the photo lab at WalMart or somewhere inexpensive like that to have it done and they will look better, even with a "better" printer. Use your printer just every now and then for pictures, and as much as possible only for pictures you want right now.
Another common feature is a scanner/copier function. This lets you use the printer the way you would a Xerox machine to make copies, or to "scan" a document or picture and put an electronic copy inside the computer. The flat bed type (like a Xerox machine, with the lid covering a glass plate) is much more useful than the sheet fed type (like most "old fashioned" fax machines are). You can't feed a book through a sheet fed scanner, but you can scan them with a flatbed. Many flatbed types also have what is called an "automatic document feeder" that works both ways. If you send a lot of multi-page faxes, this is the type to get. Scanners are not common on cheaper laser printers.
Speaking of faxing, some printers have faxes built in, and some don't. Usually a dead giveaway, besides saying fax on the box, is a telephone dialing pad on the control panel. Many people don't realize this, but if you have a telephone modem in your computer (they are getting rare, but are still around), the computer can receive any fax, with the advantage of being able to see it on the screen and see if it is worthy of being printed, and the computer can send anything it can print as a fax. Anything you scan can be sent as a fax by the computer. Again, having the function simplifies the process somewhat, but again, don't let that have you exclude a printer just because it doesn't include fax, unless you send and receive a LOT. If you only do one every now and then, it can be done in other ways. Many people also will just scan the document and email it these days anyway, instead of faxing.Last edited on Mon Dec 21st, 2009 04:47 am by GaCDBFan
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GaCDBFan:
Sure do appreciate all the good info you are posting on this thread.
Merry Christmas to you and yours.
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I second that, Loner1115.
GaCDBFan, you are greatly appreciated for taking all the time and effort in helping all of us. Merry Christmas & God Bless
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You're welcome. I do it because I like doing it. It's one of my main responsibilities at work too. It's nice doing something you like at work. I don't like most of the other stuff I do there, but I like this.
Merry Christmas everyone!!
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Plus, I'm an Eagle Scout, and I still try to take the part of the Scout Oath that says "...to help other people at all times..." seriously. I wish more young people would get into the Scouts in a good, properly run troop or Cub Scout pack. It would do the world a lot of good.
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GaCDBFan,
Yesterday and last night I couldn't get onto the board here because I got a "security alert" that I had a Trojan Horse. The malware name was "JS:IIlredir.A[Trj]
I use a free anti-virus program called Avast and it doesn't seem to actually help get rid of viruses, etc. I've checked the internet on ways to delete a Trojan Horse and they all seem "over my head" since I'm not extremely 'puter literate.
The only way I'm on here now is because I did a "System Restore" to a couple of days before the problem happened.
HELP! 
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What told you that you had a trojan horse? Did something pop up a warning while you were web browsing? Was it the Avast program, or was it in a web browser? I'm not much of an expert on viruses and spyware, unfortunately. I do know that sometimes, a web popup will come up and give you a bogus warning trying to look legitimate, but when you click on the "scan now" or whatever button, that is what actually installs the virus.
If avast is not removing it, try another free one. One that can scan your hard drive, even if you have another antivirus installed is called clamwin http://www.clamwin.com/. Actually, I'm not 100% sure that the version there will run while another AV program is installed, but I think it will. I use the version that comes with Portable Apps http://portableapps.com/ and it will run while another AV is active. Normally, you don't want to run 2 AV's because they will "fight" each other. Each will think the other's activity is virus like, and try to shut it down. Another to try might be spy dll remover, http://rootkitanalytics.com/userland/spy-dll-remover.php. It can detect spyware that has attached itself to a dll file. A dll file is a library (the second l stands for library) of commonly used functions that programs can call, so that function doesn't have to be written from scratch for every program. Many programs can share the functions. The down side is that a virus can attach itself and infect the operation of all of the programs that use that particular library. I've never used the spy dll remover to remove anything, but I have a version that again runs on portable apps, and I've run it a couple of times. It looks like some of its settings can be complex at first glance, so I'm not sure how much heads or tails you'll be able to make out of it, but it won't hurt to run it as long as you don't tell it to change anything. If you aren't fairly sure what you are doing, don't change it.
There is actually a quite high probability that you erased it with your "system restore." That overwrites a number of important system files that can get infected with a copy Windows automatically makes when they get modified.
Unfortunately, no AV is 100% perfect at catching viruses. You MIGHT be able, if you still have the virus, to get rid of it by uninstalling Avast, and trying a different one, like the free version of AVG and/or Avira. It is very rare for a virus to be able to get past more than one AV.
