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Question about 'Prevent file corruption problems'
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Question about 'Prevent file corruption problems'
Saturday, August 9, 2003 at 11:24 am
Posted by MsGranddame
(3 messages posted)
I have a question about Prevent
file corruption problems: I read the thread all the way back and no one here
has ever had my problem. Perhaps no one who has ever had a computer has had this
problem. It is embarrassing and I am not crazy. Nor does the computer have a virus.
This damn computer turns text files into some kind of hieroglyphics that myself
and the Word Perfect converter don't know. It also singles out graphics or pulls
them out of the air and turns text into gif files. I am deadly serious. I have
a picture of a safety pin that was a book review, and I never put any picture of
any safety pin in the file or even in the computer. I print and store my files
in folders now that's how bad it is. If it doesn't do either of these two things,
then the file just vanishes most of the time. I called Dell (many times) and
they wanted me to do a repair reinstall. This is my first computer and I've only
had it since March. I can't work the taskbar and quick launch links yet. I don't
think I'm ready for a repair reinstall. I just did CHKDSK again both ways after
reading the thread and it's fine. I am constantly running tests on it and it passes.
I scan for viruses all the time. I have several firewalls. Here is a sample of
what I found today when I went to retrieve some text I had filed: iij㒒jjm~~ffgnnn֭xx
Can anyone help me? I was having a problem in that I no matter what I did I could
not get rid of files offering to "open with paint." But now I let the paint program
expire and deleted it entirely from the file associations to open with for every
single file extension and it is still happening. I changed each file extension
by hand for file associations "open with," but then I'm still afraid so I stick
with mostly internet explorer on the fly or AOL to open. I would suspect AOL and
their habit of collapsing graphics but their files seem to be the only ones that
don't turn turn into crazy pictures.
Do I just need Dell to give me another new computer (this is number two) or what?
Have any of you ever heard of such a thing? Can you imagine how it is happening?
What would you do?
I am so beaten by this problem I didn't even tell you the worst. The computer keeps
jumbling the files. There are system files hiding in files like "favorites." I
mean there are some important sounding files that are SYS just buried with a bunch
of junk several layers down into documents.
I have never even opened the registry for fear of what I might find and what opening
it might do.
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re: Question about 'Prevent file corruption problems'
Saturday, August 9, 2003 at 3:47 pm
Posted by Tom Swanson
(5553 messages posted)
Your computer either has a virus or you have a corrupted system. Visit McAfee or
Norton and have an online virus scan run on your computer. That is the only way to
get a reliable virus scan.
You should also be running a good spyware/adware scan daily. Spybot and/or AdAware
6 are both very good. There are only a few reliable apps that provide virus and spyware
protection. Once you correct the current problem, use the reccomended apps, not the
ones that give the biggest hype (in some cases that may be the same app).
If this doesn't solve the problem, do a clean install of XP. New partitions, reformat
and start over with a fresh harddrive.
On Saturday, August 9, 2003 at 11:24 am, Maryellen wrote:
>I have a question about Prevent
>file corruption problems: I read the thread all the way back and no one
here
>has ever had my problem. Perhaps no one who has ever had a computer has had this
>problem. It is embarrassing and I am not crazy. Nor does the computer have a
virus.
> This damn computer turns text files into some kind of hieroglyphics that myself
>and the Word Perfect converter don't know. It also singles out graphics or pulls
>them out of the air and turns text into gif files. I am deadly serious. I have
>a picture of a safety pin that was a book review, and I never put any picture of
>any safety pin in the file or even in the computer. I print and store my files
>in folders now that's how bad it is. If it doesn't do either of these two things,
> then the file just vanishes most of the time. I called Dell (many times) and
>they wanted me to do a repair reinstall. This is my first computer and I've only
>had it since March. I can't work the taskbar and quick launch links yet. I don't
>think I'm ready for a repair reinstall. I just did CHKDSK again both ways after
>reading the thread and it's fine. I am constantly running tests on it and it passes.
> I scan for viruses all the time. I have several firewalls. Here is a sample of
>what I found today when I went to retrieve some text I had filed: iij㒒jjm~~ffgnnn֭xx
>
>
>Can anyone help me? I was having a problem in that I no matter what I did I could
>not get rid of files offering to "open with paint." But now I let the paint program
>expire and deleted it entirely from the file associations to open with for every
>single file extension and it is still happening. I changed each file extension
>by hand for file associations "open with," but then I'm still afraid so I stick
>with mostly internet explorer on the fly or AOL to open. I would suspect AOL and
>their habit of collapsing graphics but their files seem to be the only ones that
>don't turn turn into crazy pictures.
>
>Do I just need Dell to give me another new computer (this is number two) or what?
> Have any of you ever heard of such a thing? Can you imagine how it is happening?
> What would you do?
>
>I am so beaten by this problem I didn't even tell you the worst. The computer keeps
>jumbling the files. There are system files hiding in files like "favorites." I
>mean there are some important sounding files that are SYS just buried with a bunch
>of junk several layers down into documents.
>
>I have never even opened the registry for fear of what I might find and what opening
>it might do.
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re: Question about 'Prevent file corruption problems'
Sunday, November 2, 2003 at 9:35 pm
Posted by bondsons
(1 messages posted)
Do a virus scan from the Symantic web site instead of from your computer. Do a clean
install. Do not make several changes to your system at once, it will lead to total
confusion when you have problems. Why do you have several firewalls? You only need
one. The firewall that comes with XP only blocks incoming traffic. Make sure it is
disabled and then download the basic free version of Zonealarm.
