[nfbcs] Corrupt User Profile

[John Heim via nfbcs]

So you don't think that a message about how a corrupt Windows profile 
can look like a virus is comp sci? I don't know. Seems right on topic to me.



On 05/15/14 20:21, Littlefield, Tyler via nfbcs wrote:
> I'm sorry to jump in here.
> When I first joined this list, it looked like computer science and I 
> thought this could be cool: discussions of web development, website 
> accessibility and whatever else falls under CS. I've been unable to 
> really reespond to much lately, but it seems it's been turned into 
> Peter's daily computer troubles updates with constant requests for 
> help and notes about sheling out insane amounts of money and beating 
> people back from daring to open internet connections.
>
> So, I'm curious: 1) Was I wrong in my assumption of what this list was 
> for? If not, is there a list that is actually for CS? This constant 
> updating is a lot of clutter to dig through to try to read good tidbits.
> Thanks,
> On 5/15/2014 9:14 PM, Peter Donahue via nfbcs wrote:
>>
>> Good evening everyone,
>>
>>    I'm happy to report that Mary's computer works normally again. I 
>> spent 3 hours on the phone with Microsoft this afternoon 
>> troubleshooting the problem. Their disability services department was 
>> wonderful in helping me solve this issue. After performing several 
>> different scans some of which needed to be done in safe mode they 
>> figured out that the problem was not a virus or a trodjan but a 
>> corrupt user profile. The technician created a new user profile for 
>> that machine and set as the default for when the machine is 
>> restarted. Computer and the other programs that were effected by the 
>> corruption are running as usual.
>>
>>    Thanks to Microsoft we won't need to send that computer to the 
>> shop and can spend our money on an in-house file storage solution. 
>> Thanks for everyone's ideas and suggestions.
>>
>> Peter Donahue
>>
>>
>>
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