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01 Nov 10 - 09:55 AM (#3020699) Subject: BS: Bobert's Pudder Very Sick... From: Bobert Sniff... I'm at the library 'cause, well, my pudder is very, very sick... Yeah, a friend offered to do a tune up on it and had me order a new thing to replace Vista and to add some memory and so I gave it to him and it took 6 hours just to load the "updates", what ever they are, beofe he could put the new thing on to replace Vista... He asked me if I ever did the updates and I had to tell him that I thought tghose things were pop-up ads??? Hey??? (You are a moron, Boberdz...) Now that the updates are done the new thingie doesn't want to go into the box so I just left it with him 'vuase he said it might take another day ';er so to see if the pudder is even gonna live... Sniff... So until I see if it's gonna live and get iot back which ain't easy 'cause my friend lives 100 miles from me then it's goona be library or nuthin'... Prolly more nuthin'... B~ |
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01 Nov 10 - 09:58 AM (#3020703) Subject: RE: BS: Bobert's Pudder Very Sick... From: gnu Alas... |
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01 Nov 10 - 10:07 AM (#3020713) Subject: RE: BS: Bobert's Pudder Very Sick... From: EBarnacle It sounds like software. You might be better off just installing Windows 7 and getting rid of Vista entirely. Most of the people I have spoken with love 7 as much as they hated Vista. |
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01 Nov 10 - 10:10 AM (#3020717) Subject: RE: BS: Bobert's Pudder Very Sick... From: Bobert Yeah, Windows 7... That's it... Thats what he's trying to get to stick in there... |
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01 Nov 10 - 10:24 AM (#3020725) Subject: RE: BS: Bobert's Pudder Very Sick... From: Little Hawk Updates!!!! ARGH! They are the curse of the computing world. |
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01 Nov 10 - 10:41 AM (#3020736) Subject: RE: BS: Bobert's Pudder Very Sick... From: Donuel ITs puter not pudder. I thought you had some sort of STD |
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01 Nov 10 - 10:41 AM (#3020738) Subject: RE: BS: Bobert's Pudder Very Sick... From: Sandra in Sydney poor Bobert. Life without your very own pudder is very hard - library computers are not a proper replacement as they can only be used in business hours, & only when someone else is not using them. I hope your very own pudder gets well very soon. sandra |
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01 Nov 10 - 10:57 AM (#3020743) Subject: RE: BS: Bobert's Pudder Very Sick... From: olddude It will be fine, do those darn updates, then do a full clean up scan using Microsoft's one care onecare |
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01 Nov 10 - 11:31 AM (#3020766) Subject: RE: BS: Bobert's Pudder Very Sick... From: John MacKenzie No good for XP though, and it wants me to turn off my AV, which I won't do |
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01 Nov 10 - 11:35 AM (#3020772) Subject: RE: BS: Bobert's Pudder Very Sick... From: olddude John it works with XP, I think what it is saying is it wants you to let the ActiveX control (top of the browers bar) to allow activex to run for the scan. If you are using IE, right click and allow once. That is safe for this onecare site. I used this to recover many broken machines from malware and viruses |
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01 Nov 10 - 11:50 AM (#3020783) Subject: RE: BS: Bobert's Pudder Very Sick... From: John MacKenzie Nope it told me, when I found an XP version, that I had to turn off my AV as it clashed, and it gave me a list of AV's that it doesn't like. I have an application call PC Doc Pro that I got rid of, but the damned thing still runs a defrag check during my setup sequence when I log on. I have run a search and it can't be found on my system, but the damned thing is there, every time. It gives me the option to skip the check, which I do if I'm there when it starts up, but if I'm not, it can sit on the check screen for ages. |
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01 Nov 10 - 12:15 PM (#3020804) Subject: RE: BS: Bobert's Pudder Very Sick... From: bobad John, from a quick search it appears that PC Doc Pro is a virus. This site says that it can be removed with Malwarebytes. Malwarebytes is a good and safe anti-malware program, I have been using it for a long time, give it a try. |
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01 Nov 10 - 12:24 PM (#3020813) Subject: RE: BS: Bobert's Pudder Very Sick... From: olddude PC Doc Pro is a virus, that thing corrupted my friends PC and was a pain to get rid of ... Please run the onecare scanner whatever you have to do ... That is from microsoft ... another option John would be to download and install and run the microsoft essentials protection, that does what the online scanner will do microsoft essentials |
