Finally, I'm online again! Thanks to my friend Chance who offered to have my lappy fixed, I can once again enjoy my late night hours browsing site upon site of comic strips, manga, anime and blogs! No more waiting for sleep to come at night, now I can pass out in front of my computer as should be proper.
As I understand it, the problem was caused by one of my anti-virus programs. Apparently, it blocked my internet access in its zeal to protect me from infection. That's why none of the troubleshooting tips I was given seemed to work; It really didn't touch on the problem at hand.
Now I have my lappy back, its hard drive reformatted, my files intact, and a new arsenal of anti-virus and malware detectors to protect me from harm. No need to buy a new lappy, which is good, because I don't yet have the money for that expenditure.
Saturday, July 24, 2010
Thursday, July 15, 2010
Online!!!
My lappy is in trouble.
For the past weeks, I've been unable to log on to the web because my lappy wont allow me. I have four web browsers on my lappy, but neither of which could connect to the net. They all tell me that I have no internet connection.
I would have left it as such; the bill may have been forgotten, so the service provider might have cut our line to remind us to pay them. Such has happened before, and, though it caused me enough distress before, I refuse to wallow over it some more.
I might have imputed it to the wi-fi router's malfunction as well. Gremlyn's hubby might have tinkered with the router and may have forgotter to inform the rest of the household of the changes to our access.
I might have accepted that we just didn't have internet access.
Except for that blue icon on my taskbar that tells me that I am connected to the internet. And the fact that I can use Yahoo messenger on my lappy without any hitch. Which leads me to conclude that my lappy, despite my having two antivirus programs installed, has contracted a virus.
Having accepted that possibility, I asked help from friends on what to do to cure lappy with its sickness. A friend came to the rescue in the form of an antivirus software and an additional spyware detecctor which I hastily tried to install on my lappy.
I say tried because my lappy wouldn't let me install it.
These new softwares, they always need to connect online before they let you allow to installl their goods onto your computer. But my problem is just that: I CAN'T connect to the internet. So no matter how good those antivirus programs might have been, i simply just can't use it.
How now do I cure my virulent preciousssss and elevate it from its current state as a glorified paperweight? I can't always steal Matriarch's or Garfield's lappy for my nightly browsing as I feel restricted with my use of it, owing to my paranoia.
I'm open to suggestions.
For the past weeks, I've been unable to log on to the web because my lappy wont allow me. I have four web browsers on my lappy, but neither of which could connect to the net. They all tell me that I have no internet connection.
I would have left it as such; the bill may have been forgotten, so the service provider might have cut our line to remind us to pay them. Such has happened before, and, though it caused me enough distress before, I refuse to wallow over it some more.
I might have imputed it to the wi-fi router's malfunction as well. Gremlyn's hubby might have tinkered with the router and may have forgotter to inform the rest of the household of the changes to our access.
I might have accepted that we just didn't have internet access.
Except for that blue icon on my taskbar that tells me that I am connected to the internet. And the fact that I can use Yahoo messenger on my lappy without any hitch. Which leads me to conclude that my lappy, despite my having two antivirus programs installed, has contracted a virus.
Having accepted that possibility, I asked help from friends on what to do to cure lappy with its sickness. A friend came to the rescue in the form of an antivirus software and an additional spyware detecctor which I hastily tried to install on my lappy.
I say tried because my lappy wouldn't let me install it.
These new softwares, they always need to connect online before they let you allow to installl their goods onto your computer. But my problem is just that: I CAN'T connect to the internet. So no matter how good those antivirus programs might have been, i simply just can't use it.
How now do I cure my virulent preciousssss and elevate it from its current state as a glorified paperweight? I can't always steal Matriarch's or Garfield's lappy for my nightly browsing as I feel restricted with my use of it, owing to my paranoia.
I'm open to suggestions.
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