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[La Galana]

Thank you, thank you, Star! I am so very happy and grateful to have received your opinion and help! I kind of expected this. You take good care!

[Stargazer1965]

Originally Posted by La Galana

Thank you, thank you, Star! I am so very happy and grateful to have received your opinion and help! I kind of expected this. You take good care!

Welcome!!

[divinity4infinity]

Hello
Please can you tell me how to get a password for the light warriors forum???

Thanks

[conkroach]

Can you teach me how to get my hands through the internet in order to choke the life out of virus writers? Our PC is crashed at home due to the latest scam Anti-virus offer. What a slick scam it is. "Wow, your computer is sick with a deadly virus (as everything goes wild on your desktop). Here, quick, buy this software from us, the very people who put the virus on your PC".

I KNOW this could be stopped if they wanted to. Too many people making money from the scams, legit and hackers both.

Originally Posted by conkroach

Can you teach me how to get my hands through the internet in order to choke the life out of virus writers?

I am sure there are many more useful ways to spend your time.

To get rid of such infections I recommend ComboFix

http://download.bleepingcomputer.com/sUBs/ComboFix.exe

[Stargazer1965]

Originally Posted by conkroach

Can you teach me how to get my hands through the internet in order to choke the life out of virus writers? Our PC is crashed at home due to the latest scam Anti-virus offer. What a slick scam it is. "Wow, your computer is sick with a deadly virus (as everything goes wild on your desktop). Here, quick, buy this software from us, the very people who put the virus on your PC".

I KNOW this could be stopped if they wanted to. Too many people making money from the scams, legit and hackers both.

You know what...I got this one also...

It was embedded in an AD running on a site I visited.

I got rid of it in about 15 minutes but I don't recommend the methods to a normal user.

I had to run in safe mode...kill a few programs running and edit the registry.

Not pretty....

But I would go with Spregs advice about changing virus scan programs...
I went with Micro Trends AV and the next time that occurred...it blocked it.

Hope this helps....SG

[loganus]

I'd just like to say its great what you doing hear stargazer,its not only inspiring but if the worlds gonna change it needs more people like you.
Great work!!
Loganus

[Stargazer1965]

Originally Posted by loganus

I'd just like to say its great what you doing hear stargazer,its not only inspiring but if the worlds gonna change it needs more people like you.
Great work!!
Loganus

Much appreciated feedback.....

SG

[mudra]

Hello friends,

I am pretty good at embedding youtube videos now.
Thanks to your help. It is much appreciated.

However I wonder how to go about vids I am finding on dailymotion or Vimeo.

For example how to embed this vid here ? :

http://www.dailymotion.com/video/k2Z28HraPtwO1QNNOc

I surrounded k2Z28HraPtwO1QNNOc by brackets and put dailymotion into them with no success.
I then tried with dailymotion.com .. with no success

Love from me
mudra

[Stargazer1965]

Originally Posted by mudra

Hello friends,

I am pretty good at embedding youtube videos now.
Thanks to your help. It is much appreciated.

However I wonder how to go about vids I am finding on dailymotion or Vimeo.

For example how to embed this vid here ? :

http://www.dailymotion.com/video/k2Z28HraPtwO1QNNOc

I surrounded k2Z28HraPtwO1QNNOc by brackets and put dailymotion into them with no success.
I then tried with dailymotion.com .. with no success

Love from me
mudra

Mudra...the embedded programming on the site only works for you tube...Sorry

I was hoping it would expand also....Peace

[mudra]

Thank you for the info Stargazer.
We can't embed but can still post the links to these other vids.
It's fine .

Blessings and Love for you
mudra

[Freedom]

Wow...nice thread here...can save us
millions upon zillions of dollars.....

that being said....I have a couple of
questions about this dinosaur I'm running..
or so I've been told....to me its still brand new.

us old timers think when we purchase something
it ought to last at least my lifetime....

I am disheartened with the disposable world we
live in today.

Should I or can I upgrade with a few new cards
I can install or would it not be worth it?

I will await your response and will go look up
all the model number RAM and stuff.....

Thank you.......Namaste.....Freedom

Originally Posted by Freedom

Should I or can I upgrade with a few new cards
I can install or would it not be worth it?

Depends...if it is older than 3 or 4 years we can only (sense) discuss upgrading RAM.

If you for example wish to change the CPU, you also have to change the motherboard and that is practically buying a new PC...etc Also with the change of motherboard also comes the change of slots....and hardware you can or can not connect.