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I also have the Avast and I've gotten the Trojan and when I do the scan it gets them off.
I also am getting some kind of warning from Avast when I log into this site. I don't know if something has messed the site up or what. It just started today
I just got it again and it just stays up for a few seconds it says something about malicious site sonico and something about american express
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I've gotten a similar message from AVG today. I'm wondering if either someone has posted a video or some other link that is linked to malware, or maybe someone is being mean and reported this site, even if it isn't true. Probably that is the case. Some of our banned lefty friends have probably gotten some of their other lefty friends to report this site as a suspected phishing site. Phishing (pronounced fishing) is a type of identity theft where someone tries to get you to enter personal information into a legitimate looking web site, as in someone copying the look of your bank's web site, and getting you to type in your ID and password in order to enable them to steal from you through the REAL bank web site. Obviously, that isn't going on here at this web site. Google and others maintain a list of suspected phishing sites, and sites that spread viruses, etc. The suspected sites are reported by the public, among other ways. I wouldn't put it past one of our banned friends to do that. Many of the AV programs look at google's list before allowing the browser to connect, and if a site is listed, the warning shows up.
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Another thing it might be is that someone is trying to hijack a major DNS server somewhere. A DNS server is what converts a web site's name into the numerical address the computer actually uses to get there. There have been attacks in the past where a hacker has been able to hijack DNS requests, and return the address of a virus laden site instead of the correct one. It is possible this is going on too. It'll correct itself before too long, and the AV warning about going to bad sites means it is working.
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When I first logged on today, I got a message that this site requires a video program that I don't have. I hit cancel and it went away.
I was afraid that it was one of the phishing sites trying to get me to click on it and download something, probably something I don't want on my computer.
I made that mistake a couple of times and had real problems trying to get the programs off my computer.
I use the AVAST program all the time and then run the Advanced Systems Care by IBOT, once a week. Both are free programs. I did find that I cannot let both of them run at the same time. REALLY slows things down. AVAST does a better job of the day to day virus protection but ASC does a better job of getting rid of the spyware and keeping the registry clean.
AVAST does a pretty good job and doesn't seem to bog the computer down like a couple of others did. The only thing about the free version is that when it decides to update, it interupts what you are doing.
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I'm still getting the message when I click on. Also, the avaitor with CD on the top left is gone. Something's wrong somewhere.
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I had noticed the picture of Charlie was gone, but didn't pay much attention to it till you mentioned it.
I'm not getting the message anymore myself. I'm thinking more and more that this was a DNS hijacking going on, and the DNS administrators will clear it up before long.
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I'm still getting it when I log on.
Can it put a virus or something on our computers?
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GaCDBFan,
Thanks for all the info! I'll have to go through it and sort everything out.
I honestly think someone (not a good person) is messing with this site! My computer works fine with all other sites and functions. It's only when I access this site that I have problems.
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AUNTPAT wrote: CB
I also have the Avast and I've gotten the Trojan and when I do the scan it gets them off.
I also am getting some kind of warning from Avast when I log into this site. I don't know if something has messed the site up or what. It just started today
I just got it again and it just stays up for a few seconds it says something about malicious site sonico and something about american express
Yep, that's exactly what I'm getting, including malicious site sonico and american express.....
Thanks for letting me know. Hopefully we'll figure it all out or it'll fix itself quickly.
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Herb,
Good info in your post, especially on ASC by IBOT. Thanks.
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GaCDBFan,
Thanks for providing the correct spelling, plus all the info in the TOC. You've made a lot of good info available to us and I really appreciate it.
To be honest, I've just been able to look closely at the TOC tonight. Had I looked at it closer before and followed the link/s, I probably wouldn't have had to ask you the questions I did in my post yesterday.
Thanks again for all you do with this thread and Merry Christmas to you, BoS, and the boys.
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Thanks CB. Merry Christmas to you and yours too.
I corrected the spelling because iobit.com is their web site, if I'm not mistaken, and I wanted to make sure everyone interested could find it if they googled it. Not trying to step on any toes. No offense meant to anyone.
I added the TOC to my signature now so it's easy to find...Last edited on Thu Dec 24th, 2009 04:14 am by GaCDBFan
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Mustng959 wrote: I was reading your post on the printers GACDBFAN, I have a Lexmark with the scanner/copier/printer all in one and it is starting to get some age on it. I never has any luck with the black cartridge side as it always was giving me poor clarity so I never used it again. The color side has been okay but this last cartridge I bought starts a sheet okay and then goes to totally illegible before the end of the page ... even after I've ran the clean ink jet nozzles multiple times. I actually went in and cleaned it up more with qtips and alcohol. Is it about time to get another printer? The laser jet sounds like a better printer in the long run. My current is a Lexmark X1185.
