From Engineman1 at aol.com Mon Apr 6 15:31:25 2009 From: Engineman1 at aol.com (Engineman1 at aol.com) Date: Mon, 6 Apr 2009 15:31:25 EDT Subject: TSGL: Fwd: toolbar Message-ID: I have Win XP - SP2. Somewhere along the line I must have clicked the wrong place, now my toolbar has 2 tiers. I have tried everything I could think of but nothing helps, I cant get it back to 1. My toolbar is twice as high as it should be. When I click on the corner (or anywhere on the top) a double headed arrrow appears but it doesn't help. I can either drop it out of sight or use it in its present height. Engineman I would like to have the extra space back. Ideas? Engineman ____________________________________ _New Low Prices on Dell Laptops - Starting at $399_ (http://pr.atwola.com/promoclk/100126575x1220433304x1201394525/aol?redir=http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk; 213540718;35046385;e) **************A Good Credit Score is 700 or Above. See yours in just 2 easy steps! (http://pr.atwola.com/promoclk/100126575x1221621488x1201450096/aol?redir=http:%2F%2Fwww.freecreditreport.com%2Fpm%2Fdefault.aspx%3Fsc%3D668072%26hmpgID %3D62%26bcd%3DAprilfooterNO62) From jonpan at onlinehome.de Mon Apr 6 15:49:46 2009 From: jonpan at onlinehome.de (Jon) Date: Mon, 6 Apr 2009 21:49:46 +0200 Subject: TSGL: Fwd: toolbar References: Message-ID: <0BD6C95DFA4642A28E078C32B99FB787@johnsp2> Meaning taskbar with quick launch toolbar and system tray? Since the 2x-arrow appears, the taskbar can't be locked, so holding the left mouse button when the 2x-arrow appears over the top line of the taskbar and dragging down should (!) move you back to one tier. If it doesn't, it may at least move you to tears... Good luck, John Od/G ----- Original Message ----- From: Engineman1 at aol.com To: List at tsgserver.com Sent: Monday, April 06, 2009 9:31 PM Subject: TSGL: Fwd: toolbar I have Win XP - SP2. Somewhere along the line I must have clicked the wrong place, now my toolbar has 2 tiers. I have tried everything I could think of but nothing helps, I cant get it back to 1. My toolbar is twice as high as it should be. When I click on the corner (or anywhere on the top) a double headed arrrow appears but it doesn't help. I can either drop it out of sight or use it in its present height. Engineman I would like to have the extra space back. Ideas? Engineman ____________________________________ _New Low Prices on Dell Laptops - Starting at $399_ (http://pr.atwola.com/promoclk/100126575x1220433304x1201394525/aol?redir=http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk; 213540718;35046385;e) **************A Good Credit Score is 700 or Above. See yours in just 2 easy steps! (http://pr.atwola.com/promoclk/100126575x1221621488x1201450096/aol?redir=http:%2F%2Fwww.freecreditreport.com%2Fpm%2Fdefault.aspx%3Fsc%3D668072%26hmpgID %3D62%26bcd%3DAprilfooterNO62) -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- _______________________________________________ Tech Support Guy Mailing List http://www.tsgserver.com/list/ From hdavis1 at gmail.com Mon Apr 6 15:51:34 2009 From: hdavis1 at gmail.com (H Davis) Date: Mon, 06 Apr 2009 15:51:34 -0400 Subject: TSGL: Fwd: toolbar In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <49DA5D46.10707@gmail.com> Hi Engineman, By toolbar do you mean the taskbar at the bottom of the screen? If so, right click on a blank area of the taskbar then click to unlock the taskbar. Drag the top down until it's only 1 level high; you might have to close some windows to remove some of the tasks from the taskbar. When it is again only 1 level high, right click on a blank area again and lock the taskbar. If you see the double arrow, it's probably not locked so something like excess icons in the taskbar area, the quick launch area or the system tray area are forcing it to double height. H Davis Engineman1 at aol.com wrote: > I have Win XP - SP2. > > Somewhere along the line I must have clicked the wrong place, now my toolbar > has 2 tiers. > I have tried everything I could think of but nothing helps, I cant get it > back to 1. > > > My toolbar is twice as high as it should be. > > When I click on the corner (or anywhere on the top) a double headed arrrow > appears but it doesn't help. > > I can either drop it out of sight or use it in its present height. > Engineman > > > I would like to have the extra space back. > Ideas? > Engineman > > > ____________________________________ > _New Low Prices on Dell Laptops - Starting at $399_ > (http://pr.atwola.com/promoclk/100126575x1220433304x1201394525/aol?redir=http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk; > 213540718;35046385;e) > > > **************A Good Credit Score is 700 or Above. See yours in just 2 easy > steps! > (http://pr.atwola.com/promoclk/100126575x1221621488x1201450096/aol?redir=http:%2F%2Fwww.freecreditreport.com%2Fpm%2Fdefault.aspx%3Fsc%3D668072%26hmpgID > %3D62%26bcd%3DAprilfooterNO62) > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > _______________________________________________ > Tech Support Guy Mailing List > http://www.tsgserver.com/list/ > -- H Davis hdavis1 at gmail.com From bo.maurin at ericsson.com Tue Apr 7 06:33:34 2009 From: bo.maurin at ericsson.com (Bo Maurin) Date: Tue, 7 Apr 2009 12:33:34 +0200 Subject: TSGL: Memory management in Vista In-Reply-To: <49DA5D46.10707@gmail.com> References: <49DA5D46.10707@gmail.com> Message-ID: <314AF86E2FDEB9458540143E41EED8CECEEC11@esealmw103.eemea.ericsson.se> I have in my system (Vista SP1), 4GB of RAM installed. Due to memory limitation in 32bit OS, the "4GB" maximum memory limit of 32-bit Windows is purely theoretical. In practice, the max memory is something significantly less, equal to 4GB minus your video card memory and the address space allocated to a couple other hardware resourcse. Typically, the realistic maximum memory is somewhere around 3,0 - 3,5 GB My video card today uses 640MB. I plan to upgrade to a new one and some of the more high end options uses 1GB or more. In my mind then, if I upgrade to a video card with 1GB, then the remaining memory which can be allocated to the OS is less then before. In fact, it will be 360MB less (1000-640). So in theory, I would after the upgrade get less performance in my system with the only exception when I play games where the new video card can show its power. Is that how it works or is Vista smart enough to only use the Video card memory as it is needed at any given moment? Regards / Bo From jonpan at onlinehome.de Tue Apr 7 06:42:37 2009 From: jonpan at onlinehome.de (Jon) Date: Tue, 7 Apr 2009 12:42:37 +0200 Subject: TSGL: Memory management in Vista References: <49DA5D46.10707@gmail.com> <314AF86E2FDEB9458540143E41EED8CECEEC11@esealmw103.eemea.ericsson.se> Message-ID: Don't know, Bo, but I'd take a bet you won't notice any difference! John Od/G ----- Original Message ----- From: Bo Maurin To: Tech Support Guy Mailing List Sent: Tuesday, April 07, 2009 12:33 PM Subject: TSGL: Memory management in Vista I have in my system (Vista SP1), 4GB of RAM installed. Due to memory limitation in 32bit OS, the "4GB" maximum memory limit of 32-bit Windows is purely theoretical. In practice, the max memory is something significantly less, equal to 4GB minus your video card memory and the address space allocated to a couple other hardware resourcse. Typically, the realistic maximum memory is somewhere around 3,0 - 3,5 GB My video card today uses 640MB. I plan to upgrade to a new one and some of the more high end options uses 1GB or more. In my mind then, if I upgrade to a video card with 1GB, then the remaining memory which can be allocated to the OS is less then before. In fact, it will be 360MB less (1000-640). So in theory, I would after the upgrade get less performance in my system with the only exception when I play games where the new video card can show its power. Is that how it works or is Vista smart enough to only use the Video card memory as it is needed at any given moment? Regards / Bo _______________________________________________ Tech Support Guy Mailing List http://www.tsgserver.com/list/ From ian at iarp.ca Tue Apr 7 11:59:12 2009 From: ian at iarp.ca (Ian Ramsey-Planck) Date: Tue, 7 Apr 2009 11:59:12 -0400 Subject: TSGL: Memory management in Vista In-Reply-To: <314AF86E2FDEB9458540143E41EED8CECEEC11@esealmw103.eemea.ericsson.se> References: <49DA5D46.10707@gmail.com> <314AF86E2FDEB9458540143E41EED8CECEEC11@esealmw103.eemea.ericsson.se> Message-ID: The 1GB on the video card is dedicated to the video card only. Nothing else can use that 1GB and anything processed by video will always use the 1GB(plus rendering the video itself on that graphics card with its own processor). Never buy shared memory video cards there a waste of money IMO. Aside from that, all high end graphics cards have dedicated memory. Normal operations won't change, gaming will as long as your main CPU can handle processing the game data from the harddrive. And the most 32bit OS can use is 3.0GB (at least to the best of my knowledge) On Tue, Apr 7, 2009 at 6:33 AM, Bo Maurin wrote: > I have in my system (Vista SP1), 4GB of RAM installed. Due to memory > limitation in 32bit OS, the "4GB" maximum memory limit of 32-bit Windows > is purely theoretical. In practice, the max memory is something > significantly less, equal to 4GB minus your video card memory and the > address space allocated to a couple other hardware resourcse. Typically, > the realistic maximum memory is somewhere around 3,0 - 3,5 GB > > My video card today uses 640MB. I plan to upgrade to a new one and some > of the more high end options uses 1GB or more. In my mind then, if I > upgrade to a video card with 1GB, then the remaining memory which can be > allocated to the OS is less then before. In fact, it will be 360MB less > (1000-640). So in theory, I would after the upgrade get less performance > in my system with the only exception when I play games where the new > video card can show its power. > > Is that how it works or is Vista smart enough to only use the Video card > memory as it is needed at any given moment? > > Regards / Bo > > _______________________________________________ > Tech Support Guy Mailing List > http://www.tsgserver.com/list/ > -- Thanks Ian R-P From deepend at tpg.com.au Thu Apr 9 08:43:49 2009 From: deepend at tpg.com.au (Don Penlington) Date: Thu, 09 Apr 2009 22:43:49 +1000 Subject: TSGL: MP3 player not seen Message-ID: <4.3.2.20090409224245.00c55cd0@mail.tpg.com.au> I have a Sansa Mp3 player. It connects to my computer (XP Pro) via USB. It was working fine last time I connected it 2 months ago to transfer some music files to it. Now, it does not appear in My Computer so I can't open it. Device Manager identifies the Sansa under "Windows Portable Devices" and indicates that the device is working. The Sansa lights up when plugged into the computer. In Control Panel there is an entry "Portable Media Devices". When I open that, it is empty. I have rebooted, and unplugged and replugged the USB connection. Tried different USB ports. No difference. I have looked thru BIOS settings, but do not see Sansa or any USB device settings anywhere. I have switched the USB ports between my USB printer and the Sansa---both ports see the printer OK, so I assume the USB ports are functional. What has happened to my poor little Sansa? It lights up when plugged into the computer, so I assume the connection is working. Don Penlington From the Beach at Surfers Paradise in sunny Queensland. Computer tutorials, local scenery, and other things at my website: http://users.tpg.com.au/deepend/index1.html From nature-coast at earthlink.net Thu Apr 9 10:21:13 2009 From: nature-coast at earthlink.net (Cyndi) Date: Thu, 09 Apr 2009 10:21:13 -0400 Subject: TSGL: Sun Java JRE 1.5.x / 5.x. In-Reply-To: <4.3.2.20090409224245.00c55cd0@mail.tpg.com.au> References: <4.3.2.20090409224245.00c55cd0@mail.tpg.com.au> Message-ID: <49DE0459.5070706@earthlink.net> Hi again, I am having one heck of a time upgrading Sun Java JRE 1.5.x / 5.x. My security program says it is a security threat until it is updated. I finally thought I'd delete Java and re-install it but it is not in my add and remove programs. I did a search and that came up with nothing. I wrote to the company and they said to check the forums...HUH? I had already done, but what an answer! Thanks for any assistance, Cyndi From csmdcs at gmail.com Thu Apr 9 10:43:04 2009 From: csmdcs at gmail.com (Don Searles) Date: Thu, 9 Apr 2009 09:43:04 -0500 Subject: TSGL: Sun Java JRE 1.5.x / 5.x. In-Reply-To: <49DE0459.5070706@earthlink.net> References: <4.3.2.20090409224245.00c55cd0@mail.tpg.com.au> <49DE0459.5070706@earthlink.net> Message-ID: Cyndi, Go here http://www.java.com/en/download/index.jsp to download the latest "Version 6 Update 13" . Then go here http://www.ghacks.net/tag/java-ra/ to download and then run Java Ra, that should eliminate your problem. Don. ----- Original Message ----- From: Cyndi To: Tech Support Guy Mailing List Sent: Thursday, April 09, 2009 9:21 AM Subject: TSGL: Sun Java JRE 1.5.x / 5.x. Hi again, I am having one heck of a time upgrading Sun Java JRE 1.5.x / 5.x. My security program says it is a security threat until it is updated. I finally thought I'd delete Java and re-install it but it is not in my add and remove programs. I did a search and that came up with nothing. I wrote to the company and they said to check the forums...HUH? I had already done, but what an answer! Thanks for any assistance, Cyndi _______________________________________________ Tech Support Guy Mailing List http://www.tsgserver.com/list/ From nature-coast at earthlink.net Thu Apr 9 11:07:10 2009 From: nature-coast at earthlink.net (Cyndi) Date: Thu, 09 Apr 2009 11:07:10 -0400 Subject: TSGL: Sun Java JRE 1.5.x / 5.x. In-Reply-To: References: <4.3.2.20090409224245.00c55cd0@mail.tpg.com.au> <49DE0459.5070706@earthlink.net> Message-ID: <49DE0F1E.6070903@earthlink.net> Thank you, Don!!!!!!!!!!!!!! This 'did the trick'! My security program (Secunia PSI) is now running clean again! ~`Cyndi`~ You cannot do a kindness too soon, for you never know how soon it will be too late. Don Searles wrote: > Cyndi, > > Go here http://www.java.com/en/download/index.jsp to download the latest "Version 6 Update 13" . Then go here http://www.ghacks.net/tag/java-ra/ to download and then run Java Ra, that should eliminate your problem. > > Don. > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: Cyndi > To: Tech Support Guy Mailing List > Sent: Thursday, April 09, 2009 9:21 AM > Subject: TSGL: Sun Java JRE 1.5.x / 5.x. > > > Hi again, > I am having one heck of a time upgrading Sun Java JRE 1.5.x / 5.x. My > security program says it is a security threat until it is updated. I > finally thought I'd delete Java and re-install it but it is not in my > add and remove programs. I did a search and that came up with nothing. > I wrote to the company and they said to check the forums...HUH? I had > already done, but what an answer! > Thanks for any assistance, > Cyndi > > _______________________________________________ > Tech Support Guy Mailing List > http://www.tsgserver.com/list/ > _______________________________________________ > Tech Support Guy Mailing List > http://www.tsgserver.com/list/ > > From leebunyard at comcast.net Thu Apr 9 14:54:47 2009 From: leebunyard at comcast.net (Lee Bunyard) Date: Thu, 09 Apr 2009 11:54:47 -0700 Subject: TSGL: Sun Java JRE 1.5.x / 5.x. In-Reply-To: <49DE0F1E.6070903@earthlink.net> References: <4.3.2.20090409224245.00c55cd0@mail.tpg.com.au> <49DE0459.5070706@earthlink.net> <49DE0F1E.6070903@earthlink.net> Message-ID: <49DE4477.3060304@comcast.net> Glad to hear that worked, Cyndi. Maybe I'll try it myself. I screwed up my desktop pc several months ago after I ran Secunia PSI and it identified an urgent update needed for Java JRE. The update didn't install properly for some reason and after several attempts, I uninstalled Java JRE and tried to download it again. It still wouldn't reinstall properly. Then I discovered that the uninstall process using the Control Panel didn't uninstall all the Java components so I went in and did a file search to find the additional Java files and manually deleted them. I evidently screwed up something in the Registry with all my monkeying around. I never did get Java to reinstall properly and then found out that whatever I had done had also screwed up my Firefox browser. I haven't been able to get Firefox to work properly ever since. I've tried uninstalling and reinstalling Firefox and it still won't work right. When I click the Firefox icon to try and bring Firefox up, it starts to open the homepage but then Firefox abruptly just shuts down. So I've been forced to use the MSIE browser, which works OK. The crazy thing is that when I try to run the Secunia PSI webpage using MSIE, it starts to go to the page, then MSIE also abruptly shuts down just like Firefox. MSIE works fine on everything else. So I think the problem is connected somehow with missing pieces of Java JRE. I still haven't figured out what's wrong but I think I will try the fix Don Searles suggests and see what happens. Lee in the Mountains of Northern California Cyndi wrote: > Thank you, Don!!!!!!!!!!!!!! > This 'did the trick'! > My security program (Secunia PSI) is now running clean again! > > ~`Cyndi`~ > You cannot do a kindness too soon, for you never know how soon it will > be too late. > > > > Don Searles wrote: >> Cyndi, >> >> Go here http://www.java.com/en/download/index.jsp to download the >> latest "Version 6 Update 13" . Then go here >> http://www.ghacks.net/tag/java-ra/ to download and then run Java Ra, >> that should eliminate your problem. >> >> Don. >> >> >> ----- Original Message ----- From: Cyndi To: Tech Support Guy Mailing >> List Sent: Thursday, April 09, 2009 9:21 AM >> Subject: TSGL: Sun Java JRE 1.5.x / 5.x. >> >> >> Hi again, >> I am having one heck of a time upgrading Sun Java JRE 1.5.x / 5.x. >> My security program says it is a security threat until it is >> updated. I finally thought I'd delete Java and re-install it but it >> is not in my add and remove programs. I did a search and that came >> up with nothing. I wrote to the company and they said to check the >> forums...HUH? I had already done, but what an answer! >> Thanks for any assistance, >> Cyndi >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Tech Support Guy Mailing List >> http://www.tsgserver.com/list/ >> _______________________________________________ >> Tech Support Guy Mailing List >> http://www.tsgserver.com/list/ >> >> > _______________________________________________ > Tech Support Guy Mailing List > http://www.tsgserver.com/list/ > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > > No virus found in this incoming message. > Checked by AVG - www.avg.com > Version: 8.0.238 / Virus Database: 270.11.47/2047 - Release Date: 04/08/09 05:53:00 > > From nature-coast at earthlink.net Thu Apr 9 15:07:11 2009 From: nature-coast at earthlink.net (Cyndi) Date: Thu, 09 Apr 2009 15:07:11 -0400 Subject: TSGL: Sun Java JRE 1.5.x / 5.x. In-Reply-To: <49DE4477.3060304@comcast.net> References: <4.3.2.20090409224245.00c55cd0@mail.tpg.com.au> <49DE0459.5070706@earthlink.net> <49DE0F1E.6070903@earthlink.net> <49DE4477.3060304@comcast.net> Message-ID: <49DE475F.6080207@earthlink.net> Hi Lee, Customer support finally got back to me with a solution, too...just in case what Don suggested doesn't work for you. It did for me, so I didn't have to try the CS solution. Thank you for your email. Please try running the testvm application from: http://java.com/en/download/help/testvm.xml to see if your Java Runtime Environment (JRE) is installed properly. If the test is unable to find a problem, please try uninstalling the JRE on your system (instructions can be found at http://java.com/en/download/help/5000010800.xml ) and then reinstall JRE from: http://java.com/en/ . ~`Cyndi`~ You cannot do a kindness too soon, for you never know how soon it will be too late. Lee Bunyard wrote: > Glad to hear that worked, Cyndi. Maybe I'll try it myself. I screwed > up my desktop pc several months ago after I ran Secunia PSI and it > identified an urgent update needed for Java JRE. The update didn't > install properly for some reason and after several attempts, I > uninstalled Java JRE and tried to download it again. It still > wouldn't reinstall properly. Then I discovered that the uninstall > process using the Control Panel didn't uninstall all the Java > components so I went in and did a file search to find the additional > Java files and manually deleted them. I evidently screwed up > something in the Registry with all my monkeying around. I never did > get Java to reinstall properly and then found out that whatever I had > done had also screwed up my Firefox browser. I haven't been able to > get Firefox to work properly ever since. I've tried uninstalling and > reinstalling Firefox and it still won't work right. When I click the > Firefox icon to try and bring Firefox up, it starts to open the > homepage but then Firefox abruptly just shuts down. So I've been > forced to use the MSIE browser, which works OK. The crazy thing is > that when I try to run the Secunia PSI webpage using MSIE, it starts > to go to the page, then MSIE also abruptly shuts down just like > Firefox. MSIE works fine on everything else. So I think the problem > is connected somehow with missing pieces of Java JRE. > I still haven't figured out what's wrong but I think I will try the > fix Don Searles suggests and see what happens. > Lee in the Mountains of Northern California > > Cyndi wrote: >> Thank you, Don!!!!!!!!!!!!!! >> This 'did the trick'! >> My security program (Secunia PSI) is now running clean again! >> >> ~`Cyndi`~ >> You cannot do a kindness too soon, for you never know how soon it >> will be too late. >> >> >> >> Don Searles wrote: >>> Cyndi, >>> >>> Go here http://www.java.com/en/download/index.jsp to download the >>> latest "Version 6 Update 13" . Then go here >>> http://www.ghacks.net/tag/java-ra/ to download and then run Java Ra, >>> that should eliminate your problem. >>> >>> Don. >>> >>> >>> ----- Original Message ----- From: Cyndi To: Tech Support Guy >>> Mailing List Sent: Thursday, April 09, 2009 9:21 AM >>> Subject: TSGL: Sun Java JRE 1.5.x / 5.x. >>> >>> >>> Hi again, >>> I am having one heck of a time upgrading Sun Java JRE 1.5.x / >>> 5.x. My security program says it is a security threat until it is >>> updated. I finally thought I'd delete Java and re-install it but >>> it is not in my add and remove programs. I did a search and that >>> came up with nothing. I wrote to the company and they said to check >>> the forums...HUH? I had already done, but what an answer! >>> Thanks for any assistance, >>> Cyndi >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> Tech Support Guy Mailing List >>> http://www.tsgserver.com/list/ >>> _______________________________________________ >>> Tech Support Guy Mailing List >>> http://www.tsgserver.com/list/ >>> >>> >> _______________________________________________ >> Tech Support Guy Mailing List >> http://www.tsgserver.com/list/ >> ------------------------------------------------------------------------ >> >> >> No virus found in this incoming message. >> Checked by AVG - www.avg.com Version: 8.0.238 / Virus Database: >> 270.11.47/2047 - Release Date: 04/08/09 05:53:00 >> >> > _______________________________________________ > Tech Support Guy Mailing List > http://www.tsgserver.com/list/ > From hdavis1 at gmail.com Fri Apr 10 12:24:37 2009 From: hdavis1 at gmail.com (H Davis) Date: Fri, 10 Apr 2009 12:24:37 -0400 Subject: TSGL: MP3 player not seen In-Reply-To: <4.3.2.20090409224245.00c55cd0@mail.tpg.com.au> References: <4.3.2.20090409224245.00c55cd0@mail.tpg.com.au> Message-ID: <49DF72C5.6030606@gmail.com> Don, You didn't say which Sansa you have. I have a Sansa m200 and I've had this problem. Disconnect the Sansa from the computer then navigate through the Sansa menus to Settings, USB and set this to Auto. For the other mode, MSC, my manual says "Use mass storage class mode (can be useful for older computers)". HTH H Davis Don Penlington wrote: > I have a Sansa Mp3 player. > > It connects to my computer (XP Pro) via USB. It was working fine last > time I connected it 2 months ago to transfer some music files to it. > > Now, it does not appear in My Computer so I can't open it. > > Device Manager identifies the Sansa under "Windows Portable Devices" > and indicates that the device is working. > > The Sansa lights up when plugged into the computer. > > In Control Panel there is an entry "Portable Media Devices". When I > open that, it is empty. > > I have rebooted, and unplugged and replugged the USB connection. Tried > different USB ports. No difference. > > I have looked thru BIOS settings, but do not see Sansa or any USB > device settings anywhere. > > I have switched the USB ports between my USB printer and the > Sansa---both ports see the printer OK, so I assume the USB ports are > functional. > > What has happened to my poor little Sansa? It lights up when plugged > into the computer, so I assume the connection is working. > > Don Penlington > > From the Beach at Surfers Paradise in sunny Queensland. > Computer tutorials, local scenery, and other things at my website: > http://users.tpg.com.au/deepend/index1.html > > > _______________________________________________ > Tech Support Guy Mailing List > http://www.tsgserver.com/list/ > -- H Davis hdavis1 at gmail.com From deepend at tpg.com.au Fri Apr 10 22:37:20 2009 From: deepend at tpg.com.au (Don Penlington) Date: Sat, 11 Apr 2009 12:37:20 +1000 Subject: TSGL: MP3 player not seen In-Reply-To: <49DF72C5.6030606@gmail.com> References: <4.3.2.20090409224245.00c55cd0@mail.tpg.com.au> <4.3.2.20090409224245.00c55cd0@mail.tpg.com.au> Message-ID: <4.3.2.20090411123529.00cbc908@mail.tpg.com.au> H Davis wrote: >navigate through the Sansa menus to Settings, USB and set this to Auto. >For the other mode, MSC, my manual says "Use mass storage class mode (can >be useful for older >computers)".