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Krisalicious · 08-08-2003, 01:49 PM

Anytime your computer is doing something strange, or going slow, or something's not working...anything computer related that's getting you mad, let it all out here.

Okay here's my story. So it was pretty late at night...around the usual time I go to sleep. And I was seriously about to turn off my computer when suddenly this box thing pops up from Norton Antivirus saying something that nearly killed me. "Norton Antivirus has detected a virus on your computer." I was so scared. I mean imagine if something happened to all my files...especially since I have a really important thing on there for school that I've been working on since last month. So first, I tried to find the virus on my computer myself, like actually searching for the file name and stuff. Then I decided to run Norton Antivirus. I did a full computer scan and it took about an hour, and I was already really, really tired since it was later than I go to sleep. So I wait for the thing to finish and when it finally does, my computer had no viruses. Uh? The thing nearly killed me by saying it had one. So then I looked up the virus reports log in Norton and it said when it found the virus and what it was and where it was located. So then I decided to scan that folder where it was, and that took pretty long too. Not as long as the whole computer...this probably took like 15 or 20 minutes. Then after it was done, it still said I had no viruses. So after trying to fix it the whole entire night, it was almost six in the morning and I was so tired. So then I just decided to get my dad to help. He was wondering why I was up so early since I'm usually not up til about 12...so then he checked it out and when I told him I scanned it for viruses and looked around for it and Norton still said I didn't have one, he then figured out that when the box popped up, it most likely meant that a virus was trying to attack me, but Norton blocked it and protected my computer.

So yeah...after staying up the whole entire night and being exhausted (I still am), my computer is okay.

Okay had to get that out. Now feel free to share anything.

¤I Love Clay Aiken¤ · 08-08-2003, 02:08 PM

*kicks computer and throws it out window* That is for all the times I accidently shut it down, got disconnected, froze, wouldnt start, and for just being a pain in the

!!!!

*Pleasant Tomorrow* · 08-08-2003, 02:37 PM

My computer, the frickin new flat screen piece of junk is the slowest thing I've ever come across. It's supposed to be fast and all that "blah blah blah" but it's not and it drives me crazy. And since I'm not very patient, I hate waiting lol. Grr *hauls chair at computer*

Small Wonderian · 08-08-2003, 02:43 PM

my computer is slow at times and pops up a lot of blue screen error messages often

PaulaAbdulFan · 08-08-2003, 03:04 PM

i got on aim and it kicked me off..so i got back on..it kicked me off again..so i got back on and it kicked me off again. AHHH
well i eventually got it to let me stay on after about the 40th time of being kicked off!

PashminaDietrich · 08-08-2003, 08:30 PM

Oh, I've had all of that with mine: freezing up at the worst possible time, slower than January molasses, blue screen warnings for no apparent reason, an occasionally schizo modem that dumps my internet connection just for the sheer heck of it. Oh, and here's a new one: I just turn the computer on, open AOhHell and RealJukebox, open up a short playlist so I can listen to something while I'm surfin', and wouldn't you know the dang thing says "Not enough memory." Now, mind you, I've only got two programs open; I've even run a game along with the net and the tunes and everything's worked fine. But sometimes, it comes up with this "Not enough memory" jazz and I'm very tempted to take the damn thing on a nice unscheduled trip out the nearest window...

Krisalicious · 08-09-2003, 01:47 AM

Ugh. Yeah maybe my computer might be "virus free" but theres definitely something wrong with it. It just went insane so I restarted it. Everytime I opened something it would open it again like 10 more times. Sigh...maybe I need to delete some things from it.

PZelda · 08-09-2003, 02:30 AM

OMG....I was having this really annoying dialup problem...I got Kazaa Lite but deleted it the next day. After deleting Kazaa, it made my computer go crazy... It kept reconnecting me to the 'net, even tho I didn't have anything in internet properties that was checked "automatically reconnect" and it would also add adult site bookmarks to My Favorites.

It also added ISTBar...

Long story short, I had to go to a special tech support board that dealt specifically with problems like mine - I had a tech support guy walk me through the steps for two hours - hey, I'm on dialup and he had me download something that helped me get rid of the worm from Kazaa that I had. FINALLY - it worked! Now my computer doesn't reconnect me!

Brian · 08-10-2003, 08:58 PM

I need a new mouse that doesn't have a ball in it. The one I have right now is driving me nutzoid.