I also used to own a Lexmark All-In-One. Got rid of it due to the cost of the ink cartridges and the way they dried out. using the jet cleaning aspect of the machine didn't work that well. Would also use Qtips and alcohol.
Now have an HP Model 4280. Cartridges are less than half the cost of the Lexmark cartridges. And haven't had one dry out yet.
An interesting article on printers and ink from PC World magazine.
http://www.pcworld.com/article/184974/whats_cheaper_replacement_ink_or_a_new_printer.html?tk=nl_cox_h_crawl
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One great thing I didn't really mention about laser printers is that they use a dry powder as "ink" (it's called toner). It won't dry out ever (it's supposed to be dry!). The worst thing that happens is that if it is ever subjected to higher than normal humidity, or if it sits for a very long time, it can cake up. That can be fixed by taking the cartridge out and shaking it vigorously, and tapping the ends on a table to loosen it up.
Another thing that occasionally can happen is for a bit of stray toner to get into the printing path and cause streaks down the page. I had to take all the cartridges out, and take out a part called the drum, and wipe them all down with a damp towel, and use a blower to get all the loose toner out of the printer. Then I put everything back together and it was as good as new. It was my fault in my case though. My printer has what they call a waste toner collection bottle which is supposed to be replaced periodically (I just dump it out), and I had neglected it. It got full, and the toner started accumulating inside the printer instead of inside the bottle. Many printers don't have such a bottle, but have a reservoir built into the cartridges. The advantage is that you don't forget to empty/replace it like I did. The disadvantage is that there is not as much toner in the cartridge, and the cost per page typically goes up a bit.
If you want/need a scanner, they don't usually come with cheaper lasers, almost only on models costing several hundred dollars. If you have room, you can keep your old printer to use the scanner. Just set the laser as the default printer.
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Mustng959 wrote: Is it about time to get another printer? Sure sounds like it. The print heads can be replaced on most printers, but you will find they cost as much, if not more, than the whole printer. The whole racket in printers pretty much is make and sell them as cheaply as possible, even well below cost, in order to get you to buy the very high profit margin ink cartridges. Most printer manufacturers lose quite a bit of money making the actual printers, and make it back and then some on the ink. That is why Lexmark especially, as well as some others, go to such great lengths to try to force you to use their printers. I don't know if they still do this or not, but Lexmark would embed a computer chip inside the cartridge that would keep track of how much it had printed and the printer would quit working at a certain point, even if there was still a bit of ink left. Refilling such cartridges didn't work (the entire point of the chip) because the printer would read the chip and know the cartridge was "used up", even though it was now full. They wouldn't disclose or license the chip's workings to other generic cartridge manufacturers or refillers. Other manufacturers were at least planning something similar, but I don't know if they ever did. Lexmark got sued by consumer groups and I THINK they quit doing this, but I'm not sure. I don't know if anyone else ever implemented anything like this.
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GaCDBFan wrote: To correct a spelling, it is IOBit, not IBOT. There is a link to it in one of my posts listed as "routine maintenance" and/or "registry scanner" in the TOC that I posted. If you go to the first post in the thread, there is a link there for the TOC.
Edit: The Table of Contents is here: http://www.charliedanielssoapbox.com/view_topic.php?id=8514&forum_id=12&jump_to=215350#p215350
(I should add that link to my signature, then it would be easy for everyone to find.)
Sorry about the spelling error folks.
The easiest thing to do is google Advanced Systems Care Free to get the free download.
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Have you ever heard of "security shield"? A friend of mine said her computer had a virus on it. She asked me to look at it for her. Well, I don't know that much about these things but we went up to their house Saturday and I looked at it. Anytime you would try to do anything on her computer this "security shield" thing would pop up saying she had all kind of viruses and her computer was fixing to crash. (it wanted money if it "fixed" it) She didn't know where this program came from so I did some goggling and found out this was a type of a bad spyware that can get into your computer. I tried and tried to get it out, even on safe mode but it wouldn't come out. Finally I went to system restore (she said it had been on there a couple of weeks) I went back a few weeks and it got rid of it. I also put the ibod program on there for her. She had a Mcaffe virus card that she wanted on her computer and when I tried to get that on there it said some kind of program (AIG or something like that that started with an A) was on there and it couldn't download with that program on there. I went to add & remove programs and found that and it wouldn't remove it. Any suggestions?
