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baronderkilt 23-Jun-10, 13:17 |
 GK Access Interferance by Other URL*** This place that a google listing took me to was Called "US Search" and URL of www .1800ussearch. com (minus the spaces added to prevent a hyperlink here. I don't want anyone sent there by mistake!) *** As many know, I do not have great computer skills, and it might even be my fault in some way & not a problem from that site. Strangely it was not a lock-up or freeze, & my cursor stayed active, but nothing would get it to leave that page. Did I cause this? And that said;thus did try to do to get OFF of it. ***** Failed Tries = TaskMngr SwitchTask, TaskMngr End, Cancel Browser page, Escape, Break, adding to Firewall denial sites, trying to access START menu for a ShutDown request (which then you Cancel when selection comes up, to "trick" the puter, but could not even get START menu by any means.), Disabling each of my 3 access LANs one at a time...No Good, Finally UNPLUGGING my I-Net DSL's primany AND back-up lines. No good, site still there when reconnected, so then told it go ahead and shut down entire IE& browser which made it close every Tab/Window EXCEPT this one. In the end it did accept a Reboot without needing to unplug the CPU from the wall-socket. Leaving time to repair the several things that were messed up after the reboot. **** I hope I have saved someone some time for Blitz or GK-enjoyment. Regards, }8-( PS ... I don't what might have happened if I did not have Professional level A/V's |
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lighttotheright 23-Jun-10, 23:55 |
There are some bad Mal-ware programs that create similar problems but you should not have been able to fix the problem through a forced shutdown by unplugging. That's why I suspect something else. That leaves a major alternative: a cosmic ray hit on your computer. For real, these can wreck havoc on any system. Symptoms would depend upon what part of the computer was hit. It's basically unpredictable. I've had one that in fact created a similar problem to what you describe. Cosmic ray hits should be rather rare, even on unshielded equipment. If your system crashes or has similar problems more often than 3 to 4 months between episodes, then I would suspect something else. Overheating of various parts of the computer is another possibility. Check your cooling system and you might want to clean out the dust. Even if dust is not the problem, you should clean it out safely with the power off anyway. A random electron redirected by the dust could be the culprit for problems later on. It's best to nip that one in the bud. Bad ram can do it too. But you should eliminate the other potential problems first. If it is bad ram, then something wacky should happen again soon. There are good free programs available to test RAM integrity online. I would not worry too much unless it recurs within the next day or so. I would suspect Mal-ware before RAM. One last problem that should be mentioned is an overloaded memory. The RAM could be perfectly fine but resident programs have used it all up. If this has happened, then you should have seen other different symptoms before this event...Primarily, a significant slowdown of the entire system, which is often overlooked by the less computer savvy. The computer can sometimes hobble along by using a buffer on the hard drive. Yet, this is slow. It is fixed by properly installing additional RAM memory. |
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kingdawar 24-Jun-10, 01:44 |
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baronderkilt 24-Jun-10, 07:58 |
lighttotheright ... ! **** So now I wonder if this is not also why I have been getting the curious blitz Chess disconnects that only started for me in the last 2 weeks ... after a long time of having no disconnects here at all !? But it seems to me there may well be some connection. The ones lately have been different than the early ones which simply tossed me off the board and I never saw it again. Whereas these let me reconnect to the same position immediately, but then would toss me back out of it every time I would try to do Anything on it, like the same move, or a different move. Probably even Chat tho I did not try to do that at the time. Your help is very appreciated and I shall have to look into these somehow. Regards, Craig |
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baronderkilt 24-Jun-10, 08:01 |
PS .... |
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lighttotheright 24-Jun-10, 12:28 |
It sounds like you need to clean your computer hardware. You will need to open up the computer to gain access to the internal parts. You want to make sure everything is grounded and unplugged. Attempt to turn on the machine, to drain any excess electricity in the system before you open the casing. You can blow out most of the dust with the tail end of a clean vacuum cleaner attached to a hand nozzle. Make sure you have good air flow and wear a dust mask. Dust will get everywhere. Be careful about using the suction end of the vacuum. You don't want to damage any internal parts. Once you have cleaned that up, go back over it with compressed air. You can buy compressed air cleaning kits to help you do an even better detail job. Once everything is super clean, then you can take steps to add additional RAM memory. Each system is different and you must install the correct memory in the right order. Depending upon what system you have, you probably can fix your computer yourself for less than 100 dollars. It will simply take a little research on your part to do it safely. If you have someone else do it for you, it will cost a bit more but at least you will know that it is done safely. As for me, I always do it myself because then I know it is done correctly. If you have any kind of warranty on the system, let a qualified repairman do the job. |
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baronderkilt 25-Jun-10, 05:04 |
Thank You |
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tactical_abyss 11-Sep-10, 05:55 |
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have bad ram... |
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baronderkilt 16-Sep-10, 01:37 |
TY ... One time we went to do a RESTORE and it put the prior RESTORE info onto D but the process got aborted halfway thru and so the info put onto D was never transferred off of it and remains there taking up space. Trouble being that anything you DO delete from D also deletes from C. So it is lost, and I could never figure out how to get it off. I believe there is a setting that Sync's the 2 drives to behave that way. And probably I could shut that off and be able to clear D files/programs. But I do not know how. I did try telling the RESTORE to STOP and put ZERO restoration points and assign Zero space, onto D, thinking that might do it, but it never did remove what was there. What I have done it simply remove everything extraneous from Both drives to free some D space. But still have the important info double cluttering the D so as not to lose it from C. I wonder if any of this makes sense to anyone. Not being computer guy, thats the only way I know to describe it. Maybe if I could get the two drives unconnected I could simply DELETE*.* or ERASE*.* D thru DOS mode? Or reformat it ? I just have serious worry of wiping everthing from C if I try ... especially the WindowsXP OS since that was installed fully at purchase and did not include a copy of the OS being given to me on diskettes or such. And all my 300+ music CD's and innumerable family photos. All occupying a lot of space, being non=text. The one bright light, I can probably save my GK games to flash stick I think, since they are pgn, or redownload them later if lost |
