Author: Rocio Rohan
Date: 06:01:25 08/05/01
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On August 05, 2001 at 01:18:58, Pete Galati wrote: >On August 05, 2001 at 00:30:57, Lin Harper wrote: > >> I'm not much of a techo, but others here are. Is it possible to >> get a computer virus simply by reading CCC posts? My computer is >> playing up lately, at the same time there are reports of a virus >> doing the rounds. My CD driver won't work, even the CD icon has >> disappeared :( I'm using Windows ME, and just lately the comp >> will only start after a couple of hits on the reset button. I'm >> assuming this is a software conflict of some sort. Maybe others >> are having similar problems? Any ideas what my problem is, and how >> it can be rectified? Thanks in advance. > >WindowsME IS a virus. I had it on this computer when I got it, and it was one >headache after another. Fortunatly, a brownout destroyed that harddrive, and >when I installed a new one, I used Windows98 instead, and it's roughly 5000 >times better and more stabile. > >Have you checked you computer for viruses? > >You could try reinstalling the driver for your CDrom. Or you could use >WindowsME's system restore feature (I forget where that is) and restore your >computer to a date from before you started to experience problems with the >CDrom. That's probably the only worthwhile feature of ME's. > >Pete Windows ME a virus? hehehe. I have a question, when you installed ME was it a clean install? or did you install it over Windows 98? If a clean install then it should be pretty stable...
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