martymas

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  1. ho team how do i stop the black display screen in a p3 or higher from booting and displaying your configurations in a p2 you can set the display to silent in the bios. and that black display dosent show up any ideas. curiosty is the reason . im posting. marty
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    press here hi team bill mallinesan emailed this to me from world start. so be careful out there . marty
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    hey thanks guys for your input . itactually blew me when i found this email . not related to this board and some one trying to tell me what security to use at first i was a bit chuffed.but now ive read your replys i understand . i went straight my isp and changed my email adress. not know ing how to hide the one i use here . which i didnt need to do. i hate any one spamming me. me email should be private . but i can go in now and change the options . i appreciate all the posts. marty
  4. To read an HTML version of this newsletter, go to: havent read the board so im not sure if has been posted yet.we can never be to careful marty http://www.trendmicro.com/en/security/report/overview.htm Issue Preview: 1. Trend Micro Updates - Pattern File & Scan Engine Updates 2. Tsunami Worm – WORM_ZAR.A (Low Risk) 3. Top 10 Most Prevalent Global Malware 4. Submit your Spam & Suspicious Files for Analysis NOTE: Long URLs may break into two lines in some mail readers. Should this occur, please copy and paste the URL into your browser window. **
  5. this is the cpu report EVEREST Home Edition © 2003, 2004 Lavalys, Inc. ]----------------------------------------------------------- Version EVEREST v1.51.195 Homepage http://www.lavalys.com/ Report Type Quick Report Computer HOME-IYZRQ3FR8C Generator martym Operating System Microsoft Windows XP Professional 5.1.2600 (WinXP Retail) Da
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    hi team this morning i recieved an email from the besttechie forums my question where did he get my email address from. if he had been asking me a Q on a post of mine i wouldnt mind but i got spam about security.on win 98. below is his email .he also belongs to another website. so can some one tell me what is the email policy of this board . his email. marty martymas, gonzal13 has sent you this email from http://www.besttechie.net/forums/index.php. First of all I am on another website called expert-exchange where I give out free advice on win98. You need Norton Antivirus on your
  7. hi team recently i posted in about the microsoft spyware scanner..and said i didnt have an opinion but would monitor it. well i discvered some thing to night.on my p2 i uninstalled it because it wasent discovering any more than Adaware.how ever it scans in a different direction. to day i installed IE toolbar wallpaper.and i had the scanner as an automatic scan. well i got an appli called gonnasearch toolbar.which was trying to take over my address bar and search bar.which i had at blank this s---t was embedded in ie toolbar wallpaper. so the moral of the story is if you install toolbars ,a
  8. hi tenmm this is all the info i could get to gether sys hp sys model bios default system intel pentuim11 matrox mobo sm bios ver2.1 bios ver. american megatrend where is this jumper pin situated and if i shift where do i shift it to. the compt is a shop built but has been modftied to acommidate the motherboard with the case.i had trouble with the start button . and had to change the case.but all the other components are the same . not sure about the mobo. ive looked in the dxdiag for info but it dosent show any thing about the mobo . the original m,obo was a matrox . thanks for posting.
  9. is it possable to overclock a p2 through the bios. or does it need a special tweek. ive tried the bios but cant find the option it can be done on a p3 .as ive overclocked mine by a few points but that p2 looks as tho it hasent got that option. if so where is it. does this mean i need to install a bios with this option on the p2. thanks marty
  10. i was wondering when this site would attract people like this. it was inevitable new site new people. i think i pmed a moderator about this sort of person . so the sooner us as a community get rid od these mongrels the better. dont give me thet crap that to learn is to better your compting . i see 90 percent of the answers to this post agree.what about the 90 percent of users who are compt illiterate. seems everone has forgotten them.i saw this disscussion at techtv for many weeks .come all you x hackers.get rid of this poster marty
  11. has any one tried the microsoft spyware appli.beta version ive had it on for several days. on the positive side.it has detected some thing or someone trying to install.a alien searchbar on my sys. this came after using the msn search bar to find ie tool bar wallpaper. there hasent been a negitive side so far it maybe to early to judge yet so far i like what i see . but have yet to experience the bad side if any. but that msn search bar can be trouble if you are not careful. strangly i have google search bar and got into bother and didnt use it again. may be im to search bar shy
  12. hi DT dont see you here a lot now your a welcome site however thanks marty
  13. hi team this is the fix when you loose your sound icon program, Insert the Windows XP CD-ROM into your computer's CD-ROM or DVD-ROM drive. Press and hold down the SHIFT key as you insert the CD-ROM to prevent it from starting automatically. 2. Click Start, and then click Run. 3. In the Open box, type cmd, and then click OK. 4. Type the following lines at the command prompt, pressing ENTER after each line, where CD-ROM drive is the drive letter of the computer's CD-ROM or DVD- ROM drive that contains the Windows XP CD-ROM, and system_root is the path and folder name where the Windows sys
  14. hi last year i lost the use of safe mode and il_wiccan posted this tip . and ive searched all the web to find it so i can put it in a folder for future use. so thanks for that. he also sent a fix when you loose your sound program . which i put in my favourites you do it from the command prompt . i will post it in later. marty .
