(OT) Techy help required please.

2 May 2006

Quote by Waterbabe
Thanks trying it now!!

good luch hun
If that don't work let me know and i can tell you the name of another program i use, its better than that 1 but a lot more complicated
Shaz x
didn't work.....found deleted files in temp folder....but my doc wasn't there!!
try looking in your sent emails folder most keep a copy in there for a few days
cat

2 May 2006

good post pete, hope you don`t mind another hijack redface

anyone know how to get rid of a trogan horse, my norton av don`t seem to do it.
ta in advance phill.

2 May 2006

software usually works ..pm for advice can send u a demo version of a reasonable one, unlimeted use for 14 days...

2 May 2006

Quote by philstarnchoozy
good post pete, hope you don`t mind another hijack
anyone know how to get rid of a trogan horse, my norton av don`t seem to do it.
ta in advance phill.

Yeah, search the net for Avast anti virus, its free but will remove everything Norton can't
Shaz x

2 May 2006

Quote by philstarnchoozy
good post pete, hope you don`t mind another hijack
anyone know how to get rid of a trogan horse, my norton av don`t seem to do it.
ta in advance phill.

Try this site :- do a search on Google.

ewido anti-malware.
It has worked for me and others on the site.
It is free for 14 days but after that its a Buy job unless you speak nice to me.
Phredd
No I am not promoting a site lol

2 May 2006

thank you all.
thanks pete for the thred!!

2 May 2006

Hi everyone. Thanks for all the replies and suggestions. I think a little clarification is needed.
The confuser hangs whilst still in the initial fire-up screen (mine is blue with a Intel-Inside logo, on some machines u would be viewing the memory check phase) so it has nothing to do with windoze, it hangs before Win initialisation begins. Hence my feeling that its either a hardware problem, or ive picked up something nasty.
Dave flipa

Shaz, tried all of Tonyâ€™s suggestions, to no avail :fuckinghell:
Alex kiss

Rob, good idea, it has been mentioned that my â€œwhilst in windowsâ€ hangs could be the graphics card, I so hope not, the thing cost me a damn fortune and its not that old rolleyes

Checked for E-Trust Alex, seems not dunno

Mike48, you go for it mate, plenty of room on this thread.
Have no error beeps, it doesnâ€™t get that far, hangs before the beep :roll:
Jags, sounds like itâ€™s time to take out a mortgage :sad:
Dave, might take you up on the electrical thing :rascal:
Waterbabe, will make the same offer here on the forum as I made you in PM :shock:

:smackbottom: :smackbottom: behave you filthy lot. I have a little progy that will ensure you never loose any work ever again, anyone want it just PM me, and yes I do own the rights to the program so no trouble giving it away.
Shaz, system restore wont help babes, it hangs way before windows initialises.
Andromeda, looks like I might have to do the same :roll: just hate being beaten by technology :lol: I think itâ€™s a man thing rotflmao

Thumper, by the time I get to safe mode the problems gone mate.
PhilStar np mate here try this, its pretty good and its free
Thanks again all, I still think a techy help sticky would be a good idea (hint hint) innocent

2 May 2006

Quote by Hillfolk
Hi Pete !
I'm in IT support and I must admit as I read your post the first thing I thought was bad memory but you got that covered. Next thing I'd try is the video card ( it's possible it's built in to the motherboard too, but if it is you can still get an aftermarket one )
It sounds like your error is occurring at the bios check ( non tech - hardware thingy checks to see whats plugged in ) are you getting any beeps from the speaker ? If you are check your motherboard manual for an explanation.
Other than that it may well be motherboard or chip. it's easier to swap out a chip to test. I'm afraid it sounds to me like you're gonna have to spend some money. I get most of my kit from Ebuyer.
Hope i've been of some help, but I suspect I'm just telling you what you already suspect.

