How to fix my computer when traveling

How to fix my computer when traveling

I am trying to learn how to fix my computer when traveling; it is very annoying to think how badly the world empathizes with the persons (me) on the other side of the planet.

I get the job done because I am insanely logical and at the same practice a level of conservative behavior, that makes working outside my native language of English possible.

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Winfixer.com problem, I have this Adware Virus on my computer, I was sent the solution, however it assumes I understand DOS or computer commands. I do, I do understand DOS, however not 100 percent, the same as most technical staff I meet, probably better because of my insane high level of mechanical comprehension.

However, this insane high level of mechanical, algorithmic, chain of event process analysis also sees danger, where another person does not see the danger. I see ways of making a possible mistake that would make my computer not possible to use until I find a person in English, that I trust, that maybe is capable, that maybe is responsible to help me fix it.

Andrew my one techie in India could fix my computer, however he is not capable of explaining how to fix my computer by email. It is impossible for him to tell me a step-by-step, nothing left out, keystroke only explanation of what exactly, nothing left out explanation.

Solution: PC Anywhere
I believe there is a program called PC Anywhere, which allows a person in another location to create a master and slave situation, where the master or my techie in India could run my computer with a good connection from India to wherever I am located.

I do not in this second have an internet connection; I am also not willing to spend hours to fix an annoyance, not a problem of extreme magnitude. I have found it takes a lot to get me annoyed, mostly about people who are evil hearted, they will annoy me and I will do anything to separate myself.

Note; do not allow some techie in some strange country to touch your computer, working in an internet caf? does not mean they know anything about computers. It is low pay, know very little job, not a sign of computer expertise. Mostly likely they like to chat all day on the computer, monitoring extremely low-level computer ability persons working on the internet would drive a true technical person crazy.

Note the adware virus is becoming a problem because I now am using the computer with a connection about 20 percent of the time as before it was maybe 2 percent.

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ash said on Monday March 13th, 2006 01:12:00 PM

Okay... I know of two programs which should remove Adware, but you probably have them already. If you don't, try SpyBot Search and Destroy (free from Download.com i think) and AdAware which is made by Lavasoft, and is also free. AdAware used to be better, but now they have made the Look and Feel so complicated it almost kills my computers' RAM (I need an upgrade!). But it does the job well, you just may need to close a lot of other processes to let it run it's course. On the Master-Slave thing, you don't actually need any additional software to do this, if both PCs are running Windows XP. there is a built-in thing called Remote Desktop Connection (Start> Programs> Accessories> Communications> Remote Desktop Connection). You should be able to find step-by-step guides for this in Windows Help or on the Microsoft website (or other techy websites). If you have a firewall, you'll need to either turn it off or give the other user a permission, but I couldn't tell you how to do that as I use a firewall which is different to one you would have (mine runs on another machine), and I haven't used a software firewall for a couple years, which makes me out of date. If you knew all that already, then I'm sorry!

Anonymous said on Tuesday March 14th, 2006 09:49:00 AM

Remote control tech support is just asking for trouble.The best way to fix a computer is to make a backup of data, then reinstall all software from scratch, including the operating system, then restore the data. Make sure you have Windows XP service pack 2 installed, with a firewall activated, BEFORE you connect to the internet for the first time. I strongly recommend replacing the WinXP built-in firewall with the ZoneAlarm.com firewall. ZoneAlarm's anti-virus and anti-spyware are also good, but the firewall itself is sufficient, provided you don't do dumb things (like run untrusted shareware or open email attachments that are obviously virus-infected). You can also use programs like Phoenix.com Recover Pro6, so that you can quickly reset your computer to its initial software state without having to reinstall software from scratch. Recover Pro6 would also allow you to dispense with your software recovery disks while traveling (assuming you plan to just junk the PC if the hard-drive ever fails).

Andy HoboTraveler.com said on Tuesday March 14th, 2006 09:58:00 AM

I could buy a new computer easier.It is hard to imagine the complex situation that is caused by having a 2.5 Gig site, then 20 more sites, Plus than about PHP Database information.To back up my computer take 6 hours. Minimun.IF when I replace all my software or I do one wrong move, there is no techie here in Guatemala to fix, I cannot just take to a real brain. I need to return to USA or UK.Andrew is my techie, he is good. I am extremely cautious, I know what you saying would cause more problems than the adware.

Anonymous said on Tuesday March 14th, 2006 11:33:00 PM

To back up my computer take 6 hours.If backing up your computer is this difficult, then I assume you don't it is very often. If that is true, then I suggest you carefully consider what will happen when your computer eventually is lost, stolen, suffers a hard drive failure, or gets infected by some sort of destructive malware. One of these disaster is bound to happen eventually. I am speaking here based on 25 years experience with all sorts of computers. Data WILL eventually get lost, and thus a backup strategy is mandatory. What I learned to do, long ago, is to always prepare for the contigency that the building where my computer is stored burns down as soon as I step away from my desk. One day's data I can recover, though I hate to retype things. But more than a day's data is too awful to contemplate. So I backup each and every night, and carry the most recent backup on my person at all times (though remote storage on the internet is another good possibility) in case the computer is gone when I return to my desk. Because my data is small, I can just make a full copy to a USB flash drive each night. With 2.5GB of data, you would probably be better off using a more sophisticated backup strategy. Namely, weekly or monthly full backups to CD-R/W's or DVD-R/Ws (I see no reason for this to take 6 hours--2-3 hours sounds more like it, using 4x write speed CD-R/W's), combined with daily incremental backups to a USB flash drive. Sorry I can't recommend any software to faciliate this! I've been retired for a few years and no longer keep up with all this stuff.