  15. hi team well i havent had the best of the last 2 weeks.ans ive been off the this board for several days.first the trojon thing .and then workmen where digging next to my isp office and dug the cable up and ruptured it so i couldnt get on line for sometime. hey i didnt realise how we can miss being on line. i was like a fish without water. how ever im on now .i just wanted to post an elert from trend micro. i havent read the board yet so it may have been posted marty (by TrendLabs Global Antivirus and Research Center) ******************************************************************
  16. hi team found the problem . now to get house call you have to install activex. marty
  17. hi team well i followed tg1911 to the letter. and here is my log file i cant find any thing suspicious. so i need to rely on the hjt experts thanks Logfile of HijackThis v1.99.0 Scan saved at 6:07:19 p.m., on 7/01/2005 Platform: Windows XP SP2 (WinNT 5.01.2600) MSIE: Internet Explorer v6.00 SP2 (6.00.2900.2180) Running processes: C:\WINDOWS\System32\smss.exe C:\WINDOWS\system32\winlogon.exe C:\WINDOWS\system32\services.exe C:\WINDOWS\system32\lsass.exe C:\WINDOWS\system32\svchost.exe ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- hey team i wo
  18. ok team for the last hour i cant get the majorgeeks site . i tried several times . i typed majorgeeks in to the msn search bar. and clicked on several site applis but the only one i can get into is one called alexa. now im not sure what is happening here.when i click one the majorgeeks free ware it just sits there nothin happens this is what happened when i got the trojon. so some one is spoofing the site. i cant seem to get in no how. EDIT hi team all morning i havent been able to get on to MG. i posted the above at about 3.30 it is now 10.30.and aT LAst im in . so disregard the post above. c
  19. hi thanks i will visit the site i didnt mean to cause any inconveince to your site ive used it for years. i relly wanted to see if any one had got the same problem as i did . when ever ive installed ive got Adaware.regclean. avg .avast.from MG for some years now . and i will continue to use it . you may be right i may have been highjacked. this is an area im not familiar with.so i will probably need help. so thanks for your post marty
  20. has any one been to the trend micro housecall site for a free scan . are you able to access it . im having problems getting in. marty
  21. hi sorry i havent been back to the thread for some time holidays and all that. im glad some one from the site has posted.as i said in my post i wasnt comfy . as ive used the majorgeek site for some years.anf for software it is one o fhte best on the internet. i havent had a trojon in all the time ive used a compt so i was a bit chaffed. tho didnt directly blame the site. i know a site like this is vulnerable to statements like mine so i would like to assure posters . the trojon probably came form the other sources. it is any help for the MG rep i was in the MG site installing avast . when my
  22. hey flash thanks for that find.my there are some dam good tips in there .. some i used to know but have forgotten. just goes to show how much knowledge petecovell has on computing he posted o lot of this stuff on c.f.h i used to put it in a folder but have reinstalled twice since then . so have lost those tips how ever you have discovered some thing we all should read .and save. recently i dis covered a method to, reactivate safe mode when f8 dosent work. and ive pasted it into note pad for future help. so again thinks for your find
  23. thanks barb. tho i dont use messenger i can pass it on . marty
  24. thanks thesidekickc i got a bad one at xmas . and lucky for me avast caught it in time . i had just built a p2 and was loading avast.while it was downloading . i went to install adaware at majorgeeks . yes avast isnt to bad .tho i prefer avg.which is only half as big i shouldnt say that they are both good av;s. avast is 18 meg and avg is 9megs and if your limited in resources those megs make a difference. marty