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  #16  
Old June 24th 19, 03:46 PM posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.general
Robert in CA
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So, should I restore from a Mrimg because
system restore and resetting Firefox didn't
work.

Thanks,
Robert
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  #17  
Old June 24th 19, 06:39 PM posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.general
Paul[_32_]
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Robert in CA wrote:
So, should I restore from a Mrimg because
system restore and resetting Firefox didn't
work.

Thanks,
Robert


At this point, that seems a practical solution.

Because I can't tell from here, exactly what
is doing it. There's got to be something else
on the machine besides the package tracker extension.

Paul
  #18  
Old June 24th 19, 07:35 PM posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.general
Robert in CA
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Posts: 785
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On Monday, June 24, 2019 at 10:39:48 AM UTC-7, Paul wrote:
Robert in CA wrote:
So, should I restore from a Mrimg because
system restore and resetting Firefox didn't
work.

Thanks,
Robert


At this point, that seems a practical solution.

Because I can't tell from here, exactly what
is doing it. There's got to be something else
on the machine besides the package tracker extension.

Paul


Ok,, am going to try and restore the OS with an Mrimg.
will let you know how it goes.

Robert
  #19  
Old June 24th 19, 07:59 PM posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.general
Robert in CA
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Posts: 785
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On Monday, June 24, 2019 at 10:39:48 AM UTC-7, Paul wrote:
Robert in CA wrote:
So, should I restore from a Mrimg because
system restore and resetting Firefox didn't
work.

Thanks,
Robert


At this point, that seems a practical solution.

Because I can't tell from here, exactly what
is doing it. There's got to be something else
on the machine besides the package tracker extension.

Paul


I knew I was going to run into questions on this
since I have never done it before. When I clicked
browse for an image file I got the Mrimgs and the
pop-up window (Backup selection)so which do I use?
This isn't covered in your instructions.

I suspect the Mrimg but what is the back-up pop-up?

http://i67.tinypic.com/ka04dy.jpg

Thanks,
Robert
  #20  
Old June 24th 19, 08:15 PM posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.general
Paul[_32_]
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Posts: 11,873
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Robert in CA wrote:
On Monday, June 24, 2019 at 10:39:48 AM UTC-7, Paul wrote:
Robert in CA wrote:
So, should I restore from a Mrimg because
system restore and resetting Firefox didn't
work.

Thanks,
Robert

At this point, that seems a practical solution.

Because I can't tell from here, exactly what
is doing it. There's got to be something else
on the machine besides the package tracker extension.

Paul


I knew I was going to run into questions on this
since I have never done it before. When I clicked
browse for an image file I got the Mrimgs and the
pop-up window (Backup selection)so which do I use?
This isn't covered in your instructions.

I suspect the Mrimg but what is the back-up pop-up?

http://i67.tinypic.com/ka04dy.jpg

Thanks,
Robert


In the blue area on the right

Browse Image Restore Image=== you want this one

Verify Image Other actions

You clicked the Browse Image button and that's
where that dialog came from. Just cancel the dialog
and use the Restore one,

Paul
  #21  
Old June 25th 19, 12:09 AM posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.general
Robert in CA
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Posts: 785
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On Monday, June 24, 2019 at 12:15:09 PM UTC-7, Paul wrote:
Robert in CA wrote:
On Monday, June 24, 2019 at 10:39:48 AM UTC-7, Paul wrote:
Robert in CA wrote:
So, should I restore from a Mrimg because
system restore and resetting Firefox didn't
work.

Thanks,
Robert
At this point, that seems a practical solution.

Because I can't tell from here, exactly what
is doing it. There's got to be something else
on the machine besides the package tracker extension.

Paul


I knew I was going to run into questions on this
since I have never done it before. When I clicked
browse for an image file I got the Mrimgs and the
pop-up window (Backup selection)so which do I use?
This isn't covered in your instructions.

I suspect the Mrimg but what is the back-up pop-up?

http://i67.tinypic.com/ka04dy.jpg

Thanks,
Robert


In the blue area on the right

Browse Image Restore Image=== you want this one

Verify Image Other actions

You clicked the Browse Image button and that's
where that dialog came from. Just cancel the dialog
and use the Restore one,

Paul


I tried again but didn't resize the partitions
as they were the same size but I'm getting messages
that aren't part of your instructions. I'm not sure what
to do because your example was with a blank drive.

http://i66.tinypic.com/zt6qnq.jpg

http://i68.tinypic.com/jagsch.jpg

What is a Windows PE rescue environment? I inserted
a DVD-RW then got this message:

http://i64.tinypic.com/mtmd05.jpg

I'm totally lost.

Robert
  #22  
Old June 25th 19, 12:50 AM posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.general
Paul[_32_]
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Posts: 11,873
Default O.T. Avast pop-up

Robert in CA wrote:
On Monday, June 24, 2019 at 12:15:09 PM UTC-7, Paul wrote:
Robert in CA wrote:
On Monday, June 24, 2019 at 10:39:48 AM UTC-7, Paul wrote:
Robert in CA wrote:
So, should I restore from a Mrimg because
system restore and resetting Firefox didn't
work.

