As the computer to determine your version of Windows

In the footsteps of previous blog articles devoted to the new version of the browser Internet Explorer 9 and its restrictions on the operating system, the question arose. What actually learn something, what operating system is installed on your computer.

No, I certainly understand that if the person himself or install the system sorted out this issue before, he knows it. However, a novice user, who bought a computer or laptop with a preinstalled system may not know about it, or do not remember. The same situation, if you invite a specialist to install the OS.

The problem with hanging the Internet in some Windows XP SP2

I remember on one of the problems with the connection to the Internet, which ran after the replacement of the operating system Microsoft Windows XP Professional SP1 on Microsoft Windows XP Home Edition SP2. It is possible for someone, it will be more relevant. So, of problems we describe:

While working in the network after some time, when about half an hour, and when more and why it began to appear on the error message:

"Generic Host Process for Win32 Services - An error has occurred. To close. We apologize for any inconvenience."

Then hang the browser, and the icon in the tray is in the panel bottom right of the screen, did not respond to my attempts to update the connection or disable it. The problem was solved by rebooting the computer and repeat again in half an hour - hour of work in the network. Naturally, this I will soon put it mildly, boring. To find a solution, drummed into the search box Yandex and Google's literal text of the error. As a result, found a number of publications: the Conference iXBT.com and site Daxa.com.ua . It turned out that a systemic application error svchost.exe operating system, due to errors in itself.

Suggested two solutions.

First, I took advantage of them and is suitable for single computers, not connected with other local area network (eg home or at work).

I had to do the following:

- press the key combination Microsoft + R (clarify: 'Microsoft' - the key to the image of corporate icon Microsoft);
- - the pop-up window with the command line type text "msconfig" and press 'OK';
In the open window go to the tab 'Services' and remove the check mark from the 'Server' and 'Workstation', then also press 'OK';
- reboot computer
- In the window that appears with the message tick the box and click 'OK'.

These changes have no impact on the computer and removed the problem with an error.

The second option was to download and install special treating patch - a patch to make changes to the program operating systems. If you work in a local network, it should be done. Look for updates on the page caliper system Windows. For a more detailed study of the system upgrade, go on links above.

Naturally there is a third option - to establish a new system of Windows XP SP3 or Windows 7.

Video lessons that shows the problem with the error "Generic Host Process":

Swine influenza internet or lock Windows

In the Internet started up another infection. Not as terrible as swine flu, of course, but at least unpleasant. At this time, because of the virus in the system, there is the following scenario.

After starting the system, vynyrivayet window with the message that you are using unlicensed Windu, and must send SMSku for a specific number. What's it like he saw the owner just did a licensing system? The system no longer works.

The screen may display a window of this type (but not necessarily)



Why is such a long time I have encountered and described in one of the first articles of this blog. And about a relative of such malicious, wrote recently in the article about the removal of the informer, a news feed from your browser. But here problemma more serious than a banner on split-screen browser. Although you can catch her, just the same way, setting the video codec for viewing video on the sites.

Search the network gave several solutions the problem, and describe them.

Anywhere, no SMS not sent.
If you caught the Trojans Winlock.19, then you ... very lucky. In the literal sense. This malware is configured to self-destruct after two hours of work a computer. So the solution is simply the patience. Leave your computer on for several hours, and then restart. If the problem persists, try the following method.
Log in windose in safe mode. For this, during startup, press and hold down the F8 key on your keyboard, then select run in safe mode. On the C drive go at c: / documents and settings / all users / application data / and delete from there two files: blocker.exe and blocker.bin, or any file with the name of blocker. (Any extension). Also need to remove the registry reference to the file, such as HKLM \ SOFTWARE \ Microsoft \ Windows NT \ CurrentVersion \ Winlogon \ Userinit. After rebooting should work fine. Immediately do a search on the computer, searching for files blocker. (Any extension), and then remove. Just in case, take a deep test antivirus software. By the way, instead of the folder / all users / may need to go to the folder with your vindovsloginom, and then in / application data /.
Make attending disc Live CD (http://www.freedrweb.com/livecd/). Starts with him, and remove blocker.exe blocker.bin the folder: / documents and settings / all users / application data / and then on item 3.
You can also try to find the extra files called WINLOGON.EXE. Only the file has the right nasuschestvovanie in the system in the folder C: \ Windows \ System32. If you find it in another folder - removed immediately. Under this name can be masked by more than a hundred different viruses.

