Everything Is Working Perfectly - Help???

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Dwight Stewart

Everything on my computer is working perfectly. No errors. No startup
problems. No programs crashing. No delays. No viruses. Everything is
properly backed up. Is this normal? Should I be concerned? ;-)


Dwight Stewart (W5NET)

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Yes, trouble is just around the corner. No doubt the
machine is thinking of ways to lull you into a state of
complacency. It will strike without warning, your files
will erase themselves, you power supply will smoke, the
motherboard will reset and the monitor will go into a loop
degaussing.

I have similar worries with my computer, did you build or
buy yours?


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Dwight said:
Everything on my computer is working perfectly. No errors. No startup
problems. No programs crashing. No delays. No viruses. Everything is
properly backed up. Is this normal? Should I be concerned? ;-)


Dwight Stewart (W5NET)

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Well you didn't have to be until you just shot your mouth off. Now everything
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bad will happen. Murphy's Law you know. :-(
 
Obviously you are doing something wrong. Try removing your anti-spyware
software and your anti-virus software. If that doesn't help, start using
your real email address in NG posts and also erase all backups. Good luck.
 
Everything on my computer is working perfectly. No errors. No startup
problems. No programs crashing. No delays. No viruses. Everything is
properly backed up. Is this normal? Should I be concerned? ;-)


Dwight Stewart (W5NET)

http://www.qsl.net/w5net/
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Dont Microsoft have a patch for that 'problem' ;)
 
Dwight Stewart said:
Everything on my computer is working perfectly. No errors. No startup
problems. No programs crashing. No delays. No viruses. Everything is
properly backed up. Is this normal? Should I be concerned? ;-)
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Be afraid. Be VERY afraid.
 
On Tue, 28 Oct 2003 10:37:02 GMT "Dwight Stewart"

:> Everything on my computer is working perfectly. No errors. No startup
:>problems. No programs crashing. No delays. No viruses. Everything is
:>properly backed up. Is this normal? Should I be concerned? ;-)

Check your task manager.

It appears that your "System Idle Process" is looping and using over 90% of
the CPU.

You should contact microsoft for technical support.
 
Be concerned...Be very very concerned! I suspect that you have the dreaded
"utopia" virus which lulls users into thinking that everything is fine on
their machine, when in fact it is silently dialing porn sites in Taiwan and
Indonesia while simultaneously sending tens of thousands of spam emails for
the "new Viagra" to old ladies and 3rd graders. My suggestion would be to
take the computer back to where you bought it and demand one that has
identifiable problems so that you can rest at night without the worry and
inconvenience of a machine that appears to have no problems.

Bobby
 
During the preview phase of XP I had it installed on 2 PCs and just waiting
for it to crash.

I kept waiting..... and waiting.....

My final verdict... it was boringly stable.

But then all my PCs (bar the notebook) are homebuilt and I know exactly
what's in them!

Even after clean installing final versions on all of them (including the
notebook) I get very few 'nasties' occuring. In fact the only two
semi-scares I've had were due to hard drive failure (Maxtors), both drives
were replaced under warranty and I do plenty of backups. They're for the
days I'm paranoid and those just in case scenarios. Even major hardware
changes (mobo and cpu) and gone without a hitch (just a Repair
Installation)..... all critical updates installed.

Even my Windows 2003 Server runs quietly in its corner 24/7 - and some days
I don't even look at it!

Cari
www.coribright.com
 
Dwight Stewart said:
Everything on my computer is working perfectly. No errors. No startup
problems. No programs crashing. No delays. No viruses. Everything is
properly backed up. Is this normal? Should I be concerned? ;-)
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You must be using my old PC with W98SE. :-)

FS.........
 
Take it out of the box, plug it in, activate it, and use it. Problems
will appear in due course.
 
phil said:
Normal, provided you don`t touch your computer.
Even so, watch out.
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I'll put it in the closet and never touch it again except to change the
clock battery occasionally. Of course, then I'll probably drop it and damage
the hard drive.


Dwight Stewart (W5NET)

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Jim Macklin said:
Yes, trouble is just around the corner. No doubt the
machine is thinking of ways to lull you into a state of
complacency. It will strike without warning, your files
will erase themselves, you power supply will smoke,
the motherboard will reset and the monitor will go into
a loop degaussing.
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If my LCD dsiplay starts degaussing at all, I'm probably in serious
trouble.

I have similar worries with my computer, did you build
or buy yours?
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This one was purchased. The last home-built computer went with a
spectacular, though smelly, grey smoke cloud after being accidently plugged
into 240v wall outlet overseas. Since it was fairly old at the time, I
simply replaced it.


Dwight Stewart (W5NET)

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Ian Smythe said:
Well you didn't have to be until you just shot your mouth off.
Now everything bad will happen. Murphy's Law you know. :-(
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Hah! I laugh at such silly superstitions. Murphy's Law can't hurt m%2*^%$*&
l,................


Dwight Stewart (W5NET)

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Papa said:
Obviously you are doing something wrong. Try removing
your anti-spyware software and your anti-virus software.
If that doesn't help, start using your real email address in
NG posts and also erase all backups. Good luck.
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Ah, I see some like to live on the edge of life - to look at the face of
fate and dare it to challenge them. Many throughout the land openly admire
those brave souls. I think they're out of their cotton-picking minds. ;-)


Dwight Stewart (W5NET)

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Is it a nice big LCD?


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| "Jim Macklin" wrote:
| >
| > Yes, trouble is just around the corner. No doubt the
| > machine is thinking of ways to lull you into a state of
| > complacency. It will strike without warning, your files
| > will erase themselves, you power supply will smoke,
| > the motherboard will reset and the monitor will go into
| > a loop degaussing.
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|
| If my LCD dsiplay starts degaussing at all, I'm probably
in serious
| trouble.
|
|
| > I have similar worries with my computer, did you build
| > or buy yours?
|
|
| This one was purchased. The last home-built computer
went with a
| spectacular, though smelly, grey smoke cloud after being
accidently plugged
| into 240v wall outlet overseas. Since it was fairly old at
the time, I
| simply replaced it.
|
|
| Dwight Stewart (W5NET)
|
| http://www.qsl.net/w5net/
|
|
 
NoNoBadDog! said:
Be concerned...Be very very concerned! I suspect
that you have the dreaded "utopia" virus which lulls
users into thinking that everything is fine on their
machine, when in fact it is silently dialing porn sites in
Taiwan and Indonesia while simultaneously sending
tens of thousands of spam emails for the "new Viagra"
to old ladies and 3rd graders. (snip)
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Is that why the female members of the family, including my mother, stopped
talking to me except to repeatedly ask what I thought about Asian child
prostitutes?

"Even though my name was on them, I _SWEAR_ I didn't send those email
messages to you, mom."


Dwight Stewart (W5NET)

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Cari (MS-MVP) said:
During the preview phase of XP I had it installed
on 2 PCs and just waiting for it to crash.

I kept waiting..... and waiting.....

My final verdict... it was boringly stable. (snip)
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You're just not being creative enough, Cari. Try uninstalling your video
drivers just before installing updated drivers (complete with a restart when
Windows suggests after the uninstall is complete). And make sure to have
XP's restore feature turned off first. Yes, my neighbor did that just last
week. I know because I got a frantic call around 8:30 pm asking what to do
when the monitor stops working. He had purchased a program the week before
to replace a demo of the same program on his hard drive. The instructions
said to uninstall the old version first and he thought that was a good idea
for the video drivers also. I have no idea why he had restore turned off.

I like XP though. It is a fairly stable OS (if you don't do something
stupid like described above).


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