Thanks,
Robert
At this point, that seems a practical solution.

Because I can't tell from here, exactly what
is doing it. There's got to be something else
on the machine besides the package tracker extension.

Paul
I knew I was going to run into questions on this
since I have never done it before. When I clicked
browse for an image file I got the Mrimgs and the
pop-up window (Backup selection)so which do I use?
This isn't covered in your instructions.

I suspect the Mrimg but what is the back-up pop-up?

http://i67.tinypic.com/ka04dy.jpg

Thanks,
Robert

In the blue area on the right

Browse Image Restore Image=== you want this one

Verify Image Other actions

You clicked the Browse Image button and that's
where that dialog came from. Just cancel the dialog
and use the Restore one,

Paul


I tried again but didn't resize the partitions
as they were the same size but I'm getting messages
that aren't part of your instructions. I'm not sure what
to do because your example was with a blank drive.

http://i66.tinypic.com/zt6qnq.jpg


This looks like you're attempting to restore over
top of a running C: partition.

Just a guess on my part.

You probably need to be booting the Macrium CD, where
the Macrium CD version is the same as the version used
to back up the image.

This is why the program constantly pesters you to make
an Emergency CD.

However, don't fret, because if you use the Popup Boot Key
on your machine, with the two disks installed inside the
machine, you can boot the "clone" OS you keep on the backup
drive, then do a restore of an image on the "clone" disk,
over top of the now-not-running target disk.

BOOT Backup-drive-with-its-own-C =====SATA======= |
|Motherboard
Normal-system-drive-needs-help =====SATA==== |

If you have a Macrium CD, it looks like this.

Backup-drive-with-its-own-C =====USB2======= |
|
Normal-system-drive-needs-help =====SATA==== |Motherboard
|
BOOT Optical-drive-Macrium-CD ===========SATA==== |

The first diagram, requires removing the drive from the
USB enclosure and placing it inside the PC needing work
and using a SATA cable setup. If you have the Macrium CD,
notice how much less work is required with your screwdriver
set :-)


http://i68.tinypic.com/jagsch.jpg

What is a Windows PE rescue environment? I inserted
a DVD-RW then got this message:

http://i64.tinypic.com/mtmd05.jpg


I'm not sure a WinPE added to the drive-needing-maintenance
is all that much help. While they're inviting you to do that,
if the restore replaces the whole drive, won't the WinPE get
trashed ? I know it is RAM based, and "taking it out"
during restore probably doesn't hurt it, but it strikes
me as a bit risky. I've heard the Macrium environment
access the CD, after the entire environment is stored
in the ramdisk, so I don't know if a WinPE environment
would even make an access while the target disk was being
re-written.

Are you sure you don't have a Macrium CD ?

If you change Macrium versions (when enticed by the
dialogs to do that), do you make fresh emergency
boot media ? For example, if you go from Macrium 6
to Macrium 7, that's a good time to make a new CD.


I'm totally lost.

Robert


I'm sure you'll figure this out. You're a pro at
these now.

When doing what you're doing, I use diagram #2 above.
I have around half a dozen CDs now, with different
versions, and the Version 7 disc will restore
everything.

Paul
  #23  
Old June 25th 19, 01:49 AM posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.general
Robert in CA
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Posts: 785
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On Monday, June 24, 2019 at 4:50:28 PM UTC-7, Paul wrote:
Robert in CA wrote:
On Monday, June 24, 2019 at 12:15:09 PM UTC-7, Paul wrote:
Robert in CA wrote:
On Monday, June 24, 2019 at 10:39:48 AM UTC-7, Paul wrote:
Robert in CA wrote:
So, should I restore from a Mrimg because
system restore and resetting Firefox didn't
work.

Thanks,
Robert
At this point, that seems a practical solution.

Because I can't tell from here, exactly what
is doing it. There's got to be something else
on the machine besides the package tracker extension.

Paul
I knew I was going to run into questions on this
since I have never done it before. When I clicked
browse for an image file I got the Mrimgs and the
pop-up window (Backup selection)so which do I use?
This isn't covered in your instructions.

I suspect the Mrimg but what is the back-up pop-up?

http://i67.tinypic.com/ka04dy.jpg

Thanks,
Robert
In the blue area on the right

Browse Image Restore Image=== you want this one

Verify Image Other actions

You clicked the Browse Image button and that's
where that dialog came from. Just cancel the dialog
and use the Restore one,

Paul


I tried again but didn't resize the partitions
as they were the same size but I'm getting messages
that aren't part of your instructions. I'm not sure what
to do because your example was with a blank drive.

http://i66.tinypic.com/zt6qnq.jpg


This looks like you're attempting to restore over
top of a running C: partition.

