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News / TheTechGuide Forums back online!
« on: November 10, 2025, 08:35:33 PM »
TheTechGuide is being resurrected slowly but surely.
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Site Feedback / We're...back?
« on: November 10, 2025, 08:31:53 PM »
Maybe. It's a one-man operation right now. It's taking a while to clear out the cobwebs and fix things that are long broken. Some of the site has actually managed to stay online this whole time.
First order of business is trying to get these forums back online. We were running an extremely outdated version of IPB (the last version they provided to "lifetime" license holders). There's really no way to convert the database, especially to anything current, yet here we are.
Please be patient, I expect some bugs, and not everything will have transferred over correctly (especially file attachments, not sure what to do about those). It also seems to have randomly locked lots of topics...as old as they are, I probably won't bother fixing that.
First order of business is trying to get these forums back online. We were running an extremely outdated version of IPB (the last version they provided to "lifetime" license holders). There's really no way to convert the database, especially to anything current, yet here we are.
Please be patient, I expect some bugs, and not everything will have transferred over correctly (especially file attachments, not sure what to do about those). It also seems to have randomly locked lots of topics...as old as they are, I probably won't bother fixing that.
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The Private Club / Test2
« on: October 31, 2011, 09:57:45 AM »
Testing post after server migration.
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Tech Clinic / Virus detected
« on: July 31, 2010, 10:33:20 PM »
[quote name='sharont6' date='31 July 2010 - 10:22 PM' timestamp='1280632960' post='471109']
I did that already. I'm changing my bank now. What about email? I was logged in the whole time.
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I would probably change any passwords that you typed in between the time you got the initial virus, and when everything was finally wiped out.
If you didn't type the password, and simply stayed logged in, you should be ok. That's assuming the virus/trojan that guestolo found wasn't on your laptop before the other virus.
I did that already. I'm changing my bank now. What about email? I was logged in the whole time.
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I would probably change any passwords that you typed in between the time you got the initial virus, and when everything was finally wiped out.
If you didn't type the password, and simply stayed logged in, you should be ok. That's assuming the virus/trojan that guestolo found wasn't on your laptop before the other virus.
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Tech Clinic / Virus detected
« on: July 31, 2010, 09:35:03 PM »
I think you need to do this first:
[quote name='guestolo' date='31 July 2010 - 06:35 PM' timestamp='1280619339' post='471097']
If everything seems fine, right click on OTL.exe and choose to "Run as Admin"
Click on the CLEANUP button, follow the prompts and reboot when prompted
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[quote name='guestolo' date='31 July 2010 - 06:35 PM' timestamp='1280619339' post='471097']
If everything seems fine, right click on OTL.exe and choose to "Run as Admin"
Click on the CLEANUP button, follow the prompts and reboot when prompted
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Tech Clinic / Virus detected
« on: July 31, 2010, 05:01:47 PM »
I'll answer for her. She thought everything was running fine after I deleted the nasties in her temp folder. Took some persuading to get her to come here. I knew if a virus found its way on her laptop, something else could be there (and with the really crappy connection I have currently, it took over an hour for me just to find the lhh.exe in her temp folder and wipe that out).
So, she thinks everything's fine. I doubt she intentionally installed Memturbo or anything like that (maybe the occasional browser toolbar). My younger brother uses the laptop too, so it's possible he installed something.
She does want to know if she should change important passwords. She already did after I took care of the first virus...but before you found the other.
So, she thinks everything's fine. I doubt she intentionally installed Memturbo or anything like that (maybe the occasional browser toolbar). My younger brother uses the laptop too, so it's possible he installed something.
She does want to know if she should change important passwords. She already did after I took care of the first virus...but before you found the other.
