OpenEuphoria

Re: WARNING!

• Posted by Hawke <mdeland at NWINFO.NET> Oct 04, 1998
• 520 views

> Robert Craig wrote:
> I'm sure he'd get a free e-mail address from somewhere
> and come back in disguise.
if he hasn't already...

>If anyone wants to take legal action against
>Nate (i.e. his parents), let me know.
IMHO, at the very _least_, his parents should be informed.
this might convince his parents to remove his net
access from their end, thereby solving the above issue.

to those that have had files deleted by this program:
first:make a backup of all other files that contain
        data of 'worth'. anything with personal data,
        emails you want saved, address books, bookmarks,
        financial info, resume info, anything that has
        worth to you. get it safe.
second:if it deleted any windows files, you can safely
        reinstall windows from the setup disk, provided:
           1> you haven't installed ie4. to my recollection,
           there is an issue there.  only a complete windows
           removal before reinstall can deal with it.
           2>you are not running custom shells and wotnot.
        now, when i say reinstall here, i do not mean delete
        everything and reinstall. that is a removal/reinstall.
        that is different. you can simply run setup from the win9x
        disk and windows will ask you questions, tell it that
        you want to search for hardware yourself, and you want
        a custom install.  pick the hardware devices on the
        next screen that closely matches your system. under
        the custom settings, go thru each one, clicking additional
        info/settings for each and selecting the ones you like.
        this is the tricky part, because if you do not select
        something that you actually do have, setup in it's
        infinite wisdom will _uninstall_ that unselected item.
        take your time here... if you use outlook/microsoft mail,
        or any faxing from your machine, make sure you get
        those _selected_ in the setup. "i already have that,
        so i don't need to reinstall it" NO!... that is not
        how to think of this... ok? :) "i have that so i need
        to make sure it's selected" yes, that is how to think
        about this...
third: try to do this *BEFORE* (as someone was asking) you reboot!!!

we know that many of you may have problems from this point,
getting&sending email... if you post twice by accident, we
will only lynch you, not shoot you, but just for this week :)

if i can help, i'm here... least for a bit... --Hawke'