Author Topic: Help..Please (Read 5913 times)

ComputerDunce · « **on:** January 19, 2008, 05:21:22 PM »

I'm on a very slow dial up. Yes ancient I know. Recently a friend of mine told me that my computer was terribly slow and that he could make it faster. Me being totally trusting in him let him on my computer and watched him change a few things in the settings that "made it faster". Ofcourse I don't know what he did but now for some odd reason my computer won't let me log into sites like my email for example. I know it's not the connection because a friend of mine came over and connected using my phone line with her lap top and I could access my email. It's the computer. If anyone has any ideas that I could try out I'd be thrilled to hear from you.
-Britt $:-\$

Broni · « **Reply #1 on:** January 19, 2008, 05:58:38 PM »

Did you try System Restore?

Deerpark · « **Reply #2 on:** January 19, 2008, 05:59:04 PM »

Ask your friend to undo whatever he did.
If he can't we'll need to know more about your computer.
Version of windows,
What your friend did,
What browser you're using.

ComputerDunce · « **Reply #3 on:** January 19, 2008, 06:14:29 PM »

Yeah I tried System Restore. I'm using Firefox and I've tried to redownload it but it keeps doing the same thing. I've also used IE to see if it was just the browser but Explorer does the same exact thing. I can't ask him to undo whatever he did because he's a turd.

Broni · « **Reply #4 on:** January 19, 2008, 07:23:59 PM »

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I tried System Restore

How far back did you go?

ComputerDunce · « **Reply #5 on:** January 19, 2008, 08:05:13 PM »

I tried a week and then I tried a month.

Broni · « **Reply #6 on:** January 19, 2008, 08:14:58 PM »

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my computer won't let me log into sites like my email for example

What email is it? What other sites you can't get on?
What browser? What Windows version?

ComputerDunce · « **Reply #7 on:** January 20, 2008, 10:00:36 AM »

I can't log into Yahoo mail or facebook. I haven't tried any of my other email but I will. It's odd because when I log into yahoo messenger I can click on mail and I can check it. But I can't just log into my mail from the website. I'm using Firefox but IE is doing the same thing. And I'm usuing Windows XP.

ComputerDunce · « **Reply #8 on:** January 20, 2008, 10:14:52 AM »

Someone told me to try Remote Assistance. ??

ComputerDunce · « **Reply #9 on:** January 20, 2008, 10:24:50 AM »

This probably isn't any hlep but this is what I'm seeing....

[file cleanup - saving space - attachment deleted by admin]

homer · « **Reply #10 on:** January 20, 2008, 12:11:44 PM »

did he, for some reason, put you under a proxy?

to check, goto "tools" in firefox, then "options", then the "advanced" tab, then the smaller "network" tab then select "settings". "direct connection to the internet" should be selected.

ComputerDunce · « **Reply #11 on:** January 20, 2008, 01:57:58 PM »

There is no network tab.

Soviet_Genius · « **Reply #12 on:** January 20, 2008, 02:08:46 PM »

Yeah there is, it's the second one. If you don't have it you're probably using an old version of firefox. Go to help>about mozilla firefox and post the version it shows.

ComputerDunce · « **Reply #13 on:** January 20, 2008, 07:34:39 PM »

I'm using Version 1.5.0.4. It has asked me to upgrade and I did. But after I upgraded then every page I tried to go to ended up with that error thing. So I just stayed with teh old version. Some usage is better than no usage. $:-\$ $:-\$ $:-\$ $:-\$

homer · « **Reply #14 on:** January 21, 2008, 01:44:47 PM »

do you have a router?

ComputerDunce · « **Reply #15 on:** January 21, 2008, 07:59:50 PM »

Good news. The problem is solved. Supposely I had two firewalls. A friend of mine figured out the problem. All is well.

Thanks for the help all.

gamerx365 · « **Reply #16 on:** January 21, 2008, 08:07:30 PM »

hey you know you can post in a regular board? lol. or are you trying to solve all your problem and still have 0 posts?

dairyman · « **Reply #17 on:** January 21, 2008, 09:52:03 PM »

It's called REVERSE SPAM. (haha jk, it is not spam)

@ComputerDunce, what firewall are you using?

Zylstra · « **Reply #18 on:** January 22, 2008, 04:47:21 PM »

Moving to... hmm... Internet Browsers
-Zylstra

wefr0 · « **Reply #19 on:** January 22, 2008, 06:17:43 PM »

Good thing you got that solved I was confused about the problem

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