This is what my posts look like when I’m too busy actually working to do a lot of deep contemplation.
I fixed a Vista laptop being passed from elder to younger relative. Simple answer: First, unlock the Administrator account. Kill the previous user account and delete all the files. That’s where most of the virus and malware infections were hiding. Then create a new account for the new owner and lock the Administrator account back up. But not before running a bunch of scanners and removal tools and turning off services no one needs. If something refuses to uninstall, drop into Safe Mode and simply delete whole directories where the stuff resides, then use a Registry cleaner to break any links left over. Then defrag — it easily takes 18 hours on a Vista machine that hasn’t been defragged before. Install good free software and make sure the settings favor privacy, with addons that help (Adblock, Ghostery, etc.)
It actually runs half-way fast now.
Lots of people are getting hit with Conduit. It’s almost like a Trojan, pulling in other, nastier stuff. Malwarebytes gets most of it, but you still need a tool like CCleaner to clear associated installs and clear the Registry. You also really need to kill the cache regularly on Vista, as I noted in a previous post some weeks back.
I do it because I like people and enjoy poking at computers. I hate Windows, but I’m willing to mess with it because some folks can’t imagine computer use with it. Such is life.
I did make it to the gym and during that ride out and through the workout itself I thought about how Obamacare had two main purposes. One was to empower the health care insurance industry and associates. The other was to ensure Americans suffer yet another woe on top of a trashed economy and oppressive government: Now we can be forced to accept torturous medical care that does nothing but kill us off sooner. I suppose it’s one of the reasons God prompted me to get as fit as possible, and to keep pushing these two years later because I have to maintain what I got. It was not a simple matter of lifting weights and going for a run or ride. There are complications in my joints, but I’m still at it and not giving up. Honestly, I don’t have a simple goal. It’s just get as fit as possible. Seems to me the less obvious meaning is have no reason for medical care.
While it’s obvious the dominant power behind this Obamacare is the money and power, but I feel certain there’s a few folks cackling with glee at the prospect of added suffering and earlier deaths.
To some degree, I’m doing what I can to make computers fit, as well. I want folks to have healthy computers because the Internet is currently our one and only way to get around all the lies and sneaky efforts to kill us off and keep us from learning truth from each other. I suppose there will come a day when folks will stop asking me to fix Windows and start installing alternatives that aren’t so easily ruined.