You in IT, don't you think its best to advise to check software first before stating it is his hardware?
Shaz x
You have a point ! lol. I made the assumption that the PC was taking a long time to boot before windows rather than when loading windows. The original post doesn't state.
If that's the case then it's probably a corrupt device driver. The hard bit is finding out which one. sometimes you get a text line that states it can't find a file. If you're running XP you might want to try the system restore feature and roll back to an earlier date. It doesn't work everytime but it's worth a shot.
It would help if we knew what the OS was and when the slowdown appears though.
and just so you know I don't work for PC world ! lol
hehe thats better
Before you go doing a system restore though Pete_sw
Just remember, you can lose files doing this, maybe images or video's or any other naughty things you might have on your pc lol
and also, if you do a system restore and it don't work and you decide to reverse it, you don't always get all files back that you had before lol
Shaz x
I'm an IT graduate and chartered engineer which makes me fucking usless at doing anything - well useful biggrin

Anyone want a hand with designing their own processor from gate level? or implementing a storage area network using Serial ATA drives? no thought not....
Wish I'd trained to be a plumber now.
wink

Mmmmm and I always thought of you as a Jed Clampit style Hill Farmer :lol2:
phredd

2 May 2006

Quote by Pete_sw
Hi everyone. Thanks for all the replies and suggestions. I think a little clarification is needed.
The confuser hangs whilst still in the initial fire-up screen (mine is blue with a Intel-Inside logo, on some machines u would be viewing the memory check phase) so it has nothing to do with windoze, it hangs before Win initialisation begins. Hence my feeling that its either a hardware problem, or ive picked up something nasty.
Dave
Shaz, tried all of Tonyâ€™s suggestions, to no avail :fuckinghell:
Alex
Rob, good idea, it has been mentioned that my â€œwhilst in windowsâ€ hangs could be the graphics card, I so hope not, the thing cost me a damn fortune and its not that old
Checked for E-Trust Alex, seems not
Mike48, you go for it mate, plenty of room on this thread.
Have no error beeps, it doesnâ€™t get that far, hangs before the beep :roll:
Jags, sounds like itâ€™s time to take out a mortgage :sad:
Dave, might take you up on the electrical thing :rascal:
Waterbabe, will make the same offer here on the forum as I made you in PM :shock:
:smackbottom: :smackbottom: behave you filthy lot. I have a little progy that will ensure you never loose any work ever again, anyone want it just PM me, and yes I do own the rights to the program so no trouble giving it away.
Shaz, system restore wont help babes, it hangs way before windows initialises.
Andromeda, looks like I might have to do the same :roll: just hate being beaten by technology :lol: I think itâ€™s a man thing
Thumper, by the time I get to safe mode the problems gone mate.
PhilStar np mate here try this, its pretty good and its free
Thanks again all, I still think a techy help sticky would be a good idea (hint hint)

cheers and cos of the misunderstanding ill give you a discount if you do need a electrician....

2 May 2006

sorry just checked where u live.. just hope you wont need me urgently

2 May 2006

Pete_sw
Just a little idea for you to try
try unplugging all hard drives and cd/dvd drives then try booting up, just to see how quick it takes to come up with an error cause it can't find windows..
If it comes up quickly then there is an error with a drive, if it still takes a while then your cd drive and hard drives are fine..
Just that we had a guy come in to the shop with the same problem as you once and it was due to his cd drive not functioning properly believe it or not..
if your drives are ok then try a different graphics card, if thats ok then taking any pci cards out, if there ok then try resetting bios...
just a case of elimination
Shaz x

2 May 2006

Quote by DAVEANDDEBBIE69
sorry just checked where u live.. just hope you wont need me urgently

LMAO
Dont worry about it Dave, would only be asking for online advice anyway lol

2 May 2006

Quote by Shaz_n_Tony
Pete_sw
Just a little idea for you to try
try unplugging all hard drives and cd/dvd drives then try booting up, just to see how quick it takes to come up with an error cause it can't find windows..
If it comes up quickly then there is an error with a drive, if it still takes a while then your cd drive and hard drives are fine..
Just that we had a guy come in to the shop with the same problem as you once and it was due to his cd drive not functioning properly believe it or not..
if your drives are ok then try a different graphics card, if thats ok then taking any pci cards out, if there ok then try resetting bios...
just a case of elimination
Shaz x

Thanks Shaz, guess whos going to be a busy boy tomorrow rolleyes

you could be right though, I once had a machine that was behaving very oddly, I got to the stage where I thought I was being hacked, that turned out to be a dodgy cd rom drive.
will check it out. thanks.

