The Tech Support Thread

[megladon8]

I think I might have a virus on my computer.

I was just on MatchCut and YouTube, and all of a sudden everything slowed down so badly that I had to restart.

When I did that, and the system booted back up again, there's a new program on my bottom right taskbar - its icon is a blue and white shield, and it is called "Antivirus System PRO".

It won't let me do anything, claiming that everything I try to open is "infected".

I can't even get my control panel open to manually remove the program from my computer.

I'm stumped what to do.

[B-side]

I think I might have a virus on my computer.

I was just on MatchCut and YouTube, and all of a sudden everything slowed down so badly that I had to restart.

When I did that, and the system booted back up again, there's a new program on my bottom right taskbar - its icon is a blue and white shield, and it is called "Antivirus System PRO".

It won't let me do anything, claiming that everything I try to open is "infected".

I can't even get my control panel open to manually remove the program from my computer.

I'm stumped what to do.

Here you go. Hope that works.

[megladon8]

Thanks Brightside.

Unfortunately the virus has crippled my computer so much that I can't even access the internet anymore, so I wasn't able to use that link (I'm at work right now).

I use Opera, and when I try to access any webpages, I get an error page stating "Internet Explorer Cannout Access this Webpage", and the rest of the message is poorly worded and full of spelling mistakes.

So yeah, my computer is royally farked.

Luckily a guy at my dad's office whom he's good friends with is a techie, and I could probably get my dad to take the computer in, have it wiped clean and begun anew.

I've gone ahead and transferred all my important files to my external harddrive. So I'll lose about 15g's of music, but that's really not a big deal.

[B-side]

Thanks Brightside.

Unfortunately the virus has crippled my computer so much that I can't even access the internet anymore, so I wasn't able to use that link (I'm at work right now).

I use Opera, and when I try to access any webpages, I get an error page stating "Internet Explorer Cannout Access this Webpage", and the rest of the message is poorly worded and full of spelling mistakes.

So yeah, my computer is royally farked.

Luckily a guy at my dad's office whom he's good friends with is a techie, and I could probably get my dad to take the computer in, have it wiped clean and begun anew.

I've gone ahead and transferred all my important files to my external harddrive. So I'll lose about 15g's of music, but that's really not a big deal.

Ah, OK. Glad you got it figured out, though.

[Mysterious Dude]

Apparently, all of my e-mail contacts got an e-mail from me that contains nothing but a link to a site for something called "Canadian Health&Care Mall" and a long list of viagra and other types of pills.

Fuck.

[megladon8]

I almost have my computer built back up.

I anticipate having some trouble getting it back online. One thing we've had trouble with from the get-go is our router.

[megladon8]

Woo-hoo! Computer is back up and running.

I'm installing tons of stuff now, but everything's basically here (save for the tons of music I lost, but oh well, I needed to get rid of a lot of it anyways ).

Thanks to everyone who gave me help and advice.

[Morris Schæffer]

For fuck's sake, please help me. I've got Logitech Z-5500 DD 5.1 speakers (DTS is also supported) and I've got a Sony vaio laptop that, on the right side, has an opening called "Optical out."

And I've got this cable here to go from the laptop to the decoder of the speakers:


I get no sound however through my 5 speakers. I'd like to play Crysis through my speakers setup, but I don't understand what the hell is missing.

Sure, I've messed around in my audio control panel as seen here, but to no avail:



So what's the deal? Can I get sound through all the speakers using the above cable or note?

Alternatively, the speakers also came with the following cable:



I've got a yellow, black and green cable, but on both ends the same. Only question is I don't have these inputs on my laptop so....

Thanks for any tips that might help.

EDIT:

The odd thing, is that sound is clearly being registered by the hardware, except I can't hear shit.

[D_Davis]

A new iPhone app my friend Pete helped design is getting some good press. Check it out:

Effin Genius is like Pandora's smart little brother


No matter how much music you have on your iPhone or iPod Touch, sometimes you get bored with it or just want somebody else to drive.
That's the appeal of apps like Pandora and Slacker, which build personalized radio stations based on a particular artist, then let you customize those stations to various degrees.



A psychedelic nugget by the late great Syd Barrett, recommended by Effin Genius.



A new app called Effin Genius, from Seattle company Melodeo, takes a different approach: instead of forcing you to enter the name of an artist or musical genre--or anything at all--Effin Genius analyzes the playlists in the iTunes library on your iPhone or iPod Touch, then creates identically named playlists of other music it thinks you would like.

http://news.cnet.com/8301-13526_3-10426271-27.html

[number8]

Somehow I've overlooked this thread. Hm.