Posted on 03/26/2017 4:52:39 PM PDT by WXRGina
YEP.
iMac desk top user since 2011.
Updates and help desk are free.
Don’t run it. oops
Windows, the Ford Taurus, Dancing with the Stars.... We’re all at the mercy of the majority.
Programs > Accessories > System Tools > System Restore
it will suggest the most recent entry point...or you can change it.
Yes, I’m computer literate about System Restore and many other things, but this one glitch was a new one on me.
And when it comes to binary there are only 10 type of people. Those who understand it and those who don’t.
I am running on a Dell PC (Core 2 Quad) running Windows 7 that I purchased as a refurb in 2011. The PC is actually 2009 vintage.
My approach to PC security is:
1. Turn on the Disk security and start up the restore point system.
2. Have 3 identical hard drives (they’re cheap now; I bought a 2TB WD drive for $59 on Amazon last week). It’s a Dell so the mother board will support RAID1.
3. Two hard drives get RAID1 and once every 2-3 weeks I open the box and hot swap one drive for the one I keep on the shelf.
4. If anything happens between backup swaps, I restore the system back 7 to 10 days to a point before the system went south.
5. If that doesn’t work I pop the good drive from the shelf into the system, erase the drives that are suspect and put one back in to restore the RAID.
I’ve been using this method for about 20 years and it has never failed me.
And don’t let anyone tell you MS Defender isn’t as good as Norton or the others. It’s as god or better as an anti-virus tool.
I'm just glad that in the end we didn't have to resort to some sort of witchery.
Delete the post? Naw...that would deny everyone too much fun.
There is a windows command which shifts the display orientation by 90 degrees or 180 degrees or even reverses a mirror image of it.
The VNC connections may be more idiomatic.
You may be more vulnerable using it at home than at work.
I would recommend reporting your symptoms to you work IT enterprise folks and see what security software and config settings they recommend for a safer connection.
They might not want you to connect to their system until it is better configured with an appropriate firewall and likewise for your system, a firewall they help configure may be appropriate.
When you reboot in Safe mode, you can do a System Restore. It might help. I do it from time to time.
I use PC Matic and LOVE it!
Oh yeah! I’ve had that happen many years ago with XP or WIN 98, can’t remember. After a lot of frustration, I finally figured it out.
Use the mouse and DRAG the whole tool bar back to the bottom. Hope this helps.
Right! My grandson accidentally hit those keys and my techie son went nuts. He’s never seen that before. He had to look it up himself.
I was about to help you, too.
Thanks, Concentrate, but this was not a relocation of the tool bar (which I've seen and dealt with before). This was a reorientation of the entire screen display and mouse control. What fixed it was the Ctr-Alt-Up Arrow keys that returned the display to the upright position, which is what I was advised to do by Rastus up in comments 5 & 6 here yesterday.
Dang, Laz! I wish I’d had the presence of mind to ask you yesterday, instead of posting this stupid “vanity” thread! I forgot you’re one of those IT types. :-)
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