2 May 2006

Quote by Pete_sw
Pete_sw
Just a little idea for you to try
try unplugging all hard drives and cd/dvd drives then try booting up, just to see how quick it takes to come up with an error cause it can't find windows..
If it comes up quickly then there is an error with a drive, if it still takes a while then your cd drive and hard drives are fine..
Just that we had a guy come in to the shop with the same problem as you once and it was due to his cd drive not functioning properly believe it or not..
if your drives are ok then try a different graphics card, if thats ok then taking any pci cards out, if there ok then try resetting bios...
just a case of elimination
Shaz x

Thanks Shaz, guess whos going to be a busy boy tomorrow rolleyes

you could be right though, I once had a machine that was behaving very oddly, I got to the stage where I thought I was being hacked, that turned out to be a dodgy cd rom drive.
will check it out. thanks.
You welcome hun
And best of luck!
Sharon here states that the above advise was given but under no circumstances am i liable if any permanent damage is caused due to aggression from stress relating computer problems that may result in screw drivers going through the board or even deciding to take a piss in his pc just to get his own back on the dam thing! hehehe
Shaz xx
P.S, if we don't see you on for a few days we know you have killed it! hehehe

2 May 2006

This is really winding me up now.
Different but related problem.
We have 5 machines running on the home network at the moment, all accessing the internet via â€˜internet connection sharingâ€™ via my pc which is connected to the dsl modem.
Everything works fine when its running, but every time I have to reboot my confuser, none of the client machines can access the net. Network connections are all fine and all machines can access each others shared folders, but the only machine that has net access is mine?
I have tried to reconfigure the firewall settings and checked that my anti virus and spy ware progs are not blocking the network.
The only way I can regain net access for the client machines is to do a system restore back to some time last month.
The only things I have done since then is used a registry fix program, and a utility repair scanner that automatically fixes bugs on the machine?
Any ideas before I take someoneâ€™s advice and piss in the fecking thing out of sheer frustration?
All advice gratefully received

2 May 2006

Quote by Pete_sw
This is really winding me up now.
Different but related problem.
We have 5 machines running on the home network at the moment, all accessing the internet via â€˜internet connection sharingâ€™ via my pc which is connected to the dsl modem.
Everything works fine when its running, but every time I have to reboot my confuser, none of the client machines can access the net. Network connections are all fine and all machines can access each others shared folders, but the only machine that has net access is mine?
I have tried to reconfigure the firewall settings and checked that my anti virus and spy ware progs are not blocking the network.
The only way I can regain net access for the client machines is to do a system restore back to some time last month.
The only things I have done since then is used a registry fix program, and a utility repair scanner that automatically fixes bugs on the machine?
Any ideas before I take someoneâ€™s advice and piss in the fecking thing out of sheer frustration?
All advice gratefully received

We have 7 machines here running on a local network... hehehe like nassa lol
Have you set the ip addresses on each machine to use a set ip or do you let them create there own ?
You are best to set them manually so they never change.
In all your firewalls, we find it best to let the network ip range straight through the firewall
If you add this range then there shouldn't be a problem with sharing the connection
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This is just the network range, by allowing these and everything between these won't allow anyone from outside your network to your pc

5 May 2006

Shaz & Tony ! you sound as bad as me Lol got a brace of PC's wired (less) myself. and nyah nyah nyah it was hardware Lol though you're right to troubleshoot by removing all the unnecessary hardware to get it up (ooer) just add it back in one at a time. My money is still on the graphics card tho.
Pete. Networks can be a nightmare ! although you can use ICS through one PC you'd be much better using a router, they ain't expensive (from Â£40ish) and most have a built in firewall these days. That way it won't matter if the sharing machine goes down, and you don't have to have it on either. Shaz is right tho, make sure your ip addresses are in the same range and make sure the network mask is the same too. If they're self configuring you may be in the x.x range and it's possible ( though bloody rare ) that two have grabbed the same no. If you're thinking of getting a router I'd reccommend Belkin, the price is good but better than that is the lifetime support on it !
Oh and last bit of advice make sure it's switched off if you're gonna piss on it ! lol

