splitrivet
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| posted on 20/11/04 at 11:16 AM |
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Computer whizzkid needed
Daughter just rang me (in tears)she's up in sheffield at uni.
She's having problems with her puter in as much as she cant download anything,if she tries to save anything by right clicking and "save
target as" its greyed out, or be trying to save in any other manner is a no no
She's spoken to a techie at blue yonder her internet provider and he reckons her download manager may be corrupt.
Seems she's got to get a dissetation ready and its getting to her a bit.
Any ideas would be greatly appreciated.
Cheers,
Bob
I used to be a Werewolf but I'm alright nowwoooooooooooooo
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Hellfire
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| posted on 20/11/04 at 11:24 AM |
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Try re-installing OS. It shouldn't overwrite her previously downloaded files...
Failing that - I live near Sheffield - I don't mind trying to resolve it personally for a few beer tokens.
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Peteff
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| posted on 20/11/04 at 11:34 AM |
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Worth a try.
It sounds like the content advisor in internet options under tools on the top bar. Open it and under the Content heading there is an option to enable
or if enabled to disable it
yours, Pete
I went into the RSPCA office the other day. It was so small you could hardly swing a cat in there.
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splitrivet
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| posted on 20/11/04 at 12:09 PM |
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Its not the content advisor Pete already tried that,thanks anyway.
Thanks for the offer hellfire I'll keep you posted.
Cheers,
Bob
[Edited on 20/11/04 by splitrivet]
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Peteff
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| posted on 20/11/04 at 01:19 PM |
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Try an online scan
http://www.pandasoftware.com/activescan/com/activescan_principal.htm
It sounds like a hijacker problem.
yours, Pete
I went into the RSPCA office the other day. It was so small you could hardly swing a cat in there.
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splitrivet
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| posted on 20/11/04 at 02:41 PM |
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Tried that pete but it wont let her dowload the files needed for the scan.
Cheers,
Bob
I used to be a Werewolf but I'm alright nowwoooooooooooooo
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theconrodkid
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| posted on 20/11/04 at 06:21 PM |
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http://www.pistonheads.com/gassing/topic.asp?t=137931&f=95&h=0 sound familiar?
who cares who wins
pass the pork pies
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Benzine
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| posted on 20/11/04 at 06:44 PM |
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We have this problem in our digital music lab. All we do is use Mozilla browser (free) and it works fine when you right click and save
http://www.mozilla.org/
Then again if she can't download i don't know how she'd get this file unless you email or something :S
The mental gymnastics a landlord will employ to justify immoral actions is clinically fascinating. Just because something is legal doesn't make
it moral.
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splitrivet
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| posted on 20/11/04 at 07:41 PM |
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Looks like her fellas going to bring her over tomorow I'll take a butchers at her machine then drive her back.
It sure is strange, she cant even read her emails so it looks like its a virus.
Cheers,
Bob
I used to be a Werewolf but I'm alright nowwoooooooooooooo
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cassidym
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| posted on 20/11/04 at 11:27 PM |
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Bob, what you can look for:
a. Check that you have enough disk space available, especially if saving problem occurs outside browser as well.
b. Do a virus scan.
c. Do a spyware scan - there's good free packages available on the net that scan the registry (assuming we're talking Windoze) and will
delete upon requests entries related to IE helper programs.
d. Check that no firewall software is being run on the system.
e. If antivirus software is running diable and check whether you can save.
If you have problem only in IE, then removing helper programs and reinstalling IE may do the trick.
Very interested to know what you'll find.
Cheers.
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splitrivet
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| posted on 21/11/04 at 09:11 AM |
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Cheers guys, let you know the result later.
Cheers,
Bob
I used to be a Werewolf but I'm alright nowwoooooooooooooo
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