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Old February 1st 10, 06:38 PM posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.newusers,microsoft.public.windowsxp.hardware
French Quarter[_2_]
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Default Virus Ruined Hard Drive HP Media Center m7257c

Ken Blake, I brought it over to my neighbor who is a hard ware expert.
After the blue screen of death he read the error message and said it was a
virus. But I did not think to write the name down.

I used the HP restore options with destructive recovery but do not know how
the TATTOO was lost from the MOBO.

Hopefully GOOGLE will find a TATOO program

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Old February 1st 10, 06:38 PM posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.newusers,microsoft.public.windowsxp.hardware
French Quarter[_2_]
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Default Virus Ruined Hard Drive HP Media Center m7257c

Ken Blake, I brought it over to my neighbor who is a hard ware expert.
After the blue screen of death he read the error message and said it was a
virus. But I did not think to write the name down.

I used the HP restore options with destructive recovery but do not know how
the TATTOO was lost from the MOBO.

Hopefully GOOGLE will find a TATOO program

  #18  
Old February 1st 10, 06:50 PM posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.newusers,microsoft.public.windowsxp.hardware
VanguardLH[_2_]
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Default Virus Ruined Hard Drive HP Media Center m7257c

French Quarter wrote:

My neighbor's HP Media Center m7257c Desktop PC has a VIRUS.


And how do you know that?
  #19  
Old February 1st 10, 06:50 PM posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.newusers,microsoft.public.windowsxp.hardware
VanguardLH[_2_]
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Default Virus Ruined Hard Drive HP Media Center m7257c

French Quarter wrote:

My neighbor's HP Media Center m7257c Desktop PC has a VIRUS.


And how do you know that?
  #20  
Old February 1st 10, 06:53 PM posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.newusers,microsoft.public.windowsxp.hardware
Ken Blake, MVP
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On Mon, 1 Feb 2010 11:38:01 -0600, "French Quarter"
wrote:

Ken Blake, I brought it over to my neighbor who is a hard ware expert.
After the blue screen of death he read the error message and said it was a
virus. But I did not think to write the name down.



If your neighbor is an expert, get him to solve your problems. You
can't expect to get help here if you don't have information for us.


I used the HP restore options with destructive recovery but do not know how
the TATTOO was lost from the MOBO.

Hopefully GOOGLE will find a TATOO program


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Ken Blake, Microsoft MVP (Windows Desktop Experience) since 2003
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Old February 1st 10, 06:53 PM posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.newusers,microsoft.public.windowsxp.hardware
Ken Blake, MVP
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Default Virus Ruined Hard Drive HP Media Center m7257c

On Mon, 1 Feb 2010 11:38:01 -0600, "French Quarter"
wrote:

Ken Blake, I brought it over to my neighbor who is a hard ware expert.
After the blue screen of death he read the error message and said it was a
virus. But I did not think to write the name down.



If your neighbor is an expert, get him to solve your problems. You
can't expect to get help here if you don't have information for us.


I used the HP restore options with destructive recovery but do not know how
the TATTOO was lost from the MOBO.

Hopefully GOOGLE will find a TATOO program


--
Ken Blake, Microsoft MVP (Windows Desktop Experience) since 2003
Please Reply to the Newsgroup
  #22  
Old February 1st 10, 06:54 PM posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.newusers,microsoft.public.windowsxp.hardware
VanguardLH[_2_]
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Default Virus Ruined Hard Drive HP Media Center m7257c

French Quarter wrote:

Ken Blake, I brought it over to my neighbor who is a hard ware expert.
After the blue screen of death he read the error message and said it was a
virus. But I did not think to write the name down.

I used the HP restore options with destructive recovery but do not know how
the TATTOO was lost from the MOBO.

Hopefully GOOGLE will find a TATOO program


And what if you reboot into Windows' safe mode?

It's not likely that the BSOD screen is going to show anything that points
at a virus. You (or your neighbor) would have to look at the dump file but
then you can't boot into Windows to get at the dump file so just how did
your neighbor look at it?
  #23  
Old February 1st 10, 06:54 PM posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.newusers,microsoft.public.windowsxp.hardware
VanguardLH[_2_]
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Default Virus Ruined Hard Drive HP Media Center m7257c

French Quarter wrote:

Ken Blake, I brought it over to my neighbor who is a hard ware expert.
After the blue screen of death he read the error message and said it was a
virus. But I did not think to write the name down.

I used the HP restore options with destructive recovery but do not know how
the TATTOO was lost from the MOBO.