>> Thank you. Mine's the 250 model. There's no auto setting for USB, but your second suggestion (Use MSC) seems to have worked. Don Penlington From anthony at shearmans.co.uk Tue Apr 14 11:14:05 2009 From: anthony at shearmans.co.uk (Anthony Shearman) Date: Tue, 14 Apr 2009 17:14:05 +0200 Subject: TSGL: .dat files Message-ID: <18030D5313C149C9988E613EA72CA336@ACERASPIRE> My wife receives e-mails from a friend containing jokes/caricatures with a .dat extension as an attachment, which she is unable to open. She has asked her friend to tell her which program opens these .dat files but her friend has no idea what she is talking about. Can anybody tell me what type of program opens these files? Many thanks Anthony From misterclever at hotmail.com Tue Apr 14 11:25:21 2009 From: misterclever at hotmail.com (Geoff Glave) Date: Tue, 14 Apr 2009 08:25:21 -0700 Subject: TSGL: .dat files In-Reply-To: <18030D5313C149C9988E613EA72CA336@ACERASPIRE> References: <18030D5313C149C9988E613EA72CA336@ACERASPIRE> Message-ID: It's a sender's problem: http://email.about.com/od/outlooktips/qt/et121705.htm ---------------------------------------- > From: anthony at shearmans.co.uk > To: list at tsgserver.com > Date: Tue, 14 Apr 2009 17:14:05 +0200 > Subject: TSGL: .dat files > > My wife receives e-mails from a friend containing jokes/caricatures with a > .dat extension as an attachment, which she is unable to open. She has asked > her friend to tell her which program opens these .dat files but her friend > has no idea what she is talking about. > > Can anybody tell me what type of program opens these files? > > Many thanks > Anthony > > _______________________________________________ > Tech Support Guy Mailing List > http://www.tsgserver.com/list/ _________________________________________________________________ Internet Explorer 8 helps keep your personal info safe. http://go.microsoft.com/?linkid=9655581 From csmdcs at gmail.com Tue Apr 14 11:42:40 2009 From: csmdcs at gmail.com (Don Searles) Date: Tue, 14 Apr 2009 10:42:40 -0500 Subject: TSGL: .dat files In-Reply-To: <18030D5313C149C9988E613EA72CA336@ACERASPIRE> References: <18030D5313C149C9988E613EA72CA336@ACERASPIRE> Message-ID: <41B73EA05C014432B749E5B9B26F1444@Don> Anthony, Those files are probably "Winmail.dat files". This site offers a detailed explanation and solution to her problem http://www.fileinfo.com/help/winmail-dat-files.html . Don. My wife receives e-mails from a friend containing jokes/caricatures with a .dat extension as an attachment, which she is unable to open. She has asked her friend to tell her which program opens these .dat files but her friend has no idea what she is talking about. Can anybody tell me what type of program opens these files? Many thanks Anthony From hdavis1 at gmail.com Tue Apr 14 14:48:46 2009 From: hdavis1 at gmail.com (H Davis) Date: Tue, 14 Apr 2009 14:48:46 -0400 Subject: TSGL: .dat files In-Reply-To: <41B73EA05C014432B749E5B9B26F1444@Don> References: <18030D5313C149C9988E613EA72CA336@ACERASPIRE> <41B73EA05C014432B749E5B9B26F1444@Don> Message-ID: <49E4DA8E.8000303@gmail.com> Just as a point of interest; there's a small, free, program called FileAlyzer, written by the same guy that wrote Spybot S&D, that allow you to get a look at some of these obscure file types. FileAlyzer adds a context menu entry that allows you to select a file then right click and select "Analyze with FileAlyzer". This shows a lot of stuff about the file, the most useful of which are a hex dump and a text preview which will show any text snippets embedded in a largely binary file. I find it useful when I'm trying to determine if some orphan file is related to something else. I can often find enough clues to let me make a knowledgeable decision. Just another tool for your bottomless tool boxes. H Davis Don Searles wrote: > Anthony, > > Those files are probably "Winmail.dat files". This site offers a detailed explanation and solution to her problem http://www.fileinfo.com/help/winmail-dat-files.html . > > Don. > > > > > > My wife receives e-mails from a friend containing jokes/caricatures with a > .dat extension as an attachment, which she is unable to open. She has asked > her friend to tell her which program opens these .dat files but her friend > has no idea what she is talking about. > > Can anybody tell me what type of program opens these files? > > Many thanks > Anthony > > _______________________________________________ > Tech Support Guy Mailing List > http://www.tsgserver.com/list/ > > -- H Davis hdavis1 at gmail.com From hdavis1 at gmail.com Tue Apr 14 14:51:46 2009 From: hdavis1 at gmail.com (H Davis) Date: Tue, 14 Apr 2009 14:51:46 -0400 Subject: TSGL: .dat files Message-ID: <49E4DB42.1060203@gmail.com> Forgot to include the link: http://www.safer-networking.org/en/filealyzer/index.html. -- H Davis hdavis1 at gmail.com From coover at fastmail.fm Tue Apr 14 17:24:18 2009 From: coover at fastmail.fm (Russell W. Coover) Date: Tue, 14 Apr 2009 14:24:18 -0700 Subject: TSGL: .dat files In-Reply-To: <18030D5313C149C9988E613EA72CA336@ACERASPIRE> References: <18030D5313C149C9988E613EA72CA336@ACERASPIRE> Message-ID: <613DE191AD134748B1537291BBC69099@AcerPC> In addition to what the other folks have said, the .dat files are of no interest to your wife (and to most folks), containing nothing that most people will want to read or bother with. They are normally not dangerous. Just delete them as if they were junk (which they actually are to anyone that receives them). Russ Coover -----Original Message----- From: list-bounces at tsgserver.com [mailto:list-bounces at tsgserver.com] On Behalf Of Anthony Shearman Sent: Tuesday, April 14, 2009 8:14 AM To: list at tsgserver.com Subject: TSGL: .dat files My wife receives e-mails from a friend containing jokes/caricatures with a .dat extension as an attachment, which she is unable to open. She has asked her friend to tell her which program opens these .dat files but her friend has no idea what she is talking about. Can anybody tell me what type of program opens these files? Many thanks Anthony _______________________________________________ Tech Support Guy Mailing List http://www.tsgserver.com/list/ From hasanat at sparkbd.net Tue Apr 14 19:07:40 2009 From: hasanat at sparkbd.net (A Hasanat Khan) Date: Wed, 15 Apr 2009 05:07:40 +0600 Subject: TSGL: .dat files References: <18030D5313C149C9988E613EA72CA336@ACERASPIRE> <613DE191AD134748B1537291BBC69099@AcerPC> Message-ID: I had a sneaking idea that I had come across dat files in VideoCD files. I checked at http://filext.com/file-extension/dat, and yes I was right. There are about 50 (I did not count) possible uses of dat. In fact this site can be very useful to many who finds an unusual file. Just another tool for the record. Best wishes Hasanat ----- Original Message ----- From: "Russell W. Coover" To: "'Tech Support Guy Mailing List'" Sent: Wednesday, April 15, 2009 3:24 AM Subject: Re: TSGL: .dat files > In addition to what the other folks have said, the .dat files are of no > interest to your wife (and to most folks), containing nothing that most > people will want to read or bother with. They are normally not dangerous. > Just delete them as if they were junk (which they actually are to anyone > that receives them). > > Russ Coover > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: list-bounces at tsgserver.com [mailto:list-bounces at tsgserver.com] On > Behalf Of Anthony Shearman > Sent: Tuesday, April 14, 2009 8:14 AM > To: list at tsgserver.com > Subject: TSGL: .dat files > > My wife receives e-mails from a friend containing jokes/caricatures with a > .dat extension as an attachment, which she is unable to open. She has > asked > her friend to tell her which program opens these .dat files but her friend > has no idea what she is talking about. > > Can anybody tell me what type of program opens these files? > > Many thanks > Anthony > > _______________________________________________ > Tech Support Guy Mailing List > http://www.tsgserver.com/list/ > > > _______________________________________________ > Tech Support Guy Mailing List > http://www.tsgserver.com/list/ > > -- > This message has been scanned for viruses and > dangerous content by MailScanner, and is > believed to be clean. -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean. From embitt at westnet.com.au Tue Apr 14 21:24:03 2009 From: embitt at westnet.com.au (Merna Bitter) Date: Wed, 15 Apr 2009 11:24:03 +1000 Subject: TSGL: .dat files References: <18030D5313C149C9988E613EA72CA336@ACERASPIRE><613DE191AD134748B1537291BBC69099@AcerPC> Message-ID: <004201c9bd68$f1b3a320$0401a8c0@number12> The following links (including filext.com which Hasanat provided) are ones which may be similarly helpful. Some of them have cross-references to others, and many contain identical information. I have saved them in three categories. Some are saved in more than one category, but I have deleted the duplicate references in those cases. Of course others might not categorise them in the same way I have. Favorites\IT file extensions - types http://www.bleepingcomputer.com/filedb/ http://www.cybertechhelp.com/fileextensions/ http://dotwhat.net/ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Lists_of_file_formats http://file.net/ http://file.net/process/index.html http://file-extension.net/ http://www.file-extensions.org/ http://www.fileformat.info/ http://www.fileinfo.com/ http://www.filesuffix.com/ http://www.filext.com/ http://www.liutilities.com/products/winbackup/filextlibrary/ http://www.openwith.org/ ("free programs to open any file extension") http://www.shellcity.net/ ("millions of free Windows power tools enhancements add-ons tweaks utilities") http://www.whatextension.com/ http://www.whatsrunning.net/whatsrunning/main.aspx http://www.whatextension.com/ (not working at present) http://www.wotsit.org/ ("the programmer's file and data format resource" -- specificatons, examples and references) Favorites\IT file formats http://www.digitalpreservation.gov/formats/fdd/descriptions.shtml http://wiki.xentax.com/index.php?title=Game_File_Format_Central Favorites\IT startup-processes-services http://www.answersthatwork.com/Tasklist_pages/tasklist.htm http://www.bleepingcomputer.com/startups/ http://www.liutilities.com/products/wintaskspro/processlibrary/other/a/ http://www.liutilities.com/products/wintaskspro/processlibrary/application/ http://www.liutilities.com/products/wintaskspro/processlibrary/security/ http://www.liutilities.com/products/wintaskspro/processlibrary/ http://www.liutilities.com/products/wintaskspro/processlibrary/system/ http://www.neuber.com/taskmanager/process/index.html http://www.pacs-portal.co.uk/startup_content.php http://www.pcreview.co.uk/startup/ http://www.pcselfhelp.net/startup http://process.networktechs.com/file_info.php http://www.processlibrary.com/ http://www.processlist.com/ http://startup.networktechs.com/ http://support.mpccorp.com/downloads/boot.html (not working at present) http://www.sysinfo.org/startupinfo.html startupinfo general info (from pacsportal-startup_content) http://www.sysinfo.org/startuplist.php startupinfo full startup list (from pacsportal) http://www.tasklist.org/ http://www.what-process.com/ Naturally, going "up the path" or looking at other links at some of the sites might be helpful in other ways. Merna ----- Original Message ----- From: "A Hasanat Khan" To: "Tech Support Guy Mailing List" Sent: Wednesday, April 15, 2009 9:07 AM Subject: Re: TSGL: .dat files I had a sneaking idea that I had come across dat files in VideoCD files. I checked at http://filext.com/file-extension/dat, and yes I was right. There are about 50 (I did not count) possible uses of dat. In fact this site can be very useful to many who finds an unusual file. Just another tool for the record. Best wishes Hasanat ----- Original Message ----- From: "Russell W. Coover" To: "'Tech Support Guy Mailing List'" Sent: Wednesday, April 15, 2009 3:24 AM Subject: Re: TSGL: .dat files > In addition to what the other folks have said, the .dat files are of no > interest to your wife (and to most folks), containing nothing that most > people will want to read or bother with. They are normally not dangerous. > Just delete them as if they were junk (which they actually are to anyone > that receives them). > > Russ Coover > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: list-bounces at tsgserver.com [mailto:list-bounces at tsgserver.com] On > Behalf Of Anthony Shearman > Sent: Tuesday, April 14, 2009 8:14 AM > To: list at tsgserver.com > Subject: TSGL: .dat files > > My wife receives e-mails from a friend containing jokes/caricatures with a > .dat extension as an attachment, which she is unable to open. She has > asked > her friend to tell her which program opens these .dat files but her friend > has no idea what she is talking about. > > Can anybody tell me what type of program opens these files? > > Many thanks > Anthony > > _______________________________________________ > Tech Support Guy Mailing List > http://www.tsgserver.com/list/ > > > _______________________________________________ > Tech Support Guy Mailing List > http://www.tsgserver.com/list/ > > -- > This message has been scanned for viruses and > dangerous content by MailScanner, and is > believed to be clean. -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean. _______________________________________________ Tech Support Guy Mailing List http://www.tsgserver.com/list/ -- No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG. Version: 7.5.557 / Virus Database: 270.11.57/2059 - Release Date: 2009-04-14 2:52 PM From hasanat at sparkbd.net Tue Apr 14 23:26:41 2009 From: hasanat at sparkbd.net (A Hasanat Khan) Date: Wed, 15 Apr 2009 09:26:41 +0600 Subject: TSGL: .dat files References: <18030D5313C149C9988E613EA72CA336@ACERASPIRE><613DE191AD134748B1537291BBC69099@AcerPC> <004201c9bd68$f1b3a320$0401a8c0@number12> Message-ID: <6A1B6BD601304B92BF5799B2D71374A2@micron> Thanks Merna, awesome list. Hasanat ----- Original Message ----- From: "Merna Bitter" To: "Tech Support Guy Mailing List" Sent: Wednesday, April 15, 2009 7:24 AM Subject: Re: TSGL: .dat files > > The following links (including filext.com which Hasanat provided) are ones > which may be similarly helpful. > Some of them have cross-references to others, and many contain identical > information. > > I have saved them in three categories. Some are saved in more than one > category, but I have deleted the duplicate references in those cases. Of > course others might not categorise them in the same way I have. > > > Favorites\IT file extensions - types > http://www.bleepingcomputer.com/filedb/ > http://www.cybertechhelp.com/fileextensions/ > http://dotwhat.net/ > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Lists_of_file_formats > http://file.net/ > http://file.net/process/index.html > http://file-extension.net/ > http://www.file-extensions.org/ > http://www.fileformat.info/ > http://www.fileinfo.com/ > http://www.filesuffix.com/ > http://www.filext.com/ > http://www.liutilities.com/products/winbackup/filextlibrary/ > http://www.openwith.org/ ("free programs to open any file extension") > http://www.shellcity.net/ ("millions of free Windows power tools > enhancements add-ons tweaks utilities") > http://www.whatextension.com/ > http://www.whatsrunning.net/whatsrunning/main.aspx > http://www.whatextension.com/ (not working at present) > http://www.wotsit.org/ ("the programmer's file and data format > resource" -- > specificatons, examples and references) > > > Favorites\IT file formats > http://www.digitalpreservation.gov/formats/fdd/descriptions.shtml > http://wiki.xentax.com/index.php?title=Game_File_Format_Central > > > Favorites\IT startup-processes-services > http://www.answersthatwork.com/Tasklist_pages/tasklist.htm > http://www.bleepingcomputer.com/startups/ > http://www.liutilities.com/products/wintaskspro/processlibrary/other/a/ > http://www.liutilities.com/products/wintaskspro/processlibrary/application/ > http://www.liutilities.com/products/wintaskspro/processlibrary/security/ > http://www.liutilities.com/products/wintaskspro/processlibrary/ > http://www.liutilities.com/products/wintaskspro/processlibrary/system/ > http://www.neuber.com/taskmanager/process/index.html > http://www.pacs-portal.co.uk/startup_content.php > http://www.pcreview.co.uk/startup/ > http://www.pcselfhelp.net/startup > http://process.networktechs.com/file_info.php > http://www.processlibrary.com/ > http://www.processlist.com/ > http://startup.networktechs.com/ > http://support.mpccorp.com/downloads/boot.html (not working at present) > http://www.sysinfo.org/startupinfo.html startupinfo general info (from > pacsportal-startup_content) > http://www.sysinfo.org/startuplist.php startupinfo full startup list > (from pacsportal) > http://www.tasklist.org/ > http://www.what-process.com/ > > Naturally, going "up the path" or looking at other links at some of the > sites might be helpful in other ways. > > Merna > > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "A Hasanat Khan" > To: "Tech Support Guy Mailing List" > Sent: Wednesday, April 15, 2009 9:07 AM > Subject: Re: TSGL: .dat files > > > I had a sneaking idea that I had come across dat files in VideoCD files. I > checked at http://filext.com/file-extension/dat, and yes I was right. > There > are about 50 (I did not count) possible uses of dat. In fact this site can > be very useful to many who finds an unusual file. Just another tool for > the > record. > Best wishes > Hasanat > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Russell W. Coover" > To: "'Tech Support Guy Mailing List'" > Sent: Wednesday, April 15, 2009 3:24 AM > Subject: Re: TSGL: .dat files > > >> In addition to what the other folks have said, the .dat files are of no >> interest to your wife (and to most folks), containing nothing that most >> people will want to read or bother with. They are normally not dangerous. >> Just delete them as if they were junk (which they actually are to anyone >> that receives them). >> >> Russ Coover >> >> >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: list-bounces at tsgserver.com [mailto:list-bounces at tsgserver.com] On >> Behalf Of Anthony Shearman >> Sent: Tuesday, April 14, 2009 8:14 AM >> To: list at tsgserver.com >> Subject: TSGL: .dat files >> >> My wife receives e-mails from a friend containing jokes/caricatures with >> a >> .dat extension as an attachment, which she is unable to open. She has >> asked >> her friend to tell her which program opens these .dat files but her >> friend >> has no idea what she is talking about. >> >> Can anybody tell me what type of program opens these files? >> >> Many thanks >> Anthony >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Tech Support Guy Mailing List >> http://www.tsgserver.com/list/ >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Tech Support Guy Mailing List >> http://www.tsgserver.com/list/ >> >> -- >> This message has been scanned for viruses and >> dangerous content by MailScanner, and is >> believed to be clean. > > > -- > This message has been scanned for viruses and > dangerous content by MailScanner, and is > believed to be clean. > > > _______________________________________________ > Tech Support Guy Mailing List > http://www.tsgserver.com/list/ > > > -- > No virus found in this incoming message. > Checked by AVG. > Version: 7.5.557 / Virus Database: 270.11.57/2059 - Release Date: > 2009-04-14 > 2:52 PM > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Tech Support Guy Mailing List > http://www.tsgserver.com/list/ > > -- > This message has been scanned for viruses and > dangerous content by MailScanner, and is > believed to be clean. -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean. From embitt at westnet.com.au Wed Apr 15 08:18:41 2009 From: embitt at westnet.com.au (Merna Bitter) Date: Wed, 15 Apr 2009 22:18:41 +1000 Subject: TSGL: .dat files References: <18030D5313C149C9988E613EA72CA336@ACERASPIRE><613DE191AD134748B1537291BBC69099@AcerPC><004201c9bd68$f1b3a320$0401a8c0@number12> <6A1B6BD601304B92BF5799B2D71374A2@micron> Message-ID: <000d01c9bdc4$540c4620$0401a8c0@number12> You're welcome, Hasanat. Perhaps others have more to add? Merna ----- Original Message ----- From: "A Hasanat Khan" To: "Tech Support Guy Mailing List" Sent: Wednesday, April 15, 2009 1:26 PM Subject: Re: TSGL: .dat files Thanks Merna, awesome list. Hasanat ----- Original Message ----- From: "Merna Bitter" To: "Tech Support Guy Mailing List" Sent: Wednesday, April 15, 2009 7:24 AM Subject: Re: TSGL: .dat files > > The following links (including filext.com which Hasanat provided) are ones > which may be similarly helpful. > Some of them have cross-references to others, and many contain identical > information. > > I have saved them in three categories. Some are saved in more than one > category, but I have deleted the duplicate references in those cases. Of > course others might not categorise them in the same way I have. > > > Favorites\IT file extensions - types > http://www.bleepingcomputer.com/filedb/ > http://www.cybertechhelp.com/fileextensions/ > http://dotwhat.net/ > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Lists_of_file_formats > http://file.net/ > http://file.net/process/index.html > http://file-extension.net/ > http://www.file-extensions.org/ > http://www.fileformat.info/ > http://www.fileinfo.com/ > http://www.filesuffix.com/ > http://www.filext.com/ > http://www.liutilities.com/products/winbackup/filextlibrary/ > http://www.openwith.org/ ("free programs to open any file extension") > http://www.shellcity.net/ ("millions of free Windows power tools > enhancements add-ons tweaks utilities") > http://www.whatextension.com/ > http://www.whatsrunning.net/whatsrunning/main.aspx > http://www.whatextension.com/ (not working at present) > http://www.wotsit.org/ ("the programmer's file and data format > resource" -- > specificatons, examples and references) > > > Favorites\IT file formats > http://www.digitalpreservation.gov/formats/fdd/descriptions.shtml > http://wiki.xentax.com/index.php?title=Game_File_Format_Central > > > Favorites\IT startup-processes-services > http://www.answersthatwork.com/Tasklist_pages/tasklist.htm > http://www.bleepingcomputer.com/startups/ > http://www.liutilities.com/products/wintaskspro/processlibrary/other/a/ > http://www.liutilities.com/products/wintaskspro/processlibrary/application/ > http://www.liutilities.com/products/wintaskspro/processlibrary/security/ > http://www.liutilities.com/products/wintaskspro/processlibrary/ > http://www.liutilities.com/products/wintaskspro/processlibrary/system/ > http://www.neuber.com/taskmanager/process/index.html > http://www.pacs-portal.co.uk/startup_content.php > http://www.pcreview.co.uk/startup/ > http://www.pcselfhelp.net/startup > http://process.networktechs.com/file_info.php > http://www.processlibrary.com/ > http://www.processlist.com/ > http://startup.networktechs.com/ > http://support.mpccorp.com/downloads/boot.html (not working at present) > http://www.sysinfo.org/startupinfo.html startupinfo general info (from > pacsportal-startup_content) > http://www.sysinfo.org/startuplist.php startupinfo full startup list > (from pacsportal) > http://www.tasklist.org/ > http://www.what-process.com/ > > Naturally, going "up the path" or looking at other links at some of the > sites might be helpful in other ways. > > Merna > > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "A Hasanat Khan" > To: "Tech Support Guy Mailing List" > Sent: Wednesday, April 15, 2009 9:07 AM > Subject: Re: TSGL: .dat files > > > I had a sneaking idea that I had come across dat files in VideoCD files. I > checked at http://filext.com/file-extension/dat, and yes I was right. > There > are about 50 (I did not count) possible uses of dat. In fact this site can > be very useful to many who finds an unusual file. Just another tool for > the > record. > Best wishes > Hasanat > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Russell W. Coover" > To: "'Tech Support Guy Mailing List'" > Sent: Wednesday, April 15, 2009 3:24 AM > Subject: Re: TSGL: .dat files > > >> In addition to what the other folks have said, the .dat files are of no >> interest to your wife (and to most folks), containing nothing that most >> people will want to read or bother with. They are normally not dangerous. >> Just delete them as if they were junk (which they actually are to anyone >> that receives them). >> >> Russ Coover >> >> >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: list-bounces at tsgserver.com [mailto:list-bounces at tsgserver.com] On >> Behalf Of Anthony Shearman >> Sent: Tuesday, April 14, 2009 8:14 AM >> To: list at tsgserver.com >> Subject: TSGL: .dat files >> >> My wife receives e-mails from a friend containing jokes/caricatures with >> a >> .dat extension as an attachment, which she is unable to open. She has >> asked >> her friend to tell her which program opens these .dat files but her >> friend >> has no idea what she is talking about. >> >> Can anybody tell me what type of program opens these files? >> >> Many thanks >> Anthony >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Tech Support Guy Mailing List >> http://www.tsgserver.com/list/ >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Tech Support Guy Mailing List >> http://www.tsgserver.com/list/ >> >> -- >> This message has been scanned for viruses and >> dangerous content by MailScanner, and is >> believed to be clean. > > > -- > This message has been scanned for viruses and > dangerous content by MailScanner, and is > believed to be clean. > > > _______________________________________________ > Tech Support Guy Mailing List > http://www.tsgserver.com/list/ > > > -- > No virus found in this incoming message. > Checked by AVG. > Version: 7.5.557 / Virus Database: 270.11.57/2059 - Release Date: > 2009-04-14 > 2:52 PM > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Tech Support Guy Mailing List > http://www.tsgserver.com/list/ > > -- > This message has been scanned for viruses and > dangerous content by MailScanner, and is > believed to be clean. -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean. _______________________________________________ Tech Support Guy Mailing List http://www.tsgserver.com/list/ -- No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG. Version: 7.5.557 / Virus Database: 270.11.57/2059 - Release Date: 2009-04-14 2:52 PM From anthony at shearmans.co.uk Sat Apr 18 16:47:01 2009 From: anthony at shearmans.co.uk (Anthony Shearman) Date: Sat, 18 Apr 2009 22:47:01 +0200 Subject: TSGL: .dat files References: <18030D5313C149C9988E613EA72CA336@ACERASPIRE><613DE191AD134748B1537291BBC69099@AcerPC><004201c9bd68$f1b3a320$0401a8c0@number12><6A1B6BD601304B92BF5799B2D71374A2@micron> <000d01c9bdc4$540c4620$0401a8c0@number12> Message-ID: <63DE0F0AB2B54597B8D50F4ADD7BAEAB@ACERASPIRE> Many thanks to all of you who offered possible solutions to the .dat files my wife receives from her friend. For the large files, i.e. over 1 MB, I found that by changing the extension to either mpg or pps, I was able to open the file. However the fact still remains, as pointed out by you that the fault is with the sender. Many thanks again, Anthony From wseehorn at earthlink.net Sat Apr 18 21:07:38 2009 From: wseehorn at earthlink.net (Willard Seehorn) Date: Sat, 18 Apr 2009 21:07:38 -0400 Subject: TSGL: ZIP drives In-Reply-To: <73a2fd940901221153t744a14bjde2fa5bd2aa34d7@mail.gmail.com> References: <293530.23070.qm@web110202.mail.gq1.yahoo.com> <73a2fd940901221153t744a14bjde2fa5bd2aa34d7@mail.gmail.com> Message-ID: Friend of mine uses a usb ZIP 100 drive to exchange accounting files. The drive died & she gave it to me to resurrect! On one of her machines (an old, nearly defunct laptop) the drive isn't recognized. On her desktop it is. Seh told me that she couldn't get it to read or to eject with the button & when she right clicked to eject it she got an error message. I tried the disk. My computer recognizes it as drive H when it's plugged in. When I click on the + sign or the disk icon to open/explore the disk I get a message to insert a disk (even though there's one in it.) It wouldn't eject the disk when I pushed the button. When I right clicked on it & chose eject it did eject the disk. I put a different Zip disk in it. Again, when I click on the + sign or the disk icon it tells me to insert a disk (even though there's one in it.) It won't eject the disk when I push the button. This time when I right click on the icon & choose eject it tells me that there's been an error in ejecting the disk & doesn't eject it. I'm guessing that the drive is dead & can't be fixed, but I thought I'd ask here before telling her that. Thanks, Will From johnmount6 at hotmail.com Sun Apr 19 07:40:07 2009 From: johnmount6 at hotmail.com (john mount) Date: Sun, 19 Apr 2009 19:40:07 +0800 Subject: TSGL: False.VirusRemover2009 Message-ID: Hi Guys, Does anyone know of a program, preferably free, that will clean my Laptop of the "False.VirusRemover2009" It keeps showing on my Spybot,s/d, even after I use the" Fix It" button. I am using Windows XPsp3. Windows Defender. AVG 8. Malware remover. Thanks John. _________________________________________________________________ Need a new place to rent, share or buy? Let ninemsn property search for you. http://a.ninemsn.com.au/b.aspx?URL=http%3A%2F%2Fninemsn%2Edomain%2Ecom%2Eau%2F%3Fs%5Fcid%3DFDMedia%3ANineMSN%5FHotmail%5FTagline&_t=774152450&_r=Domain_tagline&_m=EXT From csmdcs at gmail.com Sun Apr 19 08:01:46 2009 From: csmdcs at gmail.com (Don Searles) Date: Sun, 19 Apr 2009 07:01:46 -0500 Subject: TSGL: False.VirusRemover2009 In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: John, This site http://www.spywarevoid.com/remove-virus-remover-2009-virusremover-2009-removal.html has a removal tool; scroll down the page until you can see the Download link. Don. Hi Guys, Does anyone know of a program, preferably free, that will clean my Laptop of the "False.VirusRemover2009" It keeps showing on my Spybot,s/d, even after I use the" Fix It" button. I am using Windows XPsp3. Windows Defender. AVG 8. Malware remover. Thanks John. _________________________________________________________________ Need a new place to rent, share or buy? Let ninemsn property search for you. http://a.ninemsn.com.au/b.aspx?URL=http%3A%2F%2Fninemsn%2Edomain%2Ecom%2Eau%2F%3Fs%5Fcid%3DFDMedia%3ANineMSN%5FHotmail%5FTagline&_t=774152450&_r=Domain_tagline&_m=EXT _______________________________________________ Tech Support Guy Mailing List http://www.tsgserver.com/list/ From tbrandl2 at chello.at Sun Apr 19 08:15:32 2009 From: tbrandl2 at chello.at (Tilman Brandl) Date: Sun, 19 Apr 2009 14:15:32 +0200 Subject: TSGL: ZIP drives References: <293530.23070.qm@web110202.mail.gq1.yahoo.com><73a2fd940901221153t744a14bjde2fa5bd2aa34d7@mail.gmail.com> Message-ID: <48d101c9c0e8$921a1ba0$0201a8c0@til4200> Will, I don't know nothin' of these Zip drives, but ... Have you tried to clean the inside with pressurized air or such? I've had cases in the past with floppy drives where it has helped. Tilman ----- Original Message ----- From: "Willard Seehorn" To: "Tech Support Guy Mailing List" Sent: Sunday, April 19, 2009 3:07 AM Subject: TSGL: ZIP drives > Friend of mine uses a usb ZIP 100 drive to exchange accounting files. > > The drive died & she gave it to me to resurrect! On one of her > machines (an old, nearly defunct laptop) the drive isn't recognized. > On her desktop it is. Seh told me that she couldn't get it to read or > to eject with the button & when she right clicked to eject it she got > an error message. > > I tried the disk. > > My computer recognizes it as drive H when it's plugged in. When I > click on the + sign or the disk icon to open/explore the disk I get > a message to insert a disk (even though there's one in it.) > > It wouldn't eject the disk when I pushed the button. When I right > clicked on it & chose eject it did eject the disk. > > I put a different Zip disk in it. Again, when I click on the + sign > or the disk icon it tells me to insert a disk (even though there's one in it.) > > It won't eject the disk when I push the button. This time when I > right click on the icon & choose eject it tells me that there's been > an error in ejecting the disk & doesn't eject it. > > I'm guessing that the drive is dead & can't be fixed, but I thought > I'd ask here before telling her that. > > Thanks, > > Will From Beezersmom at aol.com Sun Apr 19 10:41:33 2009 From: Beezersmom at aol.com (Beezersmom at aol.com) Date: Sun, 19 Apr 2009 10:41:33 EDT Subject: TSGL: ZIP drives Message-ID: Tilman & Will Tilman, great idea, thanks, I'll give it a try. Will, my husband & I use a lot of zip drives and have for years. It's been my experience that when the zip drive isn't recognized by the PC that the drive is no good. Since your PC is showing the drive and your getting the message to insert a disk when there's already one inserted usually means the disk is bad but there might also be a problem with the drive itself. I would try Tilman's idea, it just might help. When I run into the same problem that you're having, I unplug the drive from the electricity and the PC and keep trying and that usually works. If you could get another drive to put the disk in would be great to see if the drive you have is bad. Good luck Toni **************A Good Credit Score is 700 or Above. See yours in just 2 easy steps! (http://pr.atwola.com/promoclk/100126575x1220814852x1201410738/aol?redir=http:%2F%2Fwww.freecreditreport.com%2Fpm%2Fdefault.aspx%3Fsc%3D668072%26 hmpgID%3D62%26bcd%3DAprilfooter419NO62) From hbcanon at homemail.com Sun Apr 19 11:31:24 2009 From: hbcanon at homemail.com (HBCANON) Date: Sun, 19 Apr 2009 11:31:24 -0400 Subject: TSGL: .dat files In-Reply-To: <63DE0F0AB2B54597B8D50F4ADD7BAEAB@ACERASPIRE> References: <18030D5313C149C9988E613EA72CA336@ACERASPIRE><613DE191AD134748B1537291BBC69099@AcerPC><004201c9bd68$f1b3a320$0401a8c0@number12><6A1B6BD601304B92BF5799B2D71374A2@micron><000d01c9bdc4$540c4620$0401a8c0@number12> <63DE0F0AB2B54597B8D50F4ADD7BAEAB@ACERASPIRE> Message-ID: <005901c9c103$e5e23680$0301a8c0@hbcanon> I don't get 'the fault is with the sender' thing . 99% of my recipients do NOT get them from me. The 1% gets them from me also get them occasionally from a lot of people. ????? HBCanon Geneva, FL -----Original Message----- From: list-bounces at tsgserver.com [mailto:list-bounces at tsgserver.com] On Behalf Of Anthony Shearman Sent: Saturday, April 18, 2009 16:47 To: Tech Support Guy Mailing List Subject: Re: TSGL: .dat files Many thanks to all of you who offered possible solutions to the .dat files my wife receives from her friend. For the large files, i.e. over 1 MB, I found that by changing the extension to either mpg or pps, I was able to open the file. However the fact still remains, as pointed out by you that the fault is with the sender. Many thanks again, Anthony _______________________________________________ Tech Support Guy Mailing List http://www.tsgserver.com/list/ From harleys at eastlink.ca Sun Apr 19 15:03:14 2009 From: harleys at eastlink.ca (Sanford House) Date: Sun, 19 Apr 2009 16:03:14 -0300 Subject: TSGL: ZIP drives References: <293530.23070.qm@web110202.mail.gq1.yahoo.com> <73a2fd940901221153t744a14bjde2fa5bd2aa34d7@mail.gmail.com> Message-ID: I know of some used zip drives collecting dust at a pioneers (retired telephone employees ) shop cause no one wants them. If you are interested, I could check out the models on Tues.. If you want to pay postage we could send them to you. I have added my e-mail in case this is supposed to be done off list.. Harley harleys at eastlink.ca ----- Original Message ----- From: "Willard Seehorn" To: "Tech Support Guy Mailing List" Sent: Saturday, April 18, 2009 10:07 PM Subject: TSGL: ZIP drives > Friend of mine uses a usb ZIP 100 drive to exchange accounting files. > > The drive died & she gave it to me to resurrect! On one of her machines > (an old, nearly defunct laptop) the drive isn't recognized. On her desktop > it is. Seh told me that she couldn't get it to read or to eject with the > button & when she right clicked to eject it she got an error message. > > I tried the disk. > > My computer recognizes it as drive H when it's plugged in. When I click on > the + sign or the disk icon to open/explore the disk I get a message to > insert a disk (even though there's one in it.) > > It wouldn't eject the disk when I pushed the button. When I right clicked > on it & chose eject it did eject the disk. > > I put a different Zip disk in it. Again, when I click on the + sign or the > disk icon it tells me to insert a disk (even though there's one in it.) > > It won't eject the disk when I push the button. This time when I right > click on the icon & choose eject it tells me that there's been an error in > ejecting the disk & doesn't eject it. > > I'm guessing that the drive is dead & can't be fixed, but I thought I'd > ask here before telling her that. > > Thanks, > > Will > > _______________________________________________ > Tech Support Guy Mailing List > http://www.tsgserver.com/list/ From coover at fastmail.fm Sun Apr 19 15:29:46 2009 From: coover at fastmail.fm (Russell W. Coover) Date: Sun, 19 Apr 2009 12:29:46 -0700 Subject: TSGL: ZIP drives In-Reply-To: References: <293530.23070.qm@web110202.mail.gq1.yahoo.com><73a2fd940901221153t744a14bjde2fa5bd2aa34d7@mail.gmail.com> Message-ID: Zip drives are old, unreliable technology. The hardware breaks frequently and the disks corrupt easily. They were great when the only other ways to exchanges files was the floppy drive, which only held 1.44 MB. Zip, of course, was a giant floppy drive, 100 MB in size, and, eventually, 250 MB in size. My suggestion is to dump the zip drives and to use USB Flash drives, which are relatively inexpensive. If she exchanges information with another party, she could get two or more flash drives, give one each to the various parties with which she shares files, and make sure she exchanges drives each time she shares. Flash drives are more reliable than Zip, particularly when being transported, hold even more information (I think I saw one at 16 GB the other day, but the smallest and cheapest is at least 512 MB), and are smaller than a Zip floppy disk. Russ Coover -----Original Message----- From: list-bounces at tsgserver.com [mailto:list-bounces at tsgserver.com] On Behalf Of Willard Seehorn Sent: Saturday, April 18, 2009 6:08 PM To: Tech Support Guy Mailing List Subject: TSGL: ZIP drives Friend of mine uses a usb ZIP 100 drive to exchange accounting files. The drive died & she gave it to me to resurrect! On one of her machines (an old, nearly defunct laptop) the drive isn't recognized. On her desktop it is. Seh told me that she couldn't get it to read or to eject with the button & when she right clicked to eject it she got an error message. I tried the disk. My computer recognizes it as drive H when it's plugged in. When I click on the + sign or the disk icon to open/explore the disk I get a message to insert a disk (even though there's one in it.) It wouldn't eject the disk when I pushed the button. When I right clicked on it & chose eject it did eject the disk. I put a different Zip disk in it. Again, when I click on the + sign or the disk icon it tells me to insert a disk (even though there's one in it.) It won't eject the disk when I push the button. This time when I right click on the icon & choose eject it tells me that there's been an error in ejecting the disk & doesn't eject it. I'm guessing that the drive is dead & can't be fixed, but I thought I'd ask here before telling her that. Thanks, Will _______________________________________________ Tech Support Guy Mailing List http://www.tsgserver.com/list/ From hdavis1 at gmail.com Sun Apr 19 16:53:46 2009 From: hdavis1 at gmail.com (H Davis) Date: Sun, 19 Apr 2009 16:53:46 -0400 Subject: TSGL: ZIP drives In-Reply-To: References: <293530.23070.qm@web110202.mail.gq1.yahoo.com><73a2fd940901221153t744a14bjde2fa5bd2aa34d7@mail.gmail.com> Message-ID: <49EB8F5A.6010208@gmail.com> Will, I have to go with Russ on this one. I've had 2 of these Zip drives, long since retired, and they were nothing but trouble. The first one had the infamous Click of Death problem which Iomega never really owned up to. The second had intermittent failures and proved, even before thumb drives were available, to not be a very good replacement for the floppy disks of the day. See these sites for Click of Death info. http://www.grc.com/tip/codfaq1.htm http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Click_of_death With USB drives so cheap and reliable, it's no contest - scrap the Zip drives and move into the 21st century. H Davis Russell W. Coover wrote: > Zip drives are old, unreliable technology. The hardware breaks frequently > and the disks corrupt easily. They were great when the only other ways to > exchanges files was the floppy drive, which only held 1.44 MB. Zip, of > course, was a giant floppy drive, 100 MB in size, and, eventually, 250 MB in > size. > > My suggestion is to dump the zip drives and to use USB Flash drives, which > are relatively inexpensive. If she exchanges information with another party, > she could get two or more flash drives, give one each to the various parties > with which she shares files, and make sure she exchanges drives each time > she shares. > > Flash drives are more reliable than Zip, particularly when being > transported, hold even more information (I think I saw one at 16 GB the > other day, but the smallest and cheapest is at least 512 MB), and are > smaller than a Zip floppy disk. > > Russ Coover > > -----Original Message----- > From: list-bounces at tsgserver.com [mailto:list-bounces at tsgserver.com] On > Behalf Of Willard Seehorn > Sent: Saturday, April 18, 2009 6:08 PM > To: Tech Support Guy Mailing List > Subject: TSGL: ZIP drives > > Friend of mine uses a usb ZIP 100 drive to exchange accounting files. > > The drive died & she gave it to me to resurrect! On one of her > machines (an old, nearly defunct laptop) the drive isn't recognized. > On her desktop it is. Seh told me that she couldn't get it to read or > to eject with the button & when she right clicked to eject it she got > an error message. > > I tried the disk. > > My computer recognizes it as drive H when it's plugged in. When I > click on the + sign or the disk icon to open/explore the disk I get > a message to insert a disk (even though there's one in it.) > > It wouldn't eject the disk when I pushed the button. When I right > clicked on it & chose eject it did eject the disk. > > I put a different Zip disk in it. Again, when I click on the + sign > or the disk icon it tells me to insert a disk (even though there's one in > it.) > > It won't eject the disk when I push the button. This time when I > right click on the icon & choose eject it tells me that there's been > an error in ejecting the disk & doesn't eject it. > > I'm guessing that the drive is dead & can't be fixed, but I thought > I'd ask here before telling her that. > > Thanks, > > Will > > _______________________________________________ > Tech Support Guy Mailing List > http://www.tsgserver.com/list/ > > > _______________________________________________ > Tech Support Guy Mailing List > http://www.tsgserver.com/list/ > > -- H Davis hdavis1 at gmail.com From wseehorn at earthlink.net Sun Apr 19 16:54:27 2009 From: wseehorn at earthlink.net (Willard Seehorn) Date: Sun, 19 Apr 2009 16:54:27 -0400 Subject: TSGL: ZIP drives In-Reply-To: References: <293530.23070.qm@web110202.mail.gq1.yahoo.com> <73a2fd940901221153t744a14bjde2fa5bd2aa34d7@mail.gmail.com> Message-ID: Harley, I'll check with her to see if she's interested. Will At 03:03 PM 4/19/2009, you wrote: >I know of some used zip drives collecting dust at a pioneers >(retired telephone employees ) shop cause no one wants them. >If you are interested, I could check out the models on Tues.. If you >want to pay postage we could send them to you. >I have added my e-mail in case this is supposed to be done off list.. >Harley >harleys at eastlink.ca >----- Original Message ----- From: "Willard Seehorn" >To: "Tech Support Guy Mailing List" >Sent: Saturday, April 18, 2009 10:07 PM >Subject: TSGL: ZIP drives > > >>Friend of mine uses a usb ZIP 100 drive to exchange accounting files. >> >>The drive died & she gave it to me to resurrect! On one of her >>machines (an old, nearly defunct laptop) the drive isn't >>recognized. On her desktop it is. Seh told me that she couldn't get >>it to read or to eject with the button & when she right clicked to >>eject it she got an error message. >> >>I tried the disk. >> >>My computer recognizes it as drive H when it's plugged in. When I >>click on the + sign or the disk icon to open/explore the disk I >>get a message to insert a disk (even though there's one in it.) >> >>It wouldn't eject the disk when I pushed the button. When I right >>clicked on it & chose eject it did eject the disk. >> >>I put a different Zip disk in it. Again, when I click on the + sign >>or the disk icon it tells me to insert a disk (even though there's one in it.) >> >>It won't eject the disk when I push the button. This time when I >>right click on the icon & choose eject it tells me that there's >>been an error in ejecting the disk & doesn't eject it. >> >>I'm guessing that the drive is dead & can't be fixed, but I thought >>I'd ask here before telling her that. >> >>Thanks, >> >>Will >> >>_______________________________________________ >>Tech Support Guy Mailing List >>http://www.tsgserver.com/list/ > > >_______________________________________________ >Tech Support Guy Mailing List >http://www.tsgserver.com/list/ From justin at whisperer.com.au Sun Apr 19 19:51:16 2009 From: justin at whisperer.com.au (The Computer Whisperer) Date: Mon, 20 Apr 2009 09:51:16 +1000 Subject: TSGL: False.VirusRemover2009 In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <2852b8d40904191651m3d82f91ej1b96c587d9ebf7cc@mail.gmail.com> Use Combofix or Malwarebytes AntiMalware 2009/4/19 Don Searles > John, > > This site > http://www.spywarevoid.com/remove-virus-remover-2009-virusremover-2009-removal.html has a removal tool; scroll down the page until you can see the Download > link. > > Don. > > > > > Hi Guys, > Does anyone know of a program, preferably free, that will clean my Laptop > of the "False.VirusRemover2009" It keeps showing on my Spybot,s/d, even > after I use the" Fix It" button. > > I am using Windows XPsp3. > Windows Defender. > AVG 8. > Malware remover. > > Thanks John. > > _________________________________________________________________ > Need a new place to rent, share or buy? 