Computer techies please help if you can

[KarenCee 3]

Do we need to break out the popcorn?

[CarolineM 0]

It feels like there's an elephant in the room...

ya know?

[ceriserose 1]

I'm not quite sure why it's bad to welcome her back either. I don't recall Michelle herself creating a huge dramatic exit (or even saying herself she was leaving...). I figured she was on a break.

Welcome back, Michelle. I hope you get your IE system problems sorted out.

For Firefox users: for the sites that don't load properly for you, and if you're really loathe to run IE, try Opera. It will usually load what Firefox doesn't. I have only 2 sites that require IE, the rest I manage through the other two.

[Ban Hammer 14,286]

welcome back michelle

#######?????

No offense to you, Michelle. I'm glad to see you back.

Huh?

family feud maybe?

you after me again jenn?

[Veiled Princess 1]

Easy solution: install Firefox.

I installed firefox but it wouldn't support Arabic text on most websites... even tried downloading the Arabic version which did not fix the problem but did give me the clear realization that I do not speak enough Arabic

[MichelleandCraig 1]

Thanks everyone. I'm going to work on this a bit more this evening, so I will run that site, Cian, and get back to you. I noticed it last night on a site I visited, but I didn't feel like joining the forum and posting it there...thought I might use that as a last resort because *I* certainly wouldn't make head nor tails of it! lol

I am going to load Firefox again, too. Only takes a moment...my fave feature was the tabbed browser--Craig's too. He downloaded it onto his laptop,and prefers it. Anyone know about the saving a shortcut to the desktop thing?

Anyway, my brother, sis-in-law, and kiddo got up here from the southern end of WI today to camp out at the lake for a week, so we will be spending a lot of time with them for a few days as well--but as I say, will run that and try a few other things tonight or tomorrow...Thanks for all the input and the w/b. M.

[MichelleandCraig 1]

Cian,

Ok, I decided to run it right now after all, in the hopes it wouldn't take too long. (The Spybot scan I did last night took a few minutes, and the EWIDO one I tried to do--IE shut down both times before it completed) It only took about 5 seconds to run this, so I'm not sure it's what you want...looks right, though, so here it is. Thanks! for looking at it. Michelle

LOG:Logfile of HijackThis v1.99.1

Scan saved at 3:19:47 PM, on 8/20/2006

Platform: Windows XP SP1 (WinNT 5.01.2600)

MSIE: Internet Explorer v6.00 SP1 (6.00.2800.1106)

Running processes:

C:\WINDOWS\System32\smss.exe

C:\WINDOWS\system32\csrss.exe

C:\WINDOWS\system32\winlogon.exe

C:\WINDOWS\system32\services.exe

C:\WINDOWS\system32\lsass.exe

C:\WINDOWS\system32\svchost.exe

C:\WINDOWS\System32\svchost.exe

C:\WINDOWS\System32\svchost.exe

C:\WINDOWS\System32\svchost.exe

C:\WINDOWS\system32\spoolsv.exe

C:\WINDOWS\Explorer.EXE

C:\WINDOWS\System32\CTsvcCDA.EXE

C:\WINDOWS\System32\svchost.exe

C:\WINDOWS\System32\wdfmgr.exe

C:\Program Files\Java\jre1.5.0_06\bin\jusched.exe

C:\Program Files\QuickTime\qttask.exe

hahahah never mind--didn't look like that when I copied it! Must have done it wrong...I'll be back!!!! lol M.

Edited August 20, 2006 by MichelleandCraig

[RaspberrySwirl 20]

I am going to load Firefox again, too. Only takes a moment...my fave feature was the tabbed browser--Craig's too. He downloaded it onto his laptop,and prefers it. Anyone know about the saving a shortcut to the desktop thing?

No but what you can do is add some of your frequently visited favourites to the Personal Toolbar folder in your Bookmarks. That way they're just a click away up top. I have a few newssites and dictionary.com up there atm.

[nayalamb 1]

i use firefox as my primary browser, and ad-watch & ad-aware (from lavasoft) to keep spyware out. i only use IE for hotmail and the USCIS online status login.

michelle, is your version of windows updated? ditto for your anti-virus software.

