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Old 09-03-2005, 23:44   #15
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Re: An encounter with something nasty

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Originally Posted by Raistlin
"Sorry, this is gonna take longer than expected. The 789 Virus Infected Files (thank you Avast) and 389 Malicious Programs (thank you Ad-Aware) that were on your machine have corrupted the Windows install to such a degree that I'm going to have to rebuild it from scratch!"
You should have been on today's customer care course Communicating the problem to the user so that they understand that you're working with them to resolve the problem


Quote:
Originally Posted by Raistlin
Ah, just read the OS bit, ignore the system restore comments.

Safe Mode still stands, but if you're doing things remotely that could be.....tricky.....
F8. No F - F for foxtrot - at the top of the keyboard. Yes - that's it. Now hit that key repeatedly as soon as the computer starts - you've got to be quick. No - you've missed it. Let's try again but this time, hit the key much faster - like a woodpecker. HP restore utils? I think you've hit the F8 too soon. Let's try that again...
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