On Saturday, August 9, 2003 at 3:47 pm, Tom Swanson wrote:
>Your computer either has a virus or you have a corrupted system. Visit McAfee or
>Norton and have an online virus scan run on your computer. That is the only way
to
>get a reliable virus scan.
>
>You should also be running a good spyware/adware scan daily. Spybot and/or AdAware
>6 are both very good. There are only a few reliable apps that provide virus and
spyware
>protection. Once you correct the current problem, use the reccomended apps, not
the
>ones that give the biggest hype (in some cases that may be the same app).
>
>If this doesn't solve the problem, do a clean install of XP. New partitions, reformat
>and start over with a fresh harddrive.
>
>
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re: Question about 'Prevent file corruption problems'
Sunday, April 11, 2004 at 7:41 pm
Posted by ron cawley
(1 messages posted)
how can i remove a supervisor password on safety content advisor?? has started appearing
on internet, although never enabled......
On Saturday, August 9, 2003 at 11:24 am, MsGranddame wrote:
>I have a question about Prevent
>file corruption problems: I read the thread all the way back and no one
here
>has ever had my problem. Perhaps no one who has ever had a computer has had this
>problem. It is embarrassing and I am not crazy. Nor does the computer have a
virus.
> This damn computer turns text files into some kind of hieroglyphics that myself
>and the Word Perfect converter don't know. It also singles out graphics or pulls
>them out of the air and turns text into gif files. I am deadly serious. I have
>a picture of a safety pin that was a book review, and I never put any picture of
>any safety pin in the file or even in the computer. I print and store my files
>in folders now that's how bad it is. If it doesn't do either of these two things,
> then the file just vanishes most of the time. I called Dell (many times) and
>they wanted me to do a repair reinstall. This is my first computer and I've only
>had it since March. I can't work the taskbar and quick launch links yet. I don't
>think I'm ready for a repair reinstall. I just did CHKDSK again both ways after
>reading the thread and it's fine. I am constantly running tests on it and it passes.
> I scan for viruses all the time. I have several firewalls. Here is a sample of
>what I found today when I went to retrieve some text I had filed: iij㒒jjm~~ffgnnn֭xx
>
>
>Can anyone help me? I was having a problem in that I no matter what I did I could
>not get rid of files offering to "open with paint." But now I let the paint program
>expire and deleted it entirely from the file associations to open with for every
>single file extension and it is still happening. I changed each file extension
>by hand for file associations "open with," but then I'm still afraid so I stick
>with mostly internet explorer on the fly or AOL to open. I would suspect AOL and
>their habit of collapsing graphics but their files seem to be the only ones that
>don't turn turn into crazy pictures.
>
>Do I just need Dell to give me another new computer (this is number two) or what?
> Have any of you ever heard of such a thing? Can you imagine how it is happening?
> What would you do?
>
>I am so beaten by this problem I didn't even tell you the worst. The computer keeps
>jumbling the files. There are system files hiding in files like "favorites." I
>mean there are some important sounding files that are SYS just buried with a bunch
>of junk several layers down into documents.
>
>I have never even opened the registry for fear of what I might find and what opening
>it might do.
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re: Question about 'Prevent file corruption problems'
Monday, May 31, 2004 at 8:37 pm
Posted by Nellson
(2 messages posted)
I would first ask you if those files are down loads from the net. If so you may need
adobe reader. I had something like that happen to me. I down loaded it and I can
read it now. Also you mention you have several firewalls, I would say come back down
to basics. One is all you need. I hope this helps. Nelson
On Saturday, August 9, 2003 at 11:24 am, MsGranddame wrote:
>I have a question about Prevent
>file corruption problems: I read the thread all the way back and no one
here
>has ever had my problem. Perhaps no one who has ever had a computer has had this
>problem. It is embarrassing and I am not crazy. Nor does the computer have a
virus.
> This damn computer turns text files into some kind of hieroglyphics that myself
>and the Word Perfect converter don't know. It also singles out graphics or pulls
>them out of the air and turns text into gif files. I am deadly serious. I have
>a picture of a safety pin that was a book review, and I never put any picture of
>any safety pin in the file or even in the computer. I print and store my files
>in folders now that's how bad it is. If it doesn't do either of these two things,
> then the file just vanishes most of the time. I called Dell (many times) and
>they wanted me to do a repair reinstall. This is my first computer and I've only
>had it since March. I can't work the taskbar and quick launch links yet. I don't
>think I'm ready for a repair reinstall. I just did CHKDSK again both ways after
>reading the thread and it's fine. I am constantly running tests on it and it passes.
> I scan for viruses all the time. I have several firewalls. Here is a sample of
>what I found today when I went to retrieve some text I had filed: iij㒒jjm~~ffgnnn֭xx
>
>
>Can anyone help me? I was having a problem in that I no matter what I did I could
>not get rid of files offering to "open with paint." But now I let the paint program
>expire and deleted it entirely from the file associations to open with for every
>single file extension and it is still happening. I changed each file extension
>by hand for file associations "open with," but then I'm still afraid so I stick
>with mostly internet explorer on the fly or AOL to open. I would suspect AOL and
>their habit of collapsing graphics but their files seem to be the only ones that
>don't turn turn into crazy pictures.
>
>Do I just need Dell to give me another new computer (this is number two) or what?
> Have any of you ever heard of such a thing? Can you imagine how it is happening?
> What would you do?
>
>I am so beaten by this problem I didn't even tell you the worst. The computer keeps
>jumbling the files. There are system files hiding in files like "favorites." I
>mean there are some important sounding files that are SYS just buried with a bunch
>of junk several layers down into documents.
>
>I have never even opened the registry for fear of what I might find and what opening
>it might do.
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