http://www.howtogeek.com/forum/ How-To Geek Forums Forum: Windows Vista en Sun, 08 Nov 2009 12:55:34 +0000 http://www.howtogeek.com/forum/topic/can-every-crt-monitor-be-a-touch-screen#post-118101 Sun, 08 Nov 2009 12:32:10 +0000 LH 118101@http://www.howtogeek.com/forum/ <p>No idea whether it is any good tho',<br /> <a href="http://www.magictouch.com/addon.html" rel="nofollow">http://www.magictouch.com/addon.html</a></p> <p>and,<br /> <a href="http://www.touchscreens.com/products-addon.html" rel="nofollow">http://www.touchscreens.com/products-addon.html</a> </p> http://www.howtogeek.com/forum/topic/can-every-crt-monitor-be-a-touch-screen#post-118099 Sun, 08 Nov 2009 12:22:35 +0000 madmacs 118099@http://www.howtogeek.com/forum/ <p>Hi AB, welcome to HTG. The answer is no, you will need a special touchscreen monitor, which are still pretty expensive at the moment!! Matt </p> http://www.howtogeek.com/forum/topic/can-every-crt-monitor-be-a-touch-screen#post-118098 Sun, 08 Nov 2009 12:14:56 +0000 AB 118098@http://www.howtogeek.com/forum/ <p>Can every crt monitor be a touch screen? I mean every CRT monitor like we use on our homes be a touch screen.I want to update to windows 7.Can I do that? </p> http://www.howtogeek.com/forum/topic/vista-taking-jpeg-image#post-118097 Sun, 08 Nov 2009 11:41:24 +0000 mfletch 118097@http://www.howtogeek.com/forum/ <p>Try right click on one of the images click properties</p> <p>Is there anything there that tels you what program created the picture, </p> http://www.howtogeek.com/forum/topic/slip-streamed-disc-doesnt-boot-up#post-118096 Sun, 08 Nov 2009 11:17:43 +0000 cyberjus 118096@http://www.howtogeek.com/forum/ <p>i followed the instructions posted on the forum to slipstreamed drivers n bootable iso on the disc </p> http://www.howtogeek.com/forum/topic/trojan-nightmare#post-118095 Sun, 08 Nov 2009 10:20:06 +0000 imsurly 118095@http://www.howtogeek.com/forum/ <p>I found your post looking for a solution to the exact same feedwater.com hijacking both Firefox and IE browsers. Every prior attempt through Windows Defender, McAfee, etc. to scan and remove were ineffective.</p> <p>I now have apparently solved it, in my case, mainly through reverting to a system restore point prior to the infection.</p> <p>I can't be sure that all of the following steps were absolutely necessary, but here is what I did specifically.</p> <p>1. Force quit any browsers where the problem appeared as soon as possible, and without trying to close the browser windows directly or responding to any dialogue boxes. (performed via Task Manager).</p> <p>2. Restarted the computer in safe mode. (I did this inelegantly by forcing the computer to power down without closing out of anything else). Out of an abundance of caution, since I had multiple accounts on the computer, I restarted in safe mode under a different account than the one that I was using at the time of infection.</p> <p>3. Opened the system restore options and selected an existing restore point prior to the first appearance of the infection. (Control Panel; System and Maintenance; System; System Protection; System Restore.) (I did all this the same day the computer was infected so it was easy to know which one to select -- I had a restore point from the day before. If you are not sure of when the infection occurred, search your browser histories for the first appearance of "freewater" and select a restore point prior to that).</p> <p>4. Following restart, since I happened to have Safari on my desktop (even though I'm running Vista and principally use Firefox, which was hijacked), and since I didn't know yet whether the other browsers were clean, I used Safari to download and then installed the MBAM/Malware Bytes program. Upon finishing the installation and before starting up MBAM, I unchecked the box authorizing MBAM to check for any update on its first launching so that it wouldn't try to access the internet to search for or download an update.</p> <p>5. Ran MBAM and removed any offending results. Following the required restart, I then manually authorized MBAM to update and then and ran it again, and it came back clean.</p> <p>6. Because the system restore point was prior to my last Windows update, I checked for and installed any important Windows Updates, including updates the the Windows Defender library so that I made sure to have included any recently identified malware.</p> <p>7. Following the required restart from the Windows update (and still using the Safari browser, although I don't know that it's necessary) I downloaded (or re-downloaded) the most recent version of Firefox.</p> <p>7. Following the required restart resulting from Windows update, I was able to re-launch Firefox without any re-appearance of the freewater re-directed sites. (Note, if when you restart Firefox, it asks about restoring a previous session or previous tabs, select "Start a new session instead." If, on restarting, it is clear that Firefox is launching two or more tabs (as it does often after an update), try and close all but one tab (the tab announcing "you have been updated"), especially if a tab is taking any time to load. )</p> <p>Hope this helps! </p> http://www.howtogeek.com/forum/topic/do-i-need-vista-service-pack-2#post-118094 Sun, 08 Nov 2009 10:00:39 +0000 leftgg 118094@http://www.howtogeek.com/forum/ <p>i do not think so </p> http://www.howtogeek.com/forum/topic/numeric-keypad-on-keyboard#post-118092 Sun, 08 Nov 2009 09:55:25 +0000 LH 118092@http://www.howtogeek.com/forum/ <p>Oh good.