In general, I hope that you have a first or second case. In the future, do not install any video codec to view video on the sites - the virus is often there. To view the online video rather conventional flash player.

Blockers Windows and how to remove them available means

Beginning of the year was marked not only a fun holiday. Intensification of work the creators of various viruses, blocking the operating system. During the six months that have elapsed since publication of the article: "Swine flu Internet or blocking Windows", -, new versions, and techniques described in it may very well not work.

Recent following. At the end of the year began to work actively virus-blackmailer who claimed that you have violated the license agreement program Download Master and required to send SMS to number 4460. This at a time when the program is absolutely free. Accordingly, the forum company WestByte Software is topic on this subject. And with the beginning of a new intensified, which is disguised as Kaspersky Anti-Virus "Internet Sekurity". Emerging banner claims that you are again violated the license agreement or ended a license code. You, they say, 92 virus, and once again calling for SMS to get the unlock key. Moreover, short numbers and codes for SMS are constantly changing.

Against this background, deleting the old version of the banner-informer described in the article: "How to remove pop-up news ticker tape from the screen - already seems to be simple and easy. The site Dr.Web, on this occasion, even an article: "Windows Blockers and other viral threats in December 2009". As in many other forums dealing with computer security.

Examples of discussions on the question, where you can find the solution to your problem, see the following topic:
IXBiT.ru - "Windows is locked. To unlock about to send sms. What to do? Help is" 

VirusInfo - imax Download Manager or iLite Net Accelerator (Packed.Win32.Krap.w): description and treatment
Kaspersky Lab Forum - If your PC is locked Get Accelerator, Digital Access, File Downloader, iMax Download Manager, etc. Instructions for unlocking
Dr.Web users' forum - now under the guise of Internet Security, sms K206614300 of 4460 and Ekav, Screen Saver requests to send sms
One of the main methods to combat banner, accessible to ordinary users, at the moment is the selection of the key. To do this you can go to the page with forms of selection on sites Dr.Web and Kaspersky Lab. Also in the network may find the methodology of selection of the key code for SMSki as on the discussions in these forums above, and on simple sites (example).

The next step, after the successful selection of the code is the complete scrutiny of your hard drive for viruses. This should be done more recent versions of antivirus software. On Web sites like "Doctor Web" and "Kaspersky Lab's free curing utility that you can download and do a system scan: "Dr.Web CureIt!" And "Kaspersky Virus Removal Tool". Or, you can download the trial versions of antivirus software license. And then set free, but not bad, antivirus Avast, or buy a license for professional programs. Also, one must have a firewall ( "fire wall") at work on the Internet.

If the code is not able to pick up, then at the various sites that offer various solutions, including those described by me earlier in the previous article in this series.
For example (please note that this information is provided "as is"):
"... It may help to restore the system in the early period, then complete check for viruses ..."
"... Try to start Windu in safe mode and there in the Add or Remove Programs to remove the program that appears ..."
"... Went into safe mode, start the Automatic via msconfig (Start-Run) has all that there is a launch, lost, one by one began to include, what I do not know. Plugin.exe calculate the file sitting on your C: drive in Program Files , removed in the checked startup included, d *** ma no work. Good luck, can help someone. You can also delete the search for a specific date and time through Total komander ... "

Recall that the removal of the last date of files in the folder "C: \ Windows \ System32" could end tragically for your operating system. Even if you are an experienced user. As a result, still may have to reinstall Windu.