[MichelleandCraig 1]

Ok, Hi again. I think I just missed the whole bottom part of the log. Here it is again:

Logfile of HijackThis v1.99.1

Scan saved at 3:36:18 PM, on 8/20/2006

Platform: Windows XP SP1 (WinNT 5.01.2600)

MSIE: Internet Explorer v6.00 SP1 (6.00.2800.1106)

Running processes:

C:\WINDOWS\System32\smss.exe

C:\WINDOWS\system32\csrss.exe

C:\WINDOWS\system32\winlogon.exe

C:\WINDOWS\system32\services.exe

C:\WINDOWS\system32\lsass.exe

C:\WINDOWS\system32\svchost.exe

C:\WINDOWS\System32\svchost.exe

C:\WINDOWS\System32\svchost.exe

C:\WINDOWS\System32\svchost.exe

C:\WINDOWS\system32\spoolsv.exe

C:\WINDOWS\Explorer.EXE

C:\WINDOWS\System32\CTsvcCDA.EXE

C:\WINDOWS\System32\svchost.exe

C:\WINDOWS\System32\wdfmgr.exe

C:\Program Files\Java\jre1.5.0_06\bin\jusched.exe

C:\Program Files\QuickTime\qttask.exe

C:\WINDOWS\system32\srshost.exe

C:\Program Files\Messenger\MSMSGS.EXE

C:\Program Files\Creative\MediaSource\Detector\CTDetect.exe

C:\Program Files\Yahoo!\Messenger\ymsgr_tray.exe

C:\WINDOWS\System32\wuauclt.exe

C:\Program Files\Internet Explorer\iexplore.exe

C:\Documents and Settings\michelle\Local Settings\Temp\Temporary Directory 3 for hijackthis[1].zip\HijackThis.exe

F2 - REG:system.ini: UserInit=C:\WINDOWS\system32\userinit.exe

O2 - BHO: AcroIEHlprObj Class - {06849E9F-C8D7-4D59-B87D-784B7D6BE0B3} - C:\Program Files\Adobe\Acrobat 7.0\ActiveX\AcroIEHelper.dll

O2 - BHO: SSVHelper Class - {761497BB-D6F0-462C-B6EB-D4DAF1D92D43} - C:\Program Files\Java\jre1.5.0_06\bin\ssv.dll

O3 - Toolbar: &Yahoo! Toolbar - {EF99BD32-C1FB-11D2-892F-0090271D4F88} - C:\Program Files\Yahoo!\Companion\Installs\cpn\yt.dll

O3 - Toolbar: &Radio - {8E718888-423F-11D2-876E-00A0C9082467} - C:\WINDOWS\System32\msdxm.ocx

O4 - HKLM\..\Run: [sunJavaUpdateSched] C:\Program Files\Java\jre1.5.0_06\bin\jusched.exe

O4 - HKLM\..\Run: [QuickTime Task] "C:\Program Files\QuickTime\qttask.exe" -atboottime

O4 - HKCU\..\Run: [Yahoo! Pager] "C:\Program Files\Yahoo!\Messenger\ypager.exe" -quiet

O4 - HKCU\..\Run: [srshost.exe] C:\WINDOWS\system32\srshost.exe

O4 - HKCU\..\Run: [MsnMsgr] "C:\Program Files\MSN Messenger\MsnMsgr.Exe" /background

O4 - HKCU\..\Run: [MSMSGS] "C:\Program Files\Messenger\MSMSGS.EXE" /background

O4 - HKCU\..\Run: [Creative Detector] C:\Program Files\Creative\MediaSource\Detector\CTDetect.exe /R

O4 - Global Startup: Adobe Reader Speed Launch.lnk = C:\Program Files\Adobe\Acrobat 7.0\Reader\reader_sl.exe

O4 - Global Startup: Microsoft Office.lnk = C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\Office10\OSA.EXE

O8 - Extra context menu item: E&xport to Microsoft Excel - res://C:\PROGRA~1\MICROS~2\Office10\EXCEL.EXE/3000

O9 - Extra button: (no name) - {08B0E5C0-4FCB-11CF-AAA5-00401C608501} - C:\Program Files\Java\jre1.5.0_06\bin\ssv.dll

O9 - Extra 'Tools' menuitem: Sun Java Console - {08B0E5C0-4FCB-11CF-AAA5-00401C608501} - C:\Program Files\Java\jre1.5.0_06\bin\ssv.dll