Just a guess on my part.

You probably need to be booting the Macrium CD, where
the Macrium CD version is the same as the version used
to back up the image.

This is why the program constantly pesters you to make
an Emergency CD.

However, don't fret, because if you use the Popup Boot Key
on your machine, with the two disks installed inside the
machine, you can boot the "clone" OS you keep on the backup
drive, then do a restore of an image on the "clone" disk,
over top of the now-not-running target disk.

BOOT Backup-drive-with-its-own-C =====SATA======= |
|Motherboard
Normal-system-drive-needs-help =====SATA==== |

If you have a Macrium CD, it looks like this.

Backup-drive-with-its-own-C =====USB2======= |
|
Normal-system-drive-needs-help =====SATA==== |Motherboard
|
BOOT Optical-drive-Macrium-CD ===========SATA==== |

The first diagram, requires removing the drive from the
USB enclosure and placing it inside the PC needing work
and using a SATA cable setup. If you have the Macrium CD,
notice how much less work is required with your screwdriver
set :-)


http://i68.tinypic.com/jagsch.jpg

What is a Windows PE rescue environment? I inserted
a DVD-RW then got this message:

http://i64.tinypic.com/mtmd05.jpg


I'm not sure a WinPE added to the drive-needing-maintenance
is all that much help. While they're inviting you to do that,
if the restore replaces the whole drive, won't the WinPE get
trashed ? I know it is RAM based, and "taking it out"
during restore probably doesn't hurt it, but it strikes
me as a bit risky. I've heard the Macrium environment
access the CD, after the entire environment is stored
in the ramdisk, so I don't know if a WinPE environment
would even make an access while the target disk was being
re-written.

Are you sure you don't have a Macrium CD ?

If you change Macrium versions (when enticed by the
dialogs to do that), do you make fresh emergency
boot media ? For example, if you go from Macrium 6
to Macrium 7, that's a good time to make a new CD.


I'm totally lost.

Robert


I'm sure you'll figure this out. You're a pro at
these now.

When doing what you're doing, I use diagram #2 above.
I have around half a dozen CDs now, with different
versions, and the Version 7 disc will restore
everything.

Paul



I'm OK at backups and creating Mrimgs but not restoring
(as I said I have never done this before)and none of what
I have seen is in your previous instructions you gave me.
However,.. something weird has happened,... it seems the
pop-ups have disappeared!?

I'll monitor this all tonight to make sure,. but it's
is odd. Invariably they always pop-up on Yahoo but I've
checked repeatedly and none are showing up. Isn't that
strange? Of course good news if true.

I still would like to understand the restore process in
case I ever need it. Yes, I was attempting to restore over
my existing partition where in your example you enlarged
the partition because it was a blank drive. So I did not
know how to proceed?

So are you and Macrium telling me I have to boot from my
rescue CD? I think I need a new set of instructions for
this not previously covered. As you said part of it may
be risky, which is why I'm asking the questions.
Usually like when making Mrimgs I follow your step by step
instructions you gave me awhile back and I have no problems
but this is different and isn't matching the instructions
and there was no mention of a CD.

I do have a rescue media on a cd-rw that I created on 7-27-15
and also Dell Data Safe (4) disks on DVD-R disk from 10-3-16
and a Win7 Pro Master on DVD-RW (no date).

Thoughts/suggestions,

Thanks,
Robert
  #24  
Old June 25th 19, 02:02 AM posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.general
Robert in CA
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Posts: 785
Default O.T. Avast pop-up

On Monday, June 24, 2019 at 5:49:06 PM UTC-7, Robert in CA wrote:
On Monday, June 24, 2019 at 4:50:28 PM UTC-7, Paul wrote:
Robert in CA wrote:
On Monday, June 24, 2019 at 12:15:09 PM UTC-7, Paul wrote:
Robert in CA wrote:
On Monday, June 24, 2019 at 10:39:48 AM UTC-7, Paul wrote:
Robert in CA wrote:
So, should I restore from a Mrimg because
system restore and resetting Firefox didn't
work.

Thanks,
Robert
At this point, that seems a practical solution.

Because I can't tell from here, exactly what
is doing it. There's got to be something else
on the machine besides the package tracker extension.

Paul
I knew I was going to run into questions on this
since I have never done it before. When I clicked
browse for an image file I got the Mrimgs and the
pop-up window (Backup selection)so which do I use?
This isn't covered in your instructions.

I suspect the Mrimg but what is the back-up pop-up?

http://i67.tinypic.com/ka04dy.jpg

Thanks,
Robert
In the blue area on the right

Browse Image Restore Image=== you want this one

Verify Image Other actions

You clicked the Browse Image button and that's
where that dialog came from. Just cancel the dialog
and use the Restore one,

Paul

I tried again but didn't resize the partitions
as they were the same size but I'm getting messages
that aren't part of your instructions. I'm not sure what
to do because your example was with a blank drive.

http://i66.tinypic.com/zt6qnq.jpg


This looks like you're attempting to restore over
top of a running C: partition.