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Telephone: (03) 5979 1122 Mobile 0406 467 701 Servicing the Mornington Peninsula (Victoria, Australia) From johnmount6 at hotmail.com Tue Apr 21 07:41:26 2009 From: johnmount6 at hotmail.com (john mount) Date: Tue, 21 Apr 2009 19:41:26 +0800 Subject: TSGL: False.VirusRemover2009 Message-ID: Thanks Don, But that site is for Spyware Doctor, which scans the computer and then needs payment to clean it, and I have had problems with them before. _________________________________________________________________ Looking for a fresh way to share photos? Get the new Windows Live Messenger. http://download.live.com/ From csmdcs at gmail.com Tue Apr 21 08:00:30 2009 From: csmdcs at gmail.com (Don Searles) Date: Tue, 21 Apr 2009 07:00:30 -0500 Subject: TSGL: False.VirusRemover2009 In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: John, Sorry about that, I did not realize it and I agree with you. Have you tried MalwareBytes http://www.malwarebytes.org/ . If I remember right this is the bugger you have http://www.bleepingcomputer.com/malware-removal/remove-xp-antivirus-2008-2009 . Don. Thanks Don, But that site is for Spyware Doctor, which scans the computer and then needs payment to clean it, and I have had problems with them before. Tech Support Guy Mailing List http://www.tsgserver.com/list/ From justin at whisperer.com.au Tue Apr 21 20:27:26 2009 From: justin at whisperer.com.au (The Computer Whisperer) Date: Wed, 22 Apr 2009 10:27:26 +1000 Subject: TSGL: False.VirusRemover2009 In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <2852b8d40904211727h56d124d4nc4f9fd360b6a0d61@mail.gmail.com> Malwarebytes Antimalware, as recommended by me, in my previous post in this thread. Use Combofix from combofix.org it works really well 2009/4/21 Don Searles > > John, > > Sorry about that, I did not realize it and I agree with you. Have you tried > MalwareBytes http://www.malwarebytes.org/ . If I remember right this is > the bugger you have > http://www.bleepingcomputer.com/malware-removal/remove-xp-antivirus-2008-2009. > > Don. > > > > > > Thanks Don, > But that site is for Spyware Doctor, which scans the computer and then > needs payment to clean it, > and I have had problems with them before. > > > Tech Support Guy Mailing List > http://www.tsgserver.com/list/ > _______________________________________________ > Tech Support Guy Mailing List > http://www.tsgserver.com/list/ > -- http://www.whisperer.com.au The Computer Whisperer - Gets you where you want to be. Friendly on-site technical support - Home and Small Business Specialist. Telephone: (03) 5979 1122 Mobile 0406 467 701 Servicing the Mornington Peninsula (Victoria, Australia) From tbrandl2 at chello.at Wed Apr 22 08:53:38 2009 From: tbrandl2 at chello.at (Tilman Brandl) Date: Wed, 22 Apr 2009 14:53:38 +0200 Subject: TSGL: program re-adjuss my internal clock Message-ID: <019b01c9c349$60b4f270$0201a8c0@til4200> Hi, several times a day I'm getting a message telling me that a program has adjusted the internal clock or Windows has established a RAS connection. I've seen this in the past already, but only rarely till recently. Background: I have a program (PTBSync) watching the clock and comparing it with a time server's settings somewhere. I could make this automated (no questions asked anymore) but feel a bit uneasy about what's possibly going on. Has anybody of you seen repeated readjustments of a PC's internal clock? (Maybe 8-10-times a day). There are connections active out of my box through e.g. Google, Firefox, LastPass - nothing else shown in my firewalls logfile. Could any of these connections stop my computers clock for quite a while ? (19 seconds, 55 seconds, even more than a minute ...) My machine is behind a (bidirectional) software firewall, a router with firewall and has Avira Antivirus softeware running. I've also recently checked with Antimalware's program, no problems from this side since a long time. Could a bluetooth connection (with mobile phone) be the culprit? TIA Tilman Running XP Pro SP2, cable connection through netgear router. From leximou at gmail.com Wed Apr 22 15:01:42 2009 From: leximou at gmail.com (leximou at gmail.com) Date: Wed, 22 Apr 2009 15:01:42 -0400 Subject: TSGL: Howdy! Message-ID: <49EF6996.1030202@gmail.com> I'm a newbie to this list. Stumbled into a post from one of your members during a search and thought I'd check it out. Am an active Senior and live in Central Florida. Work with a bunch of guys that build Biomass power plants. Have an elderly rescue dog and a tabby point Siamese, teach computer use on the side and do the occasional rebuild of used units to donate. Run machines with XP Pro, Vista Business and Windows 7 (actually v 7068). Is there a place where you post your info that I can wander to to meet some of the list members? Lex From hdavis1 at gmail.com Wed Apr 22 16:00:16 2009 From: hdavis1 at gmail.com (H Davis) Date: Wed, 22 Apr 2009 16:00:16 -0400 Subject: TSGL: program re-adjuss my internal clock In-Reply-To: <019b01c9c349$60b4f270$0201a8c0@til4200> References: <019b01c9c349$60b4f270$0201a8c0@til4200> Message-ID: <49EF7750.407@gmail.com> Tilman, An erratic clock usually means the internal battery in your computer is checking out. I think the life of these batteries is supposed to be 5 to 7 years but I've had some of my own go sooner than that. How old is your machine? They're cheap and easy to replace, so in the absence of a better idea, you might try that. H Davis Tilman Brandl wrote: > Hi, > > several times a day I'm getting a message telling me that a program has adjusted the internal clock or Windows has established a RAS connection. I've seen this in the past already, but only rarely till recently. > > Background: I have a program (PTBSync) watching the clock and comparing it with a time server's settings somewhere. I could make this automated (no questions asked anymore) but feel a bit uneasy about what's possibly going on. > > Has anybody of you seen repeated readjustments of a PC's internal clock? (Maybe 8-10-times a day). There are connections active out of my box through e.g. Google, Firefox, LastPass - nothing else shown in my firewalls logfile. Could any of these connections stop my computers clock for quite a while ? (19 seconds, 55 seconds, even more than a minute ...) > > My machine is behind a (bidirectional) software firewall, a router with firewall and has Avira Antivirus softeware running. I've also recently checked with Antimalware's program, no problems from this side since a long time. Could a bluetooth connection (with mobile phone) be the culprit? > > TIA > Tilman > Running XP Pro SP2, cable connection through netgear router. > _______________________________________________ > Tech Support Guy Mailing List > http://www.tsgserver.com/list/ > > -- H Davis hdavis1 at gmail.com From hdavis1 at gmail.com Wed Apr 22 16:15:08 2009 From: hdavis1 at gmail.com (H Davis) Date: Wed, 22 Apr 2009 16:15:08 -0400 Subject: TSGL: Howdy! In-Reply-To: <49EF6996.1030202@gmail.com> References: <49EF6996.1030202@gmail.com> Message-ID: <49EF7ACC.8010009@gmail.com> Hi Lex, There is a forum at http://forums.techguy.org but, other than the guy that runs both the forum and this list, there is no connection. Some of our list members may participate on the forum but I don't. If you've got a problem just post it here and someone may have an answer. If someone else has a problem and you have an answer, or even a suggestion, post it by replying to the message; it will go to all list members. I have no idea how many actual members there are on this list but most of the back and forth is among about 2 dozen members. There are members all over the world; Australia, US, Canada, Germany, Holland, UK (I think), India and I'm sure others so time zones have to be considered when you're waiting for a reply. But I've found that everyone is generally civil, knows how to spell, and uses good grammar; even the non-native English speakers (which keeps me humble and striving). As usual, no flaming and stay (relatively) on topic. It's not a social club but I think you'll find, perhaps behind some protestations to the contrary, that many of the members are in your age group and over the years have gotten to know quite a bit about the other regular members. Welcome aboard. H Davis leximou at gmail.com wrote: > I'm a newbie to this list. Stumbled into a post from one of your > members during a search and thought I'd check it out. Am an active > Senior and live in Central Florida. Work with a bunch of guys that > build Biomass power plants. Have an elderly rescue dog and a tabby > point Siamese, teach computer use on the side and do the occasional > rebuild of used units to donate. Run machines with XP Pro, Vista > Business and Windows 7 (actually v 7068). Is there a place where you > post your info that I can wander to to meet some of the list members? > > Lex > > _______________________________________________ > Tech Support Guy Mailing List > http://www.tsgserver.com/list/ > -- H Davis hdavis1 at gmail.com From stephen.marki at hotmail.com Wed Apr 22 18:29:51 2009 From: stephen.marki at hotmail.com (Stephen Marki) Date: Wed, 22 Apr 2009 19:29:51 -0300 Subject: TSGL: Trojan... In-Reply-To: <49EF7ACC.8010009@gmail.com> References: <49EF6996.1030202@gmail.com> <49EF7ACC.8010009@gmail.com> Message-ID: Hey everyone, I have been on this list for a while now but never really payed attention to it. I just was wondering if there was something better for me to do to get rid of a trojan that I had. It was Trojan Vundo I think but I am not positive but I got rid of it with Spybot Search & Destroy which was probably the stupidest move I could have done. What happened was it deleted a file in my system registry that stopped me from getting access to the internet so I had to reinstall windows which just sucks as you can imagine. I was just wondering if I were to come across that problem again would there be any better way of dealing with it? Let me know. Signed, Stephen Marki From justin at whisperer.com.au Thu Apr 23 01:49:12 2009 From: justin at whisperer.com.au (The Computer Whisperer) Date: Thu, 23 Apr 2009 15:49:12 +1000 Subject: TSGL: Trojan... In-Reply-To: References: <49EF6996.1030202@gmail.com> <49EF7ACC.8010009@gmail.com> Message-ID: <2852b8d40904222249v5286f10ard9bfbfda91cd8f42@mail.gmail.com> You are still infected. Download Combofix from someone else's internet connection and run it. www.combofix.org Also run malwarebytes antimalware Regards, Justin 2009/4/23 Stephen Marki > > Hey everyone, > > I have been on this list for a while now but never really payed attention > to it. I just was wondering if there was something better for me to do to > get rid of a trojan that I had. It was Trojan Vundo I think but I am not > positive but I got rid of it with Spybot Search & Destroy which was probably > the stupidest move I could have done. > > What happened was it deleted a file in my system registry that stopped me > from getting access to the internet so I had to reinstall windows which just > sucks as you can imagine. > > I was just wondering if I were to come across that problem again would > there be any better way of dealing with it? Let me know. > > Signed, Stephen Marki > _______________________________________________ > Tech Support Guy Mailing List > http://www.tsgserver.com/list/ > -- http://www.whisperer.com.au The Computer Whisperer - Gets you where you want to be. Friendly on-site technical support - Home and Small Business Specialist. Telephone: (03) 5979 1122 Mobile 0406 467 701 Servicing the Mornington Peninsula (Victoria, Australia) From jonpan at onlinehome.de Thu Apr 23 03:20:55 2009 From: jonpan at onlinehome.de (Jon) Date: Thu, 23 Apr 2009 09:20:55 +0200 Subject: TSGL: Howdy! References: <49EF6996.1030202@gmail.com> <49EF7ACC.8010009@gmail.com> Message-ID: If I may say so, H, that is an excellent answer! Lex's suggestion seems at first glance to be a good idea - however, we should point out that information provided can be accessed by search engines and is therefore open to the world. Bit-by-bit gathering is slow but safer, so let's leave it that way. Welcome, Lex. I assume you know tricks for finding a personal email address if you need to write privately? John Od/G ----- Original Message ----- From: H Davis To: Tech Support Guy Mailing List Sent: Wednesday, April 22, 2009 10:15 PM Subject: Re: TSGL: Howdy! Hi Lex, There is a forum at http://forums.techguy.org but, other than the guy that runs both the forum and this list, there is no connection. Some of our list members may participate on the forum but I don't. If you've got a problem just post it here and someone may have an answer. If someone else has a problem and you have an answer, or even a suggestion, post it by replying to the message; it will go to all list members. I have no idea how many actual members there are on this list but most of the back and forth is among about 2 dozen members. There are members all over the world; Australia, US, Canada, Germany, Holland, UK (I think), India and I'm sure others so time zones have to be considered when you're waiting for a reply. But I've found that everyone is generally civil, knows how to spell, and uses good grammar; even the non-native English speakers (which keeps me humble and striving). As usual, no flaming and stay (relatively) on topic. It's not a social club but I think you'll find, perhaps behind some protestations to the contrary, that many of the members are in your age group and over the years have gotten to know quite a bit about the other regular members. Welcome aboard. H Davis leximou at gmail.com wrote: > I'm a newbie to this list. Stumbled into a post from one of your > members during a search and thought I'd check it out. Am an active > Senior and live in Central Florida. Work with a bunch of guys that > build Biomass power plants. Have an elderly rescue dog and a tabby > point Siamese, teach computer use on the side and do the occasional > rebuild of used units to donate. Run machines with XP Pro, Vista > Business and Windows 7 (actually v 7068). Is there a place where you > post your info that I can wander to to meet some of the list members? > > Lex > > _______________________________________________ > Tech Support Guy Mailing List > http://www.tsgserver.com/list/ > -- H Davis hdavis1 at gmail.com _______________________________________________ Tech Support Guy Mailing List http://www.tsgserver.com/list/ From leximou at Gmail.com Thu Apr 23 07:08:02 2009 From: leximou at Gmail.com (SMD) Date: Thu, 23 Apr 2009 07:08:02 -0400 Subject: TSGL: Howdy! In-Reply-To: References: <49EF6996.1030202@gmail.com> <49EF7ACC.8010009@gmail.com> Message-ID: <49F04C12.90407@Gmail.com> Jon wrote: > I assume you know tricks for finding a personal email address if you need to write privately? > > John > Od/G > I believe that the group uses an 'at' instead of the @ for shielding. Great idea. L From jonpan at onlinehome.de Thu Apr 23 07:53:36 2009 From: jonpan at onlinehome.de (Jon) Date: Thu, 23 Apr 2009 13:53:36 +0200 Subject: TSGL: Howdy! References: <49EF6996.1030202@gmail.com> <49EF7ACC.8010009@gmail.com> <49F04C12.90407@Gmail.com> Message-ID: <192E1CE19B7E4EDF8CA5DBC6C6D482E1@johnsp2> ----- Original Message ----- From: SMD To: Tech Support Guy Mailing List Sent: Thursday, April 23, 2009 1:08 PM Subject: Re: TSGL: Howdy! Jon wrote: > I assume you know tricks for finding a personal email address if you need to write privately? > > John > Od/G > I believe that the group uses an 'at' instead of the @ for shielding. Great idea. L _______________________________________________ Tech Support Guy Mailing List http://www.tsgserver.com/list/ From tbrandl2 at chello.at Thu Apr 23 09:13:03 2009 From: tbrandl2 at chello.at (Tilman Brandl) Date: Thu, 23 Apr 2009 15:13:03 +0200 Subject: TSGL: program re-adjuss my internal clock References: <019b01c9c349$60b4f270$0201a8c0@til4200> <49EF7750.407@gmail.com> Message-ID: <009901c9c415$4040ddc0$0201a8c0@til4200> Thanks, H for your tip. This machine is pretty new (6 months at max) therefore I wouldn't have thought of the battery. I've btw never seen a battery die since about the late 80s of last century. I'll anyway keep an eye on this, it just might be the reason in this case. Regards Tilman ----- Original Message ----- From: "H Davis" To: "Tech Support Guy Mailing List" Sent: Wednesday, April 22, 2009 10:00 PM Subject: Re: TSGL: program re-adjuss my internal clock > Tilman, > > An erratic clock usually means the internal battery in your computer is > checking out. I think the life of these batteries is supposed to be 5 to > 7 years but I've had some of my own go sooner than that. How old is your > machine? They're cheap and easy to replace, so in the absence of a > better idea, you might try that. > > H Davis > > Tilman Brandl wrote: >> Hi, >> >> several times a day I'm getting a message telling me that a program has adjusted the internal clock or Windows has established a RAS connection. I've seen this in the past already, but only rarely till recently. >> >> Background: I have a program (PTBSync) watching the clock and comparing it with a time server's settings somewhere. I could make this automated (no questions asked anymore) but feel a bit uneasy about what's possibly going on. >> >> Has anybody of you seen repeated readjustments of a PC's internal clock? (Maybe 8-10-times a day). There are connections active out of my box through e.g. Google, Firefox, LastPass - nothing else shown in my firewalls logfile. Could any of these connections stop my computers clock for quite a while ? (19 seconds, 55 seconds, even more than a minute ...) >> >> My machine is behind a (bidirectional) software firewall, a router with firewall and has Avira Antivirus softeware running. I've also recently checked with Antimalware's program, no problems from this side since a long time. Could a bluetooth connection (with mobile phone) be the culprit? >> >> TIA >> Tilman >> Running XP Pro SP2, cable connection through netgear router. From mikec at pcug.org.au Thu Apr 23 10:13:38 2009 From: mikec at pcug.org.au (Mike Cassidy) Date: Fri, 24 Apr 2009 00:13:38 +1000 Subject: TSGL: Trojan... In-Reply-To: Message-ID: Hi Stephen, I've found the volunteers at: http://forums.whatthetech.com/forums.html (formerly TomCoyote) will provide excellent and reliable step-by-step instructions to get you infection-free. They'll also provide sound advice on how to stay that way. You have to register to lodge a request and be sure to read the follow the steps on what to do before you lodge a request. Regards, MikeC -----Original Message----- From: list-bounces at tsgserver.com [mailto:list-bounces at tsgserver.com]On Behalf Of Stephen Marki Sent: Thursday, 23 April 2009 8:30 AM To: list at tsgserver.com Subject: TSGL: Trojan... Hey everyone, I have been on this list for a while now but never really payed attention to it. I just was wondering if there was something better for me to do to get rid of a trojan that I had. It was Trojan Vundo I think but I am not positive but I got rid of it with Spybot Search & Destroy which was probably the stupidest move I could have done. What happened was it deleted a file in my system registry that stopped me from getting access to the internet so I had to reinstall windows which just sucks as you can imagine. I was just wondering if I were to come across that problem again would there be any better way of dealing with it? Let me know. Signed, Stephen Marki _______________________________________________ Tech Support Guy Mailing List http://www.tsgserver.com/list/ From stephen.marki at hotmail.com Thu Apr 23 13:14:05 2009 From: stephen.marki at hotmail.com (Stephen Marki) Date: Thu, 23 Apr 2009 14:14:05 -0300 Subject: TSGL: Trojan... In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: Well that is the thing, The damage was already done and I had to reinstall Windows because Spybot deleted the trojan but took an important file with it Signed, Stephen Marki > From: mikec at pcug.org.au > To: list at tsgserver.com > Date: Fri, 24 Apr 2009 00:13:38 +1000 > Subject: Re: TSGL: Trojan... > > Hi Stephen, > I've found the volunteers at: > http://forums.whatthetech.com/forums.html > (formerly TomCoyote) will provide excellent and reliable step-by-step > instructions to get you infection-free. They'll also provide sound advice on > how to stay that way. > > You have to register to lodge a request and be sure to read the follow the > steps on what to do before you lodge a request. > > Regards, > MikeC > > -----Original Message----- > From: list-bounces at tsgserver.com [mailto:list-bounces at tsgserver.com]On > Behalf Of Stephen Marki > Sent: Thursday, 23 April 2009 8:30 AM > To: list at tsgserver.com > Subject: TSGL: Trojan... > > Hey everyone, > > I have been on this list for a while now but never really payed attention to > it. I just was wondering if there was something better for me to do to get > rid of a trojan that I had. It was Trojan Vundo I think but I am not > positive but I got rid of it with Spybot Search & Destroy which was probably > the stupidest move I could have done. > > What happened was it deleted a file in my system registry that stopped me > from getting access to the internet so I had to reinstall windows which just > sucks as you can imagine. > > I was just wondering if I were to come across that problem again would there > be any better way of dealing with it? Let me know. > > Signed, Stephen Marki > _______________________________________________ > Tech Support Guy Mailing List > http://www.tsgserver.com/list/ > > > _______________________________________________ > Tech Support Guy Mailing List > http://www.tsgserver.com/list/ From coover at fastmail.fm Thu Apr 23 19:55:42 2009 From: coover at fastmail.fm (Russell W. Coover) Date: Thu, 23 Apr 2009 16:55:42 -0700 Subject: TSGL: program re-adjuss my internal clock In-Reply-To: <009901c9c415$4040ddc0$0201a8c0@til4200> References: <019b01c9c349$60b4f270$0201a8c0@til4200> <49EF7750.407@gmail.com> <009901c9c415$4040ddc0$0201a8c0@til4200> Message-ID: <5924EDBBF3EB42019AC9DAAA513E36D0@AcerPC> Unless set differently, Windows can and will check your clock occasionally, but, I believe, this would occur only a couple of times a month. There are, however, other softwares, some free, that will check and reset your clock more frequently. For example, I use the freeware Dimension4 on all my machines, and I have set it to check the time every 15 minutes. The interval is variable and at the choice of the user. My choice is probably excessive, but I demand the clock be accurate to the second. While you may not have a software like D4 that sets the clock (and does nothing else), you may have a software installed for some other purpose that secondarily checks the clock in the system tray. The software may have a need for the correct time, or it may be something that the programmer threw in simply because he could. If this behavior continues to be a problem and you are unable to solve it yourself, perhaps you could list the various programs on your computer and somebody can tell you which one is the culprit. By the way, if you are concerned about a security problem, you probably do not have one based on time checks. Russ Coover -----Original Message----- From: list-bounces at tsgserver.com [mailto:list-bounces at tsgserver.com] On Behalf Of Tilman Brandl Sent: Thursday, April 23, 2009 6:13 AM To: Tech Support Guy Mailing List Subject: Re: TSGL: program re-adjuss my internal clock Thanks, H for your tip. This machine is pretty new (6 months at max) therefore I wouldn't have thought of the battery. I've btw never seen a battery die since about the late 80s of last century. I'll anyway keep an eye on this, it just might be the reason in this case. Regards Tilman ----- Original Message ----- From: "H Davis" To: "Tech Support Guy Mailing List" Sent: Wednesday, April 22, 2009 10:00 PM Subject: Re: TSGL: program re-adjuss my internal clock > Tilman, > > An erratic clock usually means the internal battery in your computer is > checking out. I think the life of these batteries is supposed to be 5 to > 7 years but I've had some of my own go sooner than that. How old is your > machine? They're cheap and easy to replace, so in the absence of a > better idea, you might try that. > > H Davis > > Tilman Brandl wrote: >> Hi, >> >> several times a day I'm getting a message telling me that a program has adjusted the internal clock or Windows has established a RAS connection. I've seen this in the past already, but only rarely till recently. >> >> Background: I have a program (PTBSync) watching the clock and comparing it with a time server's settings somewhere. I could make this automated (no questions asked anymore) but feel a bit uneasy about what's possibly going on. >> >> Has anybody of you seen repeated readjustments of a PC's internal clock? (Maybe 8-10-times a day). There are connections active out of my box through e.g. Google, Firefox, LastPass - nothing else shown in my firewalls logfile. Could any of these connections stop my computers clock for quite a while ? (19 seconds, 55 seconds, even more than a minute ...) >> >> My machine is behind a (bidirectional) software firewall, a router with firewall and has Avira Antivirus softeware running. I've also recently checked with Antimalware's program, no problems from this side since a long time. Could a bluetooth connection (with mobile phone) be the culprit? >> >> TIA >> Tilman >> Running XP Pro SP2, cable connection through netgear router. _______________________________________________ Tech Support Guy Mailing List http://www.tsgserver.com/list/ From coover at fastmail.fm Thu Apr 23 20:18:25 2009 From: coover at fastmail.fm (Russell W. Coover) Date: Thu, 23 Apr 2009 17:18:25 -0700 Subject: TSGL: Howdy! In-Reply-To: <49EF6996.1030202@gmail.com> References: <49EF6996.1030202@gmail.com> Message-ID: <245A058C610849849F985B9276B49654@AcerPC> Hi leximou, Glad to see that you have found this very valuable email list. Yes, we have several guys and gals who are in your age group. Me, I'm older than dirt and retired. My machines (6 at present) range from Win 2000 to Vista Ultimate and I ran a Virtual Machine with Win 7 on it for a while. I also have a copy of Ubuntu running within Windows on a couple of Laptops (I use the Linux when I'm away from home and don't trust the local wireless network to which I'm connected). I, also, occasionally rebuild older computes to donate to folks who need a computer and cannot afford one. I live in the mountains of Southern California, where we get snow in the winter and fire in the summer and fall. It makes life interesting. It is good to have you here. Nice to meet you. Russ Coover Running Springs, CA -----Original Message----- From: list-bounces at tsgserver.com [mailto:list-bounces at tsgserver.com] On Behalf Of leximou at gmail.com Sent: Wednesday, April 22, 2009 12:02 PM To: list at tsgserver.com Subject: TSGL: Howdy! I'm a newbie to this list. Stumbled into a post from one of your members during a search and thought I'd check it out. Am an active Senior and live in Central Florida. Work with a bunch of guys that build Biomass power plants. Have an elderly rescue dog and a tabby point Siamese, teach computer use on the side and do the occasional rebuild of used units to donate. Run machines with XP Pro, Vista Business and Windows 7 (actually v 7068). Is there a place where you post your info that I can wander to to meet some of the list members? Lex _______________________________________________ Tech Support Guy Mailing List http://www.tsgserver.com/list/ From tbrandl2 at chello.at Thu Apr 23 20:29:11 2009 From: tbrandl2 at chello.at (Tilman Brandl) Date: Fri, 24 Apr 2009 02:29:11 +0200 Subject: TSGL: program re-adjuss my internal clock References: <019b01c9c349$60b4f270$0201a8c0@til4200> <49EF7750.407@gmail.com><009901c9c415$4040ddc0$0201a8c0@til4200> <5924EDBBF3EB42019AC9DAAA513E36D0@AcerPC> Message-ID: <016201c9c473$b6b94c90$0201a8c0@til4200> Russ, just for clarification: Like you I have a program (PTBSync) checking the time and re-setting it if I agree - I can also set this to 'quiet'. That's not the problem. There seems to have changed something recently: In the past my time-check-set program did ask me wheter to re-adjust the time about once or twice a week. Now it's doing it more frequently, and adds a message before it does. These