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jeffl
Supporter
Username: Jeffl
Post Number: 1433
Registered: 8-2001
| | Posted on Friday, November 25, 2005 - 9:33 am: |     |
1. MS Explorer is suddenly sluggish on my PC but Mozilla is working fine. Any suggestions?
2. It seems like ever printer I buy craps out within a year. I need color. Don't need scanner/copier. Anyone in love with their printer? |
Case
Citizen
Username: Case
Post Number: 769
Registered: 2-2005
| | Posted on Friday, November 25, 2005 - 10:22 am: | |
The only thing I can suggest is the following (for item 1)
1. Tools/Internet Options - delete cookies, delete files (select 'delete all offline content').
2. Run Spybot S&D
3. Run AdAware
4. Run Cleanup
URLS are for the last three items... these are shareware, but I typically suggest a small donation ($5?) because the stuff is so darn useful - its up to you, of course.
http://www.safer-networking.org/
http://www.lavasoftusa.com/software/adaware/
http://www.stevengould.org/software/cleanup/
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jeffl
Supporter
Username: Jeffl
Post Number: 1434
Registered: 8-2001
| | Posted on Friday, November 25, 2005 - 11:48 am: | |
Thanks. I did all of that and still, pages won't load on MS Explorer and they will load on Mozilla. I'll let you know if I figure it out. |
Case
Citizen
Username: Case
Post Number: 776
Registered: 2-2005
| | Posted on Friday, November 25, 2005 - 11:59 am: | |
hmmm. I'd like to see this, actually, but in the meantime try this:
http://www.majorgeeks.com/download3155.html
Go ahead and load it, run the scan... but please do NOT make any registry changes. Send me the log, please.
Incidentally, can you tell me what pages you're having problems with? Maybe its some oddball java or activex problem....
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jeffl
Supporter
Username: Jeffl
Post Number: 1436
Registered: 8-2001
| | Posted on Friday, November 25, 2005 - 12:17 pm: | |
Does this mean anything to you? |
Case
Citizen
Username: Case
Post Number: 778
Registered: 2-2005
| | Posted on Friday, November 25, 2005 - 12:41 pm: | |
Yeah, there are a few questionable items on the list. I need some time to look them up, I'll PM you when I'm done.
If you can give me the URLs that you're having trouble with, that would be useful. |
Tom Reingold
Supporter
Username: Noglider
Post Number: 10958
Registered: 1-2003
| | Posted on Friday, November 25, 2005 - 12:48 pm: | |
I agree with Case's suggestions to see if you can find malware on your computer, but I still have to ask, Why bother with IE? I very rarely need it. I use Opera most of the time and Mozilla Firefox for the rest.
The color inkjet printer market is much too price-driven. This has squeezed out durable printers. Laser printers are more likely to last longer, and they are probably cheaper per page to use, but of course, they cost more to purchase. Sorry, I can't recommend a specific model. I have found the folks at J&R Music Word (http://www.jr.com) to be honest and helpful. Perhaps someone there can steer you helpfully in selecting a durable printer. Or you could just consider them to be disposable items, as lamentable as that sounds.
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jeffl
Supporter
Username: Jeffl
Post Number: 1437
Registered: 8-2001
| | Posted on Friday, November 25, 2005 - 4:29 pm: | |
Holy crap. The problems have disappeared. I wasn't able to load this board or St. Louis Cardinals Talk on IE but could on Mozilla. Now I can. Not sure which thing did it but I seem to be fine now.
I really appreciate all of you being so generous with your time, expertise, and effort. Case, I'd still love to hear what you think I should do but please don't put yourself out any more than you already have.
And, once again, apologies for the double post. I just didn't know if anyone really looked at this part of the site. Now I know.
Happy holidays.
Jeff |
Tom Reingold
Supporter
Username: Noglider
Post Number: 10972
Registered: 1-2003
| | Posted on Friday, November 25, 2005 - 4:33 pm: | |
My MOL profile has MOL emailing me every message to the technology section, so if I can help, I usually do so quickly.
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jeffl
Supporter
Username: Jeffl
Post Number: 1439
Registered: 8-2001
| | Posted on Friday, November 25, 2005 - 4:54 pm: | |
Thanks again Tom and Case. |
Case
Citizen
Username: Case
Post Number: 784
Registered: 2-2005
| | Posted on Friday, November 25, 2005 - 7:55 pm: | |
The routine I sent you isn't a bad thing to run on at least a monthly basis. I'll PM you with some of the potentially troublesome items from your log - glad to see things have cleared up a bit! |
Case
Citizen
Username: Case
Post Number: 812
Registered: 2-2005
| | Posted on Sunday, November 27, 2005 - 10:55 am: | |
I'd get rid of this for sure:
O16 - DPF: {3A7FE611-1994-4EF1-A09F-99456752289D} - http://install.wildtangent.com/ActiveLauncher/ActiveLauncher.cab
I hate wild tangent. Hate, hate hate.
Run Hijack This!, click the box for the item I gave you, and then hit "fix". Try to resist the urge to experiment with Hijack This, though - exciting results can occur.
Everything else seems fairly benign.
I know you have probably heard this before, but if you're not using AOL for dial-up service, chances are excellent that you don't really need it at all. If you have DSL or Cable service, you can get an email address from them... or yahoo, gmail, etc.
Just a thought. |
jeffl
Supporter
Username: Jeffl
Post Number: 1441
Registered: 8-2001
| | Posted on Monday, November 28, 2005 - 3:36 pm: | |
Thanks again Case. You're preaching to the choir about AOL. My daughter likes it. She rules. |
sbenois
Supporter
Username: Sbenois
Post Number: 14254
Registered: 10-2001
| | Posted on Monday, November 28, 2005 - 7:08 pm: | |
I have Hijackthis running at startup every time I boot. It's a great tool - if you set the parameters right and get a clean baseline, it will pop up with a dialog any time something is added to the registry or the operating system.
Unless I installed whatever new additions it finds, it gets nuked from safemode. |
Case
Citizen
Username: Case
Post Number: 824
Registered: 2-2005
| | Posted on Tuesday, November 29, 2005 - 9:50 am: | |
Yeah, I'm happy to have found HT. Spybot can also be set to alert you (real time) to registry changes... I think its called "tea timer" or something odd like that.
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