[Njtechdiv] trouble with an old PC

Tue Sep 6 12:21:14 UTC 2016

it sounds like the XP machine has a virus or some other malware.  you might 
also scan with your antivirus and if you use it malware bytes.  had a 
situation where internet explorer couldn't open the address bar and when I 
tried to go to the same site on firefox a voice came on warning me that I 
might have a virus call the number shown.  Oh No I don't Huh?  scanned with 
defendor and clean but malware bytes scanned and that killed that little 
whatever it was.

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   1. Trouble with an old PC (Tracy Carcione)
   2. Re: Trouble with an old PC (Andy)

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Date: Mon, 5 Sep 2016 10:43:49 -0400
From: "Tracy Carcione" <carcione at access.net>
To: "'New Jersey Technology Division List'" <njtechdiv at nfbnet.org>
Subject: [Njtechdiv] Trouble with an old PC
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I have an old Windows XP PC which I still sometimes use because my old
scanner works well with it.  I would happily connect my old scanner to my
new PC, but the manufacturer doesn't have a new driver for it.  They want to
force me to buy a new scanner, which annoys me on principle.

Anyway, my old XP PC won't go to the desktop anymore.  It's trying to load
some file that ends in "calling card", and, when that fails, it disables the
start/Windows key, and won't go to the desktop.  Does anyone know how to get
around this?  If I could get to the desktop, or the start menu, I could run
antivirus and kill the file causing the problem.

Or do I have to give up, throw the old machine out, and buy a new scanner?

Thanks.

Tracy

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Date: Mon, 5 Sep 2016 11:25:08 -0400
From: Andy <guitarwizandy at optonline.net>
To: New Jersey Technology Division List <njtechdiv at nfbnet.org>
Subject: Re: [Njtechdiv] Trouble with an old PC
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You could do this:
Ctrl+Escape opens up the start menu.  You can then escape, and tab your way 
from there to the desktop.

> On Sep 5, 2016, at 10:43 AM, Tracy Carcione via Njtechdiv 
> <njtechdiv at nfbnet.org> wrote:
>
> I have an old Windows XP PC which I still sometimes use because my old 
> scanner works well with it.  I would happily connect my old scanner to my 
> new PC, but the manufacturer doesn?t have a new driver for it.  They want 
> to force me to buy a new scanner, which annoys me on principle.
> Anyway, my old XP PC won?t go to the desktop anymore.  It?s trying to load 
> some file that ends in ?calling card?, and, when that fails, it disables 
> the start/Windows key, and won?t go to the desktop.  Does anyone know how 
> to get around this?  If I could get to the desktop, or the start menu, I 
> could run antivirus and kill the file causing the problem.
> Or do I have to give up, throw the old machine out, and buy a new scanner?
> Thanks.
> Tracy
>
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