RAM upgrade can make your PC run faster but do not expect too much. You can only upgrade if you have a free slot on your motherboard...or if you replace one of the current inserted sticks with a new one with more memory. Also the new RAM should be of the same type and frequency as the old one.

etc...

or

You can simply invest cca 600EUR into new PC and it will work wonders. Try to get at least 2 year guarantee. If you want to play new PC games and if you want to play all the latest and future to be released games the cost can be 2 to 3 times more.

Do not buy anything from Sony.
Do not buy Vista.
You only need 64bit system if you have more than 4gigs of RAM.
64bit systems tend to have some compatibility problems - not all programs work

If you intend to buy a laptop i recommend Toshiba or Lenovo...price range 1000EUR should get you a nice laptop. Laptops are not intended for games!

....

[Stargazer1965]

Originally Posted by Freedom

Wow...nice thread here...can save us
millions upon zillions of dollars.....

that being said....I have a couple of
questions about this dinosaur I'm running..
or so I've been told....to me its still brand new.

us old timers think when we purchase something
it ought to last at least my lifetime....

I am disheartened with the disposable world we
live in today.

Should I or can I upgrade with a few new cards
I can install or would it not be worth it?

I will await your response and will go look up
all the model number RAM and stuff.....

Thank you.......Namaste.....Freedom

Freedom....I usually recommend buying a bare bones system but I have the knowledge to put it together and add the operating system...That runs me about $300 American dollars

If you are a normal user...changing processors...adding memory can be tricky.

You can usually get a netbook at Walley World for around $200

If you have model numbers and the year you purchased the Brontosaurus...I can recommend a path.

SG

[Freedom]

Thank You.......

Spregovori and Stargazer1965....

and such a speedy reply too!
but it doesn't sound good.

The truth is I don't want to purchase a new one....

I've said that before...first 8 tracks then albums....here comes cassettes...and I put my foot down as I purchased those CD's and I refuse (ha) to get the MP3....(hate being told what I am suppose to do)

But I am logical enough to know that I can't keep throwing good
money after bad....(that free world better hurry up and get here)

so....I got this in 2000;

Dell Dimension DIM4300 Pentium 4
only 1.60 GHz 640 MB of RAM 32 bit
Microsoft Windows XP service pack 3

I don't play video games and don't think I will...
I do watch a lot of videos and play a bunch of music
(have some nice Harman/Kardon speaker system)
and I take photographs etc......so to me its an over glorified
word processor or typewriter as we called them at one time...
with a TV and Stereo too boot......

And I don't know squat about them but could install new cards
and boards as I have been inside them before...but other than
that and throwing in a disc or two or hollering for some help....

I would like a new computer but I don't like Wally world at all
avoid them like the plague....and I like my big screen....hate all
the cords everywhere! So I guess I could be a candidate for a
new laptop...its just not high on the list right now so if it could
wait for another year that might be better.....

My biggest question is I have all this wonderful stuff saved on my
computer and I would hate to loose it....what can I do and is it easy
to transfer?

Thanks guys.....much respect for your being brainiacs....
much LOVE and many BLESSINGS for you......Freedom

[THE eXchanger]

how do i make a slide show from photopoint
show up on a www.godaddy.com website tonight ???

[Stargazer1965]

Originally Posted by THE eXchanger

how do i make a slide show from photopoint
show up on a www.godaddy.com website tonight ???

PAst my bedtime.....PM me Susan...And we'll look into it...thanks

Originally Posted by Freedom

My biggest question is I have all this wonderful stuff saved on my
computer and I would hate to loose it....what can I do and is it easy
to transfer?

Buy a 2,5 or 3,5 external hard drive if you have large amounts of data, or buy for example a 16gig USB key.... put your data on it....

[synchronistic9]

i keep getting explorer.exe in my processes opening twice? why does it open twice and i dont even use internet explorer, i use firefox, does this mean someone using my com without my permission,hacker?

[Stargazer1965]

Originally Posted by synchronistic9

i keep getting explorer.exe in my processes opening twice? why does it open twice and i dont even use internet explorer, i use firefox, does this mean someone using my com without my permission,hacker?

You probably have a virus that is trying to do pop up ads on you...Do you have a virus scanner...more importantly ...IS IT UP TO DATE??

[Freedom]

Originally Posted by Spregovori

Buy a 2,5 or 3,5 external hard drive if you have large amounts of data, or buy for example a 16gig USB key.... put your data on it....