Hopefully GOOGLE will find a TATOO program


And what if you reboot into Windows' safe mode?

It's not likely that the BSOD screen is going to show anything that points
at a virus. You (or your neighbor) would have to look at the dump file but
then you can't boot into Windows to get at the dump file so just how did
your neighbor look at it?
  #24  
Old February 1st 10, 07:29 PM posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.newusers,microsoft.public.windowsxp.hardware
Elmo[_2_]
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Default Virus Ruined Hard Drive HP Media Center m7257c

French Quarter wrote:
Thank you Elmo Joe, I'm installing all those programs on a Bootable CD
and DVD.


Programs usually won't reinstall because of registry entries, and
software protection schemes. You CAN save the documents in "My
Documents", and possibly the address book, email folders etc..

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Joe =o)
  #25  
Old February 1st 10, 07:29 PM posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.newusers,microsoft.public.windowsxp.hardware
Elmo[_2_]
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Default Virus Ruined Hard Drive HP Media Center m7257c

French Quarter wrote:
Thank you Elmo Joe, I'm installing all those programs on a Bootable CD
and DVD.


Programs usually won't reinstall because of registry entries, and
software protection schemes. You CAN save the documents in "My
Documents", and possibly the address book, email folders etc..

--
Joe =o)
  #26  
Old February 1st 10, 07:32 PM posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.newusers,microsoft.public.windowsxp.hardware
David B.[_2_]
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Default Virus Ruined Hard Drive HP Media Center m7257c

How would a hardware expert know it was a virus just by reading a BSOD?
Being a hardware expert is a pretty limited field of expertise and would be
of no use diagnosing Windows blue screens.

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"French Quarter" wrote in message
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Ken Blake, I brought it over to my neighbor who is a hard ware expert.
After the blue screen of death he read the error message and said it was a
virus. But I did not think to write the name down.

I used the HP restore options with destructive recovery but do not know
how the TATTOO was lost from the MOBO.

Hopefully GOOGLE will find a TATOO program


  #27  
Old February 1st 10, 07:32 PM posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.newusers,microsoft.public.windowsxp.hardware
David B.[_2_]
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Default Virus Ruined Hard Drive HP Media Center m7257c

How would a hardware expert know it was a virus just by reading a BSOD?
Being a hardware expert is a pretty limited field of expertise and would be
of no use diagnosing Windows blue screens.

--


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"French Quarter" wrote in message
...
Ken Blake, I brought it over to my neighbor who is a hard ware expert.
After the blue screen of death he read the error message and said it was a
virus. But I did not think to write the name down.

I used the HP restore options with destructive recovery but do not know
how the TATTOO was lost from the MOBO.

Hopefully GOOGLE will find a TATOO program


  #28  
Old February 1st 10, 07:40 PM posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.newusers,microsoft.public.windowsxp.hardware
Leonard Grey[_3_]
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Default Virus Ruined Hard Drive HP Media Center m7257c

"Being a hardware expert is a pretty limited field of expertise and
would be of no use diagnosing Windows blue screens."

chuckle You've got /lots/ to learn about blue screen errors, buddy.
---
Leonard Grey
Errare humanum est

David B. wrote:
How would a hardware expert know it was a virus just by reading a BSOD?
Being a hardware expert is a pretty limited field of expertise and would
be of no use diagnosing Windows blue screens.

  #29  
Old February 1st 10, 07:40 PM posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.newusers,microsoft.public.windowsxp.hardware
Leonard Grey[_3_]
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Default Virus Ruined Hard Drive HP Media Center m7257c

"Being a hardware expert is a pretty limited field of expertise and
would be of no use diagnosing Windows blue screens."

chuckle You've got /lots/ to learn about blue screen errors, buddy.
---
Leonard Grey
Errare humanum est

David B. wrote:
How would a hardware expert know it was a virus just by reading a BSOD?
Being a hardware expert is a pretty limited field of expertise and would
be of no use diagnosing Windows blue screens.

  #30  
Old February 1st 10, 07:52 PM posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.newusers,microsoft.public.windowsxp.hardware
Daave[_8_]
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Default Virus Ruined Hard Drive HP Media Center m7257c

French Quarter wrote:
Thank you Rich Barry.

I tried the recovery partition.

Code Purple System Configuration Error

Your System has detected a Configuration Error. Please report this
error to Customer Care using the phone number found in the Warranty
Guide, etc.
(Code Purple)


This thread should help:

http://groups.google.com/group/micro...05dceaaf871d88


 




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