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AUNTPAT wrote: Have you ever heard of "security shield"? A friend of mine said her computer had a virus on it. She asked me to look at it for her. Well, I don't know that much about these things but we went up to their house Saturday and I looked at it. Anytime you would try to do anything on her computer this "security shield" thing would pop up saying she had all kind of viruses and her computer was fixing to crash. (it wanted money if it "fixed" it) She didn't know where this program came from so I did some goggling and found out this was a type of a bad spyware that can get into your computer. I tried and tried to get it out, even on safe mode but it wouldn't come out. Finally I went to system restore (she said it had been on there a couple of weeks) I went back a few weeks and it got rid of it. I also put the ibod program on there for her. She had a Mcaffe virus card that she wanted on her computer and when I tried to get that on there it said some kind of program (AIG or something like that that started with an A) was on there and it couldn't download with that program on there. I went to add & remove programs and found that and it wouldn't remove it. Any suggestions?
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Typically things that tell you that you have a bunch of problems and ask you for money to fix them are scams at best, viruses or spyware at worst. Never give them any credit card or bank information, or you might just find your account maxed out soon after.
Was the program that you couldn't uninstall AVG? I'm not sure how to get that off if it isn't in the add/remove programs list in the control panel. If it is an older version, you could try installing the newest free version, which should overwrite the old version, then uninstall that. You could also check the forums on the AVG web site to see if someone else has had the same problem. They might have some instructions or even small programs that can be downloaded to fix it. Sorry I can't be more help right now, biut I'm at work...
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GaCDBFan wrote: AUNTPAT wrote: Have you ever heard of "security shield"? A friend of mine said her computer had a virus on it. She asked me to look at it for her. Well, I don't know that much about these things but we went up to their house Saturday and I looked at it. Anytime you would try to do anything on her computer this "security shield" thing would pop up saying she had all kind of viruses and her computer was fixing to crash. (it wanted money if it "fixed" it) She didn't know where this program came from so I did some goggling and found out this was a type of a bad spyware that can get into your computer. I tried and tried to get it out, even on safe mode but it wouldn't come out. Finally I went to system restore (she said it had been on there a couple of weeks) I went back a few weeks and it got rid of it. I also put the ibod program on there for her. She had a Mcaffe virus card that she wanted on her computer and when I tried to get that on there it said some kind of program (AIG or something like that that started with an A) was on there and it couldn't download with that program on there. I went to add & remove programs and found that and it wouldn't remove it. Any suggestions?
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Typically things that tell you that you have a bunch of problems and ask you for money to fix them are scams at best, viruses or spyware at worst. Never give them any credit card or bank information, or you might just find your account maxed out soon after.
Was the program that you couldn't uninstall AVG? I'm not sure how to get that off if it isn't in the add/remove programs list in the control panel. If it is an older version, you could try installing the newest free version, which should overwrite the old version, then uninstall that. You could also check the forums on the AVG web site to see if someone else has had the same problem. They might have some instructions or even small programs that can be downloaded to fix it. Sorry I can't be more help right now, biut I'm at work...
I ran into a problem removing a virus program. Come to find out selecting quit, on it's menu page, didn't completly shut it down. It only put it into a 'standby' mode. Uninstall programs won't work on programs that are running. I had to go to the task manager/processes and do an end process. Then I could go to the control panel and uninstall it.
Also, I had another program, that the grandkids put on the computer, that had a different name than the one the icon showed. Had a heck of a time figuring out what the actual program name was. I had to do a search, looking for files that had the icon name in it.
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Thanks GaCDBfan & Herb.
I think it is that AVG. I will check it next time we go up there. But it was on the add/remove but it wouldnt remove it. I appreciate both of ya'll's suggestions.
Happy New Year!!!!!
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Herb is exactly right, most programs won't let you uninstall them without completely shutting them down, and AV programs never shut down, you just shut down the window where you can change settings. A lot of such programs can be uninstalled anyway, because the uninstall program is smart enough to ask you to confirm what you are doing, and it'll shut everything down first so the uninstall can proceed. I use AVG myself, but I honestly don't know how it behaves when you try to uninstall it, because I've never had any reason to do so. I also don't want to because then I'd be open to viruses. Sorry I can't help more, but check the support page (assuming you are using the free version) here: http://free.avg.com/ww-en/help (they only give limited help for the free version) and the user forums here: http://forums.avg.com/us-en/avg-free-forum and click into the version that is installed. If you have the paid for version, go here: http://www.avg.com/ww-en/support.