messages say the internal time has been changed by another program or by windows having set up a RAS connection (how could this be the case?). PTBSync then asks as usual whether it should set the clock. Today btw I've only seen about 2 instances of this, while there were a whole bunch (6-10) yesterday. I wonder whether any of the websites I sometimes do keep open for days or any Firefox add-ons could be behind this. Or also for instance Xmarks (former Foxmarks) synching my favorites, or LastPass doing the same with my passwords ... and maybe other applications too. Anything that would be stopping or delaying my PC's clock however would surprise me, since I've not seen such effects in the past. I am on my wits end ... (not concerned actually, but curious) Tilman ----- Original Message ----- From: "Russell W. Coover" To: "'Tech Support Guy Mailing List'" Sent: Friday, April 24, 2009 1:55 AM Subject: Re: TSGL: program re-adjuss my internal clock > Unless set differently, Windows can and will check your clock occasionally, > but, I believe, this would occur only a couple of times a month. There are, > however, other softwares, some free, that will check and reset your clock > more frequently. For example, I use the freeware Dimension4 on all my > machines, and I have set it to check the time every 15 minutes. The interval > is variable and at the choice of the user. My choice is probably excessive, > but I demand the clock be accurate to the second. > > While you may not have a software like D4 that sets the clock (and does > nothing else), you may have a software installed for some other purpose that > secondarily checks the clock in the system tray. The software may have a > need for the correct time, or it may be something that the programmer threw > in simply because he could. > > If this behavior continues to be a problem and you are unable to solve it > yourself, perhaps you could list the various programs on your computer and > somebody can tell you which one is the culprit. > > By the way, if you are concerned about a security problem, you probably do > not have one based on time checks. > > > Russ Coover > > -----Original Message----- > From: list-bounces at tsgserver.com [mailto:list-bounces at tsgserver.com] On > Behalf Of Tilman Brandl > Sent: Thursday, April 23, 2009 6:13 AM > To: Tech Support Guy Mailing List > Subject: Re: TSGL: program re-adjuss my internal clock > > Thanks, H > > for your tip. This machine is pretty new (6 months at max) therefore I > wouldn't have thought of the battery. I've btw never seen a battery die > since about the late 80s of last century. I'll anyway keep an eye on this, > it just might be the reason in this case. > > Regards > Tilman > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "H Davis" > To: "Tech Support Guy Mailing List" > Sent: Wednesday, April 22, 2009 10:00 PM > Subject: Re: TSGL: program re-adjuss my internal clock > > >> Tilman, >> >> An erratic clock usually means the internal battery in your computer is >> checking out. I think the life of these batteries is supposed to be 5 to >> 7 years but I've had some of my own go sooner than that. How old is your >> machine? They're cheap and easy to replace, so in the absence of a >> better idea, you might try that. >> >> H Davis >> >> Tilman Brandl wrote: >>> Hi, >>> >>> several times a day I'm getting a message telling me that a program has > adjusted the internal clock or Windows has established a RAS connection. > I've seen this in the past already, but only rarely till recently. >>> >>> Background: I have a program (PTBSync) watching the clock and comparing > it with a time server's settings somewhere. I could make this automated (no > questions asked anymore) but feel a bit uneasy about what's possibly going > on. >>> >>> Has anybody of you seen repeated readjustments of a PC's internal clock? > (Maybe 8-10-times a day). There are connections active out of my box through > e.g. Google, Firefox, LastPass - nothing else shown in my firewalls logfile. > Could any of these connections stop my computers clock for quite a while ? > (19 seconds, 55 seconds, even more than a minute ...) >>> >>> My machine is behind a (bidirectional) software firewall, a router with > firewall and has Avira Antivirus softeware running. I've also recently > checked with Antimalware's program, no problems from this side since a long > time. Could a bluetooth connection (with mobile phone) be the culprit? >>> >>> TIA >>> Tilman >>> Running XP Pro SP2, cable connection through netgear router. From coover at fastmail.fm Thu Apr 23 20:36:06 2009 From: coover at fastmail.fm (Russell W. Coover) Date: Thu, 23 Apr 2009 17:36:06 -0700 Subject: TSGL: Trojan... In-Reply-To: References: <49EF6996.1030202@gmail.com> <49EF7ACC.8010009@gmail.com> Message-ID: <342A47CA00FD4007A086A63D0331533F@AcerPC> Hi Stephen, Sometimes there are great ways to get rid of a Trojan using certain tools that are available. Justin, the Computer Whisperer listed a couple, and, knowing Justin, his advice is probably very good. I know nothing about Vundo, so I offer no opinion as to the best course. But I do know this ... many of the tools offered to get rid of viruses, trojans, and other malware do not work as advertised. Oh, they usually work for a while ... but many of the malwares implant files on your computer so deeply that the solutions offered cannot find all of them. So after cleaning, six months may go by and all of a sudden the malware is back, just as bad as before. So my solution to your problem is just exactly what you did ... Format the drive and reinstall. But the most important part of that is the format ... not a quick format, a thorough format is required. A quick format simply renames the files and leaves them on the hard drive (though not in a way where you can actually see it). Left there, the file may raise it's ugly head and reinfect. Good luck. Russ Coover -----Original Message----- From: list-bounces at tsgserver.com [mailto:list-bounces at tsgserver.com] On Behalf Of Stephen Marki Sent: Wednesday, April 22, 2009 3:30 PM To: list at tsgserver.com Subject: TSGL: Trojan... Hey everyone, I have been on this list for a while now but never really payed attention to it. I just was wondering if there was something better for me to do to get rid of a trojan that I had. It was Trojan Vundo I think but I am not positive but I got rid of it with Spybot Search & Destroy which was probably the stupidest move I could have done. What happened was it deleted a file in my system registry that stopped me from getting access to the internet so I had to reinstall windows which just sucks as you can imagine. I was just wondering if I were to come across that problem again would there be any better way of dealing with it? Let me know. Signed, Stephen Marki _______________________________________________ Tech Support Guy Mailing List http://www.tsgserver.com/list/ From coover at fastmail.fm Thu Apr 23 20:46:02 2009 From: coover at fastmail.fm (Russell W. Coover) Date: Thu, 23 Apr 2009 17:46:02 -0700 Subject: TSGL: program re-adjuss my internal clock In-Reply-To: <016201c9c473$b6b94c90$0201a8c0@til4200> References: <019b01c9c349$60b4f270$0201a8c0@til4200><49EF7750.407@gmail.com><009901c9c415$4040ddc0$0201a8c0@til4200><5924EDBBF3EB42019AC9DAAA513E36D0@AcerPC> <016201c9c473$b6b94c90$0201a8c0@til4200> Message-ID: <0F7AA50BD2AF454D9D7AA4AB68A9C61F@AcerPC> Can't tell you the answer, but I can tell you that there is a setting in Windows that will open an RAS connection. Right click on your tray clock and poke around a bit on the various tabs that come up and you should be able to find that. If Windows is synching your clock, you can turn that off. Russ -----Original Message----- From: list-bounces at tsgserver.com [mailto:list-bounces at tsgserver.com] On Behalf Of Tilman Brandl Sent: Thursday, April 23, 2009 5:29 PM To: Tech Support Guy Mailing List Subject: Re: TSGL: program re-adjuss my internal clock Russ, just for clarification: Like you I have a program (PTBSync) checking the time and re-setting it if I agree - I can also set this to 'quiet'. That's not the problem. There seems to have changed something recently: In the past my time-check-set program did ask me wheter to re-adjust the time about once or twice a week. Now it's doing it more frequently, and adds a message before it does. These messages say the internal time has been changed by another program or by windows having set up a RAS connection (how could this be the case?). PTBSync then asks as usual whether it should set the clock. Today btw I've only seen about 2 instances of this, while there were a whole bunch (6-10) yesterday. I wonder whether any of the websites I sometimes do keep open for days or any Firefox add-ons could be behind this. Or also for instance Xmarks (former Foxmarks) synching my favorites, or LastPass doing the same with my passwords ... and maybe other applications too. Anything that would be stopping or delaying my PC's clock however would surprise me, since I've not seen such effects in the past. I am on my wits end ... (not concerned actually, but curious) Tilman ----- Original Message ----- From: "Russell W. Coover" To: "'Tech Support Guy Mailing List'" Sent: Friday, April 24, 2009 1:55 AM Subject: Re: TSGL: program re-adjuss my internal clock > Unless set differently, Windows can and will check your clock occasionally, > but, I believe, this would occur only a couple of times a month. There are, > however, other softwares, some free, that will check and reset your clock > more frequently. For example, I use the freeware Dimension4 on all my > machines, and I have set it to check the time every 15 minutes. The interval > is variable and at the choice of the user. My choice is probably excessive, > but I demand the clock be accurate to the second. > > While you may not have a software like D4 that sets the clock (and does > nothing else), you may have a software installed for some other purpose that > secondarily checks the clock in the system tray. The software may have a > need for the correct time, or it may be something that the programmer threw > in simply because he could. > > If this behavior continues to be a problem and you are unable to solve it > yourself, perhaps you could list the various programs on your computer and > somebody can tell you which one is the culprit. > > By the way, if you are concerned about a security problem, you probably do > not have one based on time checks. > > > Russ Coover > > -----Original Message----- > From: list-bounces at tsgserver.com [mailto:list-bounces at tsgserver.com] On > Behalf Of Tilman Brandl > Sent: Thursday, April 23, 2009 6:13 AM > To: Tech Support Guy Mailing List > Subject: Re: TSGL: program re-adjuss my internal clock > > Thanks, H > > for your tip. This machine is pretty new (6 months at max) therefore I > wouldn't have thought of the battery. I've btw never seen a battery die > since about the late 80s of last century. I'll anyway keep an eye on this, > it just might be the reason in this case. > > Regards > Tilman > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "H Davis" > To: "Tech Support Guy Mailing List" > Sent: Wednesday, April 22, 2009 10:00 PM > Subject: Re: TSGL: program re-adjuss my internal clock > > >> Tilman, >> >> An erratic clock usually means the internal battery in your computer is >> checking out. I think the life of these batteries is supposed to be 5 to >> 7 years but I've had some of my own go sooner than that. How old is your >> machine? They're cheap and easy to replace, so in the absence of a >> better idea, you might try that. >> >> H Davis >> >> Tilman Brandl wrote: >>> Hi, >>> >>> several times a day I'm getting a message telling me that a program has > adjusted the internal clock or Windows has established a RAS connection. > I've seen this in the past already, but only rarely till recently. >>> >>> Background: I have a program (PTBSync) watching the clock and comparing > it with a time server's settings somewhere. I could make this automated (no > questions asked anymore) but feel a bit uneasy about what's possibly going > on. >>> >>> Has anybody of you seen repeated readjustments of a PC's internal clock? > (Maybe 8-10-times a day). There are connections active out of my box through > e.g. Google, Firefox, LastPass - nothing else shown in my firewalls logfile. > Could any of these connections stop my computers clock for quite a while ? > (19 seconds, 55 seconds, even more than a minute ...) >>> >>> My machine is behind a (bidirectional) software firewall, a router with > firewall and has Avira Antivirus softeware running. I've also recently > checked with Antimalware's program, no problems from this side since a long > time. Could a bluetooth connection (with mobile phone) be the culprit? >>> >>> TIA >>> Tilman >>> Running XP Pro SP2, cable connection through netgear router. _______________________________________________ Tech Support Guy Mailing List http://www.tsgserver.com/list/ From jonpan at onlinehome.de Fri Apr 24 06:04:19 2009 From: jonpan at onlinehome.de (Jon) Date: Fri, 24 Apr 2009 12:04:19 +0200 Subject: TSGL: program re-adjuss my internal clock References: <019b01c9c349$60b4f270$0201a8c0@til4200><49EF7750.407@gmail.com><009901c9c415$4040ddc0$0201a8c0@til4200><5924EDBBF3EB42019AC9DAAA513E36D0@AcerPC> <016201c9c473$b6b94c90$0201a8c0@til4200> Message-ID: Tilman at his wit's end? Must be bad! To compare with my settings, Tilman - right click on the system tray time - adjust date,time, then Time Zone GMT+1 Amsterdam, Berlin. Auto adjust for daylight saving Internet Time auto sync Server time.windows.com The time displayed on my PC is accurate to within a second of the time shown on a couple of 'Funkuhren' presumably controlled from Braunschweig. Hope this helps. If not, don't go mad - yet. John Od/G --- Original Message ----- From: Tilman Brandl To: Tech Support Guy Mailing List Sent: Friday, April 24, 2009 2:29 AM Subject: Re: TSGL: program re-adjuss my internal clock Russ, just for clarification: Like you I have a program (PTBSync) checking the time and re-setting it if I agree - I can also set this to 'quiet'. That's not the problem. There seems to have changed something recently: In the past my time-check-set program did ask me wheter to re-adjust the time about once or twice a week. Now it's doing it more frequently, and adds a message before it does. These messages say the internal time has been changed by another program or by windows having set up a RAS connection (how could this be the case?). PTBSync then asks as usual whether it should set the clock. Today btw I've only seen about 2 instances of this, while there were a whole bunch (6-10) yesterday. I wonder whether any of the websites I sometimes do keep open for days or any Firefox add-ons could be behind this. Or also for instance Xmarks (former Foxmarks) synching my favorites, or LastPass doing the same with my passwords ... and maybe other applications too. Anything that would be stopping or delaying my PC's clock however would surprise me, since I've not seen such effects in the past. I am on my wits end ... (not concerned actually, but curious) Tilman ----- Original Message ----- From: "Russell W. Coover" To: "'Tech Support Guy Mailing List'" Sent: Friday, April 24, 2009 1:55 AM Subject: Re: TSGL: program re-adjuss my internal clock > Unless set differently, Windows can and will check your clock occasionally, > but, I believe, this would occur only a couple of times a month. There are, > however, other softwares, some free, that will check and reset your clock > more frequently. For example, I use the freeware Dimension4 on all my > machines, and I have set it to check the time every 15 minutes. The interval > is variable and at the choice of the user. My choice is probably excessive, > but I demand the clock be accurate to the second. > > While you may not have a software like D4 that sets the clock (and does > nothing else), you may have a software installed for some other purpose that > secondarily checks the clock in the system tray. The software may have a > need for the correct time, or it may be something that the programmer threw > in simply because he could. > > If this behavior continues to be a problem and you are unable to solve it > yourself, perhaps you could list the various programs on your computer and > somebody can tell you which one is the culprit. > > By the way, if you are concerned about a security problem, you probably do > not have one based on time checks. > > > Russ Coover > > -----Original Message----- > From: list-bounces at tsgserver.com [mailto:list-bounces at tsgserver.com] On > Behalf Of Tilman Brandl > Sent: Thursday, April 23, 2009 6:13 AM > To: Tech Support Guy Mailing List > Subject: Re: TSGL: program re-adjuss my internal clock > > Thanks, H > > for your tip. This machine is pretty new (6 months at max) therefore I > wouldn't have thought of the battery. I've btw never seen a battery die > since about the late 80s of last century. I'll anyway keep an eye on this, > it just might be the reason in this case. > > Regards > Tilman > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "H Davis" > To: "Tech Support Guy Mailing List" > Sent: Wednesday, April 22, 2009 10:00 PM > Subject: Re: TSGL: program re-adjuss my internal clock > > >> Tilman, >> >> An erratic clock usually means the internal battery in your computer is >> checking out. I think the life of these batteries is supposed to be 5 to >> 7 years but I've had some of my own go sooner than that. How old is your >> machine? They're cheap and easy to replace, so in the absence of a >> better idea, you might try that. >> >> H Davis >> >> Tilman Brandl wrote: >>> Hi, >>> >>> several times a day I'm getting a message telling me that a program has > adjusted the internal clock or Windows has established a RAS connection. > I've seen this in the past already, but only rarely till recently. >>> >>> Background: I have a program (PTBSync) watching the clock and comparing > it with a time server's settings somewhere. I could make this automated (no > questions asked anymore) but feel a bit uneasy about what's possibly going > on. >>> >>> Has anybody of you seen repeated readjustments of a PC's internal clock? > (Maybe 8-10-times a day). There are connections active out of my box through > e.g. Google, Firefox, LastPass - nothing else shown in my firewalls logfile. > Could any of these connections stop my computers clock for quite a while ? > (19 seconds, 55 seconds, even more than a minute ...) >>> >>> My machine is behind a (bidirectional) software firewall, a router with > firewall and has Avira Antivirus softeware running. I've also recently > checked with Antimalware's program, no problems from this side since a long > time. Could a bluetooth connection (with mobile phone) be the culprit? >>> >>> TIA >>> Tilman >>> Running XP Pro SP2, cable connection through netgear router. _______________________________________________ Tech Support Guy Mailing List http://www.tsgserver.com/list/ From hasanat at sparkbd.net Fri Apr 24 06:14:03 2009 From: hasanat at sparkbd.net (A Hasanat Khan) Date: Fri, 24 Apr 2009 16:14:03 +0600 Subject: TSGL: Is my partition defective? References: <019b01c9c349$60b4f270$0201a8c0@til4200><49EF7750.407@gmail.com><009901c9c415$4040ddc0$0201a8c0@til4200><5924EDBBF3EB42019AC9DAAA513E36D0@AcerPC><016201c9c473$b6b94c90$0201a8c0@til4200> <0F7AA50BD2AF454D9D7AA4AB68A9C61F@AcerPC> Message-ID: Hi All, When I try and run Partition Magic 8.05, I get a serious warning that Disk 1, which includes my C: is defective, and I must clone the disk, reformat and repartition and clone back all data. Otherwise I will lose all data. Error report as follows:- Error #109: Partition ends after end of disk. ucEndCylinder (19457) must be less than 19457. However if I use Paragon Partition Manager 9, everything is allright. I can even repartition and all is well. Even Windows own Disk Management tool cannot find anything wrong. Do I need to worry, or is Partition Magic defective? Any advice will be appreciated. Hasanat -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean. From tbrandl2 at chello.at Fri Apr 24 07:11:41 2009 From: tbrandl2 at chello.at (Tilman Brandl) Date: Fri, 24 Apr 2009 13:11:41 +0200 Subject: TSGL: program re-adjuss my internal clock References: <019b01c9c349$60b4f270$0201a8c0@til4200><49EF7750.407@gmail.com><009901c9c415$4040ddc0$0201a8c0@til4200><5924EDBBF3EB42019AC9DAAA513E36D0@AcerPC><016201c9c473$b6b94c90$0201a8c0@til4200> <0F7AA50BD2AF454D9D7AA4AB68A9C61F@AcerPC> Message-ID: <007601c9c4cd$75689de0$0201a8c0@til4200> the windows re-synching service is OFF, wouldn't make sense with my own program looking after this. Since yesterday I haven't had these messages anymore, so it looks like an erratic effect with dubious background ... Thanks Tilman ----- Original Message ----- From: "Russell W. Coover" To: "'Tech Support Guy Mailing List'" Sent: Friday, April 24, 2009 2:46 AM Subject: Re: TSGL: program re-adjuss my internal clock > Can't tell you the answer, but I can tell you that there is a setting in > Windows that will open an RAS connection. Right click on your tray clock and > poke around a bit on the various tabs that come up and you should be able to > find that. If Windows is synching your clock, you can turn that off. > > Russ > > -----Original Message----- > From: list-bounces at tsgserver.com [mailto:list-bounces at tsgserver.com] On > Behalf Of Tilman Brandl > Sent: Thursday, April 23, 2009 5:29 PM > To: Tech Support Guy Mailing List > Subject: Re: TSGL: program re-adjuss my internal clock > > Russ, > > just for clarification: Like you I have a program (PTBSync) checking the > time and re-setting it if I agree - I can also set this to 'quiet'. That's > not the problem. > > There seems to have changed something recently: In the past my > time-check-set program did ask me wheter to re-adjust the time about once or > twice a week. Now it's doing it more frequently, and adds a message before > it does. These messages say the internal time has been changed by another > program or by windows having set up a RAS connection (how could this be the > case?). PTBSync then asks as usual whether it should set the clock. Today > btw I've only seen about 2 instances of this, while there were a whole bunch > (6-10) yesterday. > > I wonder whether any of the websites I sometimes do keep open for days or > any Firefox add-ons could be behind this. Or also for instance Xmarks > (former Foxmarks) synching my favorites, or LastPass doing the same with my > passwords ... and maybe other applications too. Anything that would be > stopping or delaying my PC's clock however would surprise me, since I've not > seen such effects in the past. > > I am on my wits end ... (not concerned actually, but curious) > > Tilman > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Russell W. Coover" > To: "'Tech Support Guy Mailing List'" > Sent: Friday, April 24, 2009 1:55 AM > Subject: Re: TSGL: program re-adjuss my internal clock > > >> Unless set differently, Windows can and will check your clock > occasionally, >> but, I believe, this would occur only a couple of times a month. There > are, >> however, other softwares, some free, that will check and reset your clock >> more frequently. For example, I use the freeware Dimension4 on all my >> machines, and I have set it to check the time every 15 minutes. The > interval >> is variable and at the choice of the user. My choice is probably > excessive, >> but I demand the clock be accurate to the second. >> >> While you may not have a software like D4 that sets the clock (and does >> nothing else), you may have a software installed for some other purpose > that >> secondarily checks the clock in the system tray. The software may have a >> need for the correct time, or it may be something that the programmer > threw >> in simply because he could. >> >> If this behavior continues to be a problem and you are unable to solve it >> yourself, perhaps you could list the various programs on your computer and >> somebody can tell you which one is the culprit. >> >> By the way, if you are concerned about a security problem, you probably do >> not have one based on time checks. >> >> >> Russ Coover >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: list-bounces at tsgserver.com [mailto:list-bounces at tsgserver.com] On >> Behalf Of Tilman Brandl >> Sent: Thursday, April 23, 2009 6:13 AM >> To: Tech Support Guy Mailing List >> Subject: Re: TSGL: program re-adjuss my internal clock >> >> Thanks, H >> >> for your tip. This machine is pretty new (6 months at max) therefore I >> wouldn't have thought of the battery. I've btw never seen a battery die >> since about the late 80s of last century. I'll anyway keep an eye on this, >> it just might be the reason in this case. >> >> Regards >> Tilman >> >> ----- Original Message ----- >> From: "H Davis" >> To: "Tech Support Guy Mailing List" >> Sent: Wednesday, April 22, 2009 10:00 PM >> Subject: Re: TSGL: program re-adjuss my internal clock >> >> >>> Tilman, >>> >>> An erratic clock usually means the internal battery in your computer is >>> checking out. I think the life of these batteries is supposed to be 5 to >>> 7 years but I've had some of my own go sooner than that. How