Computers

[kwylino 329]

Well i thought it would be cool to have a thread about what computer/s u have and your computer storys,problems.

just anything computers

[LDN Blue 7,903]

Always have a preference of Dell computers. Their customer support is fantastic.

[chrismada9 1,948]

Always have a preference of Dell computers. Their customer support is fantastic.

Couldn't agree more! Although, my graphics card has been cutting out on me every few days, so I might have to go out and invest in a new one!

[We Hate Scouse 10,286]

Absolutely hate Dell computers. Incredibly unreliable!!

I studied computing at college and currently have a job within the industry, so it's my life really haha

[Kieran. 6,317]

2010 Macbook Pro.

[Ollie 4,400]

Compaq Presario CQ61

[Tortilla9 390]

HP and Dell - hate Windows. Everytime I turn around there's some new damn virus on one of them even with the firewalls, anti-virus software, registry cleaners, etc.

[BluesChick 1,260]

2011 Macbook Pro (my second) and a iMac desktop ... I have a pc at work but thank God it doesn't belong to me, I hate it and IT has everything locked down, I can't even change my desktop background without IT being involved We have two dells in storage but we hadn't used either of them in over 2 years before the move!

Most of my computer troubles are due to the quality of my internet connection due to my location than anything else.

[Tortilla9 390]

2011 Macbook Pro (my second) and a iMac desktop ... I have a pc at work but thank God it doesn't belong to me, I hate it and IT has everything locked down, I can't even change my desktop background without IT being involved We have two dells in storage but we hadn't used either of them in over 2 years before the move!

Most of my computer troubles are due to the quality of my internet connection due to my location than anything else.

How do you get around Macs not having Adobe Flash? We have 2 iPads and a few sites still require Abode Flash.

[LDN Blue 7,903]

Most of my computer troubles are due to the quality of my internet connection due to my location than anything else.

Is the internet in China censored?

[teignman 441]

Is the internet in China censored?

Yes. It's rather stringent especially in regard to political topics, past and present, that involve the Chinese government. Per exempli, the Dalai Lama, Tiananmen Square, etc.

[LDN Blue 7,903]

Yes. It's rather stringent especially in regard to political topics, past and present, that involve the Chinese government. Per exempli, the Dalai Lama, Tiananmen Square, etc.

Must be hard for foreigners to adapt to that level of censorship.

[nullabletype 987]

HP and Dell - hate Windows. Everytime I turn around there's some new damn virus on one of them even with the firewalls, anti-virus software, registry cleaners, etc.

This sort of blows my mind. Granted I'm computer minded (building my own etc) so mine are well looked after. But I never get viruses. I'm using Microsoft Security Essentials, which I can't recommend highly enough. It's better than nearly any paid AV software I've ever used and it uses hardly any system resources.

[Bir_CFC 3,455]

This sort of blows my mind. Granted I'm computer minded (building my own etc) so mine are well looked after. But I never get viruses. I'm using Microsoft Security Essentials, which I can't recommend highly enough. It's better than nearly any paid AV software I've ever used and it uses hardly any system resources.

I heard really good things about that too, what exactly does it replace? I use CCleaner (registry cleaner), malware bytes, ad-aware and spybot. Does that replace all of those?

[Tortilla9 390]

This sort of blows my mind. Granted I'm computer minded (building my own etc) so mine are well looked after. But I never get viruses. I'm using Microsoft Security Essentials, which I can't recommend highly enough. It's better than nearly any paid AV software I've ever used and it uses hardly any system resources.

I use MSE too and have liked it - updates regularly, scans quickly but... the latest pain in the ass virus I've seen pop up on both computers is the "Windows Security Tool Virus". I've used MSE but it hasn't been able to remove the virus. I had to reset the computer to a previous day to get rid of it.

[BluesChick 1,260]

How do you get around Macs not having Adobe Flash? We have 2 iPads and a few sites still require Abode Flash.

I have Adobe flash on both my computers so I don't have a problem. I believe it is just the OS on the iPad and iPhone that doesn't allow flash. Maybe one of the computer gurus will know more about the whys of this...

Yes, the Chinese government censors the internet especially anything that has to do with politics or that speaks badly about the government. They also ban social media. There are ways around it but I still watch what I say and read... just to be safe. On top of that the internet can be very slow and downloading things can take ages! I have bought season passes for my favorite shows in the US and it takes 2-5 hours to download an episode.

[nullabletype 987]

I heard really good things about that too, what exactly does it replace? I use CCleaner (registry cleaner), malware bytes, ad-aware and spybot. Does that replace all of those?

It's just your main AV and works well with the Windows Firewall. I use MSE, CCleaner, and Malwarebytes. I generally would only use Malwarebytes if I had something and wanted to double check it was gone. But as I said, I haven't had any viruses in a long time. I'd recommend it as it's free and uses very little system resources.

The thing is, you never want too many of these things, particularly pieces of software that are running in the background. They'll usually become a memory hog and slow performance (depending on the machine's capabilities obviously) and moreso, if one or more is running at once, can conflict with one another and end up only doing half the job.

Using the right software and knowing what and what not to click when online will generally make for a virus free system.

I use MSE too and have liked it - updates regularly, scans quickly but... the latest pain in the ass virus I've seen pop up on both computers is the "Windows Security Tool Virus". I've used MSE but it hasn't been able to remove the virus. I had to reset the computer to a previous day to get rid of it.

I've come across that myself on my uncles computer. The problem with that (as far as I know) is that it requires the user of the computer to actually accept it. That is to say, at some point it popped up with a dialogue box and asked for permission to run and the user hit "yes". Either that or it was bundled with some other unsavoury type of software and it's had permission to run. It usually rears it's ugly head as a pop up advert explaining it has detected X amount of viruses on your computer and you should run a test. Unfortunately, people fall for it.

If I recall correctly, it kills your task bar and most basic functions when you log on to windows. I had to get round it by booting in safe mode which allowed me to run the task manager kill it off and run a specific tool that's out there to DL to wipe it. Bit of a pain but I don't think many,if in fact any, AV software picks this thing up until after it had been installed.

[Tortilla9 390]

That's exactly what happened. It comes across as some legitimate virus protection and then it does who knows what behind the scenes. Had to tell everybody in the house to ignore it when it first comes up but family randomly hitting accept. I did the safe mode reboot but it was a pain to get rid of.