Computers and Related Hardware/Software

^ Nice... :victory:

Funny that it would have an old school V.92 modem....

bmwracer wrote:^ Nice... :victory:

Funny that it would have an old school V.92 modem....

Yeah, strange.

Not that i'll be using it anyway: I have wireless networks at home and at work :victory:

Anime Dad wrote:My work laptop died the other day. The socket that the power plug connects to is damaged and it won't charge or run from power. So i'm getting a new one:

Series Lenovo T500

There's a sale at MSY this week, have a look?

http://www.ozbargain.com.au/node/17267

Oh, is your company going to pay for it, then don't worry about it.

xploring wrote:

There's a sale at MSY this week, have a look?

http://www.ozbargain.com.au/node/17267

Oh, is your company going to pay for it, then don't worry about it.

Yeah, they are paying :) I would go for something cheaper if I was ;)
Thanks anyway.

Anime Dad wrote:Yeah, they are paying :)

Oooh, on the company's dime... Load up! :mrgreen:

Ack, I think my PC's power supply is dying: When I start printing to my USB printer, the PC inadvertently shuts down. :sweat:

My PC reset itself when I tried to uninstall Avira Premium Suite (because free trial expired) and install Avira's free Anti-virus, so I am currently stuck with a Anti-virus with no update. Any suggestion as to how I can uninstall it?
Thanks.

xploring wrote:My PC reset itself when I tried to uninstall Avira Premium Suite (because free trial expired) and install Avira's free Anti-virus, so I am currently stuck with a Anti-virus with no update. Any suggestion as to how I can uninstall it?
Thanks.

Have you tried uninstalling it from the Control Panel (Add or Remove Rprograms)?



Bought a new PSU for my PC: An Antec BP-430 to replace the one that's dying a slow death...

bmwracer wrote:
Have you tried uninstalling it from the Control Panel (Add or Remove Rprograms)?

Yes, it starts and then reset... :sweat: I guess it's time to backup and reformat, it's been 2-3 years since last time. :bleh:

xploring wrote:Yes, it starts and then reset... :sweat: I guess it's time to backup and reformat, it's been 2-3 years since last time. :bleh:

Can you turn off/disable the antivirus program, then delete it from the Program Files directory?

Fake security software in millions of computers: Symantec

Story here: http://tech.yahoo.com/news/nm/us_cybersecurity_symantec

bmwracer wrote:
Can you turn off/disable the antivirus program, then delete it from the Program Files directory?

I tried that too but couldn't delete. Started backup yesterday and I guess I will wait for pc to be infected then re-install again. It's probably not a big risk if I don't go to many new websites.

xploring wrote:I tried that too but couldn't delete.

Maybe you can boot into DOS and delete that directory.

xploring wrote:I tried that too but couldn't delete. Started backup yesterday and I guess I will wait for pc to be infected then re-install again. It's probably not a big risk if I don't go to many new websites.

Have you tried Googgling for a solution? You probably aren't the first person to have this problem...

bmwracer wrote:Fake security software in millions of computers: Symantec

Story here: http://tech.yahoo.com/news/nm/us_cybersecurity_symantec

I had this virus on my computer a few months ago, the only way I got rid of it was to wipe my hard drive and start all over. This is one nasty virus!

-Dave

just buy mac :rofl:

does anyone know or recomend a program that i can rip my drama dvds to put on my iphone? or to download form mysoju.com and put it on my iphone? mac program, too. thanks.

yebisu wrote:just buy mac :rofl:

Macs get viruses, too. :shakehead:

does anyone know or recomend a program that i can rip my drama dvds to put on my iphone? or to download form mysoju.com and put it on my iphone? mac program, too. thanks.

Wouldn't know... We use PCs. :P

about 0.25% of the times that PCs do :D
and you know its true :D

yebisu wrote:about 0.25% of the times that PCs do :D

That's probably consistent with the number of Macs vs. PCs that are currently in use throughout the world.

I hope it stays like that, too :mrgreen: