[nfbcs] Corrupt User Profile

Fri May 16 21:08:35 UTC 2014

The thing is, when it comes to "debugging," that's not at all as easy as 
it used to be, especially for virus removal. Reinstallation of windows 
when you get a virus really is the best solution many times, as many 
viruses come with rootkits and the like, which you will never get out of 
your kernel. There are now viruses who are able to affect your BIOS, 
etc. A small problem like your task scheduler may just be that: a small 
problem, or it may be that there's something bigger going on that you 
are unaware of.

Finally, Microsoft's accessibility line really shouldn't be used for 
getting help just because you're blind. It's intent and purpose is to 
provide help on Accessibility, as it's name suggests and not tech 
support for blindies. I will agree that that cost is a bit insane, 
however. If you are unable to get task sched up and running though and 
they guarantee a fix or money back, it might be worth your money if you 
need a good system. I've never had system hangs with my Desktop, 
although every system I seem to get seems to have it's own querks. This 
will lock sometimes, but it's usually due to firefox or Flash which i 
just disabled.

On 5/16/2014 5:03 PM, Mike Freeman via nfbcs wrote:
> Steve:
>
> I completely agree with you. We used to debug running systems and fix
> problems. Now although community forums often list some steps to solve
> problems, seldom do I observe techies with enough knowledge to actually go
> in there and fix things.
>
> For example, although I can still take system image backups, the normal
> scheduled backups are kaput because the Task Scheduler service won't run --
> or, more exactly, if I restart the service, it stops immediately. Yet few
> suggestions come to mind beyond doing a "sfc /scannow" or similar stuff and
> if that fails, reinstall or do a Repair Reinstall on Windows. I'm convinced
> it's a simple problem but one can't find a tech guru who will do things the
> old-fashioned way and actually debug what's wrong and fix *only* the
> messed-up components or files.
>
> I don't want to reinstall Windows because I have everything working just
> about exactly as I want (including reducing those pesky system hangs to a
> bare minimum) and don't want to start from scratch doing it all over again.
>
> Perhaps I'll try Microsoft's Accessibility Line but when I tried it the
> other day, as soon as I indicated it wasn't an accessibility issue, I got to
> some gal who said for only $149.95 or thereabouts, they'd work with tools to
> solve the problem. Nuts!
>
> Mike Freeman
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: nfbcs [mailto:nfbcs-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Steve Jacobson
> via nfbcs
> Sent: Friday, May 16, 2014 1:36 PM
> To: NFB in Computer Science Mailing List
> Subject: Re: [nfbcs] Corrupt User Profile
>
> I don't know if there is a moderator besides Dave, but I do know it is not
> me.  The title of this list reflects that it is associated with the National
> Federation in Computer Science division, but the focus of the division has
> changed over the last thirty years.  We were at one time strictly computer
> professionals who came together to figure out how we could program more
> efficiently.  Over perhaps the last fifteen years or so, though, we have
> becomd much more involved in accessibility although we still try to work out
> problems of employment in the computer field as well.  In some cases, we are
> better able to understand some of the technology involved with making
> software accessible that gives us the ability to make constructive
> suggestions.  Anyway, I don't think we do want to turn into a tech support
> list, but I have also found when moderating that the arguments that always
> arise once people start saying something is off-topic always exceed the
> number of off topic messages being discussed.  It is almost an absolute
> rule.
>
> I find it interesting that the technical people that he paid didn't figure
> this out.  A corrupt user profile isn't an accessibility problem, and
> microsoft's disability help line  really should not have had to solve it in
> my opinion.  This is one reason I am so skeptical of people reinstalling
> Windows as the general solution to so many different problems without
> knowing what the problm was.
>
> best regards,
>
> Steve Jacobson
>
> On Fri, 16 May 2014 08:57:08 -0700, Gabe Vega via nfbcs wrote:
>
>> believe it or not Tylor, we actually agree on one topic. it is odd that
>> although this is a Comp Sci list we talk
> more about tech support issues and the most simplistic and basic topics that
> no where near cover the topics in a computer science field I ever heard of.
> and to be honest what bothers me as well is that the original poster has no
> i.t. background he is just a gentleman looking for free tech support on the
> NFBCS list. so are we all now like free tech support providers if we want to
> stay subscribed on this list? as far as I knew peter is a marketing business
> owner of sorts and has no business on this list.
>
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>> On May 15, 2014, at 6:21 PM, Littlefield, Tyler via nfbcs
> <nfbcs at nfbnet.org> wrote:
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>>> 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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