The Digital Surgery (computer questions/problems here)

[buksida]

Could try Ton at IT-net down soi 56, he maybe able to re-flash the BIOS.

Upgrading the BIOS is rarely critical and should only really be done if certain hardware depends on it and wont function without it, the process can often go tits-up as you've experienced!

[barrys]

Can someone help please.

I evidently have a spyware problem.
I run 3 anti-bug programs on my PC: Avast, MalwareBytes and Spybot

The first 2 found nothing.

Spybot seems to have found the problem and says it is:

Problem: Babylon.Toolbar, Kind: 11 entries AdwareC

After the scan, I then tried to remove the problem but was told this could not be done as I was not the administrator and that I should sign back in as administrator.
I'm running Windows7 and only ever log on with the administrator account.
Any ideas how I can stop this creating any more havoc please?

[Norseman]

Go here Barry: http://deletemalware.blogspot.com/2011/ ... h-web.html

[buksida]

If that fails, download and run this: http://free.antivirus.com/hijackthis/

Post the scan results here and we'll tell you what to kill ...

[barrys]

Go here Barry: http://deletemalware.blogspot.com/2011/ ... h-web.html

Thanks for the tip, Norseman - I'd already deleted all those things but the problem persists ...

[barrys]

If that fails, download and run this: http://free.antivirus.com/hijackthis/

Post the scan results here and we'll tell you what to kill ...

Hi Buksi

I did the scan and then analyze and it produced this link:

http://hjt-data.trendmicro.com/hjt/anal ... rt=3560990

[buksida]

Need to actually see that log file before I can tell you what to remove.

[georgy]

We got the above 13'' notebook. It's about 19 months old. In February Toshiba sent us/urged us to do a critical Bios upgrade. So we clicked it in their software center that ran on the notebook. The upgrade got stuck at 60%, the computer dead. It won't even start-up anymore.

In an other forum a tech guy sent me the right software to repair it. Basically I need a bootable external USB 3.5'' floppy. Load that software and reflash the Bios. Then re-install windows or Linux.

The other day we went to Banana IT at Market Village. But the guy just told us to take it to Toshiba Bangkok ourselves ...

Does anyone either
- know a repair shop here in Hua Hin that could do it ?
- or have an Windows computer plus an external USB floppy so that we could give it a try ourselves ?

We appreciate any help, because it used to be a great laptop, still like new and I would like to gift it to my wife's teenage sister.

thanks,
Hollister

I wonder if a external floppy drive will help, as you wont be able to connect it other than via a usb port.
In that case you could boot with a USB stick or an external CD drive.
Check if you still can enter the BIOS setup or if you can still select CD (if existing on that laptop) in the boot options

[Spitfire]

Can anyone speculate or tell what the problem is when you shut down Windows 7 and it takes forever to log off on the blue shut down screen before it then says 'shutting down'.

Mine seems to have developed a reluctance to pass beyond the 'logging off' message with a lot of strained fan sounds coming out of the box.

[buksida]

Could be a number of things, a quick search threw up this: http://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/wind ... c60e218130

I always turn off the unnecessary shite with a W7 installation anyway just to make it run smoother: http://www.blackviper.com/2010/12/17/bl ... gurations/

[Spitfire]

Cheers for that Mr B, did a 'clean boot' as suggested in the link and seems to have alleviated the problem somewhat......at least for now.

[migrant]

Starting today I find a couple words on some of the posts here underlined. When I cursor over there is a box, and I assume link, to visitor surveys, you won a ipad, etc, etc.

It's not on every post, but some have 2-3 words

Wondering if it's my computer with some type of bug, or if others in the forum see it

Oh, not drinking yet either!!

[Big Boy]

It's not a thing that I've noticed. Can you direct me to a specific post please (forum/title/date & time)?

[hhfarang]

Oh, not drinking yet either!!

Maybe that's the problem. I'm always drinking (hic!) and I've never seen that.

[migrant]

It's not a thing that I've noticed. Can you direct me to a specific post please (forum/title/date & time)?

I hit the exclamation with an example, can you get that?

HHF, yes that could be the problem, I'm working on the remedy now!!