My AVG installation has an "Uninstall AVG Free" program listed in my start menu under "AVG Free 9.0" (9.0 is the newest version number... it may be different on yours). If it won't uninstall from the add/remove area of the control panel, maybe this will do it.
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I have a new problem.
A couple of days ago I found the kids computer with the monitor having a bunch of diagonal green lines on it. They had been trying to load the SIMS game and it went to that screen and quit.
I had to use the off button to shut it down. When I went to restart it I couldn't get any video. I opened the case and checked a bunch of stuff (I went on line and searched for possible help), no joy. I think the video on the mother board has gone bad or the mother board itself.
The computer is a Compaq presario SR2010NX. The things I have tried: Installed the monitor on the other computer (works great); made sure the power supply fan was working; checked the hard drive (I can feel it spinning); disconnected everything but the video cord to the monitor and the hard drive; pulled the memory sticks out and tried starting it with none, and each stick by itself; removed the hard drive and tried another one. The websites I checked said that, while rare, all of these can cause a loss of video.
Came to the conclusion that the built in video is probably bad, or the mother board is shot. Picked up a video card to see if that would fix it PCIE card. Still no joy. One website says that I have to disable the built in card (in the BIOS) to get the plug in one to work. I have NO VIDEO, how am I supposed to do that?? One guy said that I might get it to work by clearing the CMOS, followed those instructions, no joy.
I am not a complete computer illiterate but I am stumped.
Any suggestions???
Beyond using it for a boat anchor and buying another one???
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Hi folks,
I still have the problem I mentioned in my post #146. As I had mentioned in a later post, I did a "system restore" which helped for a day or so but then it went right back to getting the "Trojan Horse" warning when I try to access this website.
Is anyone else still having this problem?
Also, I'm using my wife's computer to make this post because my computer still can't access this site. Which brings up another question. Why does her computer access the site OK but mine won't?
I have run two different anti-virus scans on my computer plus the ASC/IOBit scanner and my computer checked out as "clean" on all of them.
Still confused,
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Hi Linda,
Sorry to hear you're having computer problems also. They're not fun, to say the least!
Good luck to you also and a very Happy New Year! And don't drink too much spumante!
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legitlinda wrote:
Hi Bill,
I've been offline for over a week now because of some stupid virus. My computer just kept rebooting itself and I didn't have time to do anything to try to fix it before it rebooted again. I ended up taking it to a shop and with the Christmas Holiday I was without it for a week. Good luck and HAPPY NEW YEAR!!!
Back about 2004 there was a trojan that was nasty for effecting computers. Don't remember the name but I got it every time I connected to the internet. Had dialup at that time. It's main thing was to reboot every time a computer connected to the internet. Maybe GaCDBFan knows more about this.
The only way to get rid of it was to download a removal program from Norton, remove it, then download and apply a patch from Windows. It was next to impossible to stay connected long enough to download the 2 programs. Especially with just dialup. Finally managed to get them. Had to burn them to cd and apply the fixes while offline.
I have no problems getting to this site and receive no security alerts when I do.
I use McAfee Antivirus and Webroot Spysweeper. But only because they are free with my MSN ISP. I have AVG installed on my sister's computer. She doesn't surf much but it seems to be working well.
A pretty good spyware program (free) is spybot search and destroy. 4 pages of free spyware programs can be found here. http://www.pcworld.com/downloads/1727/topic.html?osFilter=&licenseFilter=2&catId=1727&page=1&order=4
Most don't find and remove rootkits but there are free removal programs listed also.
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Herb wrote: I have a new problem.
A couple of days ago I found the kids computer with the monitor having a bunch of diagonal green lines on it. They had been trying to load the SIMS game and it went to that screen and quit.
I had to use the off button to shut it down. When I went to restart it I couldn't get any video. I opened the case and checked a bunch of stuff (I went on line and searched for possible help), no joy. I think the video on the mother board has gone bad or the mother board itself.
The computer is a Compaq presario SR2010NX. The things I have tried: Installed the monitor on the other computer (works great); made sure the power supply fan was working; checked the hard drive (I can feel it spinning); disconnected everything but the video cord to the monitor and the hard drive; pulled the memory sticks out and tried starting it with none, and each stick by itself; removed the hard drive and tried another one. The websites I checked said that, while rare, all of these can cause a loss of video.
