Voetsjoeba
January 24th, 2004, 05:01 AM
Hey guys :)
I've been having this weird problem. It's quite a long story actually, but it comes down to the fact that after I've transferred some files from a seriously f*cked up computer to a perfectly working, stable as a rock other machine, the screen went black after I logged in to the machine the files were transferred to. It was really weird.
The screen went black when the logon was complete: the desktop loaded, all the programs loaded, and then it went black. After 10 minutes, the screen would return, but the computer hangs and the mouse is gone. So I figured: maybe it's some program's fault that loads when loging on, so I intended to load in Safe Mode, and turn all optional programs off that load when you logon to windows using msconfig.
But I couldn't access the Safe Mode on the new comptuer because I forgot the key to make the boot menu appear, and the most common keys (CTRL, F1, F10, DEL, ...) didn't work. So I went to bootdisk.com to get a boot disk for Win98. Meanwhile, the computer was rebooting. So I create the disk, and while it's being created, I go to have a look at the other computer, and all the sudden, it works again. Just like that. I was like: WTF !? :P
So I quickly shut down all programs, stopped the programs from loading using msconfig, ran a virus scan, and what do you know ? A virus. TalkStocks.F it's called. This virus came with the file transfer, since I checked before I transferred.
If this would ever happen to you, know this is a virus.
Maybe I should start the "Voetsjoeba's computer stories", like "Alex's car stories" ...
I've been having this weird problem. It's quite a long story actually, but it comes down to the fact that after I've transferred some files from a seriously f*cked up computer to a perfectly working, stable as a rock other machine, the screen went black after I logged in to the machine the files were transferred to. It was really weird.
The screen went black when the logon was complete: the desktop loaded, all the programs loaded, and then it went black. After 10 minutes, the screen would return, but the computer hangs and the mouse is gone. So I figured: maybe it's some program's fault that loads when loging on, so I intended to load in Safe Mode, and turn all optional programs off that load when you logon to windows using msconfig.
But I couldn't access the Safe Mode on the new comptuer because I forgot the key to make the boot menu appear, and the most common keys (CTRL, F1, F10, DEL, ...) didn't work. So I went to bootdisk.com to get a boot disk for Win98. Meanwhile, the computer was rebooting. So I create the disk, and while it's being created, I go to have a look at the other computer, and all the sudden, it works again. Just like that. I was like: WTF !? :P
So I quickly shut down all programs, stopped the programs from loading using msconfig, ran a virus scan, and what do you know ? A virus. TalkStocks.F it's called. This virus came with the file transfer, since I checked before I transferred.
If this would ever happen to you, know this is a virus.
Maybe I should start the "Voetsjoeba's computer stories", like "Alex's car stories" ...