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I’ve just got an old Dell 8100… but my dad’s is really nice.
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1- Yep.
I’m dealing with three computers at the moment. One shuts down on you without warning if you use anything that requires flash. Or if you breathe too hard near it. One shuts down on you if you have too many windows open. And one doesn’t shut down on you, but it runs slower than molasses in January uphill.
That rant out of the way, I am also working as the computers counselor in a day camp near me! I get a whole roomful of computers to fiddle around with!
2-cool.
I have a MacBook.
I got a new Compaq two days ago.
There’s been an article in our school’s newspaper about a new, more “green” computer than costs $100. Has anyone heard about it?
My dad recently splurged on a new PC. It’s a Dell Inspiron 530 with Intel Core2 Duo CPU with 2 gig RAM and 32-bit Vista. It’s great to be able to spend less than 20 minutes waiting for MB to load.
5- which $100 Green PC?
5- Yes, obviously…
8-Oh, cut it out.
My old computer once took half an hour (no exageration. I timed it) to a)save file A, b)close file A and c) open file B.
twas a nightmare.
9- Cut it out? I DID read the paper.
I actually have three computers…the two aformentioned laptops, and a computer so old it runs on windows 98 as it’s highest operating system. It actually does MS-DOS if you tell it to. it sucks.
5- Yes. you are either thinking of:
Enano’s small environmentally green computer, priced at $1000+
or
One Child Per Laptop’s green colored laptop full of amazingness.
If you guys have old computers that don’t run, you should try light linux operating programs, like Puppy. Might run better.
My old computer shut down randomly and gets stuck 50 times in 5 minutes. I was trying to play a game, and it took 1 hour to load it.
but now I have a new one, that is much faster.
13- Linux= Disaster.
11-Yeah, but as far as I know you’re the only one here who has access to it.
My mom has an HP, and my dad has some kind of laptop, and I have a gateway laptop.
I can actually get on the internet with my laptop at my dad’s house because he has wireless internet.
Macs?
I’ve got
threefour computers: My mom’s fairly old Windows 98 Dell Who-Knows-What, My Vista HP Computer of Awesomeness, our Old Busted Lousy-Excuse-For-A-Computer, and my dad’s laptop (which only he uses so I didn’t count at first).I want a laptop, but then again I’m fine with my Computer of Awesomeness.
wow. you’re lucky. I’ve just got the following operating systems:
the old warhorse Windows 98.
Windows XP Media Center Edition.
Windows XP Home premium on my own.
I have no computer/s. My mom, however, has two. She has a Mac OS X and a Mac Laptop of some new-ish sort. Due to back trouble, however, she has to use the Laptop. So, I get to use the OS X!
21- Yes! Is it OS X Tiger, Panther, Or Leopard. Is it intel of PPC?
I have an old hand-me-down iBook G4. It’s slow and dying, but it does its main job okay — word processing for school.
23- iBook G4s (All G4 and G5, Really) are Good Wordprocessing machines. I’m looking to find a old G3 Clamshell.
I recently got a decent secondhand Dell laptop. It runs great, but there is no disc drive and it can’t connect to the internet, so I can only use it for Microsoft Word and for file storage. For internet I have to use the family computer. It’s an eMachine. NEVER NEVER NEVER BUY AN EMACHINE! It’s running now, but if I add any new programs to it, it will die because supposedly it has less memory than my iPod! I would love a newer computer, but for now I’m just grateful to have reliable internet access at a reasonable speed.
When we finally upgrade the family comp, would it be better to get a Mac or a PC?
I have the same thing as Pan, but one of the USB ports stopped working and my dad says that the hard drive could die at any moment. I really should save my stuff, but all of it could be reconstructed in much better ways if necessary, so I haven’t.
25 – Get a PC. Macs are better quality, but they’re compatible with much fewer programs. Whereas the PC is compatible with nearly everything, even if it isn’t as good as the Mac.
25- What would it be used for? Anything special, or simply internet/word processing?
22-It’s on Leopard!
Computors?
I’ve got one of those.
Duh. *headdesk*
We have Windows Vista. On both out desktop and laptop.
I have a Toshiba that was handed down to me from a friend. It’s in wonderful shape, although at the moment it is telling me it has a virus, and acting rather stranger than normal…..poop. My violin teacher’s husband might be able to fix it though, she said to bring it over so he could take a look at it.
I mostly se it for iTunes, MuseBlog, email and a few other forums that I’m on, and finding stuff about history…..heehee.
