you may have a virus.
My grandpa had this happen once on his system.
Though he did not have any security and his system was old so it was replaced.
There is no reason why windows should even do this.
Firstly, the system is probably semi corrupted.
Reformat and reinstall.
This should fix the issue
Hi Thom no I don't have any registery software at all, I didn't even know
I'd need it. I'm also getting a message saying microsoft is compiling an
error report and would i like to send it, this appeares in quite a few
programs but the programs themselves all seem to be working fine. It looks
Myself, I'm a big fan of avg pc tuneup.
disk defrag, registry cleaning, junk file deletion, internet optimising and
a lot of other handy stuff such as system backups.
Sinse I've been using it my pc has actually sped up no end.
Funnily enough though, the thing that has caused me most problems
Hi Lori.
Those error reports are just part of windows. Before you give up on your xp
machine, I'd actually try a registry fix as Tom suggests.
Personally, I'd recommend avg pc tuneup at
http://www.avg.com/gb-en/avg-pctuneup
the bad news is, it's not free (though you can run the demo
Hi.
Recently I've been a litle irritated, and there's nothing that cheers me up
quite as much as pile driving crooks!
so I've been playing double dragon advanced and final fight advanced,
final fight particularly is actually an arcade perfect conversion for the gba,
and on my big tv
Hi Dark that's what my laptop is set to do, there's only one account on
there and it's mine, mine, all mine!!! :) or was at least until the big
crash.
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Hi Dark would it restore me all my work? thanks from Lori.
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From: dark d...@xgam.org
Sent: Saturday, July 02, 2011 2:49 PM
To: Gamers Discussion list gamers@audyssey.org
Subject: Re: [Audyssey] recovering game information
Hi Lori.
Those error
Hi,
Does this site actually work? About a year ago, I tried to create an
account there. It told me I'd receive a confirmation Email, which I never
did.
So I tried again, using a different Email address this time. Once again, I
was told that I would receive a confirmation Email, but I never
HI Dark,
Yeah, I have heard some good things about AVG's PC Tuneup. That said,
any tool that can maintain the registry, remove temperary files,
delete expired cookies, make sure the hard drive is properly
defragged, and so on will dramatically speed up the system and improve
over all performance
Hi Lori,
Probably not. By now the damage is done. Oh, there is someone who can
probably fix and restore the problem with the right technical skills,
but not where I am sitting an ocean away.
Just to clarify Dark and I were giving you suggestions on tools and
apps to prevent problems like this in
Hi list.
So I downloaded the Quest text adventure system from
http://www.textadventures.co.uk - and I've got it up and running. I'm
trying to create a game along with the tutorial. But when I get to the part
where you create an exit from one room to the other, you click the exits tab
and it
Hi Lori,
A couple of things.
First, Microsoft does still support Windows XP. Although, they wanted
to drop support for XP for a while now there are so many XP users that
they have extended the support until 2014 or something like that. I
don't recall the exact date of when support runs out, but
Shaun,
Do you seriously love reformatting your system for no reason? I mean you
reformatted every couple of days. seriously? you do know that when trying to
help people, reformatting should be their last alternative right?
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From: shaun everiss
Why pay when CCleaner can do it for free? People should really try and look
for free alternative to things. I don't pay for any maintenance software on
my PC. I use CCleaner for junk cleaning, Microsoft Security Essentials for
antivirus, and Malwarebytes for any other malware. If I really want
If you have only one solution to all pc problems, it's bound to be the
best one some time or another.
On 7/2/2011 5:57 PM, Yohandy wrote:
Shaun,
Do you seriously love reformatting your system for no reason? I mean
you reformatted every couple of days. seriously? you do know that when
trying
Hi Dark,
I'm with you there. When developing Mysteries of the Ancients I've put
a lot of these things in place already, and I think if I ever do
another side-scroller I want to add more strategy and tactics into it.
As you probably know I have played many beat-m-up games including
Legend of
Although he has been told this countless times, he doesn't listen, and
continues to give bad advice which I hope people don't take.
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Security is not the absence of danger. It is the presence of the Lord.
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From: Willem dwill...@gmail.com
To: Gamers Discussion
Cary;
Give me a couple of days with it.
You've got me on a messenger and other off list methods, we can work on it
their if necessray.
Thanks.
shane
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Behalf Of Cary
Sent: Saturday, July 02, 2011
Hi Yohandy,
You are right. Scare tactics usually work because the general public,
avrage end users, don't know any better. Interesting enough while
there are plenty of free programs that do the same thing, people are,
in my experience, all too willing to believe if they pay for a
software
Hi Lori.
there's only ever been one account on all my machines, but that doesn't stop
thing being installed in all users, stop windows doing crazy stuff at log
in, and stop various shenanigans with user accounts going wonky.
As I said, why the dam accounts have to be there when there's only
H, I'm not honestly sure, sinse I've never had reason to do the system
restore options on it.
Probably not, because you didn't have it installed or use it to clean
registry etc before you started.
It will however clean things up and stop such things occurring in the
future, pluss will
Have you checked your spam folder?