Sean Snow · 08-10-2003, 09:41 PM

Argh. Evil modem. It wouldn't connect to AOL twice today. In both cases I had to restart before it would work. Oh well. Hopefully it's just choosing today to go insane.

¤I Love Clay Aiken¤ · 08-11-2003, 01:53 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by PZelda: VICKI!!
and it would also add adult site bookmarks to My Favorites.

Wish I had that problem.

LOl.

Well, not only am I seeing little pixies, Ive this error thing pop up on me THREE times this week (twice today

) and it said to save everything because it would shutdown on me- and then a countdown would start. My Dad said I did something to it. How dare I be accused of doing something to it, even if I did.

WHY IS THIS THING POPPING UP?!

¤I Love Clay Aiken¤ · 08-11-2003, 01:54 PM

ITS DOIBT IT NOW!!

MaydayMalonesGirl · 08-11-2003, 05:07 PM

oh dont even get me started with my computer! i complain about it alllllll the time . i have dsl and so its supposed to work better and stuff but instead it kicks me off every 5 minutes.

JDS84 · 08-11-2003, 07:01 PM

I hate our internet provider. Everytime I connect it disconnects me. Tonight it has only kicked me off once.

PaulaAbdulFan · 08-11-2003, 07:58 PM

every time someone calls my house i get kicked OFF!

08-08-2003, 01:49 PM	#1
Krisalicious Archie FTW! Forum Veteran Join Date: Jun 27, 2001 Location: NJ Posts: 5,775	The Whine and Complain Thread- Computers Anytime your computer is doing something strange, or going slow, or something's not working...anything computer related that's getting you mad, let it all out here. Okay here's my story. So it was pretty late at night...around the usual time I go to sleep. And I was seriously about to turn off my computer when suddenly this box thing pops up from Norton Antivirus saying something that nearly killed me. "Norton Antivirus has detected a virus on your computer." I was so scared. I mean imagine if something happened to all my files...especially since I have a really important thing on there for school that I've been working on since last month. So first, I tried to find the virus on my computer myself, like actually searching for the file name and stuff. Then I decided to run Norton Antivirus. I did a full computer scan and it took about an hour, and I was already really, really tired since it was later than I go to sleep. So I wait for the thing to finish and when it finally does, my computer had no viruses. Uh? The thing nearly killed me by saying it had one. So then I looked up the virus reports log in Norton and it said when it found the virus and what it was and where it was located. So then I decided to scan that folder where it was, and that took pretty long too. Not as long as the whole computer...this probably took like 15 or 20 minutes. Then after it was done, it still said I had no viruses. So after trying to fix it the whole entire night, it was almost six in the morning and I was so tired. So then I just decided to get my dad to help. He was wondering why I was up so early since I'm usually not up til about 12...so then he checked it out and when I told him I scanned it for viruses and looked around for it and Norton still said I didn't have one, he then figured out that when the box popped up, it most likely meant that a virus was trying to attack me, but Norton blocked it and protected my computer. So yeah...after staying up the whole entire night and being exhausted (I still am), my computer is okay. Okay had to get that out. Now feel free to share anything.

