Computer related stuff has not been going well for me lately. Three things have been really pissing me off lately, ordered chronologically below, for your convenience.

Last year, my computer stopped playing DVDs, period. Each DVD program gave me a different error. I finally found something that worked--the PowerDVD trial. It expired, and I couldn't play DVDs anymore. I got the full version, which couldn't play DVDs. Annoyance number one.

Recently, my computer has been infected with a virus that resets my homepage to a spam page every time I boot my computer. Viagra, single girls, the whole nine yards. I scanned for viruses with the newest version of AVG, and no dice. I scanned for spyware with Ad-Aware, and discovered an interesting occurrence. Every time I boot, there's the same spyware installed. Delete it, and it will be back the next time I boot the computer. So, that's annoyance number two.

My computer has recently been disconnecting from the internet repeatedly. It's gotten to a point where I can't browse without needing to unplug stuff and plug it back in every three or four web pages. Instant messaging and IRC are, for the most part, totally out the window. Annoyance number three.

Lastly, I made a gesture of good faith toward Crytek and Ubisoft by preordering Far Cry. Apparently, as a reward for my trust, I get top shipping priority, as well as an enigmantic "Trip Planner" disc. Now, I interpreted "top priority" as getting it shipped around the time it came out. Apparently, my deduction was incorrect. Not only do I have no Far Cry right now while everyone else has it already and is enthusiastically posting screenshots, but the thing hasn't even been shipped yet. I called them and got an automatic hang-upper. Whoop-dee-doo. So, that was my day. Fun stuff.

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The top three (of course two) sound like a case of a(n) virus(es). I'd go for McAfee or something like that.
Overall sounds quite yucky. Maybe you should just scratch the hard drive and start anew. I did that not too long ago with mine when it did ridiculous stuff like that.
I feel your pain.

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[This message has been edited by Chuck (edited March 24, 2004).]

Okay this is just a suggestion... reformat and reinstall your OS to get rid of the software problems... and just be patient with the game... US mail sucks.

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Don't be unwise judge me not by my size. You wont believe your eyes watch the xwing rise!

You need a virus scan for sure. A good one.

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I'm not an actor. I just play one on TV.

You didn't google for the reoccuring spyware, did you

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dialect we speak in is Hip Hop!" - King Solomon

Format C:

Fixes anything

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Well, that fixed that problem.

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You know what's funny? Winodws XP doesn't let you in any way 'Format C:'. I had to put an MS-DOS 6 (I know, I know; what the heckis that doing in my house) floppy in nd it asked if I wanted to Scratch the disk. It did and then it partitioned itself a little 4GB space. You really have to be tricky with XP. DOS no longer exists.

Hey Thrawn42699 Can you post the link to that spam page. Or give it to me on msn. Theres a few kids in my town who I woulden't mind bagging with it.

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Try doing a search for something called "Cool Web Shredder" of "CWShredder" on download.com, that might fix the redirected home page problem, might fix the other problems too.
[EDIT]Nevermind the above statement, try this http://www.spywareinfo.com/~merijn/files/cwshredder.zip
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[This message has been edited by Stormtrooper (edited March 25, 2004).]

I saved an old win98 startup disk for that purpose.



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Old aunts used to come up to me at weddings, poking me in the ribs and cackling, telling me, "You're next." They stopped after I started doing the same thing to them at funerals.

If you do not want to reformat, here are a few other programs I recommend:

1) Spybot - Search and Destroy
http://www.safer-networking.org/

2) Hijack This
http://www.spychecker.com/download/download_hijackthis.html
(Attention: This will let you nuke all sorts of suspicious items, some of which you might not want to remove.)

3) Panda Online Scan
http://www.pandasoftware.com/activescan/

4) Trojan Remover
http://www.simplysup.com/

EDIT:
About the DVD issue, try reinstalling the DVD playback software (this should be located on your graphics card driver CD).

EDIT 2:
Also, do you use dial-up or broadband?

[This message has been edited by KnobZ (edited March 25, 2004).]

I know your joking but in some cases I've found that is a more true statement then most.

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Don't be unwise judge me not by my size. You wont believe your eyes watch the xwing rise!

Sure it does. You just use a boot disk. Win2k doesn't have DOS either, but it's setup program allows you to format and partition.



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"The future is not determined by a throw of the dice, but is determined by the conscious decisions of you and me."
I am addicted to ellipses!!! AHHH!!! ...
Make Sorrowind Worthwhile... join it! http://sorrowind.net