I'm learning so I'm asking

Hey All,
As my Title says I'm asking. I have 2 pc to fix and the second one is not mine and it is giving me a "What For". :boxing I got some help from other forums to clean the nasties now I really have issues. So I"m hoping to get some answers here. Heard a lot of good things from the other forums about you guys.:clap So here I am.
The user name comes from my son who use to be a driver for several years.
Well I'll be talking atcha later:wave

 

Greetings and Salutations bigTrucks. Pleased to meet you. I've heard great thing about this site too. I finally decided to join these forums. I know I'll be glad I did!

 

Quite a name you got there, gadge. When I first saw it I thought it said bigtrunks. So you were either a 400 lb wrestler, a globe trotter or a lumberjack. :confused
:wave Hope you enjoy your stay here.

 

:wave and welcome to MG's..

 

I am not sure our American colleagues will understand GADGE joey,it's beed a long time since i heard it also.

Welcome Bigtrucks, just ask away and no doubt you will get the help you need.

 

I had to google it Bill:-D

 

Welcome to MajorGeeks bigtrucks! :wave

And Bill, some of us Americans know how to farf around a bit with the old google! http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=gadge :-D

 

Well Kes, I don't want to put words in Joey's mouth, but wouldn't the obvious definition in the context of the post be this one?

"scottish term originated from monklands area meaning a five pound note, sterling"

:-D

 

Not that I mind being called"sterling" but I'd rather be compared to the Person "Gadge" Not that I'm a mendicant that begs, thank you, but more of a teacher to those who are less fortunate in knowledge then I.I ask and learn then I teach/show to others what I have learned.:zzz
ANYWAY it's just a word/slang and it's only offensive if you let be offensive
Thanks for the welcome party.I'm looking forward to more of where these come from.:hyper
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gadge_Maharaj


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I know I will now.:-D

 

I saw that definition when I Googled it. Not sure any of them have the right root.
Where I come from (Newcastle) a gadgy was a man, fair enough.
I moved to north Northumberland a few years ago and got caught up in a whole other dialect. Apparently, this dialect stems from the gypsys who had/have a strong connection with this area and the Scottish borders. Gadge is actually from the Romanian gadzo, a non gypsy man or woman. There are loads more but I don't want to bore the pants off you all.

 

Not that I mind being called"sterling" but I'd rather be compared to the Person "Gadge" Not that I'm a mendicant that begs, thank you, but more of a teacher to those who are less fortunate in knowledge then I.I ask and learn then I teach/show to others what I have learned.:zzz
ANYWAY it's just a word/slang and it's only offensive if you let be offensive
Thanks for the welcome party.I'm looking forward to more of where these come from.:hyper
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gadge_Maharaj

Thank You joey off the street for the
big TRUNKS. I laughed when I read it.:-D

 

Interesting link BT. Apparently, some of the members of the forum find my sense of humor to be a bit off from the average person. :-D

See ya' around the forums.

 

Hey joey off the street' I Google Romanian gadzo, and found this

http://ling.kfunigraz.ac.at/~rombase/cd/data/ethn/topics/data/names-pr.en.pdf
anywhere what you reference the name gadge from ? A word of caution if you don'tlike to read then skim. My understanding is it is merely a Heinz 57 name that has over centuries been used in different cultures having different meanings as it would appear. Very interesting reading though.
Also I found my welcome thread there.:-D

 

Quick question
is this site timed to log you off if you are not typing or is it my isp.

 

Thanks Kestrel13!. I'll remember that . I think been to yuor Location a couple of times since I started working on my friends pc. ;>)

 

Time to bore you all.

http://everything2.com/index.pl?node=Romani

 

Hey Joey off the street,
I'm not a reader by nature but, If it peeks my interest I'm there. So I will read this on my laptop while the pc is being shook-up some (I hope):-D
Thanks!

 

rolleyes I asked questions here so that I could understand a little better to what was going on with the pc
I started getting personally involved with pc info by asking before fixing the first part. Sorry, I am an inquisitive person who is overly eager to learn and to help others. (One of my down falls).
:confusedI'm not sure if i am still allowed to use the sight or just not allowed to post in the software forum anymore.
:-oI admit it was as the Major said crazy but I like others, got off the track . I am human not pc. But then pc's even make mistakes.
I'm hoping that I can get a second chance to prove I do know some things but, I'm not an expert or moderator or even an advanced and that's what I thought these forums where here for to help those who aren't and don't know, to learn so that they won't have to make the same mistakes over. Maybe as my other half says," I thought like a lit". It has no meaning which means I did think about it thoroughly before acting on it.
:highfiveThis is the most friendly oriented, informative, and easily to get hooked on place as far as I am concerned.
:grouphugThank You for sharing it.