O9 - Extra button: Related - {c95fe080-8f5d-11d2-a20b-00aa003c157a} - C:\WINDOWS\web\related.htm

O9 - Extra 'Tools' menuitem: Show &Related Links - {c95fe080-8f5d-11d2-a20b-00aa003c157a} - C:\WINDOWS\web\related.htm

O9 - Extra button: Yahoo! Messenger - {E5D12C4E-7B4F-11D3-B5C9-0050045C3C96} - C:\PROGRA~1\Yahoo!\MESSEN~1\YPager.exe

O9 - Extra 'Tools' menuitem: Yahoo! Messenger - {E5D12C4E-7B4F-11D3-B5C9-0050045C3C96} - C:\PROGRA~1\Yahoo!\MESSEN~1\YPager.exe

O9 - Extra button: Messenger - {FB5F1910-F110-11d2-BB9E-00C04F795683} - C:\Program Files\Messenger\MSMSGS.EXE

O9 - Extra 'Tools' menuitem: Windows Messenger - {FB5F1910-F110-11d2-BB9E-00C04F795683} - C:\Program Files\Messenger\MSMSGS.EXE

O16 - DPF: {17492023-C23A-453E-A040-C7C580BBF700} (Windows Genuine Advantage Validation Tool) - http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?linkid=39204

O16 - DPF: {193C772A-87BE-4B19-A7BB-445B226FE9A1} (ewidoOnlineScan Control) - http://download.ewido.net/ewidoOnlineScan.cab

O16 - DPF: {4F1E5B1A-2A80-42CA-8532-2D05CB959537} (MSN Photo Upload Tool) - http://groups.msn.com/controls/PhotoUC/MsnPUpld.cab

O16 - DPF: {E7DBFB6C-113A-47CF-B278-F5C6AF4DE1BD} - http://download.abacast.com/download/files/abasetup161.cab

O21 - SSODL: SysTray.Exgr - {5368D1FC-4F5C-4f1b-B134-E67214FC78E9} - C:\WINDOWS\System32\lcbdqgcc.dll

O23 - Service: Creative Service for CDROM Access - Creative Technology Ltd - C:\WINDOWS\System32\CTsvcCDA.EXE

O23 - Service: InstallDriver Table Manager (IDriverT) - Macrovision Corporation - C:\Program Files\Common Files\InstallShield\Driver\11\Intel 32\IDriverT.exe

I hope that's right now.

As far as Windows, we bought XP last year or a year 1/2 or so ago, but I'm not even sure if I had to download updates for it or whatever...sometimes I'm prompted, but this computer is OLD..it was made for me by my computer tech (that's what he does for a living) nieces hubby as a gift....we wanted to get a new one last year but we didn't, so we're planning on getting one end of Sept/beg Oct this year. I would still like this one to be running halfway decent though...we'll stick it in the basement. I don't have much that's good in the way of anti-virus rightnow, but we'll make sure we keep a current subscription to SOMETHING when we get the new computer. Any thoughts on what the best one is, in your own opinions?

Thanks for all the help...gotta run again soon...will check this out later. M.

OH...the reason I gave you the whole lowdown on how old the computer is, etc..is because I was going to say....I want to download a lot of differnt things onto here, but we just have relatively NO disk space left. My low disk space icon is forever coming up, and no room to download anything big. I guess from looking at this, I don't even have service pack 2 (is that needed for XP as well, or is it included in it? Probably stupid question, but I don't know!....thought I read once that it was included in XP) I won't be able to download anything that's a very large file size for updates or anything. M.

Edited August 20, 2006 by MichelleandCraig

[gimygirl 0]

I don't recall Michelle herself creating a huge dramatic exit (or even saying herself she was leaving...). I figured she was on a break.

cerise, i think this was when you weren't around as much and had just gotten into things at work!! but of COURSE there was some drama!!!!!

Ok...my last post blah, blah, blah ...

[MichelleandCraig 1]

Oh boy, I'm so very sorry I stuck around to read that last post before I go...

I can be gone for a couple of months, and the same old ####### has to be dredged up when I get back? Could we PLEASE just leave it alone??? Everyone hated all the "drama" I created, and controversy, etc etc, but I come back to OT to pose a computer question and the same old stuff has to be rehashed. No, I didn't start that thread--Sarah wanted to and I don't blame her, because that's what SHE wanted to do. I decided to comment on it because my name was brought up in that thread long before I was around on it. I was really down on this place back then, there are still aspects of it I find really revolting, but other aspects I love. So...here I am. Do you think we could just leave the past in the past about all the #######?? If you were worried about Cerise knowing blah blah blah, then why not just PM her, or tell her when you speak to her? Hrm.