I’ve just got W. XP…..sad…
25- iMac with 2 Gigs of RAM.
27- Not True! You can run what ever you need on it. There is a lot of Freeware and Sharewhere, and open-source stuff. It comes with 90% of what you need. The few things that aren’t available are Anti-Virus (Another Plus!) and Small busness.
Macs= Home use.
28 – Internet, word processing, iTunes, photos, bittorrent…everything, I guess, since it’d be the only internet-compatible comp in the house.
35- iTunes is much better on OS X. iPhoto is good, Macs have a much better Browser (Safari is better then IE, But worse then Firefox). Word and Pages. Bittorrent… Eh… Why use something illegal. (Sorry, but there is a lot of illegal stuff there. Macs do have good clients, tho, I don’t know any.
What else?
Make you own Podcasts with GarageBand.
Photo Booth= Funny Pictures.
Time Machine= Easy Backup!
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If you get a Mac, Get a iMac. or a MacBook. the rest of the line is to high end for your needs.
Meh. I have an ancient Dell laptop. You know, the kind that has no buisness being out of school, and yet it’s there. I normally use my mom’s highspeed downstairs, but there are times when I need to check up on some important information online and she’s busy with work stuff. *groan* The backspace key doesn’t work, and neither do the numbers or the !@#$%^&*()s. Except for 5 and 6. THEY work. *groan*
33- Wow. I feel sorry for you.
37-That’s awful! 5656565656565656565656
37 – That sucks. 12347890 !@#$%^&*() There you go, copy and paste!
I have Windows 2000 and a gigantic clunky old monitor and a very fast new gigantical amount of space computer.
But I have to share it with my 8 year old brother.
39/40- Thank you for your sympathy! And the copypaste numbers are very helpful, Turquoise.
-40 Windows 2000? I used to have ME on my laptop. (that was a loooong time ago) until I finally go XP, which serves my purposes.
35- If it’s affordable, a Mac would be easier, and more secure.
I agree with post 36. And if you ever need software, ask here. I know a lot of good opensource programs that are compatible with everything.
Just an observation:
Some people complain that Macs/Linux computers are harder to use, but that’s like someone complaining that Esperanto is harder than English. If you’re fluent in one thing, of course it’ll be easier!
Linux is harder to use. I was trying to install google earth, and you have to do it via the terminal.
in order of easyness:
Mac>Windows>linux.
I can hardly use a windows computer after a year on macs.
I think I’m going to get myself a new laptop sometime. *dashes off to savings account* (aka the old shoebox in my closet)
Hmmmmm… $241.67 (mostly in quarters, by the way). *goes off to check the prices on various laptops*
45- the low-end low-end ASUS eeePC is about $50 more then you have. it’s low-end.
anyone having troubles with shrinking comment boxes? try downloading Firefox 3.0.1 it’s soooo much better.
41 – You’re welcome!
Internet Explorer is, according to my dad, “only safe to use to download another browser.”
Random quote of the day.
48- true dat.
My dad’s a computer science professor, so we have 5 different Mac laptops of varying sorts (although my dad will point out that 3 of them actually belong to his university).
My Aunt wants to get that new laptop, you know the thinnest one. I think it’s called the Mac Air? It looks pretty cool, but I have no use for a laptop, except for writing stories (I can do that in a notebook) or poems or songs. And I can’t write my music on a computer now can I? Well, except for that new software where you can compose music now…. but I like to do it the regular way. Plus, it’s more fun when you just think of a random tune that sounds good, and you write it down, earse stuff add stuff, play it, add more, play it again. You know.
51- MacBook Air.
We got a Mac, a Mac, oh yeah oh yeah oh yeah…
What kind, muselover?
Macs rule!!!!!
who here has one or more in their house?
the commercials are funny too!
55 – We have 5 in our house
I’ve just got a E1705 Dell Inspiron PC.
55-My house has a mac!
55-Macs!
54- Just an iMac (the cheapest kind). It’s awesome, though! On my dad’s he keeps the record of every customer he’s had for 6 years!
60- iMacs are very good computers. the cheapest mac is a mac mini.
I have a ThinkPad 560Z. There are three others kicking around the house. It’s slow but not ridiculously slow (<3 min).
My father has a dual core Dell something or other. It is awesomeness, but I’m not allowed near it. Me and my mother share a Dell something three or four years old compy. A fileserver in the basement(a laptop connected to a TB hd) and assorted other laptops and boxes. Most are triple or quad boot…
51- Finale NotePad?