Thank You for this information....I appreciate it.

I have another question...do you think my system will eventually crash
and never return? Does that happen because the rest of computer land
keeps updating and mine can't handle it? This has happened to me before
I got this one.....

Just how long is a computer suppose to last? I would really like one of those computers that I saw in the movie Avatar...with the 3-D screen that wraps around....now that would be cool...and if the sold them at Wally World...I might go there to purchase one if they would sell one for a few beans....

Thanks again......Namaste.....Freedom

[waitinginthewings]

I have been having a lot of problems with Firefox over the last month or two. When I try to load a page......it comes up "firefox not responding"....& of course I get frustrated after waiting 10mins..........then I'm trying again & again & my screen freezes for another ten mins. I swear sometimes, I can try to open a link & go vacuum my entire house, come back & its still trying to load. I feel like this right now with my laptop.

Yesterday Firefox popped up with a update to 3.6 version, which I did. But that little upgrade took out my mini program eQuake alert gone, gone, gone. I tried to download it again, but its not compatible with the new upgraded Firefox........ I miss my equake alert. Oh yea and my computer is so slow...

Guys, got any pearls of computer wisdom. Save me please from computers?

Oh. my laptop is Dell Inspiron 6400, (2MB/1.73GHz/533MHz) then this: 1GB, DDR2, 533MHz 2 D1mm for Inspiron. Got it Mar. 2007.


What ever happened to the Startrek computer, where you just talk to it & it answers you back with answers & advice. I want that one.

[Freedom]

Originally Posted by waitinginthewings

What ever happened to the Startrek computer, where you just talk to it & it answers you back with answers & advice. I want that one.

I would like one of these as well....where do
we sign up?

But remember the computer in the "Demon Seed"....scary!



My son tells me that I might as well wait
for the implant...like the borg

and I just heard about the laser holographic key board!!!

Hang on to your hats for the tech ride......we are going back to the future!

Namaste....Freedom

[Stargazer1965]

Originally Posted by waitinginthewings

I have been having a lot of problems with Firefox over the last month or two. When I try to load a page......it comes up "firefox not responding"....& of course I get frustrated after waiting 10mins..........then I'm trying again & again & my screen freezes for another ten mins. I swear sometimes, I can try to open a link & go vacuum my entire house, come back & its still trying to load. I feel like this right now with my laptop.

Yesterday Firefox popped up with a update to 3.6 version, which I did. But that little upgrade took out my mini program eQuake alert gone, gone, gone. I tried to download it again, but its not compatible with the new upgraded Firefox........ I miss my equake alert. Oh yea and my computer is so slow...

Guys, got any pearls of computer wisdom. Save me please from computers?

Oh. my laptop is Dell Inspiron 6400, (2MB/1.73GHz/533MHz) then this: 1GB, DDR2, 533MHz 2 D1mm for Inspiron. Got it Mar. 2007.


What ever happened to the Startrek computer, where you just talk to it & it answers you back with answers & advice. I want that one.

WiW....is it certain sites or all??

It sounds like connection...not hardware

More info please

[waitinginthewings]

Originally Posted by Stargazer1965

WiW....is it certain sites or all??

It sounds like connection...not hardware

More info please

No....its not site specific....it can be any site. I test that out....didn't matter.

Maybe there is a lot of cookies stored

I happened to come across this article by George Ure of HPH. on cookies. Would like your feedback on this software.....because I was thinking of downloading it, to see if it cleans things up. But it might be for more sophisticated users.



Cookie Video

The folks at Maxa Research have put together a short video (sound track by guess who?) that shows the Maxa Cookie Manager. You can see it here.
http://www.maxa-tools.com/video.php?aref=32&v=2

I don’t usually get all whipped up about software, but this is one of those dandy tools that just simply works great. First thing I put on my new computer when I got it was Avira Anti-virus and Maxa Cookie Manager (MCM). Either follow the on-screen download instructions of simply click:

http://www.urbansurvival.com/setupMCMstdGU.exe

Once you try it out, to upgrade to the fully functioning version, just click the upgrade button (!) on the upper right hand side for the $35 unlock to get it to remove even those nasty and highly intrusive ‘non-browser specific’ cookies. Bonus: You computer may run faster.

Not for Mac’s: MCM does support the Safari Browser, but that does not mean it is compatible with Mac OS. Maxa-Tools only support the Windows world….so far. Give them time…