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Post by Jaga on May 10, 2014 12:41:44 GMT -7
my computer is slowly dying but I hope it would not die completely before I will have a new one. It is so bad that I cannot even copy anything on memory stick. I have so many data there. I think I had a trojan for some times already in my machine. My website is not much better. I still have this Iranian website showing up......
anyways guys, life is still good since the Spring is coming
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Post by JustJohn or JJ on May 11, 2014 6:51:27 GMT -7
my computer is slowly dying but I hope it would not die completely before I will have a new one. It is so bad that I cannot even copy anything on memory stick. I have so many data there. I think I had a trojan for some times already in my machine. My website is not much better. I still have this Iranian website showing up...... anyways guys, life is still good since the Spring is coming Jaga, what Windows version are you using? I will help you clean it up but I need some info. |
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Post by Nictoshek on May 11, 2014 8:26:49 GMT -7
An anti-virus program can do wonders.
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Post by karl on May 11, 2014 9:09:54 GMT -7
my computer is slowly dying but I hope it would not die completely before I will have a new one. It is so bad that I cannot even copy anything on memory stick. I have so many data there. I think I had a trojan for some times already in my machine. My website is not much better. I still have this Iranian website showing up...... anyways guys, life is still good since the Spring is coming Jaga How well do I understand, and so indeed. My old computer was 7 years of age {past tense} and of the last 4 years of use, simply gave me fits. It might have beat a snail in speed, but I am not sure and would not have placed bets on it.. It escaped several occasions being tossed out the window, but upon each occasion, reason caught up and it was saved. Upon every second or third day, fairly much had to run a repair and clean up programme to keep it usable. I used Norton ant-virus programmes, on a rare occasion, a virus was detected and removed..It was just simply to old and slow. Two weeks previous, my self was to solve the issue with a new lap top Toshiba with Windows 8.1. I wished not to spend the money, but the results was well worth it. One resolved issue though, creates another issue. There was not one single icon that was recognizable from. It was a cultural shock from the beginning with associated learning curve that was in the first, a bit irritating. It is just a matter of sitting down, thinking and playing with it, in this manner, time, use, experience and patience will pay high dividends. I do now like it and find it is more pleasant to use.. Just a bit of personal experience to share Karl |
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Post by kaima on May 11, 2014 9:11:20 GMT -7
About a month ago I discovered "Advanced Uninstaller PRO", which is free ware, and quite misnamed, as it is far, far more versatile than just an un-installer. It surpasses CCleaner as a cleanup tool. I used it on one computer and then was so impressed by the clarity of the control panels and the versatility of the various utilities, that I installed and used it on my other computer, the nearly dead Win XP. It did an unbelievable job of bringing it back to life. I believe it goes into the Registry in much greater depth than CCleaner. It seeks out and finds all of those stray Registry entries left by past software changes, installations and un-installations done by other software. It then presents a clear list of the stray threads left behind by old software, and gives you the choice of deleting them. It really cleaned up my computers and brought them back into service. www.advanceduninstaller.com/tells you about the software, but for downloading it sends you to CNET, where you MUST be very careful to download ONLY the correct software (they try to trick you into clicking on other download buttons) and then WHEN YOU GRANT PERMISSIONS BE CAREFUL. CNET firsts tries to download some bad software. I was careless the first time and clicked on the permission without reading it. Oh, what regrets that led to! In fact, it was a previous download from CNET that led to me downloading Advanced Uninstaller PRO to clean up the mess CNET caused. It did a fine job of cleanup for me, and I use it regularly now. Kai |
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Post by Nictoshek on May 11, 2014 11:06:37 GMT -7
Reformatting a hard drive can do wonders too.
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Post by Jaga on May 11, 2014 12:15:42 GMT -7
John, Nictoe, Karl, Kai,
thank you all for a good advice and for your concerns. John, my husband is pretty good with computer hardware, he tried a lot of stuff already. The best thing is that I can still start computer, see my data, except some e-mails which are probably lost.
