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A2597
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OK, I have NO idea why this is happening.
It started on my Moms PC, and mine, JUST after a format and got windows installed, did the same thing
a windows dialouge pops up saying something about a network connection, and an NT server, and then says that due to an error, windows will shut down. You get 60 seconds, then the PC restarts.
If/When it happens again, I'll get a screenshot. (60 seconds should be enough time)
It started on my Moms PC, and mine, JUST after a format and got windows installed, did the same thing
a windows dialouge pops up saying something about a network connection, and an NT server, and then says that due to an error, windows will shut down. You get 60 seconds, then the PC restarts.
If/When it happens again, I'll get a screenshot. (60 seconds should be enough time)
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ack. its doing it AGAIN!
Is the PC a Standalone or is the PC embedded in a network ???
with best Regards
Chicky
I guess it's getting into retirement age. Well... I hope it lasts long enough so I wont have any use for it.
One more vote for Exploit.
I've finally downloaded the patch (Thank GOODNESS I had GetRight on CD)
took five restarts to download a 1.2 meg file for petes sake!
anyhoo...as of yet it seems to have worked...
Mua hahhahahaha
All the windows computers throughout the university were happily trying to infect one another, while us postgrads and the staff of our department just sat there and laughed, cause we were all running linux. :D
[B]Linux isn't as popular, so it's not worth virusing. Take that grin smiley and... do something dispicably painful to it. You bad person you. [/B][/QUOTE]
Plus, writing viruses for Windows is as easy as pie, especially given that Windows users have such lax updating regimens. Has anyone else noticed how often this scenario has played out?
[b]Step 1:[/b] Microsoft announces a critical security that no one had noticed to the world, including exactly how a nefarious person could exploit it. Given that none of the persons who [i]would[/i] exploit it had found it, this is akin to opening the gates of the prison and leaving high performance getaway cars in the parking lot with the keys in the ignition and a full tank of gas. In Microsoft's defense, though, the couple the announcement with a patch that protects against that security flaw.
[b]Step 2:[/b] Weeks/Months/Years after step 1, a virus exploiting the security flaw from step 1 is released. Since all of five people on Windows bothered to install the patch, the virus wreaks havoc on the world. Macintosh, Linux, and othersuch users laugh their asses off.
Additionally, the Blaster worm had a very special message for Microsoft that warmed the cockles of my heart. I would go so far to say that it warmed the shit out of my cockles. As a matter of fact, my cockles are burning.
Ahem.
Anyway...
[quote][i]From the Blaster Worm[/i]
[b]Billy Gates why do you make this possible? Stop making money and fix your software!![/b][/quote]
Excuse me while I laugh, and laugh....
[B]Plus, writing viruses for Windows is as easy as pie, especially given that Windows users have such lax updating regimens. Has anyone else noticed how often this scenario has played out?
[b]Step 1:[/b] Microsoft announces a critical security that no one had noticed to the world, including exactly how a nefarious person could exploit it. Given that none of the persons who [i]would[/i] exploit it had found it, this is akin to opening the gates of the prison and leaving high performance getaway cars in the parking lot with the keys in the ignition and a full tank of gas. In Microsoft's defense, though, the couple the announcement with a patch that protects against that security flaw.
[b]Step 2:[/b] Weeks/Months/Years after step 1, a virus exploiting the security flaw from step 1 is released. Since all of five people on Windows bothered to install the patch, the virus wreaks havoc on the world. Macintosh, Linux, and othersuch users laugh their asses off.
Additionally, the Blaster worm had a very special message for Microsoft that warmed the cockles of my heart. I would go so far to say that it warmed the shit out of my cockles. As a matter of fact, my cockles are burning.
Ahem.
Anyway...
Excuse me while I laugh, and laugh.... [/B][/QUOTE]
of course...
UT2k3 is only JUST now available for MAC...
and HL2...who knows...hehehehe
Excuse me while I laugh, and laugh....
:D
[B]Plus, writing viruses for Windows is as easy as pie, especially given that Windows users have such lax updating regimens. Has anyone else noticed how often this scenario has played out?
