[AT] Need help no internet connection

Mike M meulenms at gmx.com
Sat Apr 9 15:55:22 PDT 2016


Lately I've found that a job that takes an hour involves 15 minutes of 
work and 45 minutes of looking for stuff.

Mike M


On 4/9/2016 6:39 PM, Cecil Bearden wrote:
> Usually they will come out when you bring the new one you bought out
> into the shop.
> Cecil in OKla
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> On 4/9/2016 9:14 AM, Len Rugen wrote:
>> I needed to take the hitch plate of my IH H drawbar, it has been on for years so I got out the 3/4" drive ratchet and 1 1/8 socket.  After I got it off, I sat the ratchet with socket on a box while I put the plate under a shelf.  I knocked the ratchet off, the socket came off and shot off to parts unknown.  That was last week, I found the socket this morning....
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>> Len Rugen
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>> rugenl at yahoo.com
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>>       On Saturday, April 9, 2016 8:19 AM, Thomas O Mehrkam <tmehrkam at sbcglobal.net> wrote:
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>>    That is the worse thing about getting old.  I know where all my tools
>> are.  They are in my shop.  That being said I spend 90% of my time
>> looking for them. :-{
>>
>> I did better in my younger days when everything was stored on one big
>> carry around tool box.  I would just dump it on the ground and find my
>> tools right away. Of course I did not need two sets of everything in
>> Metric and English sizes.
>>
>>
>> On 4/9/2016 7:29 AM, Richard Fink Sr wrote:
>>> Cecil you may want to be careful if you learn any of that computer
>>> stuff, if you learn more you will ether have a exploded head or some of
>>> what you learned will disappear like where the tools or tractors are. lol
>>> R Fink Sr
>>> PA
>>>
>>> On 4/8/2016 10:45 PM, Cecil Bearden wrote:
>>>> I got my computer fixed today.  A good friend's wife does website work
>>>> and recommended an ex federal agency IT person.  It took him about 3
>>>> hours and $100 later, I had it back..  Only thing wrong later was my
>>>> cordless keyboard and mouse would no longer work.  I had an older model
>>>> that was brand new from a thrift store.  Only the mouse would work.  I
>>>> connected a wired keyboard I used to use....
>>>>
>>>> A web command file was imbedded in the filezilla program from a
>>>> non-official site.  I did not pay a lot of attention when I searched on
>>>> Google for filezilla.  I used the first site on the list.  I noticed
>>>> that this is not the official site on a lot of searches.  I will be
>>>> much more careful next time.
>>>>
>>>> I thought I should let you all know what caused all this.  I really
>>>> appreciate all the help.  I wish I was more knowledgeable on computers
>>>> and internet.  However, at this stage in life, I don't think I want to
>>>> get confused with more stuff to remember...    I have enough trouble
>>>> remembering where tools and equipment are.
>>>>
>>>> Cecil in OKla
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
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>>>>
>>>>
>>>> On 4/8/2016 5:19 PM, Ken Knierim wrote:
>>>>> For serious viral infections you may want to look at:
>>>>> http://pcsupport.about.com/od/system-security/tp/free-bootable-antivirus-software.htm
>>>>>
>>>>> I've had good luck with the AVG download. Download an ISO image, burn a CD
>>>>> from it, boot the infected computer off the CD and run the linux based
>>>>> virus scan. It clobbers all manner of stupid stuff and since it runs linux
>>>>> remotely, chances are real low that any virii will get past the scan alive.
>>>>> It does ask for some connectivity information so it can call home and get
>>>>> the latest virus info, but will work without it and if you've got a virus
>>>>> older than a few months, it'll be in there.
>>>>>
>>>>> Go here for the actual download:
>>>>>
>>>>> http://www.avg.com/us-en/download.prd-arl?ECID=af:cj
>>>>>
>>>>>       It's clobbered several virii for us that looked like bad hardware (drives,
>>>>> motherboards). It also has a memtest (at least on some versions?) in case
>>>>> you want to test the mainboard or memory. Poor man's toolbox of sorts.
>>>>>
>>>>> Hope this helps.
>>>>>
>>>>> Ken in AZ
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> On Thu, Apr 7, 2016 at 12:13 PM, Ron Cook <ron at lakeport-1.com> wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>> Steve.
>>>>>>           Thanks for that info.  I can try that.  Can't hurt and might help.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Ron Cook
>>>>>> Salix, IA
>>>>>>
>>>>>> On 4/7/2016 11:22 AM, Steve W. wrote:
>>>>>>> Ron Cook wrote:
>>>>>>>> A  few months ago I downloaded a file from filezilla and I can no longer
>>>>>>>> use that computer.  Constantly pops up various windows that cannot be
>>>>>>>> closed.  Cecil may have a different thing going on, but you will never
>>>>>>>> find me going to that filezilla site again.  I could not go back to
>>>>>>>> restore as my HD has bad areas.  That hard drive will be replaced.  Most
>>>>>>>> of my important files were backed up, thankfully.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Ron Cook
>>>>>>>> Salix, IA
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Ron, If you have another machine there are a few things you might try
>>>>>>> first.
>>>>>>> Download copies of Spybot and MalwareBytes. Both can be set up to run
>>>>>>> off a bootable USB stick.
>>>>>>> Run them and let them kill the infection. Should enable you to run the
>>>>>>> machine enough to get any other needed files.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
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