Computer Questions Not Worth Their Own Thread

[Love]

Is there a program that merges srt. (subtitle files) to avi?

 

[LucyDuke]

There is logic in it but if it were the case with actual processors, I'd have to call it faulty engineering. I would say that it would shorten its life though (even though it would probably be thoroughly insignificant).


@LucyDuke, check these out. Only just googled them but they look promising.
http://www.makeuseof.com/dir/hidelinks/
http://www.online-tech-tips.com/computer-tips/how-to-password-protect-and-hide-urls-or-links/
http://www.hidelinks.com/hidelinks/default.asp

Thank you. Thanks everyone else too.

Should just frikkin googled it. Thought maybe y'all would know something superseamless but this'll do.

 

[aimeeandbeatles]

Some programs I use insist on popping up IE, although my default browser is Firefox. Any ideas other than copy/paste? 'Cause sometimes I forget. I tried googling, and I guess it's hard-coded. Dumb developers.

Edit: Did some more googling and came up with this. Although it's for YIM, I found it also works for other proggies. Yay!
http://www.lifespy.com/2007/windows...nger-use-firefox-as-default-browser-in-vista/

 

[aimeeandbeatles]

I'm troubleshooting someone, and I'm stumped on this. Apparently they got a virus in their boot sector, so they wiped the drive and reinstalled. And the onboard video was gone, and eventually figured out the entire mobo was dead. How could a virus do that??? Especially if it's not a BIOS virus.

the only thing I can think of is that it turned off all the fans and it overheated seriously.

 

[Genocidicbunny]

I'm troubleshooting someone, and I'm stumped on this. Apparently they got a virus in their boot sector, so they wiped the drive and reinstalled. And the onboard video was gone, and eventually figured out the entire mobo was dead. How could a virus do that??? Especially if it's not a BIOS virus.

the only thing I can think of is that it turned off all the fans and it overheated seriously.

How do you know it was a virus initially? If it was already failing, then the death right after a format may have been just coincidence.

 

[lndm]

I'll second that.

Don't take the testimony of laypersons as anything other than a guideline. You need to see it for yourself.

 

[Sashie VII]

I'm in need of a software to recover deleted files. I've tried Pareto and it's great, but unfortunately I'll need to pay for the better-quality recovery. How does shareware e.g. PC Inspector compare? Is there any freeware out there that can recover files with similar/better quality?

Thanks in advance.

 

[Macha]

Shareware usally says "Found x files that we can recover". Then asks you for money. I don't think there's any freeware for it.

 

[aimeeandbeatles]

How do you know it was a virus initially? If it was already failing, then the death right after a format may have been just coincidence.

Well, the person said she was dealing with some sort of malware.

 

[aimeeandbeatles]

I'm in need of a software to recover deleted files. I've tried Pareto and it's great, but unfortunately I'll need to pay for the better-quality recovery. How does shareware e.g. PC Inspector compare? Is there any freeware out there that can recover files with similar/better quality?

Thanks in advance.

I've had luck with Recuva

http://www.recuva.com/

 

[lndm]

I'd guess there was no malware. I'd suggest that I/O errors caused corrupted data and the symptoms of malware.

 

[aimeeandbeatles]

thanks. Posted it (its on another geek forum and nobody else is helping the poor guy) and just waiting for person to get on.

If you have faulty hardware (not know it) and you run a stress test on it, can it kill the bad hardware? Google just got me a bunch of people asking for stress test utilities or asking if they have to.

 

[lndm]

If it does then good riddance to it, I suppose.

BTW, thermal transfer grease is sometimes not applied well or can dry out. This would be an unfortunate but avoidable death while stress testing.

 

[Ulyaoth]

On my new computer every once in a while turning it on, it'll just reboot once I log into windows. It hasn't been putting that send windows the error report thing until it just did it now. Of course that error report is useless to me, so what good is it. Could it be a hardware issue or maybe something wrong with windows?

 

[aimeeandbeatles]

On my new computer every once in a while turning it on, it'll just reboot once I log into windows. It hasn't been putting that send windows the error report thing until it just did it now. Of course that error report is useless to me, so what good is it. Could it be a hardware issue or maybe something wrong with windows?

Could be a driver issue. On the old DOS-based Windows, if you had a driver problem you'd probably get the Blue Screen of Death, but NT-based Windows will just reboot. I know there's a way to disable the automatic reboot, but I can't remember how to do it.

Try looking at the crash dumps -- or if you have no idea what I'm talking about, use this.

 

[Yeekim]

I have a corded, optical Logitech mouse, connected through USB port (about 1,5 years old) that has so far served me faithfully.
Few days ago it started to misbehave: i.e. it freezes, in which case the only cure seems to be disconnecting it from port and reconnecting again. This has so far always worked, while simple yanking/adjusting the connection never has.
However, it is happening at intervals of 15-60 minutes and crawling under the table every so often has become kind of annoying.

What the hell is broken? The mouse? The port? Should I try to clean them somehow?

 

[aimeeandbeatles]

I have a corded, optical Logitech mouse, connected through USB port (about 1,5 years old) that has so far served me faithfully.
Few days ago it started to misbehave: i.e. it freezes, in which case the only cure seems to be disconnecting it from port and reconnecting again. This has so far always worked, while simple yanking/adjusting the connection never has.
However, it is happening at intervals of 15-60 minutes and crawling under the table every so often has become kind of annoying.

What the hell is broken? The mouse? The port? Should I try to clean them somehow?

Does the light go out on it?

Also, have you tried another port?

 

[Yeekim]

Yes and yes. It still happens with another port, so it seems to be mouse's problem. It also randomly makes the "USB device (un)connected sounds, but does not necessarily freeze then.
Time to buy another mouse?

EDIT: Well, it's becoming rampant.

 

[aimeeandbeatles]

I'd recommend getting another mouse. They're cheap, anyways.

Noob question: What does RMA stand for? I know it means returning it, but when I googled it for the meaning I got stuff on risk management association or rubber manufacturers.

 

[Ulyaoth]

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