Just a guess on my part.

You probably need to be booting the Macrium CD, where
the Macrium CD version is the same as the version used
to back up the image.

This is why the program constantly pesters you to make
an Emergency CD.

However, don't fret, because if you use the Popup Boot Key
on your machine, with the two disks installed inside the
machine, you can boot the "clone" OS you keep on the backup
drive, then do a restore of an image on the "clone" disk,
over top of the now-not-running target disk.

BOOT Backup-drive-with-its-own-C =====SATA======= |
|Motherboard
Normal-system-drive-needs-help =====SATA==== |

If you have a Macrium CD, it looks like this.

Backup-drive-with-its-own-C =====USB2======= |
|
Normal-system-drive-needs-help =====SATA==== |Motherboard
|
BOOT Optical-drive-Macrium-CD ===========SATA==== |

The first diagram, requires removing the drive from the
USB enclosure and placing it inside the PC needing work
and using a SATA cable setup. If you have the Macrium CD,
notice how much less work is required with your screwdriver
set :-)


http://i68.tinypic.com/jagsch.jpg

What is a Windows PE rescue environment? I inserted
a DVD-RW then got this message:

http://i64.tinypic.com/mtmd05.jpg


I'm not sure a WinPE added to the drive-needing-maintenance
is all that much help. While they're inviting you to do that,
if the restore replaces the whole drive, won't the WinPE get
trashed ? I know it is RAM based, and "taking it out"
during restore probably doesn't hurt it, but it strikes
me as a bit risky. I've heard the Macrium environment
access the CD, after the entire environment is stored
in the ramdisk, so I don't know if a WinPE environment
would even make an access while the target disk was being
re-written.

Are you sure you don't have a Macrium CD ?

If you change Macrium versions (when enticed by the
dialogs to do that), do you make fresh emergency
boot media ? For example, if you go from Macrium 6
to Macrium 7, that's a good time to make a new CD.


I'm totally lost.

Robert


I'm sure you'll figure this out. You're a pro at
these now.

When doing what you're doing, I use diagram #2 above.
I have around half a dozen CDs now, with different
versions, and the Version 7 disc will restore
everything.

Paul



I'm OK at backups and creating Mrimgs but not restoring
(as I said I have never done this before)and none of what
I have seen is in your previous instructions you gave me.
However,.. something weird has happened,... it seems the
pop-ups have disappeared!?

I'll monitor this all tonight to make sure,. but it's
is odd. Invariably they always pop-up on Yahoo but I've
checked repeatedly and none are showing up. Isn't that
strange? Of course good news if true.

I still would like to understand the restore process in
case I ever need it. Yes, I was attempting to restore over
my existing partition where in your example you enlarged
the partition because it was a blank drive. So I did not
know how to proceed?

So are you and Macrium telling me I have to boot from my
rescue CD? I think I need a new set of instructions for
this not previously covered. As you said part of it may
be risky, which is why I'm asking the questions.
Usually like when making Mrimgs I follow your step by step
instructions you gave me awhile back and I have no problems
but this is different and isn't matching the instructions
and there was no mention of a CD.

I do have a rescue media on a cd-rw that I created on 7-27-15
and also Dell Data Safe (4) disks on DVD-R disk from 10-3-16
and a Win7 Pro Master on DVD-RW (no date).

Thoughts/suggestions,

Thanks,
Robert


Ok, I did a restart and I noticed something else. Usually
My MBR is set for 30 seconds and I noticed it had changed
to 10 like the 780. So something did happen during the process.

I checked Yahoo again and no pop-up. Lets hope the problem
is resolved but I'll be damned if I know how it happened
because I did not finish the process but something took.

I'll keep monitoring it,..

Later this week will order the DVD-R's to complete our Win 10
project.

Thanks,
Robert
  #25  
Old June 25th 19, 02:27 AM posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.general
Robert in CA
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Posts: 785
Default O.T. Avast pop-up

On Monday, June 24, 2019 at 6:02:40 PM UTC-7, Robert in CA wrote:
On Monday, June 24, 2019 at 5:49:06 PM UTC-7, Robert in CA wrote:
On Monday, June 24, 2019 at 4:50:28 PM UTC-7, Paul wrote:
Robert in CA wrote:
On Monday, June 24, 2019 at 12:15:09 PM UTC-7, Paul wrote:
Robert in CA wrote:
On Monday, June 24, 2019 at 10:39:48 AM UTC-7, Paul wrote:
Robert in CA wrote:
So, should I restore from a Mrimg because
system restore and resetting Firefox didn't
work.

Thanks,
Robert
At this point, that seems a practical solution.

Because I can't tell from here, exactly what
is doing it. There's got to be something else
on the machine besides the package tracker extension.