Came to the conclusion that the built in video is probably bad, or the mother board is shot. Picked up a video card to see if that would fix it PCIE card. Still no joy. One website says that I have to disable the built in card (in the BIOS) to get the plug in one to work. I have NO VIDEO, how am I supposed to do that?? One guy said that I might get it to work by clearing the CMOS, followed those instructions, no joy.
I am not a complete computer illiterate but I am stumped.
Any suggestions???
Beyond using it for a boat anchor and buying another one???
Sorry, but I've been out of town and computer-less for a few days.
So, it seems that you have lost the video completely at the computer end, and this includes the stuff that shows up when the computer is first turned on? There are a couple of things that might be going on.
You might have a burned up video card, and you might have a burned up power supply. It is possible, although not very likely because this is rare, that the software set the video resolution and/or refresh rate to something incompatible to the hardware, and that caused it to burn up. This is what the problem kind of sounds like because of the diagonal lines on the screen. That kind of thing is what the screen can look like when set to an incompatible setting. Sometimes, that will damage the monitor, but very rarely the video card. Since the monitor worked on another computer, and a new video card didn't work (most newer computers auto disable the built in video when an expansion card is added BTW, and since you have PCIe, this one is new enough to probably be in that category), this is not likely.
To me, the only things that make sense are that the motherboard has failed, or the power supply has failed. My guess would be the power supply. Power supply failures are one of the most common things to happen to a computer. Do you get any POST (power on self test) beeps? Do you remember hearing one before? Do you have the ability to try a different power supply with this computer to see if that works? You don't necessarily need to completely remove the power supply to test this. Just unplug everything from the PS that is in there, and if you can, bring another computer over close enough over that its power supply connector will reach. Hopefully, it'll be long enough to reach without having to completely remove the unit. Just the connector(s) (some computers use secondary connectors to the MB) that connects to the MB will be sufficient to see if you can get any POST beeps and/or give you the bios video output.
The power supply puts out several voltages, and many times will have several outputs at one voltage, particularly the +12V one, and if any one of these fail, the computer will not work properly, if at all, even if there are signs of life in there, such as fans and hard drives running. I even have a PS tester that is supposed to tell if there is proper voltage in all the connectors, but one PS I tested said it was "good", but still wouldn't boot the computer. If you get something out with a different PS plugged in, there is your problem. If you don't, the problem is in the MB. Unless you want to replace the MB with a similar one that uses the same CPU and memory, it probably isn't worth fixing. With a new MB, Windows may also give you a hard time about the installation being transferred to a "new" computer and may require you to call Microsoft to get it activated again. It depends on how different the MB is than the old one. You'll also probably have to re-install drivers for a lot of hardware on the MB too.
Power supplies are relatively cheap for most standard computers (not a hard core gamer's machine or a high powered server) and fairly easy to install. Most computers use ATX standard power supplies. IMO, the best PS for the money right now is the Corsair brand. Seasonic is good too... most of Corsair's parts are made be Seasonic.
Some name brand PC's use a non-standard (really a different, less common standard) size. HP, Compaq, Dell, Gateway and some others, all use non standard sizes in some, but not all, of their computers. A standard one will be approximately 5 7/8" (150mm) X 6" (the depth can vary a bit) X 3 3/8" (85mm). If your width and height are about that, but depth is only about 3-4 inches, it is probably a microATX PS. You'll have to look around for one of those and see if it is HP/Compaq replacement compatible. If you have one of those little tiny small footprint towers, it might be an ITX or even TFX.
Newegg.com has all of these PS types. Hopefully, this is what the problem is, and you use a standard ATX PS. If you have a non-ATX, look on the label for the PS. A lot of times it will say on there what type of PS it is. If not, look at the pictures of the PS's on newegg and compare the proportions and relative size to the power cord connector, and the mounting holes, etc. This will help you figure out which one to get.
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I'm not really a virus expert by any means, but AVG free has worked well for me for a long time. There is a free spyware scanner that also defeats rootkits here: http://rootkitanalytics.com/userland/spy-dll-remover.php . It is also available to run from a portable hard drive or flash drive without having to install it from http://portableapps.com/ .
