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kick52 · Aug 20, 2005, 09:08 AM

Hi.

Im at my dads house at the moment and he has got broadband. He hasnt got MSN messanger so I tried to get to my hotmail. Wont work. Page blank. So, then i try e-messanger. nope, signing-in doesnt do anything. Go to www.wbmsn.net , doesnt do anything. Go to yahoo. Buttons dont work!! This IE is really ****!

****! OS 9 can do it! Why cant XP?

If microsoft has gone crazy, this is problem.
If this is my dads computer, why is it doing this!

He ran a virus checker the other day and found 500 virus. Even when he had the firewall and a million other virus things on.

Microsoft have really gotta improve.

budster101 · Aug 20, 2005, 09:15 AM

uhm. You are on a Mac message board, you do know that right?

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contact this person for all your Windows questions: Paul Thurrott. Google him. He's brilliant. <snicker>

ghporter · Aug 20, 2005, 09:22 AM

And....MSN, Hotmail and so on are MICROSOFT properties, so they should work fine with IE. Have you bothered to see if Dad has any of the updates that make his computer not only safer but more compatible? IE6 has a LOT of updates, and XP should have Service Pack 2 installed.

It sounds very much like your Dad's computer needs serious disinfecting. If he installed all the virus stuff AFTER he got infected, it might not be able to do anything at all. The problem with most Windows computers isn't as much that Microsoft is kind of feeble, it's at least 50% that users don't do the relatively few things needed to protect themselves from the bad guys BEFORE THEY EVER GO ONLINE. Sorry, but that's the naked truth.

By the way, on my PC (running up to date XP), I can get to that site with BOTH IE and Firefox.

kick52 · Aug 20, 2005, 09:30 AM

i would love to fiddle and download all the updates but its his wifes computer and data on there.

she hardle lets me go near her computers as i formatted her laptops hard drive and toshiba bios wont let me boot from the cd but we managed to buy a external floppy to boot

budster101 · Aug 20, 2005, 09:33 AM

Have him (your dad) do a clean install of the OS after backing up his critical information.

Before reloading anything, check each item for viruses.
Do all critical updates.

Done.

kick52 · Aug 20, 2005, 09:51 AM

there is no way that is going to happen.

especially the last time i did that, it nearlly made a laptop useless.

rickey939 · Aug 20, 2005, 10:28 AM

iXavier · Aug 20, 2005, 02:36 PM

Download AdAware, Spybot and Spyware Blaster. Boot into Safe Mode (Press F8 before Windows starts, right after the BIOS screen.), run these programs. Get an antivirus program. Run it in Safe Mode, too. Hopefully that'll help.

Update, update, update. It is Windows.

x.

nredman · Aug 20, 2005, 02:51 PM

quit downloading porn to your dad's pc

Atomic Rooster · Aug 20, 2005, 03:11 PM

Originally Posted by budster101

Have him (your dad) do a clean install of the OS after backing up his critical information.

Before reloading anything, check each item for viruses.
Do all critical updates.

Done.

First you criticize the guy for posting in a mac forum and made a dumb remark then you come back and give some advice.

Why didn't you do that first?

It was obvious he was a mac user in his father's peecee hell.

mania · Aug 20, 2005, 07:11 PM

yeah i always hate when there is only a generic PC around and I want to ssh or ftp - such a pain. *nix forever!

amsalpemkcus · 07:51 PM

ghporter · Aug 20, 2005, 08:42 PM

Originally Posted by kick52

there is no way that is going to happen.

especially the last time i did that, it nearlly made a laptop useless.

Give your Dad a large sum of cash and help him take his computer to a shop that will do what needs doing. It's hosed up badly, YOU DIDN'T DO IT (this time), and he's going to be without a working computer in about 35 seconds if the thing isn't taken care of.

Then appologize (again) for messing up the other computer and vow never to mess with something you don't really understand ever again.

sugar_coated · Aug 20, 2005, 10:06 PM

Always have patience, things will improve.

budster101 · Aug 20, 2005, 10:21 PM

Originally Posted by Atomic Rooster

First you criticize the guy for posting in a mac forum and made a dumb remark then you come back and give some advice.

Why didn't you do that first?

It was obvious he was a mac user in his father's peecee hell.

Because I fscuking felt like it you dweeb. Now back off.

Randman · Aug 20, 2005, 10:29 PM

Hmm, it seems spell check is also not working on your "dads" computer.

James L · Aug 21, 2005, 12:54 AM

Originally Posted by budster101

Because I fscuking felt like it you dweeb. Now back off.

Dude, you ok? You have been rather harsh in some of your posts lately.

I mean, we argue all the time, but you seem a bit more edgy than normal.

Hope all is well.

budster101 · Aug 21, 2005, 01:33 AM

Is it noticeable?

besson3c · Aug 21, 2005, 03:54 AM

Budster yelled at me the other day.

kick52 · Aug 21, 2005, 04:09 AM

Originally Posted by nredman

quit downloading porn to your dad's pc

that so made my day

kick52 · Aug 21, 2005, 04:11 AM

Originally Posted by Randman

Hmm, it seems spell check is also not working on your "dads" computer.

that did as well

JoshuaZ · Aug 21, 2005, 04:14 AM

Can't we all just get along?

kick52 · Aug 21, 2005, 04:18 AM

i say that we should make a new rule that stops people argueing/abusing etc.

besson3c · Aug 21, 2005, 04:22 AM

Originally Posted by kick52

i say that we should make a new rule that stops people argueing/abusing etc.

How would this be defined? Most threads involve arguing, and many involve mud slinging.

kick52 · Aug 21, 2005, 04:36 AM

ok then, extreme negative responces