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Medical Forum / Diseases and Disorders / Arthritis / July 2004Computer advice needed
Went on a trip, came back, computer seemed ok. Came back from dinner and discovered I could not get on the net without re-booting. After re-booting, I could stay on a few minutes before the stall. First guy replaced LAN card--no help. Second guy replaced router and a cable. No help. Outlook Express seems ok. Any ideas. Thanks. Jano Is your virus protection up to date and have you run a scan or your whole system lately? I would do that first and then I would defrag the machine. My husband had downloaded his entire computer into mine when his was breaking. After he finally got his back, he burned a cd off mine of all his stuff and then gave me permission to trash the folder. It took 10 mins to send it to the trash. lol I defragged the system after that. Actually I did it over and over again as it got less fragmented with each. Be sure to go to display and disable the screen saver and set the machine [plugged in of course] to always on. Then go to Start> accessories??>system tools> disk defrag If you have something called system restore, you might want to set a point after the virus update and scan and before the defrag. Then you should do it again after the defrag. Or it could be something else. :) Duckie > Went on a trip, came back, computer seemed ok. Came back from dinner and > discovered I could not get on the net without re-booting. After re-booting, > I could stay on a few minutes before the stall. First guy replaced LAN > card--no help. Second guy replaced router and a cable. No help. Outlook > Express seems ok. Any ideas. Thanks. Jano  Signature_('> (_<_) _ _('< -quack (_<_) _ __('< *QUACK!* <_{__) _('< "|,,|_" (_<_) _('< "AFLAC!" (_<_) Get spybot search and destroy, you could have adware messing up your puter. > Is your virus protection up to date and have you run a scan or your > whole system lately? I would do that first and then I would defrag the [quoted text clipped - 18 lines] > > card--no help. Second guy replaced router and a cable. No help. Outlook > > Express seems ok. Any ideas. Thanks. Jano Rhonda- I am not too sophisticated about the computer. Do not believe I have Spybot but I do have LavaSoft Ad-Aware and run it often. Also keep Norton updated. Thanks. Jano > Get spybot search and destroy, you could have adware messing up your puter. > [quoted text clipped - 23 lines] > Outlook > > > Express seems ok. Any ideas. Thanks. Jano > Rhonda- > > I am not too sophisticated about the computer. Do not believe I have Spybot > but I do have LavaSoft Ad-Aware and run it often. Also keep Norton updated. > Thanks. Jano Yes, me too and I still got a virus. I am sorry to say that you also need a firewall. Norton, or McAfee are both good. Harv > Yes, me too and I still got a virus. I am sorry to say that you also need a > firewall. Norton, or McAfee are both good. > Harv Ps and the free one Zone alarm Same problem on my neighbor's computer the other day, a complete virus scan found two types of virus and that cured the problem. Cooly > Went on a trip, came back, computer seemed ok. Came back from dinner and > discovered I could not get on the net without re-booting. After re-booting, > I could stay on a few minutes before the stall. First guy replaced LAN > card--no help. Second guy replaced router and a cable. No help. Outlook > Express seems ok. Any ideas. Thanks. Jano Do you have a firewall? If my firewall has been on overnight and well into the morning, it will not "release" to use the net until I reboot. SignatureCyberhugs, DianeW It is only with the heart that one can see rightly; what is essential is invisible to the eye. --Antoine de Saint Exup?ry > Went on a trip, came back, computer seemed ok. Came back from dinner and > discovered I could not get on the net without re-booting. After re-booting, > I could stay on a few minutes before the stall. First guy replaced LAN > card--no help. Second guy replaced router and a cable. No help. Outlook > Express seems ok. Any ideas. Thanks. Jano > Do you have a firewall? If my firewall has been on overnight and well into > the morning, it will not "release" to use the net until I reboot. Ya know what worries me about my firewall??? I got a notice from Mcafee that