I don't think the problems we have been having recently here relate to a virus any of us have. I think the problem may have been someone attacking DNS servers, and redirecting people from the sites they are trying to go to, and to other sites. The warnings are poping up about the other sites. I got those messages a few times too, but my message mentioned a website from Russia as being the warning, not this one. Obviously, this one is not in Russia (unless someone posted a link or picture or video that came from that site, which is possible). What happens is that someone corrupts a major DNS server somewhere, which most ISP's copy locally from time to time to cut down on traffic. When the DNS server operator discovers the problem and fixes it, the various ISP's still have a copy of the corrupted one until the next time they copy the major server again. That is why it has disappeared for most of us, and why some still seem to be getting it. It should correct itself soon enough. If you want to try to do something about it, you can specify a DNS server other than the default your ISP assigns when you get online (see http://code.google.com/speed/public-dns/ , or http://www.opendns.com/ for example), or you can call/email your ISP and let them know you think they have a corrupted DNS cache, and ask them to reset it (some ISP's will be more receptive to this kind of request than others. Some will tell you to go jump in a lake.)Last edited on Mon Jan 4th, 2010 03:40 pm by GaCDBFan
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Here is a pretty detailed document about DNS problems from Google, and what they have done about it with their FREE public DNS service: http://code.google.com/speed/public-dns/docs/security.html. After reading that and what they have done to attempt to overcome the problems with DNS, I'd recommend everyone to use it. I'm going to from now on myself.
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Mustng959 wrote: I really need to update my Windows XP. If I try to download a service pack, it will start and give me a message of expected download time .... about 45 hours (darn dial-up). Anybody got a link or address to order a disc with the download on it? Need one for iTunes also. For Windows XP: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/322389. You can order a disc from them.
iTunes: http://www.apple.com/itunes/download/. The file is 82MB. If you can't get it by dialup, ask a friend with broadband to get it for you and burn it to a CD or flash drive. If you have a laptop with wireless, try going to a coffee shop or a McDonalds or hotel or somewhere like that in a town and/or near an interstate. These places frequently have free wireless access.
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GaCDBFan,
Thanks, I didn't think it could be a PS because the fans on everything, including the one on the new video card, work and i can feel the HD spin up.
Unfortunatly, I have a Compaq.
I will try to find the outputs of the PS and check it. I really don't want to buy a PS and not have it fix it. I used to build computers but haven't done one for over 7 years. Got tired of things not working together.
No matter what, I can't get too upset about this computer. I only paid $125 for it over 3 years ago and it was already a couple of years old.
The granddaughters keep leaving it on and they have locked it up or crashed the HD more times than I can count. It has had drinks spilled on top of it (even though the rules are NO drinks in the computer room. I hate hearing I don't know.)
Probably should have been a smoking pile of rubble a long time ago.
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If you can get another computer close enough to plug in the main PS connector into the MB, that'll tell you if that's the problem, without having to buy a new PS, although there is a very slight possibility that a fried MB could possibly fry the PS, but not very likely. With all the other stuff unplugged, it won't boot of course, but you should get pre-boot video if the PS is to blame.
Checking a PS doesn't always show a bad one. I have a tester that showed one as "good" that wouldn't boot a computer. Possibly, you could use a volt meter with it hooked up and running to see the voltages with a load attached. Here is a pinout: http://pinouts.ru/Power/atxpower_pinout.shtml. If you have a newer 24 pin unit, here: http://pinouts.ru/Power/atx_v2_pinout.shtml
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Thanks, I will check this tonight.
I have a digital meter and can check voltages and grounds with power on the system.
The Compaq has a 20 pin plug with only 16 wires in it and a seperate 4 pin plug that goes to another location on the MB. If it is a bad PS I can rewire the plugs, as long as I get one with the correct outputs.
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Hey, GaCDBFan,
I need help. Problem is, this is still the webtv/msntv I'm working with, and I know you aren't abundantly familiar with it.
Terry's been trying to apply for work, filling out apps and sending resumes. Many of them what a cut & pasted resume that done on Microsoft Word. I don't have this. I went to sites that help with creating URL's but found little help there.
Some resumes ask for your info in PDF. I tried to figure that out and know nothing of it's meaning. I'm thinking of trying the links Loner sent to see if I could solve the above listed problems Do you know any tricks for this? I'm getting really tired of having to write out Terry's whole resume everytime. Seems like I ought to be able to post it somewhere on line and have them press a key that will bring it up for them to print. If you could help me out, I'd really appreciate it. He's going bonkers being outta work. Thanks...Vicki
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vicki530 wrote: Hey, GaCDBFan,
I need help. Problem is, this is still the webtv/msntv I'm working with, and I know you aren't abundantly familiar with it.
Terry's been trying to apply for work, filling out apps and sending resumes. Many of them what a cut & pasted resume that done on Microsoft Word. I don't have this. I went to sites that help with creating URL's but found little help there.
