I need an xbox/computer nerd plz

[Mrs Steve R]

LOL

yes, but it didnt make sense, i guess he has set-up a " homegroup network " so he can wirelessly control your PC from his house ? ?? not sure what thats got to do with the xbox though

not sure the reason behind it either, his xbox settings would just move from his xbox to yours when he logged in, so not sure why he would need access to your laptop

you could always ditch the wifi setup and connect via a cat 5 cable and see if you can delete the " network " he has setup

Well I'm not sure if it was to do with the xbox or not now, they are saying it's not, so yeah someone else has set up a home group on my network and hacked in to my laptop or something to do it, I feel a bit like someone has been looking through my knicker draw

[blue matt]

Well I'm not sure if it was to do with the xbox or not now, they are saying it's not, so yeah someone else has set up a home group on my network and hacked in to my laptop or something to do it, I feel a bit like someone has been looking through my knicker draw

The chances of it being a " hacker " are very very slim, as they would have been " in and out " ( oooo errr mrs ) and you wouldnt have known a thing about it, why would they draw attention to themselves ? ? ?

[Colonel Cærdiffi]

If you're really worried then you could save whatever files you need and then reinstall windows? That's guaranteed to fix the problem :)

If you do that then you can use ninite to quickly reinstall some of your programs

Glad to see a shout out to ninite, very handy tool for when you have to format. Just wish it included an up-to-date Windows Update file.

[Mrs Steve R]

The chances of it being a " hacker " are very very slim, as they would have been " in and out " ( oooo errr mrs ) and you wouldnt have known a thing about it, why would they draw attention to themselves ? ? ?

Well after the threat of the police to the kids the home group that was created has vanished I reset the router password last night and then refreshed it to kick everyone off the connection so only I had the password and within an hour there was an unknown device connected again, my sons xbox one is showing up twice on the router now with the same mac address but with a different unique identifier, my laptop is still not right and needs wiping as I can't remove whatever is hidden in the registry, confused? you will be.

[Llanedeyrnblue]

Get Bluetit over. He'll sort it out for you

With his mastic gun

[Michael Morris]

Glad to see a shout out to ninite, very handy tool for when you have to format. Just wish it included an up-to-date Windows Update file.

I've found lately that trying to do a first update after a Windows 7 re-install takes all day just to recognise that updates are available, amd then another day to download and install them.

I found this handy download (32 bit or 64 bit) https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/kb/3102810

Then, after you install, restart the pc and go to Windows Updates / Search for updates and within minutes it finds the first massive chunk of updates. I've used it twice now. Saved me days of waiting.

[Michael Morris]

Oh and Ninite is great as well. Shame they removed adobe reader from it.

[Colonel Cærdiffi]

I've found lately that trying to do a first update after a Windows 7 re-install takes all day just to recognise that updates are available, amd then another day to download and install them.

I found this handy download (32 bit or 64 bit) https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/kb/3102810

Then, after you install, restart the pc and go to Windows Updates / Search for updates and within minutes it finds the first massive chunk of updates. I've used it twice now. Saved me days of waiting.

Noice That'll come in handy. I've involuntarily become the sys-admin of 4 Windows installations in this house (2 PC's, 2 laptops) and with the gaming stuff my daughter is always downloading I find a good old-fashioned format and reinstall is necessary once in a while.

The other day she sauntered over to me and asked about DNS settings because she wanted to set up a proxy. She's 9.

[Mrs Steve R]

Noice That'll come in handy. I've involuntarily become the sys-admin of 4 Windows installations in this house (2 PC's, 2 laptops) and with the gaming stuff my daughter is always downloading I find a good old-fashioned format and reinstall is necessary once in a while.

The other day she sauntered over to me and asked about DNS settings because she wanted to set up a proxy. She's 9.

My advice, keep all passwords to yourself in future and ban the kids from the internet

[Penarth Blues]

Well after the threat of the police to the kids the home group that was created has vanished I reset the router password last night and then refreshed it to kick everyone off the connection so only I had the password and within an hour there was an unknown device connected again, my sons xbox one is showing up twice on the router now with the same mac address but with a different unique identifier, my laptop is still not right and needs wiping as I can't remove whatever is hidden in the registry, confused? you will be.

