What is it with me?

2008-04-08 13:33:27

#1

SEREVENT: MASSIVE G STAR; +605|6379|Birmingham, UK

Is it me,or do i hav a curse?

Every computer i've ever owned has failed in some way:

1st ever computer, for christmas years and years ago, virus destroyed it totally, only the keyboard and scanner which was used once have survived for about 10 years.

2nd computer (still in use) Has had numerous viruses, crashed due to me hundreds of times, corrupted by me once or twice causing the need to reinstall XP, despie the fact it is slow, has small memory and a crappy CPU, 10 year old keyboard it is still the most used computer in the family, probably will be for years to come.

3rd computer (still in use) Several viruses, Virgin PC guard totally crashed, needed to be totally reset after this, allergic to BF2 (causes a blank blue screen sometimes) RAM is faulty already after 2 years at christmas (last) (is that normal for RAM to die that fast?) Also the mouse feels non-responive, or slow sometimes, the keyboard has a tendency to freeze and needs to be plugged back in again (mouse did that once) and just basicly feels fragile, if you know what i mean.

Is it just me, or has this happened to other people?

2008-04-08 13:35:52

#2

kylef: Gone; +1,352|6765|N. Ireland

I'm noticing a trend. I think you should restrict what you are downloading - that is the only way you can get a virus (unless you go and run a CD with a virus in it)

Last edited by kylef (2008-04-08 13:37:05)

2008-04-08 13:38:32

#3

ghettoperson: Member; +1,943|6921

kylef wrote:
I'm noticing a trend. I think you should restrict what you are downloading - that is the only way you can get a virus (unless you go and run a CD with a virus in it) You're incompetent.

Fix'd.

2008-04-08 13:39:17

#4

SenorToenails: Veritas et Scientia; +444|6402|North Tonawanda, NY

Stop downloading viruses. Problem solved!

2008-04-08 13:40:18

#5

Freezer7Pro: I don't come here a lot anymore.; +1,447|6469|Winland

kylef wrote:
I'm noticing a trend. I think you should restrict what you are downloading - that is the only way you can get a virus (unless you go and run a CD with a virus in it)

and

ghettoperson wrote:
kylef wrote:
I'm noticing a trend. I think you should restrict what you are downloading - that is the only way you can get a virus (unless you go and run a CD with a virus in it) You're incompetent.
Fix'd.

and

SenorToenails wrote:
Stop downloading viruses. Problem solved!

and you're an idiot if you get viruses. I don't even use an AV program and I avoid them.

and

vvv vvv

Last edited by Freezer7Pro (2008-04-08 13:42:14)

The idea of any hi-fi system is to reproduce the source material as faithfully as possible, and to deliberately add distortion to everything you hear (due to amplifier deficiencies) because it sounds 'nice' is simply not high fidelity. If that is what you want to hear then there is no problem with that, but by adding so much additional material (by way of harmonics and intermodulation) you have a tailored sound system, not a hi-fi. - Rod Elliot, ESP

2008-04-08 13:40:21

#6

TheEternalPessimist: Wibble; +412|6892|Mhz

Yeah seriously do you just go around looking for viruses? I've run a PC for 2 years with no AV and only picked up 2 viruses, and that was me DLing dodgy crap, I use AV now BTW, I suggest you go find a better one.

2008-04-08 13:42:20

#7

Gooners: Wiki Contributor; +2,700|6904

You should try to scan your Downloads more often...

2008-04-08 13:44:15

#8

SEREVENT: MASSIVE G STAR; +605|6379|Birmingham, UK

No no its not the viruses i'm concerned with (most) of them had nothing to do with me, i'm more concerned about why this luck happens to me.

2008-04-08 13:48:46

#9

SenorToenails: Veritas et Scientia; +444|6402|North Tonawanda, NY

Bf2-GeneralArnott wrote:
No no its not the viruses i'm concerned with (most) of them had nothing to do with me, i'm more concerned about why this luck happens to me.

If they had nothing to do with you, how did they get there?

If it is your machine, stop letting people use it.

2008-04-08 13:49:08

#10

Jenspm: penis; +1,716|7004|St. Andrews / Oslo

It's not luck.

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2008-04-08 13:55:03

#11

henno13: A generally unremarkable member; +230|6620|Belfast

Jenspm wrote:
It's not luck.

Its common sense
this has been the family comp for nearly 3 years
not one problem (i think) has arisen

Last edited by henno13 (2008-04-08 13:55:43)

2008-04-08 15:29:47

#12

avman633: Member; +116|6636

kylef wrote:
I'm noticing a trend. Stop downloading porn

Fixed

2008-04-08 16:42:35

#13

Flaming_Maniac: prince of insufficient light; +2,490|6978|67.222.138.85

We have at least 7 computers in this house, all at least two years old, and haven't had any major virus problems with any of them.