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News / Google plans summer launch for digital bookstore
« on: May 04, 2010, 02:33:16 PM »
Google's settlement with authors and publishers remains in limbo, but the company is planning to launch its digital bookstore this summer with titles it is clearly authorized to sell. by Tom Krazit CNET News
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News / News site spies naughty pics on lawmaker's laptop
« on: May 04, 2010, 07:00:34 AM »
A Florida news site posted a video online in which a state senator in a Senate hearing definitely has something open on his laptop that involves partially unclothed women. by Caroline McCarthy CNET News
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News / Small businesses have created a collaboration crisis
« on: May 03, 2010, 11:12:11 AM »
For small businesses, communications tapped out on mobile devices has replaced direct, verbal communication and the nuance and personality that create effective work relationships can be lost, says Intermedia's Serguei Sofinski. by Serguei Sofinski, Intermedia, Special to ZDNet News
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News / Last-minute bug zaps Ubuntu Lucid Lynx
« on: April 30, 2010, 12:40:30 PM »
Ubuntu developers on Thursday surmounted a last-minute bug-fixing crisis to release Ubuntu Linux 10.04, codenamed Lucid Lynx. by Matthew Broersma ZDNet UK
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News / Prototype iPhone finder revealed
« on: April 30, 2010, 08:08:52 AM »
The saga of the lost prototype iPhone started with a 21-year-old Silicon Valley resident, who says he regrets not trying harder to find its real owner. by Greg Sandoval, Steven Musil and Declan McCullagh CNET News
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News / What is desktop transformation?
« on: April 29, 2010, 02:42:46 PM »
To ensure that the transition to a new or improved desktop infrastructure runs smoothly, IT departments need to consider user workspace management technology as essential, says Bob Janssen of RES Software. by Bob Janssen, RES Software, Special to ZDNet
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Trader Feedback / YOUNGMONEY = SCAMMER
« on: April 29, 2010, 03:11:16 PM »
[quote name='Solarstart' date='29 April 2010 - 10:54 AM' timestamp='1272556444' post='469133']
i cant believe you guys are still on this topic did you all even look at the date if not... DONT BUMP OLD [censored] DUMB ASS KIDS.
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Really? The post you replied to was over a year old...and that's what you have to say??!!
i cant believe you guys are still on this topic did you all even look at the date if not... DONT BUMP OLD [censored] DUMB ASS KIDS.
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Really? The post you replied to was over a year old...and that's what you have to say??!!
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News / US to investigate iPad patent suit
« on: April 29, 2010, 07:20:46 AM »
The US International Trade Commission will investigate the patent claims made against Apple by Elan Microelectronics of Taiwan. by Matthew Broersma ZDNet UK
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News / Gizmodo considers suing police after iPhone raid
« on: April 28, 2010, 02:44:51 PM »
A lawyer for Gizmodo says the gadget blog could sue the sheriff's office in San Mateo County, Calif., for raiding an editor's home last Friday. by Greg Sandoval and Declan McCullagh CNET News
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News / Prosecutors defend Gizmodo search; ID seller
« on: April 28, 2010, 06:51:22 AM »
San Mateo County prosecutors are defending the search of a Gizmodo.com editor's home and seizure of his computers that were part of a criminal investigation into an iPhone prototype lost by an Apple employee. by Declan McCullagh and Greg Sandoval CNET News
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News / Prosecutors defend Gizmodo search in iPhone probe
« on: April 28, 2010, 06:51:22 AM »
San Mateo County prosecutors are defending the search of a Gizmodo.com editor's home and seizure of his computers that were part of a criminal investigation into an iPhone prototype lost by an Apple employee. by Declan McCullagh and Greg Sandoval CNET News
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News / Solutions need to fit a business problem, not business problems from &
« on: April 27, 2010, 01:58:48 PM »
Relying on outdated mathematical models to solve business problems when new computers have the capacity to do so much more is a losing proposition, says Terra Technology's Robert Byrne. by Robert F. Byrne, Terra Technology, Special to ZDNet
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News / Verizon adds more Net content to Fios
« on: April 27, 2010, 11:51:18 AM »
The battle for the 21st century TV viewer is heating up as Verizon Communications adds more Internet content to its Fios TV service. by Marguerite Reardon CNET News
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