 

Nah, just that thread as it was going all over the place as MA said which helps no one, not your fault. BTW, I have no affiliation here, just a regular denizen.

 

I was tryin' to keep on the track, but damn, the mother just went and derailed...

 

:cloud9Thanks Everyone. I sure would have been upset with myself if I couldn't come back here.:clap
:hyper Me too mekanic. my overly eagerness gets me into so much trouble.
:confused Not sure where to go with this:
I'm trying to do the Cclean and I do remember in the other forum about registry. I am not sure if you're suppose to right click the reg intergity or not to uncheck the reg. I don't know if I should post this in the malware removal forum being I'm not removing any right now.Just asking where to go.Thanks

 

It was their "budget" procesor. I think I wrote that in a thread somewhere...

 

At this point I'm not sure of anything anymore. My ISP tech was just here repairing an issue we had with the internet and phone(I Hope).so everything was put on hold for a while. Should I just run another malware check before I go any further? The last one was about 4 days ago (give or take a day)with mbam and spybot. One last question would it be safe to just start a thread in the malware forum before I know anything ?

 

NO. Only start a thread when you have alot of good info, and explain yourself as thoroughly and in detail as possible.

For example, read this thread I just topped off.

http://forums.majorgeeks.com/showthread.php?t=186008

You will understand Major's point...

We do have private messaging if you need some proofreading first. I work nights, so I'm in bed somwhen between 6PM and 2AM, and at work until around 7AM (part time survival job) I'm usually on the forum in the afternoons off and on, E.S.T.

 

Hey mekanic you have my kind of hours:-D
I have mbam and spybot S&D( the eco has prevented me from the paid). Is this good enough to find any possible malware ?

 

Hey LauraR,
How are you? In answer to your questions:

1.If you want help at MajorGeeks in relation to malware, the only way you will get it is if you go through the entire process found in this thread:
http://forums.majorgeeks.com/forumdisplay.php?f=35

I started a thread in software because that's were I assumed my Problem was and in the mist of it all I got way off track . I was Told by MA that because I mentioned in the beginning of the thread that I Had malware before (but I have seen nothing in the logs and MBAM as well as SPYBOT and AVIRA also confirmed this by checking the logs on several occasions)that I had to do this whole thing over again if I wanted help from MajorGeeks. So that's what I'm doing.

2.Are you having symptoms of malware?
This pc I'm working on had the symptoms as do they now (intermittently)even though the scans run clean.

3.What exactly are you trying to accomplish?
I'm trying to find out why it runs extremely sluggish after cleaning it of spy ware and turning off some of the start ups and uninstalling a lot of unused/needed programs.(After reading the msconfig on start ups I realized I had to go back to normal start up in Which the pc seems to have slowed way back now or maybe it's just me)

4.You need to figure out what you need help doing. Did you go through the thread I linked you to above on Maintaining your computer?
I'm in the link that MA told me to go to after the mass confusion at the other forum/thread.

Did I answer your questions efficiently or did I leave something out because I am really getting confused on where I should start and what help I can receive . I am trying to understand why the pc is running the way it does even after doing the things I'm told to do to it.I'm getting mixed info and I just want to start in one place, the beginning, then go to the next like I thought I was.
I would be grateful for the proper direction. Thank You!

 

Also I forgot to mention the owner of the pc has aol and I know that can have a lot to do with it running slow(plus the fact that she didn't keep up with up dates of any kind for more then a year from what I seen). I just want to make absolute sure that she is ok before telling her to up grade the memory or change ISP.

 

BigTrucks. If there is any doubt about malware and such, go here http://forums.majorgeeks.com/showthread.php?t=35407 Get a clean bill of health from them. It will take some work on your part, and will take some time, because the folks there are good, but very busy, and are volunteers. Once you totally eliminate malware as a problem, perhaps we can work on speeding up the computer.