Paul
I knew I was going to run into questions on this
since I have never done it before. When I clicked
browse for an image file I got the Mrimgs and the
pop-up window (Backup selection)so which do I use?
This isn't covered in your instructions.

I suspect the Mrimg but what is the back-up pop-up?

http://i67.tinypic.com/ka04dy.jpg

Thanks,
Robert
In the blue area on the right

Browse Image Restore Image=== you want this one

Verify Image Other actions

You clicked the Browse Image button and that's
where that dialog came from. Just cancel the dialog
and use the Restore one,

Paul

I tried again but didn't resize the partitions
as they were the same size but I'm getting messages
that aren't part of your instructions. I'm not sure what
to do because your example was with a blank drive.

http://i66.tinypic.com/zt6qnq.jpg

This looks like you're attempting to restore over
top of a running C: partition.

Just a guess on my part.

You probably need to be booting the Macrium CD, where
the Macrium CD version is the same as the version used
to back up the image.

This is why the program constantly pesters you to make
an Emergency CD.

However, don't fret, because if you use the Popup Boot Key
on your machine, with the two disks installed inside the
machine, you can boot the "clone" OS you keep on the backup
drive, then do a restore of an image on the "clone" disk,
over top of the now-not-running target disk.

BOOT Backup-drive-with-its-own-C =====SATA======= |
|Motherboard
Normal-system-drive-needs-help =====SATA==== |

If you have a Macrium CD, it looks like this.

Backup-drive-with-its-own-C =====USB2======= |
|
Normal-system-drive-needs-help =====SATA==== |Motherboard
|
BOOT Optical-drive-Macrium-CD ===========SATA==== |

The first diagram, requires removing the drive from the
USB enclosure and placing it inside the PC needing work
and using a SATA cable setup. If you have the Macrium CD,
notice how much less work is required with your screwdriver
set :-)


http://i68.tinypic.com/jagsch.jpg

What is a Windows PE rescue environment? I inserted
a DVD-RW then got this message:

http://i64.tinypic.com/mtmd05.jpg

I'm not sure a WinPE added to the drive-needing-maintenance
is all that much help. While they're inviting you to do that,
if the restore replaces the whole drive, won't the WinPE get
trashed ? I know it is RAM based, and "taking it out"
during restore probably doesn't hurt it, but it strikes
me as a bit risky. I've heard the Macrium environment
access the CD, after the entire environment is stored
in the ramdisk, so I don't know if a WinPE environment
would even make an access while the target disk was being
re-written.

Are you sure you don't have a Macrium CD ?

If you change Macrium versions (when enticed by the
dialogs to do that), do you make fresh emergency
boot media ? For example, if you go from Macrium 6
to Macrium 7, that's a good time to make a new CD.


I'm totally lost.

Robert

I'm sure you'll figure this out. You're a pro at
these now.

When doing what you're doing, I use diagram #2 above.
I have around half a dozen CDs now, with different
versions, and the Version 7 disc will restore
everything.

Paul



I'm OK at backups and creating Mrimgs but not restoring
(as I said I have never done this before)and none of what
I have seen is in your previous instructions you gave me.
However,.. something weird has happened,... it seems the
pop-ups have disappeared!?

I'll monitor this all tonight to make sure,. but it's
is odd. Invariably they always pop-up on Yahoo but I've
checked repeatedly and none are showing up. Isn't that
strange? Of course good news if true.

I still would like to understand the restore process in
case I ever need it. Yes, I was attempting to restore over
my existing partition where in your example you enlarged
the partition because it was a blank drive. So I did not
know how to proceed?

So are you and Macrium telling me I have to boot from my
rescue CD? I think I need a new set of instructions for
this not previously covered. As you said part of it may
be risky, which is why I'm asking the questions.
Usually like when making Mrimgs I follow your step by step
instructions you gave me awhile back and I have no problems
but this is different and isn't matching the instructions
and there was no mention of a CD.

I do have a rescue media on a cd-rw that I created on 7-27-15
and also Dell Data Safe (4) disks on DVD-R disk from 10-3-16
and a Win7 Pro Master on DVD-RW (no date).

Thoughts/suggestions,

Thanks,
Robert


Ok, I did a restart and I noticed something else. Usually
My MBR is set for 30 seconds and I noticed it had changed
to 10 like the 780. So something did happen during the process.

I checked Yahoo again and no pop-up. Lets hope the problem
is resolved but I'll be damned if I know how it happened
because I did not finish the process but something took.

I'll keep monitoring it,..

Later this week will order the DVD-R's to complete our Win 10
project.

Thanks,
Robert





Well, everything was fine,.. until I went to Outlook
and the pop-up appeared again.... sigh,......

So how do I proceed?

Thanks,
Robert
  #26  
Old June 25th 19, 02:40 AM posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.general
Robert in CA
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Posts: 785
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I tried to get the pop-up to repeat on Outlook but it
doesn't show up. I then ran a Adwcleaner scan which
came up clean.

http://i65.tinypic.com/mj2yrn.jpg

However while doing this it popped up on Tinypic.

