@tintincute no sometimes it's f2 sometimes it's del it could also be a combination watch the screen as it boots it will tell you hit X to go into setup
busybusybusy.... is it sorted?... I am just reading the chat log...
@tintincute ok as @Kyle said, wiping and reinstalling is the ONLY way to guarantee no keylogger remains. As for wiping the keylogger, not saying it is impossible, but without admin access, it is not possible to guarantee it. (depends how smart the person was who loaded it).
but also, you really need control over the administrator account, there is no guarantees there is nothing else - remote access programs etc.
@tintincute I am working most hours trying to get a project done and. really busy, but I leave chat open... feel free to @ notify me and I will hear/see and jump on if I am here... but others will be happy to help as well
then I can set again in front of my laptop and work this on.
I think the person who installed the keylogger is quite good, because he was able to get copies of mails from my yahoo account which was kind of a secret and nobody knows except myself
@tintincute Yes, it would need to be formatted for *nix, you can still use it in *nix machines, but it would be best if you just get the smallest one you can find. You can always format it back to fat for Windows later
@tintincute it will ask what drive you want to write to, and it will do all the hard work, but it will format and remove all your files from it... you will need to format it back to Windows after. In some ways, cd is just straight forward, only use it if you have a spare/old stick
@tintincute no need to format if you have a copy, the tool will do it for you... you may just want to see if your local shop sells disk - if you have a budget one or something... you only need a single cd (<20p in bulk) or the cheapest old stock 32MB USB stick - (1GB is less than £4 now usually!)
it's a little early to say whether the latest drivers have fixed my problem completely ( I've never discussed about this) - few days should be enough to conclude
@tintincute There shouldn't be a need to format as the tool will do it for you, just make sure you back up first
but personally, just be careful, sometimes when you repartition/format a usb stick, you loose a few mb, it is why I would recommend using an old/promotion-free or similar... but it will work just the same
I think I remember a while ago there was a free screen capture utility that could do scrolling windows... Does anyone know what it is?
So fed up - insurance prices STILL... just finally went to buy, quote guaranteed until next month - payment failed, rang them up... quote went up by £120.... saying I didn't fill out something correctly... I have it all on the system cached luckily and want to take screenshots to prove it... so annoyed with them.
@IvoFlipse Thanks for your help - it was Farstone Capture - just downloaded trial and I like it... unless I find a free similar utility, I think I will buy it... more powerful/flexible than Windows Capture tool and much faster... and... if you haven't notcied in my answers, freehand circles suck!
I just saw this "trick" where a cup of water is turned over onto a table without spilling (using a piece of cardboard. After removing the cardboard from underneath the cup, the person then removes the cup in a particular way (lifts straight up and twists) and lo and behold, the water stays in it...
Ok so I left my desktop pc alone, unplugged, for a couple months, and when I came back and plugged it back in, it started emitting a high pitched squealing noise, and when I pushed the power button, it wouldn't turn on. So I opened it up, plugged it in, and tried to find the source of the squeal...
"my plan was to get an identical power supply circuit board, and one by one take out the wires that were soldered to the old power supply and put them on the new on in the same spot (I know how to solder)"
hm. that's weird. i thought he was using something other than water, like glycerin, but then he touched it and it fell into water. so not sure what he used. i'm thinking it's probably some sort of illusion though
My company is on a shopping spree and is asking if I want to place a fire extinguisher in the server room. On that note, what type of fire extinguisher is recommended in the server room?
@TomWij Not hard! :( I have so much work on, I have hardly answered any questions this week... or for a while, I just have odd days free when I can do a load! It seems when ever I check recently, there are no unanswered Windows ones... (I only post a similar answer if I think it will be a lot better, or if I am already 3/4's the way through when I see it... personal rules!)
With the growth of the Stack Exchange 2.0 site, there are multiple users that are actively participating in multiple sites. With this in mind, I would like to suggest an option for "Vote to Close" to be able to facilitate a "Vote to Close as a Duplicate of ANOTHER SE site". For example:
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But if I go to the User Groups under Computer Management I have 5 User Account; Administrator (Built in account for administering the computer management); Guest, Help Assistant; SUPPORT_388945a0; myname
@tintincute there are some hidden ones as part of the system which only get used for special tasks
don't worry about support/help... user accounts panel only shows the ones that allow you to logon (unless manually disabled/hidden, but again, those two are ok).
@tintincute double click on your name and go to groups, take a look and see if you are a member of administrators - but the fact you can go that far probably means you are the administrator
I would still change the password of the existing administrator account, and if you are worried about malware/keyloggers, take a look at autoruns... there was a tool that let you see any program intercepting keyboard/but I can't remember... @tomwij - any ideas? You seem to remember the name of every Windows tool!?
@Wil: I double click my name in the computer management and go to Local Users and Groups and then Users. Member of: Administrator, Debugger Users and Users
@tintincute there is no really good fool proof way... one way I use is to use process monitor/file monitor (the other link I gave you) so that you can see if anything is accessing your hard drive... it is very hard, but basically you start typing and see if anything is logging/saving the keystrokes... there is no easy way to see if you have a keylogger
My company is on a shopping spree and is asking if I want to place a fire extinguisher in the server room. On that note, what type of fire extinguisher is recommended in the server room?
What is the state of the art in fire suppression for server rooms? What are the top priorities in choosing a good system?