2008-04-08 16:56:47

#14

Little BaBy JESUS: m8; +394|6420|'straya

Flaming_Maniac wrote:
We have at least 7 computers in this house, all at least two years old, and haven't had any major virus problems with any of them.

same with me (except 6 computers damit) no viruses at all... some of our computers dont have anti virus and they still dont get anything....

with ur dodgy RAM/computer i would say u need to buy better brands

2008-04-08 16:57:50

#15

max: Vela Incident; +1,652|6839|NYC / Hamburg

In all the years I've owned PCs (since '93) I've only had 4 failures.

- old samsung HD (6HB?) died 2 years ago
- stick of rdram went bad, had it RMA'ed
- The PSU of my PII PC died last year with a spectacular bang and loads of smoke. Not surprising considering it's age and that it was a "value" PC
- The PSU of my HP laptop died last week and fried something inside the laptop. Still works but won't charge batteries. RMAing right now. hooray for cheap manufacturing in china.

i.e. treat your stuff well, keep it clean and nothing should happen. Components die, but that is to be expected after a decade of heavy usage. You can be unlucky once, but it shouldn't happen more than once.

ghettoperson wrote:
kylef wrote:
I'm noticing a trend. I think you should restrict what you are downloading - that is the only way you can get a virus (unless you go and run a CD with a virus in it) You're incompetent.
Fix'd.

_{once upon a midnight dreary, while i pron surfed, weak and weary, over many a strange and spurious site of ' hot xxx galore'. While i clicked my fav'rite bookmark, suddenly there came a warning, and my heart was filled with mourning, mourning for my dear amour, " 'Tis not possible!", i muttered, " give me back my free hardcore!"..... quoth the server, 404.}

2008-04-08 17:12:41

#16

GC_PaNzerFIN: Work and study @ Technical Uni; +528|6686|Finland

my list:

Mobo fried. (asus a8n-sli deluxe)
Two blown up PSUs. (damn mobo's fault.)
Smoked CRT.
3 dying HDDs from <2000
one half dead Gigabyte GA-740 gfx card (Intel 740) (3d performance went down 80%)
L2 cache died in AMD K6-2

Last edited by GC_PaNzerFIN (2008-04-08 17:13:43)

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2008-04-08 17:15:55

#17

avman633: Member; +116|6636

Flaming_Maniac wrote:
We have at least 7 computers in this house, all at least two years old, and haven't had any major virus problems with any of them.

On my both my computers all that we have are AVG free and on one of them Comodo Firewall. Neither of them have every had virus problems either. You just have to have common sense on the internet. Don't download from suspicious sites, etc.

2008-04-08 17:16:52

#18

steelie34: pub hero!; +603|6653|the land of bourbon

i've replaced countless dell mobo's in their desktops and laptops. only other problems are some failed hard drives in a server every once in a while... nothing major.

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2008-04-08 20:51:09

#19

Defiance: Member; +438|6943

Bf2-GeneralArnott wrote:
No no its not the viruses i'm concerned with (most) of them had nothing to do with me, i'm more concerned about why this luck happens to me.

Computers do what people tell them do. Luck is a non-issue. If you don't want it to do something, then don't tell it to. As well, it is your responsibility to make sure others don't tell it what to do. That is also not up to luck. They may try, you have to stop them, there is no roll of the dice.

It seems you were never educated in this. It's not a big problem, as no one is expected to know how to run a computer well the first time they use one and it's not something you generally pick up over time. So I suggest you learn.

Over 3 years the biggest problem I had on my computer was amvo, which I can't find any records on if it's even more then an annoyance.

2008-04-08 23:18:51

#20

Jenspm: penis; +1,716|7004|St. Andrews / Oslo

Actually, I think fapping with other men over MSN shows why you get viruses.

Too much gay porn tbh......

2008-04-09 02:13:40

#21

eskimo_sammyjoe: Did someone say tea?; +112|6506|S.A. Australia

Jenspm wrote:
Actually, I think fapping with other men over MSN shows why you get viruses.

Too much gay porn tbh......

^^^^^^^Was waiting for someone to say that lol

Serious Flex

2008-04-09 02:16:50

#22

GC_PaNzerFIN: Work and study @ Technical Uni; +528|6686|Finland

I know how to freeze any MSN adress.

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2008-04-09 02:24:18

#23

Little BaBy JESUS: m8; +394|6420|'straya

GC_PaNzerFIN wrote:
I know how to freeze any MSN adress.

please, do tell.

2008-04-09 02:25:54

#24

GC_PaNzerFIN: Work and study @ Technical Uni; +528|6686|Finland

Little BaBy JESUS wrote:
GC_PaNzerFIN wrote:
I know how to freeze any MSN adress.
please, do tell.

haha I'm not telling how to anyone since my MSN would be the first to get frozen

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2008-04-09 02:30:47

#25

Little BaBy JESUS: m8; +394|6420|'straya

GC_PaNzerFIN wrote:
Little BaBy JESUS wrote:
GC_PaNzerFIN wrote:
I know how to freeze any MSN adress.
please, do tell.
haha I'm not telling how to anyone since my MSN would be the first to get frozen

haha ye of little faith

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Jenspm wrote:

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Little BaBy JESUS wrote:

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