I sympathise - the amount of time you can waste on computers is frightening...

I've found setting up clear directories and keeping backups of only your personal data on a separate external hard drive is the best way to deal with issues like this when they inevitably crop up. You can then just delete everything and reinstall a clean version of the OS on your machine and then just leave your external hard drive to copy back to the laptop.

Are you able to get a version of Win 7 to reinstall from your original supplier of your laptop? They should be able to do this if you ask.

[Colonel Cærdiffi]

My advice, keep all passwords to yourself in future and ban the kids from the internet

[Mrs Steve R]

I sympathise - the amount of time you can waste on computers is frightening...

I've found setting up clear directories and keeping backups of only your personal data on a separate external hard drive is the best way to deal with issues like this when they inevitably crop up. You can then just delete everything and reinstall a clean version of the OS on your machine and then just leave your external hard drive to copy back to the laptop.

Are you able to get a version of Win 7 to reinstall from your original supplier of your laptop? They should be able to do this if you ask.

That's without even trying to fix them

I have been offered a disc but I'm not sure if it's worth the effort as the battery wont charge on here either, might just look for another one, on the plus side I've learnt quite a bit while pulling my hair out over the last few days.

[blue matt]

Noice That'll come in handy. I've involuntarily become the sys-admin of 4 Windows installations in this house (2 PC's, 2 laptops) and with the gaming stuff my daughter is always downloading I find a good old-fashioned format and reinstall is necessary once in a while.

The other day she sauntered over to me and asked about DNS settings because she wanted to set up a proxy. She's 9.

I am sure you will know about it, but incase you dont

Norton Ghost is great for that, just get the PC setup as you want it, create a " image " and its really easy and fast to " format " and reinstall the " image "

when ever i set-up PC's, i always do it, i have a HD full of all the images of the PC's i have set-up here, one of the companies i work do a little work for i talking about updating the 6 PC's in the office, I will set them up, " ghost " them and then if / when they have issues, just install the image again, saves loads of time

as a side note, you can also charge them to do monthly / quarterly / 1/2 yearly backup's

[Mrs Steve R]

I am sure you will know about it, but incase you dont

Norton Ghost is great for that, just get the PC setup as you want it, create a " image " and its really easy and fast to " format " and reinstall the " image "

when ever i set-up PC's, i always do it, i have a HD full of all the images of the PC's i have set-up here, one of the companies i work do a little work for i talking about updating the 6 PC's in the office, I will set them up, " ghost " them and then if / when they have issues, just install the image again, saves loads of time

as a side note, you can also charge them to do monthly / quarterly / 1/2 yearly backup's

Do you have windows in your office?

[Colonel Cærdiffi]

I am sure you will know about it, but incase you dont

Norton Ghost is great for that, just get the PC setup as you want it, create a " image " and its really easy and fast to " format " and reinstall the " image "

when ever i set-up PC's, i always do it, i have a HD full of all the images of the PC's i have set-up here, one of the companies i work do a little work for i talking about updating the 6 PC's in the office, I will set them up, " ghost " them and then if / when they have issues, just install the image again, saves loads of time

as a side note, you can also charge them to do monthly / quarterly / 1/2 yearly backup's

That's not a bad shout. So I could reinstall windows, update windows, get all my programs installed and create an image?

[Tall Midget]

That's not a bad shout. So I could reinstall windows, update windows, get all my programs installed and create an image?

There's no need to be sarcy with BM.

He's only trying to help - in a Senior-sort of way

[Colonel Cærdiffi]

There's no need to be sarcy with BM.

He's only trying to help - in a Senior-sort of way

?

[welshyoot]

I am sure you will know about it, but incase you dont

Norton Ghost is great for that, just get the PC setup as you want it, create a " image " and its really easy and fast to " format " and reinstall the " image "

when ever i set-up PC's, i always do it, i have a HD full of all the images of the PC's i have set-up here, one of the companies i work do a little work for i talking about updating the 6 PC's in the office, I will set them up, " ghost " them and then if / when they have issues, just install the image again, saves loads of time

as a side note, you can also charge them to do monthly / quarterly / 1/2 yearly backup's

Check your pms mate

[Tall Midget]

Alternatively, have a look at Acronis