Posts by Brandon Morris3

I was trying to get Microsoft Security Essential up and running, but I keep hitting this wall where the installer claims my Windows isn't genuine. Does anyone know how to fix this? I've heard it's actually a pretty solid antivirus right now...

Joshua Garcia3 said:Are you actually positive that Windows 7 on that DVD is even bootable? 🙂

How am I supposed to tell if the disc is bootable? I've already burned three different versions of Windows—I set the boot device to the CD-ROM, then the second hard drive, then the floppy, and hit reset to try and force it to boot... but nothing happens. It just boots straight into my old OS like I didn't even touch anything. 😕

driftingnomad68 said:I'm glad 🙂

Just try to be a bit more careful about the software you're installing from now on.
If you've got legitimate Windows licenses, a solid free antivirus like Microsoft Security Essentials is plenty.
Beyond that, there are plenty of other free options that work on all versions of Windows—people have been raving about Comodo lately, and you've always got AVG or others to consider, so just do some digging.
If you can't swing paying for AV software (which isn't even that expensive, especially if you grab multi-device licenses), then free tools are the right way to go. It's definitely better than messing around with cracked versions of paid software. 🙂

I get that, but the keygen was infected by Malwarebytes' Anti-Malware—which is actually a great program to use when I boot my PC into Safe Mode to run scans. Right now I'm using NOD32, though I used to run Essential too. ....... xxxxxxx let's not go there xxxxxxx 🙂 🙄
And I'm running into another issue with these Windows installs—whenever I'm playing something like bfbc2, the screen and audio will just suddenly freeze up. It’s not just a simple stutter either; there’s this loud buzzing sound, and nothing responds—not Task Manager, not the Windows key, nothing. The only way out is a hard reset. 😕

driftingnomad68 said:http://www.sevenforums.com/tutorials...e-restore.html

Thanks, I managed to get it fixed. Cheers. 🙂 😁 👍 👍 🙂

Joshua Garcia3 said:Just ditch that Norton, or just run a System Restore back to when things were actually working properly. 🙂

Yeah, sure, but what's the point? I already ran a restore back to a date before I even installed that Norton junk—I even did a full scan and wiped everything out—but this issue is still hanging around like a bad smell..

I was messing around with some antivirus software—honestly, I had this nagging feeling it was just a glorified keygen virus, but I went ahead and ran it anyway. Finished the install, gave the computer a quick reboot, and now my desktop icons are completely messed up. They've all changed to these weird, wrong ones

http://img17.imageshack.us/img17/9717/35809536.png

If anyone knows how to fix this, please help me out. I might have made things worse by accident, since I was busy nuking a few programs just a few minutes before this happened 😕🙏