Robert
  #27  
Old June 25th 19, 03:54 AM posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.general
Robert in CA
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On Monday, June 24, 2019 at 4:50:28 PM UTC-7, Paul wrote:
Robert in CA wrote:
On Monday, June 24, 2019 at 12:15:09 PM UTC-7, Paul wrote:
Robert in CA wrote:
On Monday, June 24, 2019 at 10:39:48 AM UTC-7, Paul wrote:
Robert in CA wrote:
So, should I restore from a Mrimg because
system restore and resetting Firefox didn't
work.

Thanks,
Robert
At this point, that seems a practical solution.

Because I can't tell from here, exactly what
is doing it. There's got to be something else
on the machine besides the package tracker extension.

Paul
I knew I was going to run into questions on this
since I have never done it before. When I clicked
browse for an image file I got the Mrimgs and the
pop-up window (Backup selection)so which do I use?
This isn't covered in your instructions.

I suspect the Mrimg but what is the back-up pop-up?

http://i67.tinypic.com/ka04dy.jpg

Thanks,
Robert
In the blue area on the right

Browse Image Restore Image=== you want this one

Verify Image Other actions

You clicked the Browse Image button and that's
where that dialog came from. Just cancel the dialog
and use the Restore one,

Paul


I tried again but didn't resize the partitions
as they were the same size but I'm getting messages
that aren't part of your instructions. I'm not sure what
to do because your example was with a blank drive.

http://i66.tinypic.com/zt6qnq.jpg


This looks like you're attempting to restore over
top of a running C: partition.

Just a guess on my part.

You probably need to be booting the Macrium CD, where
the Macrium CD version is the same as the version used
to back up the image.

This is why the program constantly pesters you to make
an Emergency CD.

However, don't fret, because if you use the Popup Boot Key
on your machine, with the two disks installed inside the
machine, you can boot the "clone" OS you keep on the backup
drive, then do a restore of an image on the "clone" disk,
over top of the now-not-running target disk.

BOOT Backup-drive-with-its-own-C =====SATA======= |
|Motherboard
Normal-system-drive-needs-help =====SATA==== |

If you have a Macrium CD, it looks like this.

Backup-drive-with-its-own-C =====USB2======= |
|
Normal-system-drive-needs-help =====SATA==== |Motherboard
|
BOOT Optical-drive-Macrium-CD ===========SATA==== |

The first diagram, requires removing the drive from the
USB enclosure and placing it inside the PC needing work
and using a SATA cable setup. If you have the Macrium CD,
notice how much less work is required with your screwdriver
set :-)


http://i68.tinypic.com/jagsch.jpg

What is a Windows PE rescue environment? I inserted
a DVD-RW then got this message:

http://i64.tinypic.com/mtmd05.jpg


I'm not sure a WinPE added to the drive-needing-maintenance
is all that much help. While they're inviting you to do that,
if the restore replaces the whole drive, won't the WinPE get
trashed ? I know it is RAM based, and "taking it out"
during restore probably doesn't hurt it, but it strikes
me as a bit risky. I've heard the Macrium environment
access the CD, after the entire environment is stored
in the ramdisk, so I don't know if a WinPE environment
would even make an access while the target disk was being
re-written.

Are you sure you don't have a Macrium CD ?

If you change Macrium versions (when enticed by the
dialogs to do that), do you make fresh emergency
boot media ? For example, if you go from Macrium 6
to Macrium 7, that's a good time to make a new CD.


I'm totally lost.

Robert


I'm sure you'll figure this out. You're a pro at
these now.

When doing what you're doing, I use diagram #2 above.
I have around half a dozen CDs now, with different
versions, and the Version 7 disc will restore
everything.

Paul





My fault, I forgot to boot from the Macrium Rescue CD
So I tried it again.... but this time I could not locate
the mrimg files because the drive wasn't highlighted. It
had every other drive except the one I needed. I went back
to re-check the path.

http://i66.tinypic.com/5uee5x.jpg

I tried again but the drive I was not accessible.

http://i64.tinypic.com/33l0706.jpg

http://i67.tinypic.com/2daxf8z.jpg

Also when restarting it gave me this message:

Windows 7
build 7601
This copy of Windows is not genuine.

So why isn't drive I accessible and why did I get the message
my Windows7 is not genuine. This is the first time I ever saw
such a message and I bought this Dell 8500 new and I have the
key codes and everything.

Thoughts/Suggestions?

Robert

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Old June 25th 19, 04:00 AM posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.general
J. P. Gilliver (John)[_4_]
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In message ,
Robert in CA writes:
[]
I'm OK at backups and creating Mrimgs but not restoring
(as I said I have never done this before)and none of what
I have seen is in your previous instructions you gave me.

[]
I still would like to understand the restore process in
case I ever need it. Yes, I was attempting to restore over
my existing partition where in your example you enlarged
the partition because it was a blank drive. So I did not
know how to proceed?