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01 Nov 10 - 12:36 PM (#3020819) Subject: RE: BS: Bobert's Pudder Very Sick... From: Richard Bridge 1. Keep data on a separate hard drive - then it's easy to format C and start again. 2. Use something like "Ghost" or "Driveclone" or "Driveimage" to back up your entire C drive once everything on it is clean and shiny - then install all the usual crap like Office and Avast and Spybot Search and Destroy and Ad-aware and Brava and your media player and Acrobat Reader - then make another clone. Then you can format C and re-install in about 15 minutes flat. |
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01 Nov 10 - 12:48 PM (#3020831) Subject: RE: BS: Bobert's Pudder Very Sick... From: John MacKenzie Malwarebytes doesn't find it, as I have it and run it regularly. I did that with my backup computer Richard, but in so doing I downloaded my last available NAV download. So I can't reload it any more, without having to pay them more dosh |
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01 Nov 10 - 01:21 PM (#3020864) Subject: RE: BS: Bobert's Pudder Very Sick... From: John MacKenzie I just ran the Microsoft essentials app, it didn't find PcDocPro |
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01 Nov 10 - 01:37 PM (#3020882) Subject: RE: BS: Bobert's Pudder Very Sick... From: bobad From the site I linked to above: Manual removal guide Stop and remove the processes: PC Doc Pro.exe Access the Windows Registry Editor and delete the following registry keys: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE/SOFTWARE/Microsoft/Windows/CurrentVersion/Run "PC Doc Pro" Block access to the domain(s): pcdocpro.com spydocpro.com spyresearchcenter.com |
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01 Nov 10 - 02:01 PM (#3020903) Subject: RE: BS: Bobert's Pudder Very Sick... From: EBarnacle I did neglect to ask above: How old is your computer? If putting Vista on it stretched it, 7 may be too much or require more RAM than you have to make it run well. If it is modern enough, a clean install may be the way to go. The problem may also be your hard drive. They are cheap now and, if you require a clean install, that may be the way to go. |
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01 Nov 10 - 02:38 PM (#3020946) Subject: RE: BS: Bobert's Pudder Very Sick... From: Amos If it were me, I'd go get a Mac and put an end to most of this foolishness. A |
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01 Nov 10 - 02:58 PM (#3020966) Subject: RE: BS: Bobert's Pudder Very Sick... From: Bobert Well, I just finished work a little early and figured that another trip to library on the way home wouldn't cut into my beer drenkin' time so... ...checked my email and the pudder is fine... Not too sure why my friend sent me an email to tell me that seein' as he knows we only have one pudder??? So, maybe if I finishe earlt tomorrow I'll run (drive) down NoVa and pick the sumabich up... BTW, it came with the dreaded Vista and is about 5 years old but all I do on it is simple stuff so my buddy says it will prolly go another 3 or 4 years... See ya'll whenever... B~ |
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01 Nov 10 - 02:59 PM (#3020968) Subject: RE: BS: Bobert's Pudder Very Sick... From: Richard Bridge I think 7 is less demanding than Vista. Giok, not of course that I would condone anything naughty, but I believe that if you have a time-limited free-offer version of NAV or any other antivirus, format C and it loses the record of having been activated, and starts your free trial all over again... Or you could use AVAST which is free anyway. |
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01 Nov 10 - 03:07 PM (#3020973) Subject: RE: BS: Bobert's Pudder Very Sick... From: John MacKenzie Well I found 3 items in my registry that were labelled PCDocPro, and I deleted them. No difference. Can't find anything under the heading listed by Bobad. Might it be contained in the startup sequence file? |
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01 Nov 10 - 03:22 PM (#3020990) Subject: RE: BS: Bobert's Pudder Very Sick... From: Bill D I bought a machine with XP installed, but with a disk for WIN7 included....I carefully did NOT install 7. I hear it is pretty well done, but I have a bunch of older programs which I'm told 7 will refuse to play with. I do not LIKE M$ deciding for me what I can run. I will likely stay with XP as long as I can still make one machine work. |
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01 Nov 10 - 03:30 PM (#3021000) Subject: RE: BS: Bobert's Pudder Very Sick... From: John MacKenzie Well I have 7 on my laptop, and I like it. Mind you Bill, it may not run some of those programmes either. |
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01 Nov 10 - 03:40 PM (#3021012) Subject: RE: BS: Bobert's Pudder Very Sick... From: Sawzaw With out any warning my hard disk would not boot. Thank God I had a BART bootable CD with XP on it. It booted and repaired some sectors and then the hard disk could boot. I immediately got a utility called Miray HDclone that made a image of the old disk on a new spare hard disk. It took 4 hours +- but it worked perfectly and the new disk booted. I am sticking with XP as long as I can. |
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01 Nov 10 - 03:57 PM (#3021034) Subject: RE: BS: Bobert's Pudder Very Sick... From: gnu I had a free upgrade to 7 when I bought this puppy with Vista 64 and I have had NO problems with it so I didn't upgrade. |
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02 Nov 10 - 03:55 PM (#3021900) Subject: RE: BS: Bobert's Pudder Very Sick... From: GUEST,Bobert at the library Going down to NoVa on Thursady to get Mr. Pudder... Hooray... B~ |
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02 Nov 10 - 08:27 PM (#3022137) Subject: RE: BS: Bobert's Pudder Very Sick... From: open mike oh no you are still logging in from the library! hope you get your 'puder soon.. oh, and hope your pudder's doing o.k. Too! |
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03 Nov 10 - 05:32 AM (#3022345) Subject: RE: BS: Bobert's Pudder Very Sick... From: John MacKenzie Well I got rid of all files named PC Doc Pro, and Registry Defragmenter from my registry files, and still it runs at startup :( |
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03 Nov 10 - 12:20 PM (#3022604) Subject: RE: BS: Bobert's Pudder Very Sick... From: Sawzaw Seems like it was not my hard disk after all. Now the new hard disk is almost impossible to boot. There is something wrong with the hard disk controller in my motherboard and I need to get a new one. |
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03 Nov 10 - 02:51 PM (#3022713) Subject: RE: BS: Bobert's Pudder Very Sick... From: John MacKenzie None of my USB sockets work either |
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03 Nov 10 - 03:20 PM (#3022741) Subject: RE: BS: Bobert's Pudder Very Sick... From: GUEST,Bobert at the library Well, heading down to NoVa. in the morning so this ougtta be the last time usin' the library's... BTW, my buddy is putting foxfire/firefox on i8t so maybe it will come home w/spell chex.. |
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03 Nov 10 - 03:27 PM (#3022750) Subject: RE: BS: Bobert's Pudder Very Sick... From: John MacKenzie That's no fun, your unique spelling will be 'corrected' now :) |
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05 Nov 10 - 09:22 AM (#3024237) Subject: RE: BS: Bobert's Pudder Very Sick... From: Bobert Well, well, well... All is well... Pudder made it home from NoVa yesterday and it's runnin' like a Swiss watch... Even had my friend install a couple extra carburetors on it a set of headers so she's super fast now... Got the firefox stuff, too with spell check... Maybe that mean IO ain't gonna sound like no dumb hick no more... Now all I need to get is that program that LH uses that writes the stuff fir ya' so all ya' gotta do is sit back with yer feet up on the desk and smoke Cuban cigars... B~ |
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05 Nov 10 - 09:35 AM (#3024248) Subject: RE: BS: Bobert's Pudder Very Sick... From: John MacKenzie I think it's called Dachshund. |
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05 Nov 10 - 09:43 AM (#3024254) Subject: RE: BS: Bobert's Pudder Very Sick... From: Sandra in Sydney vrooooom, there goes Bobert racing down the Information Super Highway! spell check is fun to play with - it offers some great options for unknown/misspelled words. sandra |
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05 Nov 10 - 06:30 PM (#3024649) Subject: RE: BS: Bobert's Pudder Very Sick... From: Bobert Yeah, I'm learning up some new tricks... B~ |
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05 Nov 10 - 06:48 PM (#3024671) Subject: RE: BS: Bobert's Pudder Very Sick... From: Rapparee Hoʍ ɐqonʇ ʇɥıs ouǝ' qoqǝɹʇ¿ |
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05 Nov 10 - 09:42 PM (#3024821) Subject: RE: BS: Bobert's Pudder Very Sick... From: Bobert Sheet fire, Rap... I'll never complain again about my pudder... Yers is seriously messed up... Either that 'er you hit the Wes Ginny Pig Latin button... |
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06 Nov 10 - 01:12 PM (#3025206) Subject: RE: BS: Bobert's Pudder Very Sick... From: EBarnacle Get Glary also. It's another freebie and is good for cleaning registry, cookies, etc. The computer that I am using right now had a serious case of the slows. I ran several of their utilities and their scan and clean. At present it is booting twice as fast [by stopwatch] and not hanging up nearly as much. Next I'm going to add memory and test it again. After I clean my files and transfer to another machine, I'll give it to a kid who's been looking hungrily at the computer users at our local Borders. Then I'll fix up another one to give away. Anyone out there have a P III or newer I can refurb and pass? This one's a P III. |