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catering chef · Posted: Tue Apr 27, 2004 5:39 am Post subject: Need computer help!!!!!!!!!!!!

My wife went to use the computer last night and it would not boot-up. I am getting an error message that says "bad or missing file. windows/system32/windowsconfig. I tried to boot frm a recovery disk but it would not read it. I am running XPhome edition. Bios looks ok. I tried switch the boot program from back up and that did not work. Please help!!!
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catering chef · Posted: Tue Apr 27, 2004 11:37 am Post subject:

ANy one, any one??
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towlebooth · Posted: Tue Apr 27, 2004 12:11 pm Post subject:

Throw money at the problem and assure yourself that it will get solved:

The Geek Squad

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Lyverbird · Posted: Tue Apr 27, 2004 7:58 pm Post subject:

No no don't do it. Not the Geek squad. While I have convidense in their abilities they are partnered with BB and there can not be trusted. On several occations I have entered that store and just for amusment purposes I have asked question to which I already know the answers. My concultion is that no one can be that stupid, therefore they have been trained to tell what ever lies it takes to get you to buy. They get extra points if the item is none returnable soft ware. I once got them to give a refund on none returnable (opened) software though. They did not like it.
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Arcticabn · Posted: Tue Apr 27, 2004 9:15 pm Post subject:

Two possible problem areas.; the hard drive controller and or the hard drive has been corrupted.

Can you boot from the Recovery CD?
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towlebooth · Posted: Wed Apr 28, 2004 6:26 am Post subject:

Lyverbird · Posted: Wed Apr 28, 2004 5:32 pm Post subject:

I do have confidense in the Geek Squad. Just not BB.
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SirPoonga · Posted: Thu Apr 29, 2004 9:55 am Post subject:

catering chef · Posted: Tue May 04, 2004 8:07 pm Post subject:

Well, I had to bring my PC into the shop to get fixed. It had at least 246 virus on it. I dont do any e-mail or surfing at home. My fifteen year old gets on it while i am at work.
It is going to cost me about 125.00 to get fixed. Anyone know a good antivirus software? some one suggested Norton 2004. Is it any good and how much will it cost? thanks
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SirPoonga · Posted: Tue May 04, 2004 10:01 pm Post subject:

www.grisoft.com AVG is a free virus scanner. For some viruses you may need to turn off system restore if you run windows 2000 or XP (in My Computer properties somewhere) to get rid of all the viruses.

Also you may want to (just suggestions) get:
Adaware (takes out spyware)
Spybot (takes out spyware)
Google Toolbar (gets rid of popups in IE, or use mozilla instead. Tabbed browsing rules!)
CWShredder (for some hijack bots)
HijackThis (for other hijack bots, becareful, this is a tough program to use, expert only)

All of this is free.

Also use Eudora for an email client, it's free too. This will help eliminate the address book attack scripts that can be embedded in emails.

A good pay program to get rid of and monitor spyware is Pest Control.