So are you and Macrium telling me I have to boot from my
rescue CD? I think I need a new set of instructions for


If you are making Macrium images (.mrimg files), then yes, you
definitely need to know how to restore from them ***having booted from a
Macrium CD***. If your hard drive dies, then - when you've bought its
replacement - you won't have a working Windows system to boot from, in
order to use the restore file.

If you haven't made a Macrium boot CD, make one. Now. It will fit on a
CD - doesn't need a DVD. (In fact it'll fit on a mini-CD - at least it
will for Macrium 5, and I _think_ it will for Macrium 6 and 7 too. I
like it on that as I feel it's less fragile, but you probably haven't
got a mini-CD blank to hand.)

It needs to be a Macrium CD - Windows recovery discs won't know what to
do with a .mrimg file.

Assuming you imaged your whole drive or at least partition C: plus any
hidden partitions, you don't need to worry about sizes - the restore
process will recreate C: and the hidden partitions at the size they
were. If the new disc is bigger than the old (which it may well be), you
can resize things to take advantage of that later (I think you can also
do it _during_ the Macrium restore process).

Make your Macrium CD, and make sure you know how to boot your system
from it (whether you have to change BIOS settings to alter boot
priorities, or just press a key at a certain point); you don't actually
have to _do_ the restore. This will prove (a) that you know how to boot
from a CD, (b) that you've made the CD properly.

(For what it's worth: I gather you've been making your .mrimg files from
within Windows. When I make my .mrimg files, I do it having booted from
the Macrium CD I made; not only do I feel happier doing it that way, it
also reassures me that the CD hasn't "gone bad", as CDs can do. I don't
want the time I find the CD has gone bad to be the time I really need it
to do a restore!)

this not previously covered. As you said part of it may
be risky, which is why I'm asking the questions.
Usually like when making Mrimgs I follow your step by step
instructions you gave me awhile back and I have no problems
but this is different and isn't matching the instructions
and there was no mention of a CD.


When you boot from the Macrium CD, you'll see it load a sort of Windows
(note: this takes longer than normal booting from HD), then load the
Macrium prog., which has two tabs - make images and restore from images.
(I forget which one comes up by default - restore I think.) Using either
option is fairly self-explanatory. It's probably best to have the drive
you've put the image file on, connected before you boot the system.

I do have a rescue media on a cd-rw that I created on 7-27-15
and also Dell Data Safe (4) disks on DVD-R disk from 10-3-16
and a Win7 Pro Master on DVD-RW (no date).


[It's probably best to use ISO dates - yyyy-mm-dd - when posting here,
or at least 4-digit years and the month in letters; I can guess what
your dates are, but your second date would to me mean the tenth of March
if I hadn't seen your first date.] I don't know what the 2015 CD will
be; I'm guessing that the Dell ones would be to restore the system to
factory settings, or maybe to how it was in 2016; and the Win7 one won't
know how to use your recent .mrimg file (I presume you made those in
2019) either.

Thoughts/suggestions,

Thanks,
Robert


Make - and test it works, you don't have to do an actual restore - the
*Macrium* CD, if you haven't already.
--
J. P. Gilliver. UMRA: 1960/1985 MB++G()AL-IS-Ch++(p)Ar@T+H+Sh0!:`)DNAf

[What's your guilty pleasure?] Why should you feel guilty about pleasure? -
Michel Roux Jr in Radio Times 2-8 February 2013
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Old June 25th 19, 04:03 AM posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.general
Paul[_32_]
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Robert in CA wrote:

I tried to get the pop-up to repeat on Outlook but it
doesn't show up. I then ran a Adwcleaner scan which
came up clean.

http://i65.tinypic.com/mj2yrn.jpg

However while doing this it popped up on Tinypic.

Robert


Your new symptoms might be explained, if there is
more than one disk drive inside the computer and
you're booting off your emergency hard drive
(which isn't infected or affected).

I doubt Avast has been cleaning up behind the scenes
or something. And I have to look for another reason
why the symptoms would change.

The other possibility, is you ran Adwcleaner more
than once, then on one of the runs "selected" an
item in the table of items and selected the "clean"
button after that. Perhaps that's when it got properly
removed or something.

*******

This is an example of restoring using the Macrium CD.
Since you're restoring over top of the target disk drive,
you'll be kinda "replacing like with like" in terms
of sizes and identifier numbers. The "content" of the
restore should be very similar to the disk you're about
to restore it to.

https://s9.postimg.cc/6mko7k7m5/Macrium_Restore_CD.gif

*******

This is the set of three example slide decks on Macrium.

https://postimg.cc/image/f664kgrzh/ Macrium6_Backup.gif

https://postimg.cc/image/soq5qlgrx/ Clone_Disk.gif

https://postimg.cc/image/458x0anpn/ Macrium_Restore_CD.gif

*******

If the Avast dialog about expired certificates shows up
again, it could be that Tinypic contacts advertising.com
when it presents an image or something (it's part of the
HTML or JS that gets downloaded). Why an advertising
tracking site would have an expired certificate is a bit
weird, as sites that earn money for these people, they
would normally take better care of the thing than that.