5 May 2006

Quote by motorcyclerob
Oh and last bit of advice make sure it's switched off if you're gonna piss on it ! lol

Awwww leave him, it might give him the best hard on he's ever had lol

Shaz x

6 May 2006

For the 'piss takers'

:smackbottom: :smackbottom: :smackbottom: :smackbottom: :smackbottom:
It aint big, and it aint clever :rude:
the rest of you, thank you for all the helpful comments, still working on it though. rolleyes

does anyone know how to get rid of that irritating "intel inside" screenshot during bootup?
I would like to see the memcheck and boot process to see where in that process the machine is actually hanging.
thanks peeps wink

6 May 2006

Quote by Pete_sw

does anyone know how to get rid of that irritating "intel inside" screenshot during bootup?
:

You can normally turn of any logo's that apear during start up in the BIOS, just keep pressing the delete button during start up to access it. (but you knew that already) smile

6 May 2006

I've always been too scared to muck about with BIOS, just incase I do anything irreprable.
H.x

6 May 2006

Quote by H-x
I've always been too scared to muck about with BIOS, just incase I do anything irreprable.
H.x

Na it's all comon sense in there, as long as your take your time and only alter what you know about you'll be fine. Besides it always ask's you if you wish to save your settings before you restart. biggrin

6 May 2006

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best of luck

6 May 2006

Quote by sheddy
I've always been too scared to muck about with BIOS, just incase I do anything irreprable.
H.x

Na it's all comon sense in there, as long as your take your time and only alter what you know about you'll be fine. Besides it always ask's you if you wish to save your settings before you restart. biggrin

Yep. Leave well alone! :D
H.x

6 May 2006

Quote by H-x
I've always been too scared to muck about with BIOS, just incase I do anything irreprable.
H.x

Na it's all comon sense in there, as long as your take your time and only alter what you know about you'll be fine. Besides it always ask's you if you wish to save your settings before you restart. biggrin

Yep. Leave well alone! :D
H.x
Now you see this is the time where I'm meant to come in with some cheesy line where I offer to come and check your BIOS for you :rascal:
But I'm not the type for inuendo's innocent

6 May 2006

Quote by Pete_sw
This is really winding me up now.
Different but related problem.
We have 5 machines running on the home network at the moment, all accessing the internet via â€˜internet connection sharingâ€™ via my pc which is connected to the dsl modem.
Everything works fine when its running, but every time I have to reboot my confuser, none of the client machines can access the net. Network connections are all fine and all machines can access each others shared folders, but the only machine that has net access is mine?
I have tried to reconfigure the firewall settings and checked that my anti virus and spy ware progs are not blocking the network.
The only way I can regain net access for the client machines is to do a system restore back to some time last month.
The only things I have done since then is used a registry fix program, and a utility repair scanner that automatically fixes bugs on the machine?
Any ideas before I take someoneâ€™s advice and piss in the fecking thing out of sheer frustration?
All advice gratefully received

Stress Free networking ...
Buy a DHCP enabled ADSL router - most are but with the problems you're having you'll get one that isn't rolleyes

.

6 May 2006

Quote by sheddy
I've always been too scared to muck about with BIOS, just incase I do anything irreprable.
H.x

Na it's all comon sense in there, as long as your take your time and only alter what you know about you'll be fine. Besides it always ask's you if you wish to save your settings before you restart. biggrin

Yep. Leave well alone! :D
H.x
Now you see this is the time where I'm meant to come in with some cheesy line where I offer to come and check your BIOS for you :rascal:
But I'm not the type for inuendo's innocent

Damn!
H.x

6 May 2006

Quote by H-x
Damn!
H.x

So it's a good job I'm the the type for inuendo's innocent

:whistling: :whistling: