BS: TECH: buggary bastards rant

Subject: RE: BS: TECH: buggary bastards rant
From: okthen
Date: 07 Apr 04 - 11:14 AM

I downloaded adaware last night and ean it this morning about 11am, and it got rid of "interstitial". Just checked control panel and it's back!

Subject: RE: BS: TECH: buggary bastards rant
From: Nemesis
Date: 07 Apr 04 - 01:11 PM

LOL (suggestions for farty boy **g**)

I still have something called ATIupdate 5 .exe stuck on the desktop and mysterious programmes keep appearing in my Add/remove .. have chucked out a couple and the keyboard is performing better (at the moment!). (MSN Messenger keeps trying to install itself every time I click "remove")

OKTEN: I think you and me mate, are going to have to reinstall Windows completely - then run Spybot/Ad Aware

Am on WIN95 - so have to bit the bullet (uninstall Windowes, then reinstal upgrade to max on this computer (=WIN98) : shud have done today but what was more imperative (dilemma) getting "Housing" or Social Services to acknowledge farty boy's needs (spending all day waiting for someone to "call you back")- or blocking up phone lines (no broadband!) (Gawd, yes, I live in the Antediluvian computer age - hoping to make it to the Stone Age with an upgrade!)

PS: Am sick of chocolate .. the corner shop has now run out and I am on the "chocolate-flavoured topping"... started on the booze last night (held out for a fortnight). Lucky break - BBC thing delayed for a week (Thank heavens!)

PPS: Luckily the corner shop has now been taken over by very nice Italians eager to impress with a discount range of Italian wines displacing the toilet tissue and cat food

Subject: RE: BS: TECH: buggary bastards rant
From: Grab
Date: 07 Apr 04 - 01:41 PM

Have you run MSCONFIG to check what's being run at startup? If you haven't, that's a good start.

And if you know the name of the program, open up REGEDIT and search for it. You may also find it's hooked in somewhere in there.

Graham.

Subject: RE: BS: TECH: buggary bastards rant
From: wysiwyg
Date: 07 Apr 04 - 02:31 PM

Geeze, lock up the wine, at least!

Regarding social services-- if you are serious about that, set a deadline for HIM to get the help he needs from THEM, and when he fails to meet your deadline, ask him to leave. If he does not, call the coppers and have them chuck him out. They will make sure he gets hooked up with social services faster than s.s. will listen to YOU.

The sad truth is, you can't help people when they are stuck in the mud-- the inertia is more than one person can usually overcome. But the System can, and will, and might. If you are harboring him to be nice-- stop, because he will get help quicker if he is twisting in the wind.

~S~

Subject: Lyr Add: REINSTALLING WINDOWS (Les Barker)
From: okthen
Date: 07 Apr 04 - 02:38 PM

REINSTALLING WINDOWS
by LES BARKER

I've bought a computer;
It cost a thousand pound
Every time I switch it on
It keeps on falling down.

I used to think it was my friend
Now it drives me round the bend;
You'd be surprised the time I spend
Reinstalling Windows.

I switch it on; What is this?
Something wrong with config.sys;
This isn't my idea of bliss,
Reinstalling Windows.

I want to share my printers and
I want to share my files,
I want to share my anger 'cos
It drives me bloomin' wild.

My songs, they say, can be sublime;
I've conquered cadence, mastered rhyme;
Nowadays I spend my time
Reinstalling Windows.

Reinstall; Oh what fun!
It says it helps you get things done;
Everyday now everyone's
Reinstalling windows.

Watch the screen ; watch it say
All you do is plug and play
How do I spend every day?
Reinstalling Windows.

It can't find my printer and
It can't find my mouse;
The other day it told me they
were in some other house.

Still unplugged , still unplayed,
Emailed God in search of aid
He's far too busy I'm afraid,
Reinstalling Windows.

Up at dawn for one more try;
Does it work? Can pigs fly?
How do I expect to die?
Reinstalling Windows.

I used to like a drink or three;
No time now; Don't call for me;
I'm going to spend eternity
Reinstalling Windows.

It doesn't like my Modem and
Detests all CD-Roms;
Let's see if the set up wizard
Recognises bombs.

I used to think it was my friend;
Now it drives me round the bend;
You'd be surprised the time I spend
Reinstalling Windows.

At the moment it's gone, but I don't think it'll be long before it's back. I think I'd better consult my computer guru.

Subject: RE: BS: TECH: buggary bastards rant
From: s&r
Date: 07 Apr 04 - 05:42 PM

Ben and Joe Broughton do a lovely parody on Can't get my mojo working - substitute modem for mojo... wish I knew the words.

Stu

Subject: RE: BS: TECH: buggary bastards rant
From: Nemesis
Date: 09 Apr 04 - 05:40 PM

(Enters, Stage Left: staggering, weeping and wailing with frustration)

TechLOg: DAY 14 - lost in Hyperterminal

Have reformatted Drive and crunched everything - spent 6 hours reloading drivers, software and 3 hours on the phone to 12 different AOL agents trying to reconnect .. am on temporary "upstairs computer" that ducks out ...

The saga continues ... farty boy merely farts..

Subject: RE: BS: TECH: buggary bastards rant
From: Nemesis
Date: 09 Apr 04 - 05:41 PM

Ooops .. connection ducked out .. no weeping and wailing in Chat Room ("Thank god", I hear them cry!)

Subject: RE: BS: TECH: buggary bastards rant
From: Bill D
Date: 09 Apr 04 - 05:52 PM

AOL???..*sigh* farty boys can at least be strung up by their thumbs..

Subject: RE: BS: TECH: buggary bastards rant
From: GUEST,PC Surgeons
Date: 09 Apr 04 - 09:58 PM

If you are within 50 miles of Southampton I would be glad to help out a fellow mudcatter for free ...

Subject: RE: BS: TECH: buggary bastards rant
From: GUEST,Marco
Date: 11 Apr 04 - 10:55 AM

N-Case
Removal Instructions and Help

*http://www.pchell.com/support/ncase.shtml

I've been searching for something to rid me of this instial search 180 thing, anf have and have found this page - above*

I don't understant what it does but I've printed it off and am going to give it a go.

Anyone know if it works?

Subject: RE: BS: TECH: buggary bastards rant
From: okthen
Date: 11 Apr 04 - 01:33 PM

I ran Spybot a couple of times and then adaware deleting it each time, the last time was a couple of days ago and it hasn't come back, or at least I can't find it. Tenacous little sod tho'.

Subject: RE: BS: TECH: buggary bastards rant
From: JohnInKansas
Date: 11 Apr 04 - 03:17 PM

n-case is an advertising gimmick. It is supposed to function only when you are in a "search mode," and then it claims to "provide you with links to better deals" similar to what you are searching for.

In other words, a device to let people who pay n-case get their ads in front of what you might otherwise find.

Some people actually seem to like it, and the complaint received by Microsoft has been that n-case quits working when some specific other software is installed.

In most cases, File Manager (Start - Control Panel - Add/Remove Software) should be able to remove the program, but Microsoft advises that the standard program removal cannot remove a couple of lines that the n-case install puts in Registry. I haven't seen detailed information on n-case's own removal program, but I suspect that it does NOT do a "clean" removal. Manually editing the Registry is recommended if you want to be sure you've cleaned it all out.

Note that if you have used something like Spybot or AdAware to "break" the program, File Manager (or the n-case removal program) may be able to do a normal removal, since either (or any other) of these programs may remove parts of the program without cleaning up the whole thing.

Most of the anti-spyware programs will only remove those portions of a program that relate to the collecting and reporting of information on your machine. In many cases, removing these "program spy fragments" will prevent the "main program" from functioning, and will often prevent removal of the rest of the program by normal methods.

Sometimes, distasteful as it may seem, the simplest alternative is to reinstall the offending program, then use the normal File Manager uninstall - and then do whatever manual cleanup (Registry and stray files) is needed.

John

Subject: RE: BS: TECH: buggary bastards rant
From: mooman
Date: 11 Apr 04 - 06:24 PM

Marco,

That's the same link I posted at the beginning of this thread and it does work!

Peace

moo

Subject: RE: BS: TECH: buggary bastards rant
From: Nemesis
Date: 12 Apr 04 - 08:11 AM

Day No. (.. I've lost count ...)

Enter STage Left: staggering, screaming in delight .. falls in a panting heap on shoulder of nearest 'Catter .(Sorry, guess that's Sussex Carole?)

The bloody thing (N-Case/ Inetlitlial 180 whatever/ PAD Search assistant) has gone... after reformatting the drive - sticking on extra memory - upgrading to WIN98 (overdue anyway) .. reloading everything .. 12 hours on the phone to every AOL agent in the Northern hemisphere (dug through the bag of junk CDs - useful as birdscarers in the veg patch) to load on a further version of AOL ... but not for long .. need a BT (British Telecom line to get anything else :(

Mucho thanks for support and goodwill (jumps up and down with barely contained relief) - just one huge festival deadline looming - tech meeting in 2 hours, several bands minus publicity for other gigs :(, hundreds of newsletter fans making grumbling sounds, BBC: .. delayed for a week thank heavens..

Ker-ist .... what a saga .. and farty-boy still farting ..
Still - it's a Bank Holiday and the sun's shining!
Nem
xx

Subject: RE: BS: TECH: buggary bastards rant
From: s&r
Date: 12 Apr 04 - 09:04 AM

well done

Subject: RE: BS: TECH: buggary bastards rant
From: Nemesis
Date: 12 Apr 04 - 01:59 PM

Thanks :) S&R
xx
Nem

Subject: RE: BS: TECH: buggary bastards rant
From: okthen
Date: 12 Apr 04 - 05:47 PM

Related thread

Subject: RE: BS: TECH: buggary bastards rant
From: GUEST,leeneia
Date: 13 Apr 04 - 12:03 PM

And now, memorize this and practice saying it in front of a mirror:

"I'm sorry, but you may not use my computer. I depend on it to make my living, but it's old and has its quirks, so the only person I can trust to use it is me."

Subject: RE: BS: TECH: buggary bastards rant
From: Nemesis
Date: 13 Apr 04 - 04:42 PM

Definitely! In hand already Leeneia :) ... farty boy, begone!!
Nem
xx

Subject: RE: BS: TECH: buggary bastards rant
From: Sandra in Sydney
Date: 13 Apr 04 - 11:03 PM

Nem, make sure you drop everything & log in immediately the instant he has begone.

sandra

Subject: RE: BS: TECH: buggary bastards rant
From: Nemesis
Date: 14 Apr 04 - 01:48 PM

Quick log in while he's out .. he's been "sofa-boy" all day today(at least another week before "Housing/ Social Services" reviews the situation... hum, hum ...)

BBC Watch Dog programme covered something similar last night
www.bbc.co.uk/watchdog/thisweek/index3.shtml .. similar to the "bug" I mean, if not the perpetrator!

Nem
xx

Subject: RE: BS: TECH: buggary bastards rant
From: KateG
Date: 14 Apr 04 - 02:00 PM

Congrats on reviving the computer. 'tain't easy and you done good!

And I still say farty boy should be put to work. TANSTAFL (there ain't no such thing as a free lunch). At the very least it will be good practice for when social services sends him out to get a real job. And if the tasks you think up are grotty enough, a job will seem like heaven.

Subject: RE: BS: TECH: buggary bastards rant
From: GUEST, IT Manager NYC
Date: 30 Apr 04 - 12:40 PM

FYI here is one of the best sites i found for proper removal of n-case I've had to do it on several machines in the past yr. Manual removal works best http://www.doxdesk.com/parasite/nCase.html

http://www.doxdesk.com/parasite/nCase.html

Hope it helps

Subject: RE: BS: TECH: buggary bastards rant
From: Sandra in Sydney
Date: 01 May 04 - 07:51 AM

hey, Nemesis, how's it going?

the parasite gone from your sofa?

sandra