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#81978 - 01/03/07 04:00 PM Is it just my computer???
OldBaldGuy Offline
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That James Kim post has become so large that every time someone adds a new comment and bumps it back to the top fo the list my computer does that 30 second fatal error thing. I have to change my personal settings to allow fewer posts per page to get the thing to load the entire thing. Making me crazy...
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#81979 - 01/03/07 05:17 PM Re: Is it just my computer???
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I too have seen errors, but I didn't realize what was causing them and just ignored them. I wonder if Chris should lock that thread down and if people have a related comment they can just start a new thread. Then the huge thread will drift back in the line of thread and be forgotten in time.

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#81980 - 01/03/07 07:47 PM Re: Is it just my computer???
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I second that motion...
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#81981 - 01/03/07 08:34 PM Re: Is it just my computer???
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No issues for me (firefox 2.0)

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#81982 - 01/04/07 01:33 AM Re: Is it just my computer???
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OldBaldGuy,

Disclaimer: While I'm not a PC Geek by any means, I have had my share of PC related woes...

One thing that seemed to jump out at me is the possibility that your PC may not have a lot of RAM (random access memory). Might pay to check how much is currently on board your unit. There may be many other potential issues as well, but this is similar to a problem I experienced some time back and when I upgraded to higher RAM, the problem went away. HTH

BTW: The JK Thread does not seem to impact my ETS experience...

[EDIT: I've seen other forums lock a thread and call it the original name PAGE ONE and then start another follow-up thread calling it the same base name but adding PAGE TWO etc..]

Regards,
Comanche7


Edited by Comanche7 (01/04/07 01:37 AM)

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#81983 - 01/04/07 01:41 AM Re: Is it just my computer???
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There is little doubt in my mind that we have a sick computer. It is less than a year old, and has (or had) a ton of RAM. But, a few months ago, while wifi'ing in Canada, we got infected with some virus. We have Norton, plus a couple of those free anti-virus programs onboard, they all said that the computer was find. But it wasn't. Took it to a computer guy last week, he couldn't find out what virus it was, other than a bad one, so we completely (or so he said) wiped the hard drive, but it still has some problems, running super slow being one of them. Guess it is time to use it for a shotgun target and get another new one. @*!*#!*!# computers!!!
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#81984 - 01/04/07 01:50 AM Re: Is it just my computer???
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OBG,

Before loading up ole Betsy and taking that varmint for its last hike, you might consider simply removing its hard drive and getting new one and re-installing the operating system and programs that you were running from the original CD-ROM's to avoid re-contaminating the new hard drive. Before connecting the newly revitalized PC to the networks etc. make sure that it has some good protection software installed. Take the old hard drive and get it completly reformatted, in the old days you could do a low level format, now it is a bit harder. Depending upon how big the drive is and how much the replacement cost (as well as the intrinsic value of any of your precious data that may remain, you might opt to dump it, in which case destroying the hard drive physically will ensure that your data is not recovered by the less than honest folks that may come across it.

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#81985 - 01/04/07 02:11 AM Re: Is it just my computer???
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Computers are just like us. You wouldn't go into the woods or inner city without your PSK, you shouldn't connect your computer anywhere without having the proper gear.
#1 sometimes multiple virus scanners can conflict with each other causing issues such as false positives or not finding a virus.
#2 doesn't matter the brand or cost of the virus scanner, if its not up to date then its useless.
#3 Microsoft software besides being the largest target, is also the most poorly written and least secure. Stop using programs like Internet Explorer, Outlook Express, etc and use Open Source applications like the Mozilla Suite. No software is 100% secure, but Open Source programmers don't have project managers forcing them to deadlines causing them to get rushed code out the door which isn't as robust or secure as it could be. Open Source software doesn't make marketing departments and legal departments preventing them from disclosing flaws and therefor any bugs/flaws are more well known, publicized and fixed faster.

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#81986 - 01/04/07 03:46 AM Re: Is it just my computer???
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Guess it is time to use it for a shotgun target and get another new one. @*!*#!*!# computers!!!
Or, you could just mail it to me. I will even pay shipping. <img src="/images/graemlins/wink.gif" alt="" />
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#81987 - 01/04/07 05:19 AM Re: Is it just my computer???
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hey old baldguy:

if your HD still runs slow after a complete wipe then it means the HD is too old. Its drive head is worn out. How old is the PC? What is the speed of processor?

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