I'm back

lswot · Post by **lswot** » Wed Mar 28, 2007 12:12 pm

Howdy......whew......I fianlly got my new computer....DSL and all the bells and whistles. Now if I only knew how to use them

I do like this new computer. Verizon DSL leaves a lot to be desired but, they are the only game in town.

Lots of things have been happening and trying to catch up with all that's gone on since I've been gone is going to be difficult. I'll give it the old college try, though.

Great to be back.

See ya on-line
Oh.......and if your coming out for the Grand Slam.....see ya at the Con.

Website · Post by **brian** » Wed Mar 28, 2007 12:34 pm

Post by **trucker2000** » Wed Mar 28, 2007 1:13 pm

Glad you are back. You aren't the lonesome stranger tho. We had another who was gone due to a virus.
It's good to have you both back.

Xjmt · Post by **Xjmt** » Wed Mar 28, 2007 3:54 pm

lswot · Post by **lswot** » Wed Mar 28, 2007 4:18 pm

Thank yew, thank yew very much.

BevH · Post by **BevH** » Thu Mar 29, 2007 4:46 pm

Yes welcome back, Iswot! And I was the one with the virus.

We seem to have gotten rid of the virus, but can't seem to get rid of the annoying pop-ups even though I have at least one pop-up blocker. I've been told I may have to wipe the hard drive and start fresh.

lswot · Post by **lswot** » Thu Mar 29, 2007 4:49 pm

BevH wrote:Yes welcome back, Iswot! And I was the one with the virus. We seem to have gotten rid of the virus, but can't seem to get rid of the annoying pop-ups even though I have at least one pop-up blocker. I've been told I may have to wipe the hard drive and start fresh.

Thanks, and welcome back, too.
Gosh wipe your haed drive and start fresh. Seems a tad drastic. Hope it doesn't come to that.

Post by **trucker2000** » Fri Mar 30, 2007 3:51 pm

BevH wrote:Yes welcome back, Iswot! And I was the one with the virus. We seem to have gotten rid of the virus, but can't seem to get rid of the annoying pop-ups even though I have at least one pop-up blocker. I've been told I may have to wipe the hard drive and start fresh.

Before going to that drastic measure, Take a look at Hijack this
Be really careful with it tho, as it brings up everything that is running on your computer. I used it to get rid of an annoying spyware popup app that was running on my puter. It worked really well. Just be really careful that you don't delete anything that your computer needs to run.

Xjmt · Post by **Xjmt** » Fri Mar 30, 2007 4:30 pm

Just be really careful that you don't delete anything that your computer needs to run.

I really hate it when software give that warning. Like how am I supposed to know? A program like Quicken (based on my personal experience) can wrap itself around many commands on a HD to suit its own purpose. Remove Quicken can stop a computer in it's tracks. I should have just reformatted my HD and reinstalled but I didn't know, at that time, just how destructrive "legal" software can be.

Post by **trucker2000** » Fri Mar 30, 2007 8:03 pm

The good thing is that most popup programs are distinguished from other programs by their names. You are correct about quicken. Legal programs shouldn't do that. The nice thing about hijack this is that it has a button to press that tells you just what the program is.

It's just time consuming at first.

DonaldTurner · Post by **DonaldTurner** » Sun Jun 17, 2007 3:06 pm

I have never been as prolific a poster as many of you, but so you probably never even noticed my absence, but I, too, am back after an absence of several months, not because of any computer problems, but because my life became so busy that I wasn't able to spend any time online, and the longer you are away, the longer it takes to try to catch up!

Post by **Donahoo** » Mon Jun 18, 2007 9:28 am

I noticed you were away. And there are a few others missing as well.

lswot · Post by **lswot** » Mon Jun 18, 2007 10:36 am

Glad to see your back, Donald. Things get in the way, sometimes. We seem to missing some of our 'crew'........

Xjmt · Post by **Xjmt** » Mon Jun 18, 2007 11:03 am

Hail, hail, the gang's almost all here!

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