<br /> p.s., I lived 12 years in W.Sussex. </p> http://www.howtogeek.com/forum/topic/usb-sticks#post-118091 Sun, 08 Nov 2009 09:53:21 +0000 LH 118091@http://www.howtogeek.com/forum/ <p>Do the sticks work in other machines ? </p> http://www.howtogeek.com/forum/topic/numeric-keypad-on-keyboard#post-118090 Sun, 08 Nov 2009 09:52:55 +0000 kiacat 118090@http://www.howtogeek.com/forum/ <p>Thanks LH, also got this from Microsoft answers:<br /> To work around this behavior, use one of the following methods:<br /> Specify that the NUM LOCK key must be off for the numeric keypad to function as MouseKeys. To do this, follow the appropriate steps.</p> <p>Windows Vista<br /> Click Start<br /> Collapse this imageExpand this image</p> <p>.<br /> In the Start Search box, type Ease of Access.<br /> Click Make the mouse easier to use.<br /> Click Set up Mouse Keys.<br /> Under Other Settings, click Off next to Use MouseKeys when NumLock is.<br /> Click Save</p> <p>Which seems to have cleared it up. Have a good day. Sussex is wet &#38; cold this morning! Cheers </p> http://www.howtogeek.com/forum/topic/usb-sticks#post-118089 Sun, 08 Nov 2009 09:47:28 +0000 kiacat 118089@http://www.howtogeek.com/forum/ <p>Thanks InDiSent [cool tag!] Wouldn't know which they are, clicking on properties doesn't tell me. When I use a USB extension cable - and it is just that, no filters or stuff on the lead, just male &#38; female USBs - the problem has stopped. Bizarre, but at least that's one less problem on my list. Thanks again </p> http://www.howtogeek.com/forum/topic/replacement-for-chkdsk#post-118088 Sun, 08 Nov 2009 09:10:28 +0000 LH 118088@http://www.howtogeek.com/forum/ <p>What make(s) and model(s) of hard drive(s) do you have ? </p> http://www.howtogeek.com/forum/topic/how-remove-grey-box-in-icons-caused-from-nortons-backups#post-118087 Sun, 08 Nov 2009 09:02:01 +0000 LH 118087@http://www.howtogeek.com/forum/ <p>Look in Norton's file backup settings, and see if you can find a "Backup Status Indicators" box to uncheck. </p> http://www.howtogeek.com/forum/topic/computer-screen-jumps#post-118086 Sun, 08 Nov 2009 08:49:34 +0000 LH 118086@http://www.howtogeek.com/forum/ <p>Right click on the page, and select "Bookmark this page". </p> http://www.howtogeek.com/forum/topic/vista-taking-jpeg-image#post-118084 Sun, 08 Nov 2009 08:28:43 +0000 SarahJames 118084@http://www.howtogeek.com/forum/ <p>Hi rlandjr,</p> <p>Welcome to HTG:)<br /> Like Santo says, to keep your pc clean you can at least use <a href="http://www.ccleaner.com/">CCleaner</a> to keep the folder clean (you can add the folder under 'advanced&gt; custom files and folders').<br /> And Ccleaner is a good one for your computerhealth in any case:)</p> <p>Concerning the problem, some things that come to mind:<br /> - might be a task in your taskscheduler that refreshes this hunt for jpg on a daily basis<br /> - might have to do with a stored seach that get's refreshed on a daily basis<br /> (are stored in something like "C:\Users\*username*\Saved Searches")<br /> Delete / disable the task or the saved search and hopefully your problem will be solved :)</p> <p>Cheers,<br /> Sarah. </p> http://www.howtogeek.com/forum/topic/please-welcome-novembers-guest-mod#post-118082 Sun, 08 Nov 2009 07:15:18 +0000 Santo 118082@http://www.howtogeek.com/forum/ <p>Thanks for your assurance. I will help Matt to find his key :) </p> http://www.howtogeek.com/forum/topic/replacement-for-chkdsk#post-118081 Sun, 08 Nov 2009 07:13:51 +0000 mayagrafix 118081@http://www.howtogeek.com/forum/ <p>thanks for the link. I was wondering about a more windows oriented program, this one requires boot under DOS. Thanks for your input BTW. </p> http://www.howtogeek.com/forum/topic/please-welcome-novembers-guest-mod#post-118080 Sun, 08 Nov 2009 07:09:56 +0000 techgranny 118080@http://www.howtogeek.com/forum/ <p>No worries, you're in good company ;) Although Matt still hasn't found his key &lt;hmm&gt; </p> http://www.howtogeek.com/forum/topic/dvd-drive-not-detected#post-118079 Sun, 08 Nov 2009 07:03:42 +0000 Santo 118079@http://www.howtogeek.com/forum/ <p>CD/DVD uses the operating system generic drivers and does not come with any separate drivers, but it has its firmware that can be updated from its manufacturer website.<br /> In your case it looks like the issue could be a software issue rather than a hardware issue. Try to remove all the disc burning applications from your computer and restart it, then check in "Computer" and in "Device manager". In Device Manager if it shows error run the Microsoft "Fixit" to remove the upper and lower filters. You should also remove any other application which has disc burning feature that you had installed.</p> <p>Also uninstall and reinstall the drivers from Device manager. Then check if you are able to play any discs and also burn files using the Windows native burning feature or you may check by trying to burn any media file from Windows Media Center or Player. </p> http://www.howtogeek.com/forum/topic/please-welcome-novembers-guest-mod#post-118078 Sun, 08 Nov 2009 06:55:54 +0000 Santo 118078@http://www.howtogeek.com/forum/ <p>@techgranny</p> <p>That's a very scary place! </p>