Someone please shoot me now!

Korinne · Posted: Sun Sep 18, 2005 1:54 am Post subject: Someone please shoot me now!

Ok so like I was telling Shieara.....my computer is having serious issues....to the point where the entire stupid thing just freezes or the graphics in EQ blink on and off and I get a frame by frame video. So until I can figure it out ...or pay someone to fix it ....or buy another computer....I am not going to be online. I will try to load EQ on my work laptop ...and be there for ah and guild raids but I don't know how successful that will be.

It's always something....you think you get everything all squared away and all is working well and then ....something ELSE breaks.

/sigh....I will keep in touch!
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Endiment · Posted: Sun Sep 18, 2005 11:07 am Post subject:

does it happen only while playing 3D games? sounds possibly like a heat issue, or could be bad memory or maybe your power supply isn't big enough.

Open the side of the case and put a fan on it, and also check to make all the cards are inserted fully and nothing is loose.
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Korinne · Posted: Sun Sep 18, 2005 11:55 am Post subject:

I haven't changed anything on this computer in a while....it was working fine until I moved to the new apartment and then I only had issues with internet connection. The expansion came out and for whatever reason it coincided with my computer doing wierd things.
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Endiment · Posted: Sun Sep 18, 2005 12:36 pm Post subject:

maybe something came a little loose when you moved? open it up and make sure everything is connected good.
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Celephane · Posted: Sun Sep 18, 2005 12:42 pm Post subject:

Gremlins!

See the movie

propertool · Squad Leader Joined: Aug 25, 2004 Posts: 66

Maybe your computer caught something from Shieara... Twisted Evil

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Korinne · Posted: Sun Sep 18, 2005 2:58 pm Post subject:

I have checked everything....and it all works but EQ Sad

well...it doesn't like windows media player either but oh well....I dunno what the deal is.

Still working on it! /shoots my computer
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Auldaen · Squad Leader Joined: Jun 04, 2005 Posts: 215

it sounds to me like it could be bandwidth, I know when i went from Dial up to DSL there was a significant drop in lag issues like you described, Have you done troubleshooting in game like turning off all graphics and character models?

If this type of thing helps, you should check your bandwidth speed, or it is possible you have developed a memory leak.

Even if you have not changed anything on this puter, your equip can degrade and or fail, if a memory cad goes down you will experience issues of lag or when your computer is maxing its resources.

Korinne · Posted: Tue Sep 20, 2005 4:40 am Post subject:

Ok well I have discovered what is wrong with my computer. I have not one...not two...but LOTS of viruses...and even running Norton ...they aren't detected. Norton removed 2 suspicious files day before yesterday but apparently that only made things worse. I don't have a copy of my operating system because when I had my computer repaired...by boss took it upon himself to put Win 2k on there (which works well ......but.....). At this point I don't have any alternative but to wait and save up some money to 1. buy a new computer (which I need badly anyways) or 2. repair the one I have (which may or may NOT be less expensive). Sunday I was able to play but I guess that took whatever was left of my computer's little brain. Yesterday, she gave up the ghost. I can still save my data and everything but she randomly reboots, has this irritating pop up saying something about ordinal 968 cannot be found in LIBEAY32.dll and such. It's rather annoying. I am going to be backing up my personal files and such and pray they aren't full of viruses too.

I will attempt to load EQ on my work laptop but I am going to have to delete some files first. So as much as I hate it....don't expect me to be online for a week at the least.

/hugs to you all

See you soon!
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Endiment · Posted: Tue Sep 20, 2005 7:38 am Post subject:

Auldaen · Squad Leader Joined: Jun 04, 2005 Posts: 215

My wife's laptop was severely infected with spyware and viruses, to the point where pop ups and redirects were not able to let her use the computer. I Downloaded Spybot search & Destroy, a program that removes and fixes alot of the known spyware and viruses. you can download it here:
http://www.safer-networking.org/en/index.html

You need to download and install the software, run an update for new defenitions, then run it 1-4 times rebooting between runs. It should clear up 90% of the issues, you can give it a try if you can stay up long enough to download and run the program. It may help - best of all it is free- cept for the time you take doing it.

Good Luck

-Auldaen

Shieara · After Hours Member Joined: Mar 27, 2004 Posts: 2020

Kor if you can't download it on your home PC you may be able to burn it on a disk at work...assuming you have a CD burner. The virus scan I mean.

As far as Win2k goes, I don't have a copy of that OS or I would send you a disk you can work from. If anyone does and is comfortable with making a copy, I'd gladly pay shipping fees for the CD to get it to Kor. I always heard that OS sucked so...I stuck with Win98 until XP was released.

Shatiba · Posted: Tue Sep 20, 2005 1:37 pm Post subject:

I can send a copy of W2K to you Korinne. PM me with address.

I use McAfee and AVG for virus detection and removal. McAfee 9.0 is $13.95 on zipzoomfly, and AVG is free at http://www.grisoft.com/doc/71/lng/us/tpl/tpl01

For Adware/Spyware, I use Ad-Aware (free at http://www.download.com/Ad-Aware-SE-Personal-Edition/3000-8022_4-10045910.html?part=dl-ad-aware&subj=dl&tag=top5) and MS AntiSpyware http://www.microsoft.com/athome/security/spyware/software/default.mspx

Both Adware programs are free and updated regularly.

- Shatiba

Korinne · Posted: Tue Sep 20, 2005 5:18 pm Post subject:

I ran adaware a million times...it didn't help ......I did a complete virus scan of my computer with Norton as well.

I know I have viruses because I looked at my startup and did some research and found so many files that were known to be left by trojans and worms I felt like I was in a zoo.

Seems however, that a friend worked on my computer and he says that it is functioning...we will see when I get home.

Shieara ...I love you but you aren't allowed to pay for the shipping! /smooches
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Culdahl · Posted: Wed Sep 21, 2005 10:43 am Post subject:

Korinne · Posted: Wed Sep 21, 2005 10:51 am Post subject:

Well that would be an option if there weren't at least 30 of them in my startup ....they are just reinstalling themselves and its quite annoying.

For some reason...MSCONFIG is disabled now =/ I am sure that one of these bugs did that too.

My computer is mostly functional for now after my friend worked on it but some things are just not "right". For now I will deal with it until I can get the money to buy XP and just format and reinstall /rude Norton.

I used to work for a computer repair place...and I have seen spyware do its worst....this is a prime example of an innocent bystander getting reamed Sad

I don't do much on my computer except read the boards and play neopets and uhhh EQ.

Hopefully I will see you guys tonight
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It takes talent to lose oneself. Now where was I?

Korinne Neverfound, Lost Druid of Norrath

Culdahl · Posted: Wed Sep 21, 2005 10:58 am Post subject:

Endiment · Posted: Wed Sep 21, 2005 11:06 am Post subject:

Vaimpir · Posted: Wed Sep 21, 2005 2:00 pm Post subject:

Kori, I once had a particularly foul piece of adware/malware that would automatically shutdown task manager as soon as it popped up. It would shutdown AdAware and Norton/McAfee also. My solution was to rename taskman.exe to taskman2.exe. It was looking for taskman.exe and not the other. So, I was able to run task manager, find the despicable processes, shut them down, and then run the software I needed to remove all the crap. All in all, I think it took about 6 hours for me to figure out how to get the processes stopped and clean my system. Afterwards, my (10 years old at the time) step-daughter and I had a little talk about "responsible surfing". To this day, she asks permission before installing anything.
Anyway, I'm not sure if it will work or not, but you could locate and rename msconfig.exe and see if that works. Good luck and we hope to see you soon.

Vaimpir Niteblade