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Title: Laptop doesn't recognize any .exe files
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Published: Aug 13, 2011
Author: me
Post Date: 2011-08-13 15:54:59 by F.A. Hayek Fan
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My son has a Toshiba Satellite L305 laptop running Windows Vista. I don't know what he did but the system does not recognize .exe files, therefore no application works and I can't even reinstall Windows. I'm assuming he has a virus but cannot prove it since AVG won't run. I also tried to install Ubuntu, but the computer will not recognize the .exe file to open infra recorder. If anyone has any suggestions on how I can fix this problem I would appreciate it.
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#1. To: Buckeroo (#0)
ping!
I don't know if this will be any help to you or not but found it while searching for an answer to your specific problem. www.winhelponline.com/art...iation-fixes-for-Windows- Vista.html
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Have you tried rebooting the machine into safe mode as an Administrator to see if it does the same thing?
This link might help...
Yes, that did it! I can now run everything. I'm now doing a system restore from a couple of days ago just to make sure. Then I will run AVG and Ad-aware. If this is a virus I don't understand why my AVG didn't pick it up. It updates and runs everyday automatically. I'm still thinking of installing Ubuntu though. My son says he doesn't mind and it's supposed to be tons better than Vista.
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I would like to thank you all for helping me.
I think the best way of doing good to the poor, is not making them easy in poverty, but leading or driving them out of it. - Benjamin Franklin
Cool. Glad it helped.
Liberty is not a means to a higher political end. It is itself the highest political end. Lord Acton He (Gordon Duff) also implies that forcibly removing Obama, a Constitution-hating, on-the-down-low, crackhead Communist, is an attack on America, Mom, and apple pie. I swear these military people are worse than useless. Just look around at the condition of the country and tell me if they have fulfilled their oaths to protect the nation from all enemies foreign and domestic. The only difference between genius and stupidity is that genius has its limits. Albert Einstein
We use AVG at work but we also use McAfee and Kaspersky as well as Malware-bytes. It seems like AVG misses quite a few that the others catch.
I've got a Toshiba Satellite C655 running Windows 7 and Webroot antivirus along with Windows Defender and I've picked up two viruses/malware so far (Geek Squad fixed them at Best Buy) and I'm currently running at a restore point due to some current shenanigans until I can run it by Best Buy AGAIN. Hmmmm....
I'm going to put Ubuntu Linux on it so hopefully I won't have to worry too much about viruses anymore. That is IF I can find the damned temporary folder so that I can use the .iso file. It's not in the same place as Windows XP. It's starting to piss me off. LOL!
I think the best way of doing good to the poor, is not making them easy in poverty, but leading or driving them out of it. - Benjamin Franklin
Really? Hmm. I'll have to look into doing that for my desktop (running XP). I thought AVG was the best one out there. I may say the hell with it though and just put Ubuntu on it like I am my son's laptop.
I think the best way of doing good to the poor, is not making them easy in poverty, but leading or driving them out of it. - Benjamin Franklin
Just be sure that the AVG is updated. I just spent some time updating my '05 version. gak
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#2. To: F.A. Hayek Fan (#0)
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#3. To: F.A. Hayek Fan (#0)
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#4. To: F.A. Hayek Fan (#0)
"The real deal is this: the ‘royalty’ controlling the court, the ones with the power, the ones with the ability to make a difference, with the ability to change our course, the ones who will live in infamy if we pass the tipping points, are the captains of industry, CEOs in fossil fuel companies such as EXXON/Mobil, automobile manufacturers, utilities, all of the leaders who have placed short-term profit above the fate of the planet and the well-being of our children." - James Hansen
#5. To: James Deffenbach (#2)
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#6. To: All (#0)
#7. To: F.A. Hayek Fan (#5)
Yes, that did it!
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#8. To: F.A. Hayek Fan (#5)
#9. To: F.A. Hayek Fan (#0)
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#10. To: X-15 (#9)
I've got a Toshiba Satellite C655 running Windows 7 and Webroot antivirus along with Windows Defender and I've picked up two viruses/malware so far (Geek Squad fixed them at Best Buy) and I'm currently running at a restore point due to some current shenanigans until I can run it by Best Buy AGAIN. Hmmmm....
#11. To: bush_is_a_moonie (#8)
It seems like AVG misses quite a few that the others catch.
#12. To: F.A. Hayek Fan (#11)
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