Re: Computer problem

From: Anne Vasquez (annevasquez_at_NOSPAMhotmail.com)
Date: 06/11/04 

Date: Fri, 11 Jun 2004 22:32:09 GMT

No, I don't think she loaned the camera to anyone. Supposedly the friend
had the computer "fixed", so who knows whether she actually did, or if this
is something new. I didn't know the memory cards in digital cameras could
carry viruses too!!

Anne

"14tonks" <mail.2.14tonks@recursor.net> wrote in message
news:2iu11iFrgelnU1@uni-berlin.de...
> If she can get any problems in the BIOS setup straightened out, then doing
a
> restore from a restore CD would reformat the drive and put on a clean new
> operating system, so that would fix things, yes. That's assuming she gets
> any BIOS problems straightened out and can then do a clean install, of
> course. If the computer was out on loan and came back with at least one
> nasty virus you know about, then that certainly raises the odds this is
some
> kind of pest at work. She didn't loan at the camera or its flash memory
as
> well, did she? A virus in the flash memory could easily have just been
> waiting for the camera to be hooked up to a computer again.
> --
>
> Sheila
> To reply to me, add the prefix real. to my address.
>
>
> "Anne Vasquez" <annevasquez@NOSPAMhotmail.com> wrote in message
> news:FVhyc.23221$eH1.10261459@newssvr28.news.prodigy.com...
> > Light begins to dawn... Using the restore disks wouldn't solve this
> > problem, would it? If not, then the whole thing makes more sense. This
> > computer had been on loan to a friend for quite some time, and while the
> > friend had the computer, it got a really nasty virus. I'm not sure how
> she
> > got it running again, but I wonder if it was still lurking somewhere
when
> my
> > daughter got the system back.
> >
> > Thanks for the info, Sheila. I'll pass it along to my daughter.
> >
> > Anne
> >
> > "14tonks" <mail.2.14tonks@recursor.net> wrote in message
> > news:2isbnjFpnpheU1@uni-berlin.de...
> > > If files disappeared from her hard drive, and her A: drive is now
> > > inoperative, I would certainly suspect a very nasty pest of some kind,
> > > possibly one that rewrites parts of the BIOS. I think this problem
may
> be
> > > one for the local computer shop. (If her AV may not be up to date,
> > > something tells me she doesn't have a record of her original CMOS
> settings
> > > either.) She could try entering setup and checking to see if the A:
> drive
> > > has simply been disabled there. If so, re-enabling it may allow her
to
> > use
> > > a rescue boot disk in the A: drive to clean things up. If essential
> > > operating system files were included in those disappearing files, she
> may
> > > end having to reinstall everything from backup, though, if she has a
> > backup,
> > > or rebuild from a reformatted disk if she doesn't.
> > > --
> > >
> > > Sheila
> > > To reply to me, add the prefix real. to my address.
> > >
> > >
> > > "Anne Vasquez" <annevasquez@NOSPAMhotmail.com> wrote in message
> > > news:ne6yc.7158$n65.6701@newssvr33.news.prodigy.com...
> > > > My daughter is having major problems with her computer, and I told
her
> > I'd
> > > > post a question here, since I know that the folks on SMT know all!
> > > >
> > > > When she plugged her digital camera into the USB port, she says she
> got
> > an
> > > > unknown error message, and files started disappearing. She rebooted
> and
> > > got
> > > > a strange-looking screen (green and white instead of the usual
colors
> in
> > a
> > > > Windows start-up screen) and the error message: MPR.exe has caused
an
> > > error
> > > > in MPRSERV.dll. MPR will now close. At that point, the computer
> shuts
> > > > down. It won't recognize her McAfee rescue disks, and she says it
> > doesn't
> > > > acknowledge her A: drive at all. She's used the digital camera many
> > times
> > > > with no problem, and she's running Windows ME.
> > > >
> > > > Virus? Spyware? Hardware problem? We're both clueless, although
it
> > > > wouldn't come as a huge surprise to me if her AV program isn't up to
> > date.
> > > >
> > > > Thanks for any ideas anyone can come up with!
> > > >
> > > > Anne
> > > >
> > > >
> > >
> > >
> >
> >
>
>

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