I mean, the cheapest GOOD Mac.
who thinks is better: Macs or PCs?
65- PC
65 – Macs rock.
67- How so? Unless I’m mistaken, they run very little software, so their uses are limited at best.
68- name a program.
69- What do you mean?
70- You said that macs run very little software. If you name a program you use on windows that I can’t find a replacement or the Same app, on the Mac, I’ll Concied that macs can not run a lot of software. you have three tries.
The Mac ads rock. I don’t know much about the actual computers, though.
Oi, i have a question for all the FireFox users out there….
I’m using it right now (I usually do) but there is no address bar. It’s rather hard to use, and very disconcerting, is anyone else having the same problems?
68 – As a matter of fact, they can run Microsoft Office. Not to mention, every Mac has iLife, a really cool program for movies, websites, music, and so on.
72 – Yes, they do. The computers themselves are actually very good, on the ads page, look below for a list of features of the mac.
68 – And another thing – how many times has a program on your PC locked up or crashed?
IS ANYONE ELSE HAVING PROBLEMS WITH FIREFOX?????
(76) What kind of problems? And do you have Firefox 3? (It just came out in June.)
(76) My new version of Firefox crashed yesterday.
77~ My version of Firefox has no address bar, no back and forth buttons, and no search box. I think that’s it, but I’m not sure.
Yesterday when I started up the computer and clicked on the Firefox icon it said that I could either continue with its current version or I could download the new one. Being a procrastinator, I clicked on “do it later” and it informed me that the next time I started Firefox it would download the new version. All fine and dandy.
Untill I realize that there was no address bar, and the other missing components. So, I closed it, opened it again, had it do its little thing about downloading, and……no difference. It is still missing the address bar.
And I’m tired of comment box shrinkage like I have right now in IE.
[continuation of last post]
I have no idea what’s going on with it, does anyone else have these woes?? I sent a note to another friend who uses this browser, but she’s not gotten back to me.
I just got Firefox 3. Now it doesn’t crash when I close a Gmail chat window. (It used to.)
(79, 80) Have you tried right-clicking on whatever bar you do have (even the menu bar will do) to make sure that “Navigation toolbar” is checked?
82~ *gives 9 tons of virtual choklit* Thanks Lady B., I love you!!!! It’s back, *is very happy*
I’m not sure if it’s firefox 3 or not, but whatever.
(83) Yay! *all she can say before being flattened by 9 tons of choklit*
Look under the Help menu and click “About Mozilla Firefox.” The little pop-up window will tell you which version you have.
So far Firefox 3 has been a notable improvement, with a few minor quirks. No crashes for me. And I love the search capabilities of the address bar.
All it says is Version 2.0.0.15.
I didn’t mean to flatten you with the choklit, sorry!!!
(85) Oh, quite all right, it was a delicious way to go. And I was happy to be of service.
Look in your downloads [Ctrl+J or Tools > Downloads] to see if you have “Firefox Setup 3.0.exe.” If so, you can install it from there; otherwise, if you still want to upgrade, you can go to “Help” again and “Check Updates” or else to mozilla.com and download the setup file.
-79 Go on to Mozilla and download Firefox 3. (what I’m using right now.) Then, if you only have the File_Edit_View… toolbar, right click and make “Navigation Toolbar” is checked. I would reccomend changing your theme, though, they didn’t pick the best one.
86~ It tells me that there’s no upgrades available. Weird. Oh well, it’s working, that’s what matters.
87~ Thanks, I did get my address bar back. I have no idea why it disappeared though, I did nothing different as far as I know. What do you mean about changing my theme? Do you mean playing with the “customize” bit?
I like this theme! I love this version; it crashes a lot less! Yay!
86-In Discworld, someone dies by melting in a vat of hot chocolate. In Nursery Crime, someone jumps into a cookie maker. Chocolate=Death…
-88 yup! it’s very fun to do.
I just got Firefox, and it is awesome! I always thought IE was just fine, but Firefox leaves it in the dust. What browser does everyone else use, if anyone comes back here to answer?
92) Doesn’t it? I use firefox. I don’t mind safari, but IE is just blaahahfahfhd. I like all the add-ons that are possible with firefox too.
I’m using Foxytunes, Firefox Zune, and the er…weather add-on.