Anyway, that is all...be back later and thanks to everyone again for the helpful suggestions. M.

[Fandango 1,440]

Oh boy, I'm so very sorry I stuck around to read that last post before I go...

I can be gone for a couple of months, and the same old ####### has to be dredged up when I get back? Could we PLEASE just leave it alone??? Everyone hated all the "drama" I created, and controversy, etc etc, but I come back to OT to pose a computer question and the same old stuff has to be rehashed. No, I didn't start that thread--Sarah wanted to and I don't blame her, because that's what SHE wanted to do. I decided to comment on it because my name was brought up in that thread long before I was around on it. I was really down on this place back then, there are still aspects of it I find really revolting, but other aspects I love. So...here I am. Do you think we could just leave the past in the past about all the #######?? If you were worried about Cerise knowing blah blah blah, then why not just PM her, or tell her when you speak to her? Hrm.

Anyway, that is all...be back later and thanks to everyone again for the helpful suggestions. M.

I love how it's all Sarah's fault....jeez, same ole sh!t, you're right....friends stand up for you, then ya throw em under the bus.

Whatever...you're back, that's great. Despite what you may think, I really don't mind one way or another...but I do love how the last post was 'I don't need it, done here, end of.' now you come running back with 'help me! a computer problem'

Frienship is not all about taking, but whatever Welcome back!

[Alex+R 0]

Oh boy, I'm so very sorry I stuck around to read that last post before I go...

I can be gone for a couple of months, and the same old ####### has to be dredged up when I get back? Could we PLEASE just leave it alone??? Everyone hated all the "drama" I created, and controversy, etc etc, but I come back to OT to pose a computer question and the same old stuff has to be rehashed. No, I didn't start that thread--Sarah wanted to and I don't blame her, because that's what SHE wanted to do. I decided to comment on it because my name was brought up in that thread long before I was around on it. I was really down on this place back then, there are still aspects of it I find really revolting, but other aspects I love. So...here I am. Do you think we could just leave the past in the past about all the #######?? If you were worried about Cerise knowing blah blah blah, then why not just PM her, or tell her when you speak to her? Hrm.

Anyway, that is all...be back later and thanks to everyone again for the helpful suggestions. M.

I love how it's all Sarah's fault....jeez, same ole sh!t, you're right....friends stand up for you, then ya throw em under the bus.

Whatever...you're back, that's great. Despite what you may think, I really don't mind one way or another...but I do love how the last post was 'I don't need it, done here, end of.' now you come running back with 'help me! a computer problem'

Frienship is not all about taking, but whatever Welcome back!

In other completely unrelated news, Lisa D what is UP with your crazy new avatar? I'm very curious

[Fandango 1,440]

Oh boy, I'm so very sorry I stuck around to read that last post before I go...

I can be gone for a couple of months, and the same old ####### has to be dredged up when I get back? Could we PLEASE just leave it alone??? Everyone hated all the "drama" I created, and controversy, etc etc, but I come back to OT to pose a computer question and the same old stuff has to be rehashed. No, I didn't start that thread--Sarah wanted to and I don't blame her, because that's what SHE wanted to do. I decided to comment on it because my name was brought up in that thread long before I was around on it. I was really down on this place back then, there are still aspects of it I find really revolting, but other aspects I love. So...here I am. Do you think we could just leave the past in the past about all the #######?? If you were worried about Cerise knowing blah blah blah, then why not just PM her, or tell her when you speak to her? Hrm.

Anyway, that is all...be back later and thanks to everyone again for the helpful suggestions. M.

I love how it's all Sarah's fault....jeez, same ole sh!t, you're right....friends stand up for you, then ya throw em under the bus.

Whatever...you're back, that's great. Despite what you may think, I really don't mind one way or another...but I do love how the last post was 'I don't need it, done here, end of.' now you come running back with 'help me! a computer problem'

Frienship is not all about taking, but whatever Welcome back!

In other completely unrelated news, Lisa D what is UP with your crazy new avatar? I'm very curious

I was inspired

You likey or no?