Ferrari Mailing List: Re: Computer Problem OT

[Stephen Sherman (stephensherman44]

Larry one of the thing you can do to help is to create 2 accounts on your pc.

1 will have admin rights the other is a guest.

log on as the guest : now every time a program install it will ask for the Admin,  If you did not start the install or recognize the Source DO NOT give it the go ahead.  This will prevent 90% of infections.

 

If you get a pop up advising a computer problem POWER OFF the PC on a laptop you might have to remove the battery to shut it down.DO NOT CLICK ON THE CLOSE at the very least CNTL ALT DELETE and choose TASK MANAGER and end your internet browser/ and the pop up.

 

When you restart the PC go to the control panel, under system look at the status and fix all the problems.

 

Stephen 

On Tue, Jul 9, 2013 at 10:01 PM, Larry T <l02turner [at] comcast.net> wrote:

Hi Gang,
    I'm posting this in the hope it prevents others from having a problem like  I did.   My Acer laptop was fine but one morning I found I could not connect to wifi or ethernet and the sound card  was dead also.

    I worked on it for 2 days trying to get things started.  I finally decided the network card was bad as well as the sound card.   I bought a new laptop.

    The new laptop had been fine for a couple of months when I decided to uninstall some unwanted toolbars and other software.  After rebooting I found my internet card and sound card were both not working.  Again, I worked on it for a day before I checked the Component Services in the Control panel\administrator services. 

    I found all the services had been disabled,  well Duh, no matter stuff stopped working!   I went through each line item (about 60) and changed almost all to "Automatic".  reboot and Bingo - everything works again!

    I needed another laptop anyway because the one I had been using (the 1st with the problem) because it is a small frame laptop and I have trouble typing quickly on it.

    Anyway, I am telling on myself that I did not do all the trouble shooting  I could on the 1st computer before deciding it had bad cards.  When the 2nd had the same problem it was too much of a coincidence. 

    I suspect the makers of some software that prefer not to be un-installed decided to do damage when they are un-installed!     What a chicken ____ thing to do!

Anyway - watch yourself...

LarryT

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