92- exactly. IE is a complete mistake.
i just got an acer laptop it was used and the person who had it before must have had a viruis cause when i search something on msn.ca or google.com like under t its some porno and i was wondering if anyone knew how to get rid of that stuff
95- AVG anti-virus. or re-install Windows.
interesting. I have grave news:
HPBs have programmed virtual HPBs. Update your security!
if i re-instale windows will i lose my programs
MAC
MAC
MAC
MAC
The get a mac ads at their website are very funny
(Sorry for double) Have we abandoned this thread?
I have a minor dilemma, which I hope this belongs here.
The cover of the “down” arrow key on my laptop keyboard popped off, and now the little blue silicon button under it is exposed…
and I was clicking the blue button, when it popped off! It still works if I place it on top of the microchip-sensor thing (or I can just press the sensor… but I would rather not…), but it is an incredible pain. Bother bother bother. I cannot live without my down arrow key
102- Can you bring it somewhere to get it fixed? If it’s a PC, you could bring it just about anywhere that sells PCs. But if it’s a Mac, you’ll probably have to figure out how to mail it back to the company, wait a while, and hope it gets back without any additional damage.
PCs are just so much easier.
Hmmm. my dear silver compy has been acting strange lately. It’s been falling asleep a lot more readily and waking up much less happily. I’m a little concerned, since I love, love, love having a computer (this is our only one) and I’m not sure if the lovely parents would get a new one if this one died. Well, they probably would, since mom has become alarmingly enamored of Amazon…… she wants a Mac. I’ve never really used one for more than a few minutes (at friend’s houses, but never for anything other than quick internet searches or MuseBlogging)…..I dunno though, I’ve heard from a lot of friends that have them that they really like them.
I like my iPod, if that’s any indication, but iTunes is PAINFULLY slow. It’s like peeling off sunburnt skin in long strips to get it to open. *dies a slow and painful death*
104- I’ve got a relatively new PC, and iTunes is horrifically slow on mine as well.
Does anyone use Ubuntu? I’m thinking of looking for a laptop for myself, and I’ve found one I really like, that has it.
I have Vista! It’s really not that bad.
105~ I was just wondering if iTunes being so horridly slow was any indication of Apple software. But then, I have several friends who swear by their Macs and say they’d die before they used a PC…well, not that drastic, but they’re very much enamored of their computers. I have no idea.
107- I just think Apple is too reluctant to make their software work on Windows. I mean, people who use Macs are pretty dependent on Microsoft software, e.g. Office, etc.
106- Are you going to get Windows 7 when it’s officially released? I hope to, but it may be too expensive. And I don’t want to go through the process of installing a new OS.
108 – I think that’s because the internal workings of Apple software differs greatly from Windows software. And programs for fun stuff on Mac are much better than that on Windows. Personally, I just like Macs more than PCs.
On a completely different note, anybody here know the “palette swap” trick on Macs? Just hold down the ctrl, option, and apple/command keys and press 8. Every color instantly switches to its palette opposite.
Everything looks glow in the dark!
Isn’t it awesome?
yes, it truly is. This is acualy part of the universal acsess feature.
Anybody having issues with FireFox tonight? It was freezing up on me. COuld have been FaceBook chat, but it’s never done that on this computer.
Using Safari now, though I prefer FireFox. It doesn’t seem like it’s freezing up now.
Blerg, dumb electronics.
SFTDP, but is this thread really deceased?
Apparently I’m more of a computer geek than I know, because I know what HTML stands for (Hyper Text Markup Language), I know what nested comments are, and I can recommend someone to clear their cache.
and most thanks to the dear old ‘blog. *sends virtual hugs whizzing through the universe*
Yeah, this thread is a goner.
Soooo. I’m going to get a new computer soon. It’s going to be a mac. It’s going to be a 13″. But is it going to be a MacBook Pro, or just the MacBook? I’m paying for it (because Mom doesn’t want me to get one and ruin it, so if I pay for it myself I’ll be more responsible. Because everyone knows I mess up computers and am irresponsible.
)
I very much want to MacBook Pro, mom’s got the 17″ (it’s what I use most often), but if I’m paying for it…..200 bucks difference is a lot, and it’s money I want to use for other things as well.
So. This is a question for anyone who has a macbook pro or a macbook, (mostly those of you who have a macbook); is it worth the extra? I’m leaning heavily towards to pro, I really like the aluminum body and the screen and backlit keyboard…..but my wallet hurts just thinking about it.
So, is the macbook good enough? Durable? Work well? Satisfactory?
Opinions? (And Mac haters, shut up. I’ll admit Macs have their downfalls, but overall I’m a total convert.)
No! Don’t die, thread!!
Yay for getting a new computer! I’d