It's right that Avast should complain about such things,
but this wears thin after a while. The end-user cannot
exactly reach in and fix advertising.com . You could
put an entry in your HOSTS file I supposed, to redirect
the probe to 127.0.0.1, in which case Avast wouldn't see
the bad certificate issue, and the issue would go away.

I just want to make sure there are no more "scan results"
being presented, as they're the priority, running a
tight ship with no garbage in the browser. The fact
that advertising.com is being accessed, while interesting
and all, isn't as important if everything else is running
good. Personally, I'd try and trace that down, where that
comes from, but yesterday when trying to get Wireshark running,
I couldn't even get the replacement for winpcap to run
properly, and I couldn't even get a trace going. This
isn't the first time I've been stumped when using the
stupid Wireshark program. It's the fact they split
the package in two pieces, with the promiscuous receiver
code in one program (winpcap or npcap) while the display
portion of the program is Wireshark itself. It's good when
it works, but a curse when it doesn't. I had to try and
use TCPView instead, which isn't nearly as effective
(too hard to catch advertising.com if it is present).

Paul

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Old June 25th 19, 04:53 AM posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.general
J. P. Gilliver (John)[_4_]
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My apologies: ignore my post timed at xx:0:59 [xx may vary with timezone
where you are reading and with what newsreader] telling you to make the
Macrium CD if you haven't already; it crossed with your post below. I
know you _have_ made the Macrium CD. (Read on.)

In message ,
Robert in CA writes:
[]
My fault, I forgot to boot from the Macrium Rescue CD
So I tried it again.... but this time I could not locate
the mrimg files because the drive wasn't highlighted. It
had every other drive except the one I needed. I went back
to re-check the path.

http://i66.tinypic.com/5uee5x.jpg

I tried again but the drive I was not accessible.


Note that drive letters in a system booted from the Macrium CD will
almost certainly not be the same as those in a system running Windows
booted from the HD as usual. Identify which drive (partition, really) is
which by giving them volume names, and/or looking at the model numbers
(I see one of yours is WDC something), and/or looking at the capacities
and how full they are.

I presume the above is a screenshot of Macrium running under Windows;
you appear to be imaging three partitions from MBR Disk 1 (that's
physical disc, model number starting ST1000): a tiny (39 MB!, only 1K
used) one with no letter, a "RECOVERY" one with no letter (24G, 13½G
used), and "Win7 New" alias C:, of 907G, 142G used. You seem to be
putting the image on what Windows is calling partition I (which is
presumably not on the same physical disk; I can see from the
partially-obscured bit behind that you have a Disk 2 which is WDC
something. I don't know if that's the one with what Windows is calling
partition I on it).


http://i64.tinypic.com/33l0706.jpg


I can't see that image (-:


http://i67.tinypic.com/2daxf8z.jpg


That, I presume, is a camera shot of Macrium having booted from the
Macrium CD. You can see it's playing with the partition letters - for
example, the "RECOVERY" partition (which is one of those you would be
restoring from the image), which didn't have a letter when you made the
image, it has this time given the letter J, and the CD drive it has
given the letter K. I presume there are drive/partition letters G, F, E,
and D, at least, off the top of your window. One of those _should_ be
what was partition I: when you made the image. [That's another reason I
could give for booting from the CD even when _making_ the images: the
drive/partition letters are more likely to remain the same (though still
not what they are in Windows)!] If you try each in turn, hopefully on
one of them, it'll find the .mrimg file you made.


Also when restarting it gave me this message:

Windows 7
build 7601
This copy of Windows is not genuine.

So why isn't drive I accessible and why did I get the message


It is, I hope - Macrium is just not _calling_ it drive I, but another
letter. You'll know it's the right one, I hope, because you find the
relevant .mrimg file on it. (And possibly by its size, label [name], and
amount free.)

If you still don't find it, it's possible you need drivers, depending
where your drive with the image on actually is - is it over your
network? I just use an external drive connected via USB, which even
Macrium 5 finds without drivers. When the Macrium CD is booting, it does
ask me if I need certain drivers, and I say no; I presume Macrium 7 does
something similar.

my Windows7 is not genuine. This is the first time I ever saw
such a message and I bought this Dell 8500 new and I have the
key codes and everything.


I've never seen that message during a Macrium recovery. Anyway, looks
from the photograph as if the Macrium CD is working regardless of that
message.

Thoughts/Suggestions?

Robert

If you _do_ find the image file, it'll show you the partitions it
contains (presumably the same three you left ticked when you made the
image), and ask you which ones you want to restore - which will be all
of them.

Good luck!
--
J. P. Gilliver.

 




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