Some resumes ask for your info in PDF. I tried to figure that out and know nothing of it's meaning. I'm thinking of trying the links Loner sent to see if I could solve the above listed problems Do you know any tricks for this? I'm getting really tired of having to write out Terry's whole resume everytime. Seems like I ought to be able to post it somewhere on line and have them press a key that will bring it up for them to print. If you could help me out, I'd really appreciate it. He's going bonkers being outta work. Thanks...Vicki
Hey, I don't know if your box will support this or not, but its worth a shot. Google has all of these things available for most computers that can get on the internet with a web browser for free. I'm not 100% sure if it is supported by the browser on your box. It says only that it needs an internet connection and a "standard browser" so it might just work. Go to Google.com. If you have an account with google, sign in. If not, it is free, so create an account, and sign in with it. At the main google page, you'll see the word "more" with a little arrow beside it. Click that, then click "documents."
When you are signed in, you'll see a list of folders and files you have saved (as a new user, of course it'll be empty). To start a new document, click the button, "create new" then "document." It'll open up a new window that looks pretty much like a word processor inside your browser (assuming your box supports this). Just type away, and your document is automatically saved as you type. When you are done, you can click the "share" button in the top right corner, and it will give you the opportunity to send it as an email attachment of a Word file, or PDF file, and will let you write an email to go along with the attachment. You can also publish it as a web site, but be careful with that option with something like a resume or application because that will be visible to the public. You can "share" it as a web page with an invitation using their email address. It'll send them a special url (link) that they can click on to view the document that will only be visible to those with the link, not the general public.
Hope this works for you!!
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GaCDBFan
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There is a getting started guide for all of this here: http://docs.google.com/support/bin/static.py?page=guide.cs&guide=21008.
This goes through everything I've shared with you and more in a lot more detail if you need it.
One other thing I'd add about how to do it. I'd click the "view" menu choice and select "fixed width page," otherwise you won't see the page margins the way you'd be used to with a word processor, and the page might not have the layout you are expecting when you print it or send it as a pdf.
Last edited on Tue Jan 5th, 2010 11:49 am by GaCDBFan
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Well, I just tried it with my Wii and it won't let me create a new document with that. (I'm using my Wii to send this, so it works here). Hopefully, your box has a better web browser than the Wii. It looks like google thinks of the Wii as a cell phone like device,because it asked me if I wanted a “mobile” version or not, but it didn't work either way. Hopefully it'll work for you. My Wii is the closest thing I have to your box.
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GaCDBFan...thanks for trying to help. I finally managed to get Terry's app and resume to format and send, but here's the dumb deal with MSNTV--
What you see on your monitor is usually not what I see on mine. There's a vast difference in what's available to me on CD's board from what is presented to you on your monitor. I not only can't copy anything and save it, like a post I'm writing, there's nothing anywhere listed for me to do so. I can't cut and paste like others do, nor can I send an article to myself to post here. The one and only time I attempted to do some editing, I messed it up so badly that it appeared I was attributing a snide comment to someone who didn't make it. Pictures and emoticons are a big blur. Heck, I can't even see the snake muddawber is holding in his avatar. Didn't know one was in the picture blur I was seeing.
There are no toolkits or toolbars on sites I visit. What you see on your Yahoo page isn't on mine. There are none of those things available for me to right or left click. So, the only way to grasp what I'm working with is to picture a TV screen that says CDB, Yahoo, Google, etc. at the top and offers a few headlines I can click on. No symbols, toolkits, nothing. This thing crashes immediately on Facebook and YouTube plus various other "high flash" sites....whatever that means. So, I probably shouldn't even tie up your time asking for help because I think computers are from Mars and the MSNTV system must be from Venus. But I wanted you to know that I appreciate all the time you've spent trying to help me work around this thing. So, thank you.
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Is it something you could, or would want to, send to me and have me format it and post on the web for you? I'd be happy to, but there is an awful lot of personal information on there and I'd completely understand if you didn't want to. Do you have our email address? If not, and you'd want to do it, I could PM it to you.
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Another thought is do you have access to any kind of public use computer, such as in a library or in a school? Unless they have it almost completely locked down as far as what you can do with it, you should be able to access Google Docs there.
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can someone post some-thing to help me get to "my user profile" here on the board so I can change some stuff. the MENU doesn't work for me to get there. last time I had this problem, Mudbug helped me out (I haven't n oticed any posts lately from him)((hope he's ok)) thanks in advance!
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I ended up taking it back and the guy who worked on my computer had never seen that before and so I had to leave it with him AGAIN! I just got it back last night. He installed AVGFree on it for me. That's what my son uses and it seems to be working well for him.
for now,