I think the trafedy stroke when I was trying to find a jeopardy game by use of internet explorer for my students and I used INTERNET EXPLORER. John was telling me so many times already, do not use internet explorer but I did not listen to him. I want to do things my way.
I am slowly moving my most important stuff away. I do not want to reformat the disk....since I have so much info here......
good to have friends like you
I will tell John about advance installer
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Post by Jaga on May 11, 2014 12:17:01 GMT -7
I have Windows 7.
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Post by Jaga on May 11, 2014 21:29:53 GMT -7
Two weeks previous, my self was to solve the issue with a new lap top Toshiba with Windows 8.1. I wished not to spend the money, but the results was well worth it. One resolved issue though, creates another issue. There was not one single icon that was recognizable from. It was a cultural shock from the beginning with associated learning curve that was in the first, a bit irritating. It is just a matter of sitting down, thinking and playing with it, in this manner, time, use, experience and patience will pay high dividends. I do now like it and find it is more pleasant to use.. Karl we were able to survive without the computers in the past? Hard to believe! My uncle from Poland reminded me today that I was the first person from my family to actually buy a computer to have at home.... and now I use my cellphone still very infrequently! |
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Post by Jaga on May 11, 2014 21:34:27 GMT -7
About a month ago I discovered "Advanced Uninstaller PRO", which is free ware, and quite misnamed, as it is far, far more versatile than just an un-installer. It surpasses CCleaner as a cleanup tool. I used it on one computer and then was so impressed by the clarity of the control panels and the versatility of the various utilities, that I installed and used it on my other computer, the nearly dead Win XP. It did an unbelievable job of bringing it back to life. Kai Kai, thanks for the advice. I let John to read your posts, John knows these programs. He used some cleaners which use the most basic ROM setup and were running for hours if not days to try to clean it up. But I learned my lessons, I try not to use Internet Explorer at all. I think we will keep the hard drive somewhere in case I need to recover some of these programs and start using new computer and be more careful. It is better not to have a popular side, since my Polish website is already compromised although it is still running. |
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Post by karl on May 12, 2014 10:49:44 GMT -7
Jaga
Yes, we have changed with the availability of electronics in the manner of information storage and personal convenience such as computers and such. With this, a certain amount of catch up of what I forget in the manner of suggestions.
For my self, to keep the hard drive clear of informational clutter, I have an E. Drive that uses the USB connection on the side of computers. It is essentially a storage device using a self contained hard drive. In this manner, no personal information is lost or need for another back up. When not in use, I do unplug it for information protection.
I am not sure if this would be of any help for you, but it is an idea.
{Happy you enjoy the new avatar, it become boring to see the former standard mug staring as if a ghost}
Karl
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Post by JustJohn or JJ on May 13, 2014 3:42:21 GMT -7
Jaga, What I was going to suggest is this.
Go to start, click on control panel
Click on uninstall programs
Here you will find a listing for all the sw programs that are installed on your computer.
Most of them you will recognize and want to keep as you use them most of the time.
However, I wouldn't bhe surprised that you will find some on there that you didn't know
you had.
Uninstall the ones you don't use. Use the program that Kaima mentioned and clean out your registry.
Reboot your machine and see what happens. I'll bet you will be surprised.
Sincerely,
Jasiu of the North
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Post by Nictoshek on May 13, 2014 4:50:14 GMT -7
But of course before you do that, you first: Right click Computer>Properties>System Protection>CREATE RESTORE POINT....just to play it safe. Then REPEAT after cleaning steps.
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Post by JustJohn or JJ on May 13, 2014 5:53:25 GMT -7
Nictoe, you are right. Always create a restore point !!!
I was assuming too much.
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Post by Jaga on May 13, 2014 12:18:18 GMT -7
Karl,
thanks for your advice, I also bought a couple of memory sticks to keep the most important stuff.
John, Nictoe, we tried almost everything. This troyan is much more generic than just uninstall. But I will look again and try what I can do still in a way you said....thanks so much!
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