I should get an update. Update????? Its not like Norton anti-virus that has to come out with an update everytime one of the little bast@#$s think up a new wrinkle or virus. I always thought that a wall was a WALL. It seems I need new bricks for my wall. Oh well. Harv ps its a mystery to me. My Zone Alarm Pro firewall updates all the time. Guess it needs bigger and higher bricks.. :) Duckie > Ya know what worries me about my firewall??? I got a notice from Mcafee that > I should get an update. Update????? Its not like Norton anti-virus that [quoted text clipped - 4 lines] > Harv > ps its a mystery to me. Signature_('> (_<_) _ _('< -quack (_<_) _ __('< *QUACK!* <_{__) _('< "|,,|_" (_<_) _('< "AFLAC!" (_<_) >My Zone Alarm Pro firewall updates all the time. Guess it needs bigger >and higher bricks.. :) [quoted text clipped - 8 lines] >> Harv >> ps its a mystery to me. I have a router with a built in firewall. Even routers have firmware updates. -- Kiyoshi - The reverse side also has a reverse side. "I have also learned from experience that the greater part of our happiness or misery depends upon our dispositions, and not upon our circumstances." Martha Dandridge Custis Washington, 1731-1802 > I have a router with a built in firewall. Even routers have firmware > updates. Good point - on-the-fly reconfiguration is one of the greatest strengths of software. At various times in history there have been cultures which have built structures with the intention that they would stand for all eternity. In some cases fragments of these structures still remain standing today, but as a general rule even the sturdiest artifacts of mankind require maintenance. SignatureNathan Engle Computer Support, IUB Psych Dept nengle@indiana.edu http://mypage.iu.edu/~nengle "Some Assembly Required" Harv - I get updates on my Zone Alarm firewall from time to time but not 2 a week as with Norton. SignatureCyberhugs, DianeW It is only with the heart that one can see rightly; what is essential is invisible to the eye. --Antoine de Saint Exup?ry > > Do you have a firewall? If my firewall has been on overnight and well > into [quoted text clipped - 8 lines] > Harv > ps its a mystery to me. > Harv - I get updates on my Zone Alarm firewall from time to time but not 2 a > week as with Norton. LOL,,, if you look at the virus list with Norton it is close to 17,000. Norton and Zone Alarm are both trying to protect you in slightly different ways and it takes both of them. If we had spent the money and went with Mac instead of a PC,,, I think they are up to maybe 5. My youngest son and I used to play games and Mac just did not have the choices of games. Harv Ps I really resent the money I spend for Norton and McAfee. Its like blackmail to keep the bully on the block off your back but it is part of our world and something to deal with. DiWitt- I tried a 'firewall/ZoneAlarm" suggested by this newsgroup and could not do any on-line searching so did my best to take it off. Some files still seem to be in the computer. We went to Kansas City this week and I stopped at CompUSA (where I purchased the computer) and the Geek suggested I re-install the Recovery Disc. I'll need a helper as I don't think I know enough not to goof it up. I also purchased some CDRW discs for backing things up (suggested by computer helper No. 2). Thanks. Jano > Do you have a firewall? If my firewall has been on overnight and well into > the morning, it will not "release" to use the net until I reboot. [quoted text clipped - 5 lines] > > card--no help. Second guy replaced router and a cable. No help. Outlook > > Express seems ok. Any ideas. Thanks. Jano If you couldn't do any online searching it was probably the way you had it configured. When there is a big threat looming, I raise my security levels and it will slow down my surfing, but for most part I have no problems. Some sites have pop-ups that are integral to their use. When I find a site I just can't get into, I turn that part of the firewall off. That usually works. SignatureCyberhugs, DianeW It is only with the heart that one can see rightly; what is essential is invisible to the eye. --Antoine de Saint Exup?ry > DiWitt- > [quoted text clipped - 18 lines] > Outlook > > > Express seems ok. Any ideas. Thanks. Jano |
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