As MA said, you really need more RAM in it. I would say 512MB or 1GB would help out. But first, eliminate the malware possibility. Take it one problem at a time. Get malware free, then let's look at a possible RAM upgrade, then let's see if we can tweak a bit of speed out of the old beast! :-D

 

Hey FredG
As I told LauraR, that's where MA sent me to and that's where I'm at now. I was clear of malware from the other sights(MBAM<SPYBOT, AVIRA)Should I just run another malware check before I go any further? The last one was about 4 days ago (give or take a day)with mbam and spybot avira. I'm running the spybot now but the mbam doesn't want to load up for some reason.(Plus pc has really done a turn about on the speed slowed even more).Was working fine about 3 days ago when I up dated it. (can't afford to pay for these programs so I manually run them. Better for me so I can see if they are running properly or not. they are programs and programs can foul up too.)
I know it's old.I know it's low on RAM. I know the AOL is bogging it down. Trust me I Know this. what I don't know is why I am here and not on an ISLAND some where at FIVE O CLOCK.:cry:-D
No seriously I just want to make sure there isn't anything else wrong with it before I let the owner know she has to let go of AOL or spend money to make it faster. I'm almost sure she'll go with the :cry first one BUT this person has shocked me with her choices before.And don't tell me about cheap or reasonable places to go. She will find a way to get it free or cheaper then cheap.:-D

 

I agree whole hardheartedly with you. But yes I was one of the overly eager people and that is one of my problems that I am working on. It's good to be eager but not to the point where you wind up right back to ground zero again. I just wanted to make sure that there wasn't anything radically wrong before giving her the choice as I just told FredG.

 

By the way I checked your lounge like the stories and such. Are there any such places where privates can communicate. ( notice all the speakers were of higher ranks so to speak)lol

 

Lounge is pretty much open. If it is controversial, go to the Hot Button area. Post count does not mean anything more than someone posts a lot. Jump in the Lounge or Hot Button areas! :-D Don't keep rank in your head. Just obey the Admins and of course BA! Jump in, keep it PG and all is well.

 

Once you get the all clear from the Malware department, we can attempt to speed up that computer a little. It is just pointless to attempt that if you have malware. It would be counter productive for you to be making other changes while you are getting all the malware removed.

Now once you get the all clear from them, we will look into what we can do to speed up the computer a little. :-D

 

to show you how slooww the pc is.when I posted to LauraR I had just started the spybot scan. It now is only 1/4th of the way into the scan:zzz @ 22:10 hrs and it is now 00:20 hrs geess ya think it's a little sluggish:-D

 

Thanks Working on it now.

 

ok spybot sd scan is done and came up with a spyware that was supposedly removed the first time I ran the spybot and a tracking cookie that it had no info on also was suppose to have been FIXED. Do I go to malware removal forum or do a Cclean next.

 

I looked through my "piles o' crap", and even though I don't have a better processor at the moment, I did come up with a stick of Crucial PC2100 RAM, 256MB. If you are interested, send a PRIVATE MESSAGE with an address I can send it out to. It's not much, but every little bit helps...

I'll keep my eye out, Spring cleaning is coming around, and I do get some decent things in from time to time...

 

Hey mekanic
I was scrounging around to see if I had anything I found a PC2100S-2033-0-A1 memory card from an old Compaq computer I had years ago. Where would I go to find out if it's compatible with this one?

 

By the way. She has aol and I'm about to uninstall from safemode can I still get her info as long as she still has an account with them? I'm almost sure but I don't know a whole lot about how they work these days.

 

Is that module (stick) small, and rectangular? If it is, it is a SODIMM for a laptop. Desktop RAM is long and thin.

That came out of a laptop, didn't it?


In regard to AOL, you'll need to dig up her configuration settings, and save them somehow. That's about the only way I would guess it could be done. Never liked AOL, don't play with it.

I'm not even sure if you need the whole crappy software suite to use it these days, unless you pay for the whole package, which usually bogs down a PC more than I like to see. It's usually the first thing I :crap can on a fresh install.

 

ok what size is small(in inches that is)

Now that you mentioned laptop I'm not sure if it's from my son's HP lap that he somehow fried while OTR or if it is mine from my old cmpq desktopconfused

 

DIMM (desktop) are usually about 5 1/4" long by 1 1/4" wide.

SODIMM (laptop) are usually about 2 5/8" long by 1 1/4" wide.