08-08-2003, 02:08 PM	#2
¤I Love Clay Aiken¤ MISS APRIL Forum Addict Join Date: Jul 19, 2001 Location: Parsonsfield ME Shaws - Screwing my way up the employment ladder! Posts: 68,780	kicks computer and throws it out window That is for all the times I accidently shut it down, got disconnected, froze, wouldnt start, and for just being a pain in the !!!!
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08-08-2003, 02:37 PM	#3
Pleasant Tomorrow Member Forum Addict Join Date: Feb 19, 2003 Location: New York Posts: 69,525	My computer, the frickin new flat screen piece of junk is the slowest thing I've ever come across. It's supposed to be fast and all that "blah blah blah" but it's not and it drives me crazy. And since I'm not very patient, I hate waiting lol. Grr hauls chair at computer
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08-08-2003, 02:43 PM	#4
Small Wonderian Back From a Long Hiatus Forum Celebrity Join Date: May 23, 2003 Location: in Redskin Country!!!!!!! Posts: 20,316	my computer is slow at times and pops up a lot of blue screen error messages often
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08-08-2003, 03:04 PM	#5
PaulaAbdulFan ¤Paula CoweLL¤ Forum Regular Join Date: Jan 01, 2003 Location: In Paula Abdul land Listening to Straight up! and waiting for season 3 of American Idol to come on! Posts: 808	i got on aim and it kicked me off..so i got back on..it kicked me off again..so i got back on and it kicked me off again. AHHH well i eventually got it to let me stay on after about the 40th time of being kicked off!
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08-08-2003, 08:30 PM	#6
PashminaDietrich Oh no, she's baaack Senior Member Join Date: Jul 20, 2003 Location: north of Arlen, south of Southfork, and stuck in the middle with you... Posts: 1,733	Oh, I've had all of that with mine: freezing up at the worst possible time, slower than January molasses, blue screen warnings for no apparent reason, an occasionally schizo modem that dumps my internet connection just for the sheer heck of it. Oh, and here's a new one: I just turn the computer on, open AOhHell and RealJukebox, open up a short playlist so I can listen to something while I'm surfin', and wouldn't you know the dang thing says "Not enough memory." Now, mind you, I've only got two programs open; I've even run a game along with the net and the tunes and everything's worked fine. But sometimes, it comes up with this "Not enough memory" jazz and I'm very tempted to take the damn thing on a nice unscheduled trip out the nearest window...

08-09-2003, 01:47 AM	#7
Krisalicious Archie FTW! Forum Veteran Join Date: Jun 27, 2001 Location: NJ Posts: 5,775	Ugh. Yeah maybe my computer might be "virus free" but theres definitely something wrong with it. It just went insane so I restarted it. Everytime I opened something it would open it again like 10 more times. Sigh...maybe I need to delete some things from it.

08-09-2003, 02:30 AM	#8
PZelda Two Valeries! <3 Forum Addict Join Date: Jul 15, 2002 Location: I'm STILL missing NYC. :( Posts: 78,223	OMG....I was having this really annoying dialup problem...I got Kazaa Lite but deleted it the next day. After deleting Kazaa, it made my computer go crazy... It kept reconnecting me to the 'net, even tho I didn't have anything in internet properties that was checked "automatically reconnect" and it would also add adult site bookmarks to My Favorites. It also added ISTBar... Long story short, I had to go to a special tech support board that dealt specifically with problems like mine - I had a tech support guy walk me through the steps for two hours - hey, I'm on dialup and he had me download something that helped me get rid of the worm from Kazaa that I had. FINALLY - it worked! Now my computer doesn't reconnect me!
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08-10-2003, 08:58 PM	#9
Brian Member Forum Celebrity Join Date: Jun 23, 2001 Posts: 20,451	I need a new mouse that doesn't have a ball in it. The one I have right now is driving me nutzoid.

08-10-2003, 09:41 PM	#10
Sean Snow moo Forum Fanatic Join Date: May 06, 2001 Location: Georgia Posts: 10,408	Argh. Evil modem. It wouldn't connect to AOL twice today. In both cases I had to restart before it would work. Oh well. Hopefully it's just choosing today to go insane.

08-11-2003, 01:54 PM	#12
¤I Love Clay Aiken¤ MISS APRIL Forum Addict Join Date: Jul 19, 2001 Location: Parsonsfield ME Shaws - Screwing my way up the employment ladder! Posts: 68,780	ITS DOIBT IT NOW!!

08-11-2003, 05:07 PM	#13
MaydayMalonesGirl ACID! POLICEHHHH! Forum Star Join Date: Apr 24, 2003 Location: in a van down by the river. Posts: 18,393	oh dont even get me started with my computer! i complain about it alllllll the time . i have dsl and so its supposed to work better and stuff but instead it kicks me off every 5 minutes.

08-11-2003, 07:01 PM	#14
JDS84 Member Forum 3000 Club Member Join Date: Dec 11, 2001 Location: My Old Kentucky Home Posts: 3,377	I hate our internet provider. Everytime I connect it disconnects me. Tonight it has only kicked me off once.
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08-11-2003, 07:58 PM	#15
PaulaAbdulFan ¤Paula CoweLL¤ Forum Regular Join Date: Jan 01, 2003 Location: In Paula Abdul land Listening to Straight up! and waiting for season 3 of American Idol to come on! Posts: 808	every time someone calls my house i get kicked OFF!