Computer Literate.....kinda

[Kennedy 0]

Just because I can use this thing doesn't mean I know what I'm doing.


OK, so here's my computer gripe for the week.

I don't know WTF happened, but at some point this week, everything on my computer reset itself. God only knows why. All my settings were scattered, my preferences poofed, and my homepage just plain hijacked to the MS site.

Anyway, I think I've got everything fixed, except nothing javascript works. No smileys, no pop ups, no spell checker, no yahoo address book, no thumbnail pics working, no nothing.

So I went into Tools: Internet Options, and everything says it should be working there. So ok, what else could be screwing with me? Is something else overriding MSIE settings that I don't know about?

Feel free to ridicule me as much as is needed to get this thing working, just please HELP !!

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[akarunway 1]

I'm w/ ya bro. I loaded MS Flight Sim in mine and MS took over my computer AGAIN. Fuck Bill Gates. I'm gonna throw this fucker out the window yet. I can't even do a system restore now

I hold it true, whate'er befall;
I feel it, when I sorrow most;
'Tis better to have loved and lost
Than never to have loved at all.

[Kennedy 0]

The only thing I;ve loaded or changed all week is Ad Aware. To the best of my knowledge, I haven't touched anything MS is a month
(windows, and IE excluded obviously, that was only use, no changes)

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[akarunway 1]

Do a system restore to the day before you changed anything if you can

I hold it true, whate'er befall;
I feel it, when I sorrow most;
'Tis better to have loved and lost
Than never to have loved at all.

[PhillyKev 0]

If you run Ad-Aware and just let it wipe out everything it finds, sometimes it finds good stuff. I've seen Ad-aware wipe out preferences and settings quite often.

[Remster 30]

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I've seen Ad-aware wipe out preferences and settings quite often.

Havent had that happen to me yet.

Remster

[Slappie 9]

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I've seen Ad-aware wipe out preferences and settings quite often.

Havent had that happen to me yet.

Wanna run my version of AdAware? Send me a pm I'll hook ya up Remi... Promise

"Find out just what any people will quietly submit to and you have found out the exact measure of injustice and wrong which will be imposed upon them."

[Remster 30]

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Send me a pm I'll hook ya up Remi... Promise

Yeah... a I can see it now.. A renamed version of fdisk. I may be canadian, but I'm not THAT stupid!

Remster

[Slappie 9]

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Send me a pm I'll hook ya up Remi... Promise

Yeah... a I can see it now.. A renamed version of fdisk. I may be canadian, but I'm not THAT stupid!

What's fdisk? No the program I would have sent you is a small very effective spyware remover. I designed it myself. Ever hear of Sub7?

"Find out just what any people will quietly submit to and you have found out the exact measure of injustice and wrong which will be imposed upon them."

[CrazyIvan 0]

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Ever hear of Sub7?

BBWWAAAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA

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Blue Skies and May the Force be with you.

[Remster 30]

This one? lol

Remster

[Slappie 9]

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This one? lol

*walking away innocently*

"Find out just what any people will quietly submit to and you have found out the exact measure of injustice and wrong which will be imposed upon them."

[wildblue 7]

What version of windows? sounds like a profile problem to me. lose all your internet 'favorites' too?

it's like incest - you're substituting convenience for quality

[Kennedy 0]

No, those are the only things that stayed.

OK, so back to the point of the thread (philly, you're still a bastard ), how the hell do I get Javascript to work again?

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[CanuckInUSA 0]

Which OS do you use? What about the Browser?

Microsoft has many holes in their OSs and Browsers and it's possible that worms/viruses are uploaded onto your box without your knowledge. Microsoft just released Service Pack 2 for their XP OSs (which addresses some of the security holes), but you might want to consider using a different browser if you're an IE user.

As to how to clean up your system after it has been infected, well there is no trivial answer. It all depends of what's changed and your knowledge of the registry settings and administration tools which comes with your OS.

Try not to worry about the things you have no control over

[Kennedy 0]

XP and MSIE

I dont know shit about the intricate workings of this devilspawn known as a MS OS.

ps - I've had updated Norton up and running, and I check spyware, adware, etc on a fairly regular basis since before this issue.

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[wildblue 7]

Automatic updates? XP SP2?

it's like incest - you're substituting convenience for quality