old is your >>> machine? They're cheap and easy to replace, so in the absence of a >>> better idea, you might try that. >>> >>> H Davis >>> >>> Tilman Brandl wrote: >>>> Hi, >>>> >>>> several times a day I'm getting a message telling me that a program has >> adjusted the internal clock or Windows has established a RAS connection. >> I've seen this in the past already, but only rarely till recently. >>>> >>>> Background: I have a program (PTBSync) watching the clock and comparing >> it with a time server's settings somewhere. I could make this automated > (no >> questions asked anymore) but feel a bit uneasy about what's possibly going >> on. >>>> >>>> Has anybody of you seen repeated readjustments of a PC's internal clock? >> (Maybe 8-10-times a day). There are connections active out of my box > through >> e.g. Google, Firefox, LastPass - nothing else shown in my firewalls > logfile. >> Could any of these connections stop my computers clock for quite a while ? >> (19 seconds, 55 seconds, even more than a minute ...) >>>> >>>> My machine is behind a (bidirectional) software firewall, a router with >> firewall and has Avira Antivirus softeware running. I've also recently >> checked with Antimalware's program, no problems from this side since a > long >> time. Could a bluetooth connection (with mobile phone) be the culprit? >>>> >>>> TIA >>>> Tilman >>>> Running XP Pro SP2, cable connection through netgear router. From tbrandl2 at chello.at Fri Apr 24 07:25:42 2009 From: tbrandl2 at chello.at (Tilman Brandl) Date: Fri, 24 Apr 2009 13:25:42 +0200 Subject: TSGL: program re-adjusts my internal clock References: <019b01c9c349$60b4f270$0201a8c0@til4200><49EF7750.407@gmail.com><009901c9c415$4040ddc0$0201a8c0@til4200><5924EDBBF3EB42019AC9DAAA513E36D0@AcerPC><016201c9c473$b6b94c90$0201a8c0@til4200> Message-ID: <009501c9c4cf$a262d430$0201a8c0@til4200> > Tilman at his wit's end? Must be bad! Ha! I've once bought a postcard on one of my trips to the USA with a bear on it, saying: "The number of things that I don't know nothin' about increases every day". I knew who this bear was .... It's not really bad though (lol) Have checked the Win XP time settings, everything's looking good, no interference with my private+free time synching service. Liebe Gruesse Tilman Not going mad - not yet ;-) ----- Original Message ----- From: "Jon" To: "Tech Support Guy Mailing List" Sent: Friday, April 24, 2009 12:04 PM Subject: Re: TSGL: program re-adjuss my internal clock > Tilman at his wit's end? Must be bad! > > To compare with my settings, Tilman - right click on the system tray time - adjust date,time, then > > Time Zone GMT+1 Amsterdam, Berlin. Auto adjust for daylight saving > Internet Time auto sync > Server time.windows.com > > The time displayed on my PC is accurate to within a second of the time shown on a couple of 'Funkuhren' presumably controlled from Braunschweig. > > Hope this helps. If not, don't go mad - yet. > > John > Od/G > > --- Original Message ----- > From: Tilman Brandl > To: Tech Support Guy Mailing List > Sent: Friday, April 24, 2009 2:29 AM > Subject: Re: TSGL: program re-adjuss my internal clock > > > Russ, > > just for clarification: Like you I have a program (PTBSync) checking the time and re-setting it if I agree - I can also set this to 'quiet'. That's not the problem. > > There seems to have changed something recently: In the past my time-check-set program did ask me wheter to re-adjust the time about once or twice a week. Now it's doing it more frequently, and adds a message before it does. These messages say the internal time has been changed by another program or by windows having set up a RAS connection (how could this be the case?). PTBSync then asks as usual whether it should set the clock. Today btw I've only seen about 2 instances of this, while there were a whole bunch (6-10) yesterday. > > I wonder whether any of the websites I sometimes do keep open for days or any Firefox add-ons could be behind this. Or also for instance Xmarks (former Foxmarks) synching my favorites, or LastPass doing the same with my passwords ... and maybe other applications too. Anything that would be stopping or delaying my PC's clock however would surprise me, since I've not seen such effects in the past. > > I am on my wits end ... (not concerned actually, but curious) > > Tilman > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Russell W. Coover" > To: "'Tech Support Guy Mailing List'" > Sent: Friday, April 24, 2009 1:55 AM > Subject: Re: TSGL: program re-adjuss my internal clock > > >> Unless set differently, Windows can and will check your clock occasionally, >> but, I believe, this would occur only a couple of times a month. There are, >> however, other softwares, some free, that will check and reset your clock >> more frequently. For example, I use the freeware Dimension4 on all my >> machines, and I have set it to check the time every 15 minutes. The interval >> is variable and at the choice of the user. My choice is probably excessive, >> but I demand the clock be accurate to the second. >> >> While you may not have a software like D4 that sets the clock (and does >> nothing else), you may have a software installed for some other purpose that >> secondarily checks the clock in the system tray. The software may have a >> need for the correct time, or it may be something that the programmer threw >> in simply because he could. >> >> If this behavior continues to be a problem and you are unable to solve it >> yourself, perhaps you could list the various programs on your computer and >> somebody can tell you which one is the culprit. >> >> By the way, if you are concerned about a security problem, you probably do >> not have one based on time checks. >> >> >> Russ Coover >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: list-bounces at tsgserver.com [mailto:list-bounces at tsgserver.com] On >> Behalf Of Tilman Brandl >> Sent: Thursday, April 23, 2009 6:13 AM >> To: Tech Support Guy Mailing List >> Subject: Re: TSGL: program re-adjuss my internal clock >> >> Thanks, H >> >> for your tip. This machine is pretty new (6 months at max) therefore I >> wouldn't have thought of the battery. I've btw never seen a battery die >> since about the late 80s of last century. I'll anyway keep an eye on this, >> it just might be the reason in this case. >> >> Regards >> Tilman >> >> ----- Original Message ----- >> From: "H Davis" >> To: "Tech Support Guy Mailing List" >> Sent: Wednesday, April 22, 2009 10:00 PM >> Subject: Re: TSGL: program re-adjuss my internal clock >> >> >>> Tilman, >>> >>> An erratic clock usually means the internal battery in your computer is >>> checking out. I think the life of these batteries is supposed to be 5 to >>> 7 years but I've had some of my own go sooner than that. How old is your >>> machine? They're cheap and easy to replace, so in the absence of a >>> better idea, you might try that. >>> >>> H Davis >>> >>> Tilman Brandl wrote: >>>> Hi, >>>> >>>> several times a day I'm getting a message telling me that a program has >> adjusted the internal clock or Windows has established a RAS connection. >> I've seen this in the past already, but only rarely till recently. >>>> >>>> Background: I have a program (PTBSync) watching the clock and comparing >> it with a time server's settings somewhere. I could make this automated (no >> questions asked anymore) but feel a bit uneasy about what's possibly going >> on. >>>> >>>> Has anybody of you seen repeated readjustments of a PC's internal clock? >> (Maybe 8-10-times a day). There are connections active out of my box through >> e.g. Google, Firefox, LastPass - nothing else shown in my firewalls logfile. >> Could any of these connections stop my computers clock for quite a while ? >> (19 seconds, 55 seconds, even more than a minute ...) >>>> >>>> My machine is behind a (bidirectional) software firewall, a router with >> firewall and has Avira Antivirus softeware running. I've also recently >> checked with Antimalware's program, no problems from this side since a long >> time. Could a bluetooth connection (with mobile phone) be the culprit? >>>> >>>> TIA >>>> Tilman >>>> Running XP Pro SP2, cable connection through netgear router. From embitt at westnet.com.au Fri Apr 24 09:11:15 2009 From: embitt at westnet.com.au (Merna Bitter) Date: Fri, 24 Apr 2009 23:11:15 +1000 Subject: TSGL: Is my partition defective? References: <019b01c9c349$60b4f270$0201a8c0@til4200><49EF7750.407@gmail.com><009901c9c415$4040ddc0$0201a8c0@til4200><5924EDBBF3EB42019AC9DAAA513E36D0@AcerPC><016201c9c473$b6b94c90$0201a8c0@til4200><0F7AA50BD2AF454D9D7AA4AB68A9C61F@AcerPC> Message-ID: <006c01c9c4de$2bfc2b20$0401a8c0@number12> Hi, Hasanat. Googling "Error #109: Partition ends after end of disk." + "Partition Magic" produces 256 results at (watch the wrap-around) http://www.google.com.au/search?q=%22Error+%23109%3A+Partition+ends+after+en d+of+disk.%22+%2B+%22Partition+Magic%22&ie=utf-8&oe=utf-8&aq=t&rls=org.mozil la:en-GB:official&client=firefox-a including references to various Windows and Linux systems. Perhaps something there could help you? Or trying a search with more criteria like "Error #109: Partition ends after end of disk." + "Partition Magic" + "Windows XP" would narrow the results for you even further. Merna ----- Original Message ----- From: "A Hasanat Khan" To: "Tech Support Guy Mailing List" Sent: Friday, April 24, 2009 8:14 PM Subject: TSGL: Is my partition defective? Hi All, When I try and run Partition Magic 8.05, I get a serious warning that Disk 1, which includes my C: is defective, and I must clone the disk, reformat and repartition and clone back all data. Otherwise I will lose all data. Error report as follows:- Error #109: Partition ends after end of disk. ucEndCylinder (19457) must be less than 19457. However if I use Paragon Partition Manager 9, everything is allright. I can even repartition and all is well. Even Windows own Disk Management tool cannot find anything wrong. Do I need to worry, or is Partition Magic defective? Any advice will be appreciated. Hasanat -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean. _______________________________________________ Tech Support Guy Mailing List http://www.tsgserver.com/list/ -- No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG. Version: 7.5.557 / Virus Database: 270.12.4/2077 - Release Date: 2009-04-23 7:21 PM From johnmount6 at hotmail.com Fri Apr 24 09:17:53 2009 From: johnmount6 at hotmail.com (john mount) Date: Fri, 24 Apr 2009 21:17:53 +0800 Subject: TSGL: False.Virusremover2009 Message-ID: Don Thanks for the tip about "Malware Bytes" Have tried it, it picked up a couple of Malwares, but not the other two False.Spywareremover2009s. I was after. Perhaps I have nothing to worry about, but my Spybot S/D. shows the viruses every time I scan, although I delete them with the fix it button. Any ideas would be appreciated. Also Bleeping Computer use Spyware Doctor. John _________________________________________________________________ View photos of singles in your area Click Here http://a.ninemsn.com.au/b.aspx?URL=http%3A%2F%2Fdating%2Eninemsn%2Ecom%2Eau%2Fchannel%2Findex%2Easpx%3Ftrackingid%3D1046247&_t=773166080&_r=Hotmail_Endtext&_m=EXT From leximou at gmail.com Fri Apr 24 10:15:08 2009 From: leximou at gmail.com (leximou at gmail.com) Date: Fri, 24 Apr 2009 10:15:08 -0400 Subject: TSGL: False.Virusremover2009 In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <49F1C96C.6060700@gmail.com> john mount wrote: False.Spywareremover2009s. I was after. > Perhaps I have nothing to worry about, but my Spybot S/D. shows the viruses every time I scan, although I delete them with the fix it button. Any ideas would be appreciated. > Since I did not see the original post, this may be redundant... If you have picked up Spywareremover2009, it takes a little more work than the average freebie remover can deal with I'd boot into safe mode and then go into your program files folder and find the Spywareremover2009 folder and delete it. This should also remove the assorted *.dll files. Then, you will have registry entries to deal with: HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\SpywareRemover2009 HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\SpywareRemover2009 HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall\USRM_is1 HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run "SpywareRemover2009" HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Internet Settings\5.0\User Agent\Post Platform "USRM 1.0.165.0" SpywareRemover2009 JV16 power tools has a freeware version that allows one to search within the registry for specific files. Once these steps have been taken, reboot and then use JV16 to clean the registry. It should find any residual that might possibly be there as this malware registers a hand full of dll files. (it will also give you a good and safe clean-out if you need it!). Also, since the bulk of the program is now gone, should any of the *.dll files in the program file/spywareremover2009/ folder refuse to be deleted, you can now delete them as they are no longer being called upon. Finally, if you do not have it already, download ccleaner (also a freebie) and do a second registry clean for anything JV16 did not locate. If you have already cleaned your system, then ignore this! *grin* Lex From jonpan at onlinehome.de Fri Apr 24 13:14:02 2009 From: jonpan at onlinehome.de (Jon) Date: Fri, 24 Apr 2009 19:14:02 +0200 Subject: TSGL: False.Virusremover2009 References: <49F1C96C.6060700@gmail.com> Message-ID: <2E7BBBC934AB4D61A8EA31AB8941E150@johnsp2> Some confusion! I'm not John Mount, but John / Od/G who wrote about the email addresses... ----- Original Message ----- From: leximou at gmail.com To: Tech Support Guy Mailing List Sent: Friday, April 24, 2009 4:15 PM Subject: Re: TSGL: False.Virusremover2009 john mount wrote: False.Spywareremover2009s. I was after. > Perhaps I have nothing to worry about, but my Spybot S/D. shows the viruses every time I scan, although I delete them with the fix it button. Any ideas would be appreciated. > Since I did not see the original post, this may be redundant... If you have picked up Spywareremover2009, it takes a little more work than the average freebie remover can deal with From hdavis1 at gmail.com Fri Apr 24 16:11:56 2009 From: hdavis1 at gmail.com (H Davis) Date: Fri, 24 Apr 2009 16:11:56 -0400 Subject: TSGL: program re-adjusts my internal clock In-Reply-To: <009501c9c4cf$a262d430$0201a8c0@til4200> References: <019b01c9c349$60b4f270$0201a8c0@til4200><49EF7750.407@gmail.com><009901c9c415$4040ddc0$0201a8c0@til4200><5924EDBBF3EB42019AC9DAAA513E36D0@AcerPC><016201c9c473$b6b94c90$0201a8c0@til4200> <009501c9c4cf$a262d430$0201a8c0@til4200> Message-ID: <49F21D0C.3040104@gmail.com> Tilman, Jon seemed to indicate that you have daylight saving time there. Did this problem start about the time the clocks changed? Windows changes the clock to account for DST which could be what some of your messages were referring to. Just speculating in search of a clue. H Davis Tilman Brandl wrote: >> Tilman at his wit's end? Must be bad! >> > Ha! I've once bought a postcard on one of my trips to the USA with a bear on it, saying: "The number of things that I don't know nothin' about increases every day". I knew who this bear was .... It's not really bad though (lol) > > Have checked the Win XP time settings, everything's looking good, no interference with my private+free time synching service. > > Liebe Gruesse > Tilman > Not going mad - not yet ;-) > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Jon" > To: "Tech Support Guy Mailing List" > Sent: Friday, April 24, 2009 12:04 PM > Subject: Re: TSGL: program re-adjuss my internal clock > > > >> Tilman at his wit's end? Must be bad! >> >> To compare with my settings, Tilman - right click on the system tray time - adjust date,time, then >> >> Time Zone GMT+1 Amsterdam, Berlin. Auto adjust for daylight saving >> Internet Time auto sync >> Server time.windows.com >> >> The time displayed on my PC is accurate to within a second of the time shown on a couple of 'Funkuhren' presumably controlled from Braunschweig. >> >> Hope this helps. If not, don't go mad - yet. >> >> John >> Od/G >> >> --- Original Message ----- >> From: Tilman Brandl >> To: Tech Support Guy Mailing List >> Sent: Friday, April 24, 2009 2:29 AM >> Subject: Re: TSGL: program re-adjuss my internal clock >> >> >> Russ, >> >> just for clarification: Like you I have a program (PTBSync) checking the time and re-setting it if I agree - I can also set this to 'quiet'. That's not the problem. >> >> There seems to have changed something recently: In the past my time-check-set program did ask me wheter to re-adjust the time about once or twice a week. Now it's doing it more frequently, and adds a message before it does. These messages say the internal time has been changed by another program or by windows having set up a RAS connection (how could this be the case?). PTBSync then asks as usual whether it should set the clock. Today btw I've only seen about 2 instances of this, while there were a whole bunch (6-10) yesterday. >> >> I wonder whether any of the websites I sometimes do keep open for days or any Firefox add-ons could be behind this. Or also for instance Xmarks (former Foxmarks) synching my favorites, or LastPass doing the same with my passwords ... and maybe other applications too. Anything that would be stopping or delaying my PC's clock however would surprise me, since I've not seen such effects in the past. >> >> I am on my wits end ... (not concerned actually, but curious) >> >> Tilman >> >> ----- Original Message ----- >> From: "Russell W. Coover" >> To: "'Tech Support Guy Mailing List'" >> Sent: Friday, April 24, 2009 1:55 AM >> Subject: Re: TSGL: program re-adjuss my internal clock >> >> >> >>> Unless set differently, Windows can and will check your clock occasionally, >>> but, I believe, this would occur only a couple of times a month. There are, >>> however, other softwares, some free, that will check and reset your clock >>> more frequently. For example, I use the freeware Dimension4 on all my >>> machines, and I have set it to check the time every 15 minutes. The interval >>> is variable and at the choice of the user. My choice is probably excessive, >>> but I demand the clock be accurate to the second. >>> >>> While you may not have a software like D4 that sets the clock (and does >>> nothing else), you may have a software installed for some other purpose that >>> secondarily checks the clock in the system tray. The software may have a >>> need for the correct time, or it may be something that the programmer threw >>> in simply because he could. >>> >>> If this behavior continues to be a problem and you are unable to solve it >>> yourself, perhaps you could list the various programs on your computer and >>> somebody can tell you which one is the culprit. >>> >>> By the way, if you are concerned about a security problem, you probably do >>> not have one based on time checks. >>> >>> >>> Russ Coover >>> >>> -----Original Message----- >>> From: list-bounces at tsgserver.com [mailto:list-bounces at tsgserver.com] On >>> Behalf Of Tilman Brandl >>> Sent: Thursday, April 23, 2009 6:13 AM >>> To: Tech Support Guy Mailing List >>> Subject: Re: TSGL: program re-adjuss my internal clock >>> >>> Thanks, H >>> >>> for your tip. This machine is pretty new (6 months at max) therefore I >>> wouldn't have thought of the battery. I've btw never seen a battery die >>> since about the late 80s of last century. I'll anyway keep an eye on this, >>> it just might be the reason in this case. >>> >>> Regards >>> Tilman >>> >>> ----- Original Message ----- >>> From: "H Davis" >>> To: "Tech Support Guy Mailing List" >>> Sent: Wednesday, April 22, 2009 10:00 PM >>> Subject: Re: TSGL: program re-adjuss my internal clock >>> >>> >>> >>>> Tilman, >>>> >>>> An erratic clock usually means the internal battery in your computer is >>>> checking out. I think the life of these batteries is supposed to be 5 to >>>> 7 years but I've had some of my own go sooner than that. How old is your >>>> machine? They're cheap and easy to replace, so in the absence of a >>>> better idea, you might try that. >>>> >>>> H Davis >>>> >>>> Tilman Brandl wrote: >>>> >>>>> Hi, >>>>> >>>>> several times a day I'm getting a message telling me that a program has >>>>> >>> adjusted the internal clock or Windows has established a RAS connection. >>> I've seen this in the past already, but only rarely till recently. >>> >>>>> Background: I have a program (PTBSync) watching the clock and comparing >>>>> >>> it with a time server's settings somewhere. I could make this automated (no >>> questions asked anymore) but feel a bit uneasy about what's possibly going >>> on. >>> >>>>> Has anybody of you seen repeated readjustments of a PC's internal clock? >>>>> >>> (Maybe 8-10-times a day). There are connections active out of my box through >>> e.g. Google, Firefox, LastPass - nothing else shown in my firewalls logfile. >>> Could any of these connections stop my computers clock for quite a while ? >>> (19 seconds, 55 seconds, even more than a minute ...) >>> >>>>> My machine is behind a (bidirectional) software firewall, a router with >>>>> >>> firewall and has Avira Antivirus softeware running. I've also recently >>> checked with Antimalware's program, no problems from this side since a long >>> time. Could a bluetooth connection (with mobile phone) be the culprit? >>> >>>>> TIA >>>>> Tilman >>>>> Running XP Pro SP2, cable connection through netgear router. >>>>> > > > _______________________________________________ > Tech Support Guy Mailing List > http://www.tsgserver.com/list/ > > -- H Davis hdavis1 at gmail.com From hdavis1 at gmail.com Fri Apr 24 16:19:32 2009 From: hdavis1 at gmail.com (H Davis) Date: Fri, 24 Apr 2009 16:19:32 -0400 Subject: TSGL: False.Virusremover2009 In-Reply-To: <49F1C96C.6060700@gmail.com> References: <49F1C96C.6060700@gmail.com> Message-ID: <49F21ED4.1060702@gmail.com> John, JV16 is a pretty competent cleaner but no longer free. The last free version, which works fine for me, can be found at: http://www.321download.com/LastFreeware/index.html#jv16. You might also try SuperAntiSpyware (http://www.superantispyware.com/superantispywarefreevspro.html); it's free. H Davis leximou at gmail.com wrote: > john mount wrote: > False.Spywareremover2009s. I was after. >> Perhaps I have nothing to worry about, but my Spybot S/D. shows the >> viruses every time I scan, although I delete them with the fix it >> button. Any ideas would be appreciated. >> > Since I did not see the original post, this may be redundant... > > If you have picked up Spywareremover2009, it takes a little more work > than the average freebie remover can deal with > > I'd boot into safe mode and then go into your program files folder and > find the Spywareremover2009 folder and delete it. This should also > remove the assorted *.dll files. > > Then, you will have registry entries to deal with: > HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\SpywareRemover2009 > HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\SpywareRemover2009 > HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall\USRM_is1 > > HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run > "SpywareRemover2009" > HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Internet > Settings\5.0\User Agent\Post Platform "USRM 1.0.165.0" > SpywareRemover2009 > > JV16 power tools has a freeware version that allows one to search > within the registry for specific files. > > Once these steps have been taken, reboot and then use JV16 to clean > the registry. It should find any residual that might possibly be there > as this malware registers a hand full of dll files. (it will also give > you a good and safe clean-out if you need it!). Also, since the bulk > of the program is now gone, should any of the *.dll files in the > program file/spywareremover2009/ folder refuse to be deleted, you can > now delete them as they are no longer being called upon. > > Finally, if you do not have it already, download ccleaner (also a > freebie) and do a second registry clean for anything JV16 did not locate. > > If you have already cleaned your system, then ignore this! *grin* > > Lex > > > > _______________________________________________ > Tech Support Guy Mailing List > http://www.tsgserver.com/list/ > -- H Davis hdavis1 at gmail.com From tbrandl2 at chello.at Sat Apr 25 15:12:19 2009 From: tbrandl2 at chello.at (Tilman Brandl) Date: Sat, 25 Apr 2009 21:12:19 +0200 Subject: TSGL: program re-adjusts my internal clock References: <019b01c9c349$60b4f270$0201a8c0@til4200><49EF7750.407@gmail.com><009901c9c415$4040ddc0$0201a8c0@til4200><5924EDBBF3EB42019AC9DAAA513E36D0@AcerPC><016201c9c473$b6b94c90$0201a8c0@til4200> <009501c9c4cf$a262d430$0201a8c0@til4200> <49F21D0C.3040104@gmail.com> Message-ID: <029e01c9c5d9$c4362e30$0201a8c0@til4200> H, no, there's no connection to DST that I would know of. And even if there were a connection - the current experience wouldn't fit. I've seen these messages 3 days ago about 5-6 times a day, yesterday only maybe one or twice, and today about 3times during a 5 minutes period. DST has been long before this all started. It's a mystery. I'll try