The site certainly works, I have an account with them myself, but it's quite
possible the confirmation E-mail is sent to your junk or spam folders by the
filters you have or by your isp.
This is particularly likely if it happened with two E-mail addresses.
Hi Tom.
true regarding the registry and pc tuneup, I just like it because it has a
very user friendly interface, and does many useful tasks around your pc.
As regards lynux, my assumption about compiling and technical knohow wasn't
based on any sort of advertizing statement by microsoft or
Hi Dark,
Well, let me explain a few things you probably don't know or
understand about operating systems in general.
First most operating systems have a default account called a root,
admin, or super user account that allows the administrator to access
everything, install software, remove
I have to agree, Sean, sometimes I think reformat is your answer to
everything.
your pc slows down, reformat! you get a virus, reformat! Your
neighbor's dog does it's business on your lawn, reformat!
While I don't want to cause an arguement, might i suggest you please try and
Hi Cary.
The best advice I can give is try the jaws curser. When I was trying quest
with hal, while many of the tabs etc worked, for reading a lot of the game
text and clicking on stuff, the dolphin curser was needed.
This doesn't matter, sinse in Hal you use the dolphin curser a lot anyway
Pctuneup has been really useful, with a very clean interaface.
pluss, it does various tasks, including internet optimizing, defragging,
defragging the registry, and has some very useful tools like the startup
manager where you can look precisely at what is going on on your pc at
startup and
Hi Tom.
here I was specifically thinking of games like tmnt, double dragon, golden
axe etc. If batman is similar to batman on the mega drive (the only batman
game I've played), then I'd class that more as a 2D platformer ala mega man,
castlevania etc rather than a beat em up despite the fact
Hi Tom.
Actually, I do have the two accounts setup on windows sinse that's what
windows does by default, and also I do appreciate what you say about
security.
However, if I list all the problems I've ever had with user accounts,
perhaps you'll understand why I am so crytical of the uac
Hi Dark,
AhI see where you are getting your information, and see why you
think as you do, but you are jumping to a few false conclusions on how
games and other Linux software is redistributed.
First, unlike Microsoft there is no single developer or company who
creates the Linux OS. As a
Hi Dark,
H.Strange.
As for .Net I will say that .Net Framework 1.0 and 1.1 had a problem
where it would add a special account that screwed things up for a lot
of people. Thankfully enough people complained about it so Microsoft
fixed it in .Net 2.0. and above. This problem wasn't uac,
Hi Dark,
The Batman game for the original NES was definitely a walk along
beat-m-up. You could punch, kick, throw batarangs, and as i recall
pick up missile launchers to take out flying enemies. I would class it
more like TMNT and Double Dragon than with Megaman or Castlevania.
In either case
Hi Darren,
Would you be willing to wait a few days for bea 21? The reason I ask
is I was not planning of reuploading beta 20 do to the number of
critical bugs and problems with it. I'll be releasing an improved beta
later this week, and if you can wait for that it would be better than
installing
Hi Tom.
That does make more sense, and I do admit I didn't know about this
centralized distribution business for different lynux systems. It's just
that whenever I've seen a game (rocks and diamonds is just one example),
running under lynux, it has similarlr complex instructions, hence my
Hi Tom.
i know there is litle I can do about user accounts sinse microsoft in their
not so infinite wisdom have implemented them, but this probably does explain
why if my computer has a problem, the first place I'd look for the cause
would be user accounts.
Beware the grue!
dark.
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Hi Tom.
Obviously the batman game on the nes is not as similar to the Mega drive
game as I thought, sinse that's deffinately more a platformer, though you
stil can punch, use batterangs, and indeed do lots of swinging with the bat
rope.
the thing i find most surprising about audio games and
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Hi Dark.
I'll try the Jaws cursor, I think I tried that and it didn't work very well
but I'll definitely give it another go.
thanks much.
-Cary
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Behalf Of dark
Sent: Saturday, July 02, 2011 13:16
Hi all,
I know I posted this before but I didn't get a reply so I'm going to
try it again.
Does anyone have l-works arcade?
And Nicol, will you please upload tdl maze game? I lost it in a crash
a while ago. And someone told me the cheats for q9. How do I get to
the cheat prompt?
Thanks.
best
Hi Dark,
No offense taken. I do understand your opinion, and it is a common
issue with new Linux users I've encountered on the VI Linux mailing
lists. The idea of having to compile software etc frankly scares them,
but in time many find it is not as bad as they had first thought. Like
you they
well it was with a laptop that had a bad board which no one would acknoledge
And well nec laptops are just bad cheap and nasty is all I can say.
it finally died 2 years later and well At 03:57 a.m. 3/07/2011, you wrote:
Shaun,
Do you seriously love reformatting your system for no reason? I mean
unless its norton.
and norton has issues.
I am still undecided about if I will eventually get the eset smart
suite though.
At 04:04 a.m. 3/07/2011, you wrote:
Why pay when CCleaner can do it for free? People should really try
and look for free alternative to things. I don't pay for any
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