Re: [PCWorks] Problems listening to music files (Was: need help with my computer)
- From: "Clint Hamilton-PCWorks Admin" <PCWorks@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <pcworks@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Fri, 28 Nov 2008 20:32:27 -0600
Welcome to the list Janelle. Please be sure and create
appropriate descriptive subject lines in original posts. I've
changed this one.
First off, System Restore isn't going to fix a lot of malware
problems. There are viruses/worms than reside in the System
Restore files, only to show up again. It should be turned OFF,
so all its files are deleted, then the malware fixed, then
enable it again. Better yet, it should be disabled and ERUNT
used for the System Restore.
http://www.larshederer.homepage.t-online.de/erunt/ For more
info on it, search the archives for ERUNT (link in the footer).
That will fix your system restore problems.
Disable automatic updates. It's just a matter of time before
one of them ruins your PC (some update could be the cause of
one or more of your problems). I always post Secunia security
updates to the list
http://secunia.com/advisories/secunia_security_advisories/ so
that's one way of learning about important patches/updates, and
you should go to the Windows Update site yourself every so
often, go to the Custom area (NOT Express) and just read about
the updates to see if you even need them.
For the file playing problem, go to Start > Programs > Admin
Tools > Event Viewer, or just paste: eventvwr.msc at the Run
command. Duplicate the errors again, double-click
"Application" then find the corresponding "Error" (look at the
times to find the appropriate one) and double-click it and
copy/paste* that into your reply. If there's more than one
Error that lists different info for the crash or error, do this
with each one. *You have to highlight the text, then ctrl+C,
then paste that into your reply.
I can't make out from your post if this is all the same audio
file problem or there's more than one problem, so you may want
to clarify that. (I created paragraphs 2 & 3 in your post to
clarify). If they are different, then you need to start a new
post for #3.
-Clint
Happy Thanksgiving to all and God Bless
Clint Hamilton, Owner
http://www.OrpheusComputing.com
http://www.ComputersCustomBuilt.com
----- Original Message -----
From: "Janelle Vacanti"
Hi All,
Back in April of this year, my computer got infected with
vyruses and my dad did a System Restore and fixed the problem.
Then in June of this year I think, my computer wouldn't do a
System Restore. So, I had my dad reformat my hard drive for me
in I think September of this year and even after that it still
wouldn't do it. So, yesterday, I turned off System Restore on
all drives and rebooted then turned it back on again. Then, it
finally did a system restore. Then, today, I tried to do
another System Restore and now my computer doesn't do them
anymore. When I first got my computer back in April of 2006, it
used to do automatic updates. Now it won't do them anymore.
Also, when I try and listen to a song on youtube, my computer
usually starts to play them, but then stops and Internet
Explorer creates an error report which I don't send.
When I try to listen to a song on myspace on some of the
myspaces my computer no longer plays the song. In Windows Media
Player, when I click on a link to listen to a file, I now have
to wait for the file to download before I can listen, rather
than having it just open up in Windows Media Player like my
computer used to do.
This is the Desktop I am talking about. However, the Laptop
works in just the opposite way. Except for the part about
System Restore which I don't know about because I have never
tried it on the Laptop. Is there anything any of you can tell
me that might help me get my Desktop running just like the
Laptop does?
Any help would be greatly appreciated.
Sincerely,
Janelle
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