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(Message started by: jonny on Nov 20^th, 2003, 9:11pm)

Title: Dumbass needs puter help....Again!!
Post by jonny on Nov 20^th, 2003, 9:11pm

Ok, I hope im fast enough seeing that zone alarm kills me after 8 mins, damn thing locked down and wont let go.....

I have saved my pics and music to CD and want to kill ME which is what im running......whatelse do I need to save before I do this and how the fuck does one kill an OS?

I have four discs (WIN 2000) to start back up on a new OS.....I just need to know what else I need to save before I dump ME and how do I dump it.

The phone calls on me.....Mark C, help me.....wah!!!!....LOL

..................................jonny

Title: Re: Dumbass needs puter help....Again!!
Post by Kirk on Nov 20^th, 2003, 9:20pm

First you take the disc marked Red Hat Linux 9.0 #1 (boot) and put it in your CD-ROM, then reboot the machine. Just follow the simple onscreen instructions.

You will feel much better soon.

On the other hand boot from the Microsoft 2000 CD and do the same. Except make sure you have your product key handy.

You may feel better soon.

Hope this helps.

TTFN

Title: Re: Dumbass needs puter help....Again!!
Post by TxBasslady on Nov 20^th, 2003, 9:22pm

[smiley=bigguns.gif]

That should work...for the dump...............jonny!

LMAO

Jean (sorry I made a joke...I know you are being serious) :-*

Title: Re: Dumbass needs puter help....Again!!
Post by Opus on Nov 20^th, 2003, 9:30pm

Win2000, are you sure? After you have saved everything you can find, as long as you know where it is, don't forget adress books, bookmarks, you coukd even save cookies if you want, most everything should be in windows\system folder, might as well try to save the whole thing. export everything you can. If you want to keep win-me you can reinstall over the old one, it should give you a few days to find more, of course the reinstall could wipe everything too.

When you are ready and want to install on the same hard drive and you only have one then put in the first wim2000 disk, it will reformate the harddrive from fat32 to ntfs. the only prob. you might have is that win2000 drivers can sometimes be hard to find. otherwise you will just have to learn a new type of OS as there are some diffrences from win-me. Then while you are at it I'll send you some Linux and you can try that too LOL.

Believe it or not I am trying my first win-me install. I have got it down to bare bones, and with a lot of support software It stays up and running. The test will be a few weeks, maybe I'll get 98se and I won't have to keep it.

Opus/Paul

Title: Re: Dumbass needs puter help....Again!!
Post by Opus on Nov 20^th, 2003, 9:36pm

Oh, ya , I forgot, most windoze products self distruct in time unless a whole lot of work is done, did you know IE has a repaire tool that should be run once a week?, Office does too.

enjoy, sorry can't spell check, this is a bare bones machine.

Opus/Paul

Title: Re: Dumbass needs puter help....Again!!
Post by forgetfulnot on Nov 20^th, 2003, 10:50pm

Go to the control panel - add/remove programs, select zone alarm then check remove.

[smiley=bulb2.gif]

Then reboot

................Lee

Worth a try

Title: Re: Dumbass needs puter help....Again!!
Post by Opus on Nov 21^st, 2003, 7:30am

Jonny is offline? I hope he can fix his machine.

Opus/Paul

Title: Re: Dumbass needs puter help....Again!!
Post by thomas on Nov 21^st, 2003, 8:42am

No help - just anti-crash vibes going your way Thy Holiness. [smiley=bow.gif]

Title: Re: Dumbass needs puter help....Again!!
Post by jonny on Nov 21^st, 2003, 5:46pm

Gotta make this quick....I deleted all the files that had to do with zone alarm berfore the below message page started poping up after only 8 mins online, it just takes over any site or link I click.....it has no properties, whatever site im on is the properties it uses.

I have to reboot every 8 mins to get internet time....YAHOOOO....hav'in fun now

Read this and see if you can make heads or tails out of it....like I said I deleted all the zone files

Notice from Zone Labs Internet Security
This page is to notify you that ZoneAlarm has detected a problem with your installation, and therefore has restricted Internet access from your machine for your protection. Don?t panic! The step-by-step instructions listed here will help you to determine the problem, and explain how to resolve the issue.
Please print this page out first. If you don't have a printer setup or use a network printer, please click here to get a word version of this page and save it.
Note: If you have a Cisco VPN client installed and were re-directed to this page, please follow the directions here.
Why did this happen?
There was an error on your machine that is preventing the ZoneAlarm (Plus/Pro) security engine from properly starting. Because this condition is similar to a condition where a hacker is trying to disable your security, ZoneAlarm (Plus/Pro) has blocked would-be hackers by locking down your computer from outside Internet attacks. You should verify that your system is clean of any viruses or Trojans before restoring Internet Access. Check with your antivirus support site for help and special tools to remove viruses.
How long will it take to restore my access?
This will take between 5 and 15 minutes.
Instructions to restore Internet access
First try this:
Restart your computer. (To do this, locate the Windows Start menu in the system tray, select Shut down, select Restart from the drop-down menu and then click OK.)
After restarting, check your Internet access. Try this up to three times to see if your Internet access is restored. If this does not restore your access, proceed to step B below.
If above doesn?t work, do this:
In the ZoneAlarm (Pro/Plus) interface, go to the Overview Panel, locate the Preferences tab and uncheck "load ZoneAlarm (Pro/Plus) at start-up" as shown in figure 1 below.
Reboot your computer. (To do this, locate the Windows Start menu in the system tray, select Shut down, select Restart from the drop-down menu and then click OK.)
In this third step, you will be renaming your Internet logs folder. This simple step only takes a moment, just follow the instructions carefully below. Please note: Deleting your Internet logs is necessary to restore Internet access, but you will lose your ZoneAlarm (Plus/Pro) settings as a result.
a. In the Windows Start menu select Search and then For files or Folders.
b. In the box titled "search for files or folders named:" type the following exactly, with quotes: "internet logs"
c. In the box titled "look in:" select Local Harddrives?
d. Now press Search Now
e. In the results to the right you will see a folder called Internet Logs. Typically, this is located at:
i. C:\Windows\Internet Logs (for Win 9x/XP)
ii. C:\Winnt\Internet Logs (for Win 2000/NT)
f. To rename the folder, simply right-click your mouse on the word "Internet Logs," select Rename and then type in a new name in the text field such as "oldlogs." Press Return when done.

Reboot your computer. (See step 2 above)
You should now have Internet access. (If you do not, click here.) To restore your security, install the latest version of your product by clicking the correct link below:
Figure 1: Unchecking "load at startup" as shown with the red circle below.

Advanced instructions:
You have been taken to this area if you have tried previous steps to restore Internet access and have been unsuccessful. Thank you for your patience.
Removal will require using Safe Mode and editing the registry. If you are not comfortable using these, you should seek out someone more knowledgeable in their use. Please click here to view the instructions necessary to restore Internet access. This will take approximately 15 minutes.
If you are unable to complete these steps yourself, you may contact Zone Labs Technical Support via fax at 415/343-0057. Someone will contact you as quickly as possible and in the order your fax was received and will follow the exact steps above with you.

"Dont panic?"...YA RIGHT!!!!!!

Title: Re: Dumbass needs puter help....Again!!
Post by Mark C on Nov 21^st, 2003, 5:46pm

Sorry it took me so long to get back....I went out last night and just got back to the board. I really can't add much to what Paul said.....I like the idea of un-installing ZA also.

I will call you and check on ya....

Later,
Mark

Title: Re: Dumbass needs puter help....Again!!
Post by jonny on Nov 21^st, 2003, 5:59pm

on 11/21/03 at 17:46:22, Mark C wrote:

.I like the idea of un-installing ZA also.

LMAO....I have hours of hunting ZA and ZL files and deleting them.....

Title: Re: Dumbass needs puter help....Again!!
Post by Bob P on Nov 21^st, 2003, 6:38pm

Dude,
My pooter came with ME, I dupmed it for 2000 Pro and dumped that for XP Pro.
To really clean your disk you have to boot to your startup menu (F2 or F12 or something at startup) and ya FDisk the motha! If you hunt around the Dell knowledge library, oh wait, you don't have internet acceess do ya?).

Shit, you need someone nearby to help ya. Is Don free?

Really, you should first find 2000 drivers for all your periferals. Then you need to flash the BIOS to the newest 2000 version. Then ya fdisk the motha to wipe your drive clean. Then ya format disk (I stick with FAT32). Then ya boot to the new OS and install it. Then ya reload your drivers and finally your files. Usually takes me about 3 days and 4 phone calls to the Dell guy in India.

Good luck.

Title: Re: Dumbass needs puter help....Again!!
Post by don on Nov 21^st, 2003, 6:53pm

I'm free but I dont know shit about this stuff. In fact I have to dump my hard drive and start over to. If I uninstall windows 98 do i lose my OS ? I'll figure it out. Stay on the Jonny problem, dude needs some assistance me thinks.

Title: Re: Dumbass needs puter help....Again!!
Post by Bob P on Nov 21^st, 2003, 7:13pm

Here's the deal dude:

http://support.dell.com/us/en/kb/document.asp?dn=1011782

Title: Re: Dumbass needs puter help....Again!!
Post by jonny on Nov 21^st, 2003, 8:15pm

I want to thank you all for the info, just spent two hours on the phone with MarkC and finally got this shit figured out....(Fuckin dude will talk ya ear off ;;D)

"ME" fucking blows in everyway that it can!!!!

Im back!!!

Mark, remind me to blow you when we meet (Psst, I can take my teef out.....LMMFYBO ;;D)

Thanks folks

......................................jonny

Title: Re: Dumbass needs puter help....Again!!
Post by jonny on Nov 21^st, 2003, 8:18pm

on 11/21/03 at 18:53:44, don wrote:

If I uninstall windows 98 do i lose my OS ?

Dude, Win 98 is your OS.

Want copies of Win 2000, bro?

.....................................jonny

Title: Re: Dumbass needs puter help....Again!!
Post by Mark C on Nov 21^st, 2003, 9:16pm

on 11/21/03 at 20:15:46, jonny wrote:

Mark, remind me to blow you when we meet (Psst, I can take my teef out.....LMMFYBO ;;D)

Thanks folks

......................................jonny

Would you be wiling to grow a beard? HA HA HA!!

;;D ;;D ;;D

No problem, just holler anytime!

[smiley=damncomputer.gif]

http://www.drfeller.com/Mark/mark.gif

Title: Re: Dumbass needs puter help....Again!!
Post by Cerberus on Nov 22^nd, 2003, 1:06am

lmmfao!.....@J-rilla.
Odd that, I ran Win 98 for a loooooooooooooong time and never had a serious poblem, since I have now installed ME (for the second time) I am experiencing no problems, but wait, theres more..................XP BLOWS BIG BALLS! doesn't "jive" with anything that isn't the latest release (go figure).
So far ME has been relatively good to me (crossing fingers) otherwise I'm goin back to Win98. ME likes to hang around on your HD and make itself really difficult to get rid of , Dunno why.

Two cents,
RAmon