I hope that your problem is with the emergence of such blocking would be solved "small" efforts. Also recall that about how to determine the value SMSki and learn about billing, which serves the shortest possible number of articles: "SMS-trap, or, How to pay via SMS on the Internet". And knowing the contacts of the company, you will be able to claim they have the key to unlock the short number and code for SMS.

Overview of "How to unlock windose from banner-extortionist by selecting code"

 

Oops ... Mouse stopped working! : (

When we use the computer, and do not do preventive maintenance on the system drive, then one can quite say so, as in this article.

But let's order. I encountered this phenomenon just today. Friends asked me to look at their computer, because strange things started, namely: some time after you start the computer in the work stopped "obey" the mouse and generally hung system. Was made to restart the system and everything was repeated anew. "What's the problem?" - "Toli mouse spoiled, Toli Windu need to reinstall?". By the way, plug the cable connecting the mouse to the computer checked immediately (greens such, unless of course you have no mouse to the USB-port is connected). Well, I am always glad for good people to go to tea.

On arrival at the place and make your PC run, the first of what I saw - is the amount of free memory on your hard disk, namely on the system disk «SYSTEM (C:)" (you have probably the same). Found that it is 25 megabytes of free space of 10 gigabytes. And this is about 0,25% of the capacity of the hard disk partition that is worthless. We perform this study, for example, as follows: "Start" - "My Computer" Right-click on the drive-in shortcut menu, we click "Properties"-look "busy" and "Free".

Obviously, due to lack of disk space, which system is used as a large buffer for the work and the inhibition of the system and "turn off" the mouse. Our task, in this case to find and move the extra data from drive C: "on the other drives on your computer.

Search Getting extra data with the desktop "- it is a working screen you see after booting the computer. Almost all users, including myself, sin that keep him information. This can be a folder with the photo albums, collections of music and movies. And all this media takes a lot of places just yet on the drive "C:". So it was - I found a folder with movies and photos. After their move to another drive, once released on 2 GB of system disk, which is almost 20%, in this case. The problem disappeared.

But of course, stop there and not worth having investigated the folder: My Documents, My Pictures, My Music, My Videos "- I moved with them information on other drives. By the way, is to say that it is better to use only these folders to temporarily store files in them, because they are physically located on drive C: "and, with the collapse of the system may be lost forever. It is better to create a case folder in the other sections of the hard disk.

The next place to study was chosen "basket" - the place where to temporarily put the deleted files from different folders. Periodically, it must be cleaned from the files - so, too, for an opening. By the way, there are cases where "Basket" is used as a repository of important files. Do not do this - because you can accidentally activate the automatic cleaning of baskets in a given period and lose valuable information.

You can then delete the temporary files that remain on the activities of the various programs in the folder «C: \ Documents and Settings \ Admin \ Local Settings \ Temp» (here «Admin» can you have another - look at his computer). These files are moved during the removal, in the basket and it will need to clean them. You can also clear the cache of the browser in the folder «C: \ Documents and Settings \ Admin \ Local Settings \ Application Data \ Opera \ Opera \ profile \ cache4» (an example for the browser Opera). But let's not bigotry.

The last thing I did, although it should be done periodically - has made defragment drive C: ". In fact, this process of collecting pieces of programs or files scattered in different clusters, disk groups, which are located close to each other. So the system will spend less time on their search for startup and work programs. To start the process click: "Start" - "All Programs" - "Standard" - "System Tools" - "Disk Defragmenter". Window appears defragmentation. In it, click on the drive and click "Analysis". The program will perform an analysis, you will see a conditional placing pieces of files on the disk, and say whether or not defragmentation. If needed, then click on "Defragment". Then begin the process of defragmenting files, which will take some time. After defragmentation close the window.

Besides all this, too, used to clean your computer from the debris (remnants of remote programs, cleaning the registry), various software, such as program «CCleaner».

There were such steps. The problem disappeared, and the computer to function again normally. Well, I got his cup of tea. :)