and do a few checks with Firefox and add-ons OFF and such ... Thanks Tilman ----- Original Message ----- From: "H Davis" To: "Tech Support Guy Mailing List" Sent: Friday, April 24, 2009 10:11 PM Subject: Re: TSGL: program re-adjusts my internal clock > Tilman, > > Jon seemed to indicate that you have daylight saving time there. Did > this problem start about the time the clocks changed? Windows changes > the clock to account for DST which could be what some of your messages > were referring to. > > Just speculating in search of a clue. > > H Davis > > Tilman Brandl wrote: >>> Tilman at his wit's end? Must be bad! >>> >> Ha! I've once bought a postcard on one of my trips to the USA with a bear on it, saying: "The number of things that I don't know nothin' about increases every day". I knew who this bear was .... It's not really bad though (lol) >> >> Have checked the Win XP time settings, everything's looking good, no interference with my private+free time synching service. >> >> Liebe Gruesse >> Tilman >> Not going mad - not yet ;-) >> >> ----- Original Message ----- >> From: "Jon" >> To: "Tech Support Guy Mailing List" >> Sent: Friday, April 24, 2009 12:04 PM >> Subject: Re: TSGL: program re-adjuss my internal clock >> >> >> >>> Tilman at his wit's end? Must be bad! >>> >>> To compare with my settings, Tilman - right click on the system tray time - adjust date,time, then >>> >>> Time Zone GMT+1 Amsterdam, Berlin. Auto adjust for daylight saving >>> Internet Time auto sync >>> Server time.windows.com >>> >>> The time displayed on my PC is accurate to within a second of the time shown on a couple of 'Funkuhren' presumably controlled from Braunschweig. >>> >>> Hope this helps. If not, don't go mad - yet. >>> >>> John >>> Od/G >>> >>> --- Original Message ----- >>> From: Tilman Brandl >>> To: Tech Support Guy Mailing List >>> Sent: Friday, April 24, 2009 2:29 AM >>> Subject: Re: TSGL: program re-adjuss my internal clock >>> >>> >>> Russ, >>> >>> just for clarification: Like you I have a program (PTBSync) checking the time and re-setting it if I agree - I can also set this to 'quiet'. That's not the problem. >>> >>> There seems to have changed something recently: In the past my time-check-set program did ask me wheter to re-adjust the time about once or twice a week. Now it's doing it more frequently, and adds a message before it does. These messages say the internal time has been changed by another program or by windows having set up a RAS connection (how could this be the case?). PTBSync then asks as usual whether it should set the clock. Today btw I've only seen about 2 instances of this, while there were a whole bunch (6-10) yesterday. >>> >>> I wonder whether any of the websites I sometimes do keep open for days or any Firefox add-ons could be behind this. Or also for instance Xmarks (former Foxmarks) synching my favorites, or LastPass doing the same with my passwords ... and maybe other applications too. Anything that would be stopping or delaying my PC's clock however would surprise me, since I've not seen such effects in the past. >>> >>> I am on my wits end ... (not concerned actually, but curious) >>> >>> Tilman >>> >>> ----- Original Message ----- >>> From: "Russell W. Coover" >>> To: "'Tech Support Guy Mailing List'" >>> Sent: Friday, April 24, 2009 1:55 AM >>> Subject: Re: TSGL: program re-adjuss my internal clock >>> >>> >>> >>>> Unless set differently, Windows can and will check your clock occasionally, >>>> but, I believe, this would occur only a couple of times a month. There are, >>>> however, other softwares, some free, that will check and reset your clock >>>> more frequently. For example, I use the freeware Dimension4 on all my >>>> machines, and I have set it to check the time every 15 minutes. The interval >>>> is variable and at the choice of the user. My choice is probably excessive, >>>> but I demand the clock be accurate to the second. >>>> >>>> While you may not have a software like D4 that sets the clock (and does >>>> nothing else), you may have a software installed for some other purpose that >>>> secondarily checks the clock in the system tray. The software may have a >>>> need for the correct time, or it may be something that the programmer threw >>>> in simply because he could. >>>> >>>> If this behavior continues to be a problem and you are unable to solve it >>>> yourself, perhaps you could list the various programs on your computer and >>>> somebody can tell you which one is the culprit. >>>> >>>> By the way, if you are concerned about a security problem, you probably do >>>> not have one based on time checks. >>>> >>>> >>>> Russ Coover >>>> >>>> -----Original Message----- >>>> From: list-bounces at tsgserver.com [mailto:list-bounces at tsgserver.com] On >>>> Behalf Of Tilman Brandl >>>> Sent: Thursday, April 23, 2009 6:13 AM >>>> To: Tech Support Guy Mailing List >>>> Subject: Re: TSGL: program re-adjuss my internal clock >>>> >>>> Thanks, H >>>> >>>> for your tip. This machine is pretty new (6 months at max) therefore I >>>> wouldn't have thought of the battery. I've btw never seen a battery die >>>> since about the late 80s of last century. I'll anyway keep an eye on this, >>>> it just might be the reason in this case. >>>> >>>> Regards >>>> Tilman >>>> >>>> ----- Original Message ----- >>>> From: "H Davis" >>>> To: "Tech Support Guy Mailing List" >>>> Sent: Wednesday, April 22, 2009 10:00 PM >>>> Subject: Re: TSGL: program re-adjuss my internal clock >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>>> Tilman, >>>>> >>>>> An erratic clock usually means the internal battery in your computer is >>>>> checking out. I think the life of these batteries is supposed to be 5 to >>>>> 7 years but I've had some of my own go sooner than that. How old is your >>>>> machine? They're cheap and easy to replace, so in the absence of a >>>>> better idea, you might try that. >>>>> >>>>> H Davis >>>>> >>>>> Tilman Brandl wrote: >>>>> >>>>>> Hi, >>>>>> >>>>>> several times a day I'm getting a message telling me that a program has >>>>>> >>>> adjusted the internal clock or Windows has established a RAS connection. >>>> I've seen this in the past already, but only rarely till recently. >>>> >>>>>> Background: I have a program (PTBSync) watching the clock and comparing >>>>>> >>>> it with a time server's settings somewhere. I could make this automated (no >>>> questions asked anymore) but feel a bit uneasy about what's possibly going >>>> on. >>>> >>>>>> Has anybody of you seen repeated readjustments of a PC's internal clock? >>>>>> >>>> (Maybe 8-10-times a day). There are connections active out of my box through >>>> e.g. Google, Firefox, LastPass - nothing else shown in my firewalls logfile. >>>> Could any of these connections stop my computers clock for quite a while ? >>>> (19 seconds, 55 seconds, even more than a minute ...) >>>> >>>>>> My machine is behind a (bidirectional) software firewall, a router with >>>>>> >>>> firewall and has Avira Antivirus softeware running. I've also recently >>>> checked with Antimalware's program, no problems from this side since a long >>>> time. Could a bluetooth connection (with mobile phone) be the culprit? >>>> >>>>>> TIA >>>>>> Tilman >>>>>> Running XP Pro SP2, cable connection through netgear router. From justin at whisperer.com.au Sun Apr 26 04:55:44 2009 From: justin at whisperer.com.au (The Computer Whisperer) Date: Sun, 26 Apr 2009 18:55:44 +1000 Subject: TSGL: False.Virusremover2009 In-Reply-To: <49F21ED4.1060702@gmail.com> References: <49F1C96C.6060700@gmail.com> <49F21ED4.1060702@gmail.com> Message-ID: <2852b8d40904260155j77b43e74p64330fe89cdf6e17@mail.gmail.com> download and run combofix www.combofix.org Justin 2009/4/25 H Davis > John, > > JV16 is a pretty competent cleaner but no longer free. The last free > version, which works fine for me, can be found at: > http://www.321download.com/LastFreeware/index.html#jv16. > > You might also try SuperAntiSpyware ( > http://www.superantispyware.com/superantispywarefreevspro.html); it's > free. > > H Davis > > > leximou at gmail.com wrote: > >> john mount wrote: >> False.Spywareremover2009s. I was after. >> >>> Perhaps I have nothing to worry about, but my Spybot S/D. shows the >>> viruses every time I scan, although I delete them with the fix it button. >>> Any ideas would be appreciated. >>> >>> >> Since I did not see the original post, this may be redundant... >> >> If you have picked up Spywareremover2009, it takes a little more work than >> the average freebie remover can deal with >> >> I'd boot into safe mode and then go into your program files folder and >> find the Spywareremover2009 folder and delete it. This should also remove >> the assorted *.dll files. >> >> Then, you will have registry entries to deal with: >> HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\SpywareRemover2009 >> HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\SpywareRemover2009 >> HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall\USRM_is1 >> >> HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run >> "SpywareRemover2009" >> HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Internet >> Settings\5.0\User Agent\Post Platform "USRM 1.0.165.0" >> SpywareRemover2009 >> >> JV16 power tools has a freeware version that allows one to search within >> the registry for specific files. >> >> Once these steps have been taken, reboot and then use JV16 to clean the >> registry. It should find any residual that might possibly be there as this >> malware registers a hand full of dll files. (it will also give you a good >> and safe clean-out if you need it!). Also, since the bulk of the program is >> now gone, should any of the *.dll files in the program >> file/spywareremover2009/ folder refuse to be deleted, you can now delete >> them as they are no longer being called upon. >> >> Finally, if you do not have it already, download ccleaner (also a freebie) >> and do a second registry clean for anything JV16 did not locate. >> >> If you have already cleaned your system, then ignore this! *grin* >> >> Lex >> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Tech Support Guy Mailing List >> http://www.tsgserver.com/list/ >> >> > -- > H Davis hdavis1 at gmail.com > > > > _______________________________________________ > Tech Support Guy Mailing List > http://www.tsgserver.com/list/ > -- http://www.whisperer.com.au The Computer Whisperer - Gets you where you want to be. Friendly on-site technical support - Home and Small Business Specialist. Telephone: (03) 5979 1122 Mobile 0406 467 701 Servicing the Mornington Peninsula (Victoria, Australia) From embitt at westnet.com.au Mon Apr 27 04:42:08 2009 From: embitt at westnet.com.au (Merna Bitter) Date: Mon, 27 Apr 2009 18:42:08 +1000 Subject: TSGL: Bookmark checker needed (from March 2008) References: <011f01c88777$8ab588f0$0601a8c0@til4200><003801c887c3$7ffdefa0$0601a8c0@til4200><006401c887df$115ca480$0401a8c0@number12><00aa01c88841$9b6776c0$0601a8c0@til4200><011501c88d64$1d0b8780$0401a8c0@number12> <490601c88da8$19dc76c0$0601a8c0@til4200> Message-ID: <001201c9c714$16a11aa0$0401a8c0@number12> Tilman (and anyone else interested?), The Giveaway of the Day for the next 22 hours is "Tidy Favorites Pro" with the following description: "Tidy up your favorite bookmarks! Organize your favorite links as live thumbnails instead of trying to work through plain-text links. Open, delete, move, resize and update bookmarks in a single click. Conveniently use the same set of favorites and the same convenient user interface in all of your browsers - IE, Firefox, and Opera!" http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/ More details at the download link on that page. Merna ----- Original Message ----- From: "Tilman Brandl" To: "Tech Support Guy Mailing List" Sent: Monday, March 24, 2008 10:08 PM Subject: Re: TSGL: Bookmark checker needed Thanks, Merna Tilman ----- Original Message ----- From: "Eric and Merna Bitter" To: "Tech Support Guy Mailing List" Sent: Monday, March 24, 2008 5:02 AM Subject: Re: TSGL: Bookmark checker needed > Tilman, > > You're very welcome. > > No further research, but I just came across this link while surfing. It > may > or may not be helpful. > > http://www.veign.com/application.php?appid=103 > > Merna > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Tilman Brandl" > To: "Tech Support Guy Mailing List" > Sent: Tuesday, March 18, 2008 12:36 AM > Subject: Re: TSGL: Bookmark checker needed > > > Merna, > > while I didn't expect anybody to saddle him/herself with extensive > research, > I appreciate your endeavours. Thanks! > > As you can imagine, I've done some research myself, and did tests with AM > Dead Link (who must have a great marketing guy in their team). The problem > with AM DL is that it only works with the full list of favorites (I'm > checking my ca. 3500 IE favorites), there's no access to single > subfolders. > Meaning that I can't move selected & checked links somewhere else, which I > need to do. At least I haven't found a way ... > As to copying or moving links, this only works for single links, not > selected blocks.. > > In my case, it appears that possibly a third of all my links are > inaccessible (they are old too), so it's difficult to check them all at > once. In quite a few cases I want to find out about e.g. redirections that > I > could use as a replacement, etc. Btw - I've got a lot of duplicates too. > > Linkman looks like it might do what I want, otherwise it does MUCH more > than > that, so could be overkill. But I'll check this out. > > Finally, Bookmark Master looks like a newcomer in the market. I've tried > it, > and may end up with using it since it allows bulk deleting or moving of > links. > > Thanks again for your tips > > Tilman > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Eric and Merna Bitter" > To: "Tech Support Guy Mailing List" > Sent: Monday, March 17, 2008 4:29 AM > Subject: Re: TSGL: Bookmark checker needed > > >> Tilman, >> >> I enjoy surfing and searching. However, Googling various combinations of >> the words "bookmarks," "favorites," "dead links," "valid links," >> "verify," >> "duplicate," "freeware," "hard drive," and/or "software" has revealed >> that >> there are many, many, many, many ...................possible programs >> available. >> >> It has also revealed that AM Deadlink pops up in many, many, many, many >> ...................places. I have not downloaded or tried it but have >> noticed the following (or words to the same effect) in several search >> results: "If a Bookmark has become unavailable you can verify it in the >> internal preview and delete it from your Browser." >> >> You have indicated you would like to save some for further checking. I >> don't know what that internal preview shows; but if there are only a >> few, >> is it possible with that internal preview to copy and paste them >> somewhere >> or to manually write them down for later checking before deleting the >> bulk >> of dead ones? >> >> I have spent a couple of (enjoyable) hours on this exercise, which is why >> I >> became so aware of the repeated appearance of AM Deadlink. >> >> Here are a couple of others I noted which may or may not be of >> assistance: >> >> Linkman at >> http://www.outertech.com/index.php?_charisma_page=product&id=5. >> (following quote from about halfway down the page) >> "You can evaluate Linkman for 30 days. >> In order to get a Linkman license you must register and obtain a serial >> number (registration fee starts with $39/EUR30 for single workstation). >> All Linkman 7.x updates will be free (at least 3 feature updates). >> Alternatively you can sign-up with one of our affiliate partners and they >> will pay the registration fee on your behalf. See the Trialpay page for >> details." >> >> Bookmark Master (free) at http://www.qksoft.com/. >> >> Merna >> >> >> ----- Original Message ----- >> From: "Tilman Brandl" >> To: "Tech Support Guy Mailing List" >> Sent: Monday, March 17, 2008 10:11 AM >> Subject: Re: TSGL: Bookmark checker needed >> >> >> Hi, >> >> thanks for your tips, guys. >> >> Link Sleuth - if I'm not mistaken - is for checking links on websites >> somewhere on the internet, not for checking my local list of bookmarks. >> But >> I'll have another look .... >> >> The /Tilman/ part of that link is indeed coincidental - believe it or not >> ;-) >> >> I've checked out AM DeadLink, and it's well done. Unfortunately, it >> doesn't >> offer an option to save away a list of dead links for later checks. I can >> of >> course always delete the bulk of them, but would like to check a few >> links >> more thoroughly, since the once were/still are important sites. >> >> Haven't found a way to do this from AM DeadLink. >> >> The program I once had offered to simply move them ino a special folder >> named 'BrokenLinks'. Something similar is what I would like to see ... >> >> Thanks again >> Tilman >> >> ----- Original Message ----- >> From: "Tilman Brandl" >> To: "Tech Support Guy Mailing List" >> Sent: Sunday, March 16, 2008 4:08 PM >> Subject: TSGL: Bookmark checker needed >> >> >>> Hi, >>> >>> in the past I've had a nice bookmark/favorites checking program. Can't >>> find it now. I've spent an hour meanwhile with testing different progs, >>> but most of them aren't exactly what I need for cleaning up my 3500 >>> favorites.. >>> >>> What I want: >>> Should check all my bookmarks and allow to move dead links to a >>> different >>> place/folder ... Should also find duplicates. That's it ;-) >>> >>> Any experience with a good one anybody? Freeware preferred, but I would >>> also buy one if necessary. >>> >>> Thanks >>> Tilman > > > _______________________________________________ > Tech Support Guy Mailing List > http://www.tsgserver.com/list/ > > > -- > No virus found in this incoming message. > Checked by AVG. > Version: 7.5.519 / Virus Database: 269.21.7/1331 - Release Date: > 2008-03-16 > 10:34 AM > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Tech Support Guy Mailing List > http://www.tsgserver.com/list/ _______________________________________________ Tech Support Guy Mailing List http://www.tsgserver.com/list/ -- No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG. Version: 7.5.519 / Virus Database: 269.21.8/1340 - Release Date: 2008-03-23 6:50 PM From tbrandl2 at chello.at Mon Apr 27 10:39:59 2009 From: tbrandl2 at chello.at (Tilman Brandl) Date: Mon, 27 Apr 2009 16:39:59 +0200 Subject: TSGL: Bookmark checker needed (from March 2008) References: <011f01c88777$8ab588f0$0601a8c0@til4200><003801c887c3$7ffdefa0$0601a8c0@til4200><006401c887df$115ca480$0401a8c0@number12><00aa01c88841$9b6776c0$0601a8c0@til4200><011501c88d64$1d0b8780$0401a8c0@number12><490601c88da8$19dc76c0$0601a8c0@til4200> <001201c9c714$16a11aa0$0401a8c0@number12> Message-ID: <00eb01c9c75a$5ba788a0$0201a8c0@til4200> Thanks, Merna I've got it and will give it a whirl ... Tilman ----- Original Message ----- From: "Merna Bitter" To: "Tech Support Guy Mailing List" Sent: Monday, April 27, 2009 10:42 AM Subject: Re: TSGL: Bookmark checker needed (from March 2008) > Tilman (and anyone else interested?), > > The Giveaway of the Day for the next 22 hours is "Tidy Favorites Pro" with > the following description: > > "Tidy up your favorite bookmarks! Organize your favorite links as live > thumbnails instead of trying to work through plain-text links. Open, delete, > move, resize and update bookmarks in a single click. Conveniently use the > same set of favorites and the same convenient user interface in all of your > browsers - IE, Firefox, and Opera!" > > http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/ > > More details at the download link on that page. > > Merna From coover at fastmail.fm Mon Apr 27 14:43:42 2009 From: coover at fastmail.fm (Russell W. Coover) Date: Mon, 27 Apr 2009 11:43:42 -0700 Subject: TSGL: Bookmark checker needed (from March 2008) In-Reply-To: <001201c9c714$16a11aa0$0401a8c0@number12> References: <011f01c88777$8ab588f0$0601a8c0@til4200><003801c887c3$7ffdefa0$0601a8c0@til4200><006401c887df$115ca480$0401a8c0@number12><00aa01c88841$9b6776c0$0601a8c0@til4200><011501c88d64$1d0b8780$0401a8c0@number12><490601c88da8$19dc76c0$0601a8c0@til4200> <001201c9c714$16a11aa0$0401a8c0@number12> Message-ID: The download page has (at the time I'm writing this) 40 "comments" regarding this application. I think you may want to read some or all of these comments prior to installation. On the "thumbs up - thumbs down" rating, the "thumbs down" seems to be more frequently checked. I haven't (and will not) try this, so I will not rate this myself. Russ Coover -----Original Message----- From: list-bounces at tsgserver.com [mailto:list-bounces at tsgserver.com] On Behalf Of Merna Bitter Sent: Monday, April 27, 2009 1:42 AM To: Tech Support Guy Mailing List Subject: Re: TSGL: Bookmark checker needed (from March 2008) Tilman (and anyone else interested?), The Giveaway of the Day for the next 22 hours is "Tidy Favorites Pro" with the following description: "Tidy up your favorite bookmarks! Organize your favorite links as live thumbnails instead of trying to work through plain-text links. Open, delete, move, resize and update bookmarks in a single click. Conveniently use the same set of favorites and the same convenient user interface in all of your browsers - IE, Firefox, and Opera!" http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/ More details at the download link on that page. Merna ----- Original Message ----- From: "Tilman Brandl" To: "Tech Support Guy Mailing List" Sent: Monday, March 24, 2008 10:08 PM Subject: Re: TSGL: Bookmark checker needed Thanks, Merna Tilman ----- Original Message ----- From: "Eric and Merna Bitter" To: "Tech Support Guy Mailing List" Sent: Monday, March 24, 2008 5:02 AM Subject: Re: TSGL: Bookmark checker needed > Tilman, > > You're very welcome. > > No further research, but I just came across this link while surfing. It > may > or may not be helpful. > > http://www.veign.com/application.php?appid=103 > > Merna > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Tilman Brandl" > To: "Tech Support Guy Mailing List" > Sent: Tuesday, March 18, 2008 12:36 AM > Subject: Re: TSGL: Bookmark checker needed > > > Merna, > > while I didn't expect anybody to saddle him/herself with extensive > research, > I appreciate your endeavours. Thanks! > > As you can imagine, I've done some research myself, and did tests with AM > Dead Link (who must have a great marketing guy in their team). The problem > with AM DL is that it only works with the full list of favorites (I'm > checking my ca. 3500 IE favorites), there's no access to single > subfolders. > Meaning that I can't move selected & checked links somewhere else, which I > need to do. At least I haven't found a way ... > As to copying or moving links, this only works for single links, not > selected blocks.. > > In my case, it appears that possibly a third of all my links are > inaccessible (they are old too), so it's difficult to check them all at > once. In quite a few cases I want to find out about e.g. redirections that > I > could use as a replacement, etc. Btw - I've got a lot of duplicates too. > > Linkman looks like it might do what I want, otherwise it does MUCH more > than > that, so could be overkill. But I'll check this out. > > Finally, Bookmark Master looks like a newcomer in the market. I've tried > it, > and may end up with using it since it allows bulk deleting or moving of > links. > > Thanks again for your tips > > Tilman > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Eric and Merna Bitter" > To: "Tech Support Guy Mailing List" > Sent: Monday, March 17, 2008 4:29 AM > Subject: Re: TSGL: Bookmark checker needed > > >> Tilman, >> >> I enjoy surfing and searching. However, Googling various combinations of >> the words "bookmarks," "favorites," "dead links," "valid links," >> "verify," >> "duplicate," "freeware," "hard drive," and/or "software" has revealed >> that >> there are many, many, many, many ...................possible programs >> available. >> >> It has also revealed that AM Deadlink pops up in many, many, many, many >> ...................places. I have not downloaded or tried it but have >> noticed the following (or words to the same effect) in several search >> results: "If a Bookmark has become unavailable you can verify it in the >> internal preview and delete it from your Browser." >> >> You have indicated you would like to save some for further checking. I >> don't know what that internal preview shows; but if there are only a >> few, >> is it possible with that internal preview to copy and paste them >> somewhere >> or to manually write them down for later checking before deleting the >> bulk >> of dead ones? >> >> I have spent a couple of (enjoyable) hours on this exercise, which is why >> I >> became so aware of the repeated appearance of AM Deadlink. >> >> Here are a couple of others I noted which may or may not be of >> assistance: >> >> Linkman at >> http://www.outertech.com/index.php?_charisma_page=product&id=5. >> (following quote from about halfway down the page) >> "You can evaluate Linkman for 30 days. >> In order to get a Linkman license you must register and obtain a serial >> number (registration fee starts with $39/EUR30 for single workstation). >> All Linkman 7.x updates will be free (at least 3 feature updates). >> Alternatively you can sign-up with one of our affiliate partners and they >> will pay the registration fee on your behalf. See the Trialpay page for >> details." >> >> Bookmark Master (free) at http://www.qksoft.com/. >> >> Merna >> >> >> ----- Original Message ----- >> From: "Tilman Brandl" >> To: "Tech Support Guy Mailing List" >> Sent: Monday, March 17, 2008 10:11 AM >> Subject: Re: TSGL: Bookmark checker needed >> >> >> Hi, >> >> thanks for your tips, guys. >> >> Link Sleuth - if I'm not mistaken - is for checking links on websites >> somewhere on the internet, not for checking my local list of bookmarks. >> But >> I'll have another look .... >> >> The /Tilman/ part of that link is indeed coincidental - believe it or not >> ;-) >> >> I've checked out AM DeadLink, and it's well done. Unfortunately, it >> doesn't >> offer an option to save away a list of dead links for later checks. I can >> of >> course always delete the bulk of them, but would like to check a few >> links >> more thoroughly, since the once were/still are important sites. >> >> Haven't found a way to do this from AM DeadLink. >> >> The program I once had offered to simply move them ino a special folder >> named 'BrokenLinks'. Something similar is what I would like to see ... >> >> Thanks again >> Tilman >> >> ----- Original Message ----- >> From: "Tilman Brandl" >> To: "Tech Support Guy Mailing List" >> Sent: Sunday, March 16, 2008 4:08 PM >> Subject: TSGL: Bookmark checker needed >> >> >>> Hi, >>> >>> in the past I've had a nice bookmark/favorites checking program. Can't >>> find it now. I've spent an hour meanwhile with testing different progs, >>> but most of them aren't exactly what I need for cleaning up my 3500 >>> favorites.. >>> >>> What I want: >>> Should check all my bookmarks and allow to move dead links to a >>> different >>> place/folder ... Should also find duplicates. That's it ;-) >>> >>> Any experience with a good one anybody? Freeware preferred, but I would >>> also buy one if necessary. >>> >>> Thanks >>> Tilman > > > _______________________________________________ > Tech Support Guy Mailing List > http://www.tsgserver.com/list/ > > > -- > No virus found in this incoming message. > Checked by AVG. > Version: 7.5.519 / Virus Database: 269.21.7/1331 - Release Date: > 2008-03-16 > 10:34 AM > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Tech Support Guy Mailing List > http://www.tsgserver.com/list/ _______________________________________________ Tech Support Guy Mailing List http://www.tsgserver.com/list/ -- No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG. Version: 7.5.519 / Virus Database: 269.21.8/1340 - Release Date: 2008-03-23 6:50 PM _______________________________________________ Tech Support Guy Mailing List http://www.tsgserver.com/list/ From embitt at westnet.com.au Mon Apr 27 18:49:58 2009 From: embitt at westnet.com.au (Merna Bitter) Date: Tue, 28 Apr 2009 08:49:58 +1000 Subject: TSGL: Bookmark checker needed (from March 2008) References: <011f01c88777$8ab588f0$0601a8c0@til4200><003801c887c3$7ffdefa0$0601a8c0@til4200><006401c887df$115ca480$0401a8c0@number12><00aa01c88841$9b6776c0$0601a8c0@til4200><011501c88d64$1d0b8780$0401a8c0@number12><490601c88da8$19dc76c0$0601a8c0@til4200><001201c9c714$16a11aa0$0401a8c0@number12> Message-ID: <000a01c9c78a$84607ce0$0401a8c0@number12> Thanks, Russ. I had not looked at the comments or downloaded it myself -- I simply recalled last year's thread and thought it might be helpful. Looking at the comments now, I see other programs mentioned. More surfing coming up! More information about Tidy Favorites (including a link for the always-free, non-Pro version) at its homepage -- http://www.tidyfavorites.com/index.html. Merna ----- Original Message ----- From: "Russell W. Coover" To: "'Tech Support Guy Mailing List'" Sent: Tuesday, April 28, 2009 4:43 AM Subject: Re: TSGL: Bookmark checker needed (from March 2008) The download page has (at the time I'm writing this) 40 "comments" regarding this application. I think you may want to read some or all of these comments prior to installation. On the "thumbs up - thumbs down" rating, the "thumbs down" seems to be more frequently checked. I haven't (and will not) try this, so I will not rate this myself. Russ Coover -----Original Message----- From: list-bounces at tsgserver.com [mailto:list-bounces at tsgserver.com] On Behalf Of Merna Bitter Sent: Monday, April 27, 2009 1:42 AM To: Tech Support Guy Mailing List Subject: Re: TSGL: Bookmark checker needed (from March 2008) Tilman (and anyone else interested?), The Giveaway of the Day for the next 22 hours is "Tidy Favorites Pro" with the following description: "Tidy up your favorite bookmarks! Organize your favorite links as live thumbnails instead of trying to work through plain-text links. Open, delete, move, resize and update bookmarks in a single click. Conveniently use the same set of favorites and the same convenient user interface in all of your browsers - IE, Firefox, and Opera!" http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/ More details at the download link on that page. Merna ----- Original Message ----- From: "Tilman Brandl" To: "Tech Support Guy Mailing List" Sent: Monday, March 24, 2008 10:08 PM Subject: Re: TSGL: Bookmark checker needed Thanks, Merna Tilman ----- Original Message ----- From: "Eric and Merna Bitter" To: "Tech Support Guy Mailing List" Sent: Monday, March 24, 2008 5:02 AM Subject: Re: TSGL: Bookmark checker needed > Tilman, > > You're very welcome. > > No further research, but I just came across this link while surfing. It > may > or may not be helpful. > > http://www.veign.com/application.php?appid=103 > > Merna > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Tilman Brandl" > To: "Tech Support Guy Mailing List" > Sent: Tuesday, March 18, 2008 12:36 AM > Subject: Re: TSGL: Bookmark checker needed > > > Merna, > > while I didn't expect anybody to saddle him/herself with extensive > research, > I appreciate your endeavours. Thanks! > > As you can imagine, I've done some research myself, and did tests with AM > Dead Link (who must have a great marketing guy in their team). The problem > with AM DL is that it only works with the full list of favorites (I'm > checking my ca. 3500 IE favorites), there's no access to single > subfolders. > Meaning that I can't move selected & checked links somewhere else, which I > need to do. At least I haven't found a way ... > As to copying or moving links, this only works for single links, not > selected blocks.. > > In my case, it appears that possibly a third of all my links are > inaccessible (they are old too), so it's difficult to check them all at > once. In quite a few cases I want to find out about e.g. redirections that > I > could use as a replacement, etc. Btw - I've got a lot of duplicates too. > > Linkman looks like it might do what I want, otherwise it does MUCH more > than > that, so could be overkill. But I'll check this out. > > Finally, Bookmark Master looks like a newcomer in the market. I've tried > it, > and may end up with using it since it allows bulk deleting or moving of > links. > > Thanks again for your tips > > Tilman > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Eric and Merna Bitter" > To: "Tech Support Guy Mailing List" > Sent: Monday, March 17, 2008 4:29 AM > Subject: Re: TSGL: Bookmark checker needed > > >> Tilman, >> >> I enjoy surfing and searching. However, Googling various combinations of >> the words "bookmarks," "favorites," "dead links," "valid links," >> "verify," >> "duplicate," "freeware," "hard drive," and/or "software" has revealed >> that >> there are many, many, many, many ...................possible programs >> available. >> >> It has also revealed that AM Deadlink pops up in many, many, many, many >> ...................places. I have not downloaded or tried it but have >> noticed the following (or words to the same effect) in several search >> results: "If a Bookmark has become unavailable you can verify it in the >> internal preview and delete it from your Browser." >> >> You have indicated you would like to save some for further checking. I >> don't know what that internal preview shows; but if there are only a >> few, >> is it possible with that internal preview to copy and paste them >> somewhere >> or to manually write them down for later checking before deleting the >> bulk >> of dead ones? >> >> I have spent a couple of (enjoyable) hours on this exercise, which is why >> I >> became so aware of the repeated appearance of AM Deadlink. >> >> Here are a couple of others I noted which may or may not be of >> assistance: >> >> Linkman at >> http://www.outertech.com/index.php?_charisma_page=product&id=5. >> (following quote from about halfway down the page) >> "You can evaluate Linkman for 30 days. >> In order to get a Linkman license you must register and obtain a serial >> number (registration fee starts with $39/EUR30 for single workstation). >> All Linkman 7.x updates will be free (at least 3 feature updates). >> Alternatively you can sign-up with one of our affiliate partners and they >> will pay the registration fee on your behalf. See the Trialpay page for >> details." >> >> Bookmark Master (free) at http://www.qksoft.com/. >> >> Merna >> >> >> ----- Original Message ----- >> From: "Tilman Brandl" >> To: "Tech Support Guy Mailing List" >> Sent: Monday, March 17, 2008 10:11 AM >> Subject: Re: TSGL: Bookmark checker needed >> >> >> Hi, >> >> thanks for your tips, guys. >> >> Link Sleuth - if I'm not mistaken - is for checking links on websites >> somewhere on the internet, not for checking my local list of bookmarks. >> But >> I'll have another look .... >> >> The /Tilman/ part of that link is indeed coincidental - believe it or not >> ;-) >> >> I've checked out AM DeadLink, and it's well done. Unfortunately, it >> doesn't >> offer an option to save away a list of dead links for later checks. I can >> of >> course always delete the bulk of them, but would like to check a few >> links >> more thoroughly, since the once were/still are important sites. >> >> Haven't found a way to do this from AM DeadLink. >> >> The program I once had offered to simply move them ino a special folder >> named 'BrokenLinks'. Something similar is what I would like to see ... >> >> Thanks again >> Tilman >> >> ----- Original Message ----- >> From: "Tilman Brandl" >> To: "Tech Support Guy Mailing List" >> Sent: Sunday, March 16, 2008 4:08 PM >> Subject: TSGL: Bookmark checker needed >> >> >>> Hi, >>> >>> in the past I've had a nice bookmark/favorites checking program. Can't >>> find it now. I've spent an hour meanwhile with testing different progs, >>> but most of them aren't exactly what I need for cleaning up my 3500 >>> favorites.. >>> >>> What I want: >>> Should check all my bookmarks and allow to move dead links to a >>> different >>> place/folder ... Should also find duplicates. That's it ;-) >>> >>> Any experience with a good one anybody? Freeware preferred, but I would >>> also buy one if necessary. >>> >>> Thanks >>> Tilman From jonpan at onlinehome.de Tue Apr 28 03:45:30 2009 From: jonpan at onlinehome.de (Jon) Date: Tue, 28 Apr 2009 09:45:30 +0200 Subject: TSGL: Bookmark checker needed (from March 2008) References: <011f01c88777$8ab588f0$0601a8c0@til4200><003801c887c3$7ffdefa0$0601a8c0@til4200><006401c887df$115ca480$0401a8c0@number12><00aa01c88841$9b6776c0$0601a8c0@til4200><011501c88d64$1d0b8780$0401a8c0@number12><490601c88da8$19dc76c0$0601a8c0@til4200><001201c9c714$16a11aa0$0401a8c0@number12> Message-ID: Reading the comments is often worthwhile - but the 'thumbs' ratings are frequently chaotic and meaningless so don't rely on them alone. John Od/G ----- Original Message ----- From: Russell W. Coover To: 'Tech Support Guy Mailing List' Sent: Monday, April 27, 2009 8:43 PM Subject: Re: TSGL: Bookmark checker needed (from March 2008) The download page has (at the time I'm writing this) 40 "comments" regarding this application. I think you may want to read some or all of these comments prior to installation. On the "thumbs up - thumbs down" rating, the "thumbs down" seems to be more frequently checked. I haven't (and will not) try this, so I will not rate this myself. Russ Coover -----Original Message----- From: list-bounces at tsgserver.com [mailto:list-bounces at tsgserver.com] On Behalf Of Merna Bitter Sent: Monday, April 27, 2009 1:42 AM To: Tech Support Guy Mailing List Subject: Re: TSGL: Bookmark checker needed (from March 2008) Tilman (and anyone else interested?), The Giveaway of the Day for the next 22 hours is "Tidy Favorites Pro" with the following description: "Tidy up your favorite bookmarks! Organize your favorite links as live thumbnails instead of trying to work through plain-text links. Open, delete, move, resize and update bookmarks in a single click. Conveniently use the same set of favorites and the same convenient user interface in all of your browsers - IE, Firefox, and Opera!" http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/ More details at the download link on that page. Merna ----- Original Message ----- From: "Tilman Brandl" To: "Tech Support Guy Mailing List" Sent: Monday, March 24, 2008 10:08 PM Subject: Re: TSGL: Bookmark checker needed Thanks, Merna Tilman ----- Original Message ----- From: "Eric and Merna Bitter" To: "Tech Support Guy Mailing List" Sent: Monday, March 24, 2008 5:02 AM Subject: Re: TSGL: Bookmark checker needed > Tilman, > > You're very welcome. > > No further research, but I just came across this link while surfing. It > may > or may not be helpful. > > http://www.veign.com/application.php?appid=103 > > Merna > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Tilman Brandl" > To: "Tech Support Guy Mailing List" > Sent: Tuesday, March 18, 2008 12:36 AM > Subject: Re: TSGL: Bookmark checker needed > > > Merna, > > while I didn't expect anybody to saddle him/herself with extensive > research, > I appreciate your endeavours. Thanks! > > As you can imagine, I've done some research myself, and did tests with AM > Dead Link (who must have a great marketing guy in their team). The problem > with AM DL is that it only works with the full list of favorites (I'm > checking my ca. 3500 IE favorites), there's no access to single > subfolders. > Meaning that I can't move selected & checked links somewhere else, which I > need to do. At least I haven't found a way ... > As to copying or moving links, this only works for single links, not > selected blocks.. > > In my case, it appears that possibly a third of all my links are > inaccessible (they are old too), so it's difficult to check them all at > once. In quite a few cases I want to find out about e.g. redirections that > I > could use as a replacement, etc. Btw - I've got a lot of duplicates too. > > Linkman looks like it might do what I want, otherwise it does MUCH more > than > that, so could be overkill. But I'll check this out. > > Finally, Bookmark Master looks like a newcomer in the market. I've tried > it, > and may end up with using it since it allows bulk deleting or moving of > links. > > Thanks again for your tips > > Tilman > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Eric and Merna Bitter" > To: "Tech Support Guy Mailing List" > Sent: Monday, March 17, 2008 4:29 AM > Subject: Re: TSGL: Bookmark checker needed > > >> Tilman, >> >> I enjoy surfing and searching. However, Googling various combinations of >> the words "bookmarks," "favorites," "dead links," "valid links," >> "verify," >> "duplicate," "freeware," "hard drive," and/or "software" has revealed >> that >> there are many, many, many, many ...................possible programs >> available. >> >> It has also revealed that AM Deadlink pops up in many, many, many, many >> ...................places. I have not downloaded or tried it but have >> noticed the following (or words to the same effect) in several search >> results: "If a Bookmark has become unavailable you can verify it in the >> internal preview and delete it from your Browser." >> >> You have indicated you would like to save some for further checking. I >> don't know what that internal preview shows; but if there are only a >> few, >> is it possible with that internal preview to copy and paste them >> somewhere >> or to manually write them down for later checking before deleting the >> bulk >> of dead ones? >> >> I have spent a couple of (enjoyable) hours on this exercise, which is why >> I >> became so aware of the repeated appearance of AM Deadlink. >> >> Here are a couple of others I noted which may or may not be of >> assistance: >> >> Linkman at >> http://www.outertech.com/index.php?_charisma_page=product&id=5. >> (following quote from about halfway down the page) >> "You can evaluate Linkman for 30 days. >> In order to get a Linkman license you must register and obtain a serial >> number (registration fee starts with $39/EUR30 for single workstation). >> All Linkman 7.x updates will be free (at least 3 feature updates). >> Alternatively you can sign-up with one of our affiliate partners and they >> will pay the registration fee on your behalf. See the Trialpay page for >> details." >> >> Bookmark Master (free) at http://www.qksoft.com/. >> >> Merna >> >> >> ----- Original Message ----- >> From: "Tilman Brandl" >> To: "Tech Support Guy Mailing List" >> Sent: Monday, March 17, 2008 10:11 AM >> Subject: Re: TSGL: Bookmark checker needed >> >> >> Hi, >> >> thanks for your tips, guys. >> >> Link Sleuth - if I'm not mistaken - is for checking links on websites >> somewhere on the internet, not for checking my local list of bookmarks. >> But >> I'll have another look .... >> >> The /Tilman/ part of that link is indeed coincidental - believe it or not >> ;-) >> >> I've checked out AM DeadLink, and it's well done. Unfortunately, it >> doesn't >> offer an option to save away a list of dead links for later checks. I can >> of >> course always delete the bulk of them, but would like to check a few >> links >> more thoroughly, since the once were/still are important sites. >> >> Haven't found a way to do this from AM DeadLink. >> >> The program I once had offered to simply move them ino a special folder >> named 'BrokenLinks'. Something similar is what I would like to see ... >> >> Thanks again >> Tilman >> >> ----- Original Message ----- >> From: "Tilman Brandl" >> To: "Tech Support Guy Mailing List" >> Sent: Sunday, March 16, 2008 4:08 PM >> Subject: TSGL: Bookmark checker needed >> >> >>> Hi, >>> >>> in the past I've had a nice bookmark/favorites checking program. Can't >>> find it now. I've spent an hour meanwhile with testing different progs, >>> but most of them aren't exactly what I need for cleaning up my 3500 >>> favorites.. >>> >>> What I want: >>> Should check all my bookmarks and allow to move dead links to a >>> different >>> place/folder ... Should also find duplicates. That's it ;-) >>> >>> Any experience with a good one anybody? Freeware preferred, but I would >>> also buy one if necessary. >>> >>> Thanks >>> Tilman > > > _______________________________________________ > Tech Support Guy Mailing List > http://www.tsgserver.com/list/ > > > -- > No virus found in this incoming message. > Checked by AVG. > Version: 7.5.519 / Virus Database: 269.21.7/1331 - Release Date: > 2008-03-16 > 10:34 AM > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Tech Support Guy Mailing List > http://www.tsgserver.com/list/ _______________________________________________ Tech Support Guy Mailing List http://www.tsgserver.com/list/ -- No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG. Version: 7.5.519 / Virus Database: 269.21.8/1340 - Release Date: 2008-03-23 6:50 PM _______________________________________________ Tech Support Guy Mailing List http://www.tsgserver.com/list/ _______________________________________________ Tech Support Guy Mailing List http://www.tsgserver.com/list/ From johnmount6 at hotmail.com Tue Apr 28 10:37:46 2009 From: johnmount6 at hotmail.com (john mount) Date: Tue, 28 Apr 2009 22:37:46 +0800 Subject: TSGL: false.spywareremover2009 Message-ID: I am still trying to resolve the problem, not being too adept at the Computer it is taking me some time to locate the file, "False.SpywareRemover2009" I might have to get back to you with some more queries. I might have done it with "jv16". I won't know until I have run my 'Spybot' a couple of times. Thanks for all the info' it is much appreciated, keep up the good work. John Mount _________________________________________________________________ The new Windows Live Messenger has landed. Download it here. http://download.live.com/ From embitt at westnet.com.au Tue Apr 28 19:25:59 2009 From: embitt at westnet.com.au (Merna Bitter) Date: Wed, 29 Apr 2009 09:25:59 +1000 Subject: TSGL: .dat files References: <18030D5313C149C9988E613EA72CA336@ACERASPIRE><613DE191AD134748B1537291BBC69099@AcerPC><004201c9bd68$f1b3a320$0401a8c0@number12><6A1B6BD601304B92BF5799B2D71374A2@micron><000d01c9bdc4$540c4620$0401a8c0@number12><63DE0F0AB2B54597B8D50F4ADD7BAEAB@ACERASPIRE> <005901c9c103$e5e23680$0301a8c0@hbcanon> Message-ID: <00c201c9c858$be3cc260$0401a8c0@number12> Anthony, Just found while looking for an answer to a friend's (unrelated) problem -- it may or may not be helpful to you if your wife's friend does not change her settings or if you receive the attachments from other(s). http://www.pchell.com/support/winmaildat.shtml Merna ----- Original Message ----- From: "HBCANON" To: "'Tech Support Guy Mailing List'" Sent: Monday, April 20, 2009 1:31 AM Subject: Re: TSGL: .dat files I don't get 'the fault is with the sender' thing . 99% of my recipients do NOT get them from me. The 1% gets them from me also get them occasionally from a lot of people. ????? HBCanon Geneva, FL -----Original Message----- From: list-bounces at tsgserver.com [mailto:list-bounces at tsgserver.com] On Behalf Of Anthony Shearman Sent: Saturday, April 18, 2009 16:47 To: Tech Support Guy Mailing List Subject: Re: TSGL: .dat files Many thanks to all of you who offered possible solutions to the .dat files my wife receives from her friend. For the large files, i.e. over 1 MB, I found that by changing the extension to either mpg or pps, I was able to open the file. However the fact still remains, as pointed out by you that the fault is with the sender. Many thanks again, Anthony _______________________________________________ Tech Support Guy Mailing List http://www.tsgserver.com/list/ _______________________________________________ Tech Support Guy Mailing List http://www.tsgserver.com/list/ -- No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG. Version: 7.5.557 / Virus Database: 270.12.0/2066 - Release Date: 2009-04-18 9:55 AM From justin at whisperer.com.au Wed Apr 29 07:28:45 2009 From: justin at whisperer.com.au (The Computer Whisperer) Date: Wed, 29 Apr 2009 21:28:45 +1000 Subject: TSGL: false.spywareremover2009 In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <2852b8d40904290428o5c7329bck130dc03b77d399de@mail.gmail.com> Combofix 2009/4/29 john mount > > > > I am still trying to resolve the problem, not being too adept at the > Computer it is taking me some time to locate the file, > "False.SpywareRemover2009" I might have to get back to you with some more > queries. > > I might have done it with "jv16". I won't know until I have run my 'Spybot' > a couple of times. > > Thanks for all the info' it is much appreciated, keep up the good work. > > John Mount > > _________________________________________________________________ > The new Windows Live Messenger has landed. Download it here. > http://download.live.com/ > _______________________________________________ > Tech Support Guy Mailing List > http://www.tsgserver.com/list/ > -- http://www.whisperer.com.au The Computer Whisperer - Gets you where you want to be. Friendly on-site technical support - Home and Small Business Specialist. Telephone: (03) 5979 1122 Mobile 0406 467 701 Servicing the Mornington Peninsula (Victoria, Australia) From csmdcs at gmail.com Wed Apr 29 11:30:53 2009 From: csmdcs at gmail.com (Don Searles) Date: Wed, 29 Apr 2009 10:30:53 -0500 Subject: TSGL: false.spywareremover2009 In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <734BB98033344F73951A462817D55BF2@Don> John, I just came across this article, you may want to take a look at this App. How to remove Antispyware XP 2009 Sounds like a useful program, doesn't it? But Antispyware 2009 is actually a fake antispyware program, an example of "scareware" that's designed to trick you into buying their product. Get more information about Antispyware XP 2009 here: http://www.wxpnews.com/TTO4O9/090428-XPAntispyware2009 Don. I am still trying to resolve the problem, not being too adept at the Computer it is taking me some time to locate the file, "False.SpywareRemover2009" I might have to get back to you with some more queries. I might have done it with "jv16". I won't know until I have run my 'Spybot' a couple of times. Thanks for all the info' it is much appreciated, keep up the good work. John Mount _________________________________________________________________ The new Windows Live Messenger has landed. Download it here. http://download.live.com/ _______________________________________________ Tech Support Guy Mailing List http://www.tsgserver.com/list/