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More info?)
Thank you, I do have automatic updates selected and do go in to the hp web
site. I also have spyware and Norton. though a couple of times Norton has
advised me they removed a backdoor trojan? I will do another scan and yes,
I did do the install cd's when purchsed computer a month ago. Appreicate
your assistance .
"Jay Williams" <jay@jwilliamslaw.com> wrote in message
news:wjaOd.3$DG5.1@lakeread07...
> Yeah, I think I know what is going on. Assuming you did a re-install of
> the
> operating system, not just IL-2 and the whole system is affected, not just
> IL2
>
> You actually installed one of those "Microsoft Updates" from an email you
> got.
> Here's the bad news... MS doesn't notify you by email of updates. Ever.
> Never has. Never will. THEY ARE ALL VIRUSES... EVERY ONE. To update you
> either have to have automatic updates selected, respond to a prompt that
> the
> updates are there (if not selected) or visit the microsoft update web
> site.
>
> So, here's the deal. You've got a virus. It looks like it just wants to
> play games. Buy and run a good virus scanner. Everybody has their
> favorite. I use Norton.
>
> If you are like most people that bought a pre-made HP, Dell, etc., your
> re-install is probably on another partition of your disk and may have been
> infected as well. Try the virus scanner first and see if that clears it
> up.
> Try some anti-spyware software as well. As a last resort, use the install
> CDs (if you have them... You did go ahead and make install CDs, didn't
> you? - usually from the info that's on that other partition (I've got a
> few
> HP systems I bought recently... They don't come with re-install disks,
> you
> have to create them from the data on the D partition).
>
> Also try calling the company tech support. With luck, you'll get someone
> who actually has met someone who speaks your language as a native tongue.
> Ask them if they have any ideas. Maybe they will send you some re-install
> disks.
>
> This isn't one of those monitors that has a swivel so it can be viewed in
> landscape or portrait mode is it? (never bought one, never could figure a
> use for one, but they do make them). Did you swing it all the way round
> so
> it's upside down? (didn't think so)
>
> "DR" <duklvr@tekstar.com> wrote in message
> news:u7aOd.85$q3.7613@news7.onvoy.net...
>> I was playing IL 2 Forgotton battles for a number of weeks. I did an
> upload
>> on a driver (one of these that are posted in an email and you do
>> automatically for those of us who don't know what we are doing) Anyhow
> when
>> I went to play, my screen (the whole game ) appeared upside down on the
>> monitor. Repetitive trys and the same happened. So I figured I would do
>> a
>> complete and new install and had hoped that would fix it. Still the
>> same,
>> everything is upside down. Anyone know what is going on? This is
>> frustrating as heck. Thank you
>>
>> --
>> Ras
>>
>>
>
>
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