[b]Step 1:[/b] Microsoft announces a critical security that no one had noticed to the world, including exactly how a nefarious person could exploit it. Given that none of the persons who [i]would[/i] exploit it had found it, this is akin to opening the gates of the prison and leaving high performance getaway cars in the parking lot with the keys in the ignition and a full tank of gas. In Microsoft's defense, though, the couple the announcement with a patch that protects against that security flaw.
[b]Step 2:[/b] Weeks/Months/Years after step 1, a virus exploiting the security flaw from step 1 is released. Since all of five people on Windows bothered to install the patch, the virus wreaks havoc on the world. Macintosh, Linux, and othersuch users laugh their asses off.
Additionally, the Blaster worm had a very special message for Microsoft that warmed the cockles of my heart. I would go so far to say that it warmed the shit out of my cockles. As a matter of fact, my cockles are burning.
Ahem.
Anyway...
Excuse me while I laugh, and laugh.... [/B][/QUOTE]
You see... this is primarily the reason I hate macs... a lot of their users seem to fall under the category of "Elitist pricks"
:p
[B]of course...
UT2k3 is only JUST now available for MAC...
and HL2...who knows...hehehehe
Excuse me while I laugh, and laugh....
:D [/B][/QUOTE]
Yes, but not everyone has a PC to play games. :p
GET A MAC !
:D:D:D:D:D:D:D:D
(Elitist prick ? peh... how can a group so universally maligned and oft beaten up by the majority be called elitist?...
in short... blow me Windoze boy...)
[B]of course...
UT2k3 is only JUST now available for MAC...
and HL2...who knows...hehehehe
Excuse me while I laugh, and laugh....
:D [/B][/QUOTE]
But how can you play those games when your computer is breaking down because of every little virus in existance?
Heck, the last virus to really impact Mac users was the Autostart worm of the late '90s. The last virus to really impact Windows users was the Blaster worm of, um, yesterday.
[B]I tried.... I tried and tried and tried... but I cant.... got to, just cant help it...
GET A MAC !
:D:D:D:D:D:D:D:D
(Elitist prick ? peh... how can a group so universally maligned and oft beaten up by the majority be called elitist?...
in short... blow me Windoze boy...) [/B][/QUOTE]
Hey, if you can make broad, generalizing and otherwise insulting statements about americans, I can make broad, generalizing and insulting statements about mac users :p
[B]But how can you play those games when your computer is breaking down because of every little virus in existance?
Heck, the last virus to really impact Mac users was the Autostart worm of the late '90s. The last virus to really impact Windows users was the Blaster worm of, um, yesterday. [/B][/QUOTE]
This reminds me of the "American stereotype of Britain" thing. British people do speak weird (:D Morden), but not nearly as much as we seem to believe.
In my 9+ years of using Windows, surfing the internet, and (more recently) filesharing, not once have I gotten a virus, unless you count my sister. Well, I did get one, back when I used 95, that caused a birthday reminder for "David" to pop up when I opened Word. Took all of .005 seconds to remove. I have a friend who gets at least one a month, but it's because he opens attachments on emails (Ya think he'd learn... :rolleyes: ), downloads suspicious files on Kazaa, and just generally does stupid things. If your IQ is greater than that of the Common Bagel, you can probably avoid most viruses.
I mean, seriously, for a while I got an email from some guy everyday with a 2kb attachment called "cat.exe"; the email said "Please play my game!" That's about how complex 99% of viruses are. I use Hotmail so I only open emails I know to be from friends, and I only open attachments if I know they sent them, while my family uses this MailWasher program that detects all viruses within 6 miles of our PC. I could go on and on about the simple precautions that can pretty much ensure you won't get a virus that I use, but I won't. I know [i]someone[/i] will counter with "Well with my MAC I don't have to worry!," so I'll say up front, neither do I.
The only problem I have playing games is that Jedi Knight II is missing a file or two that is required to allow playing, and Un/Reinstallation. I can't remove the game because of this, and I can't reinstall it because it still registers the game as existing. Using Add/Remove programs gives me an error. I don't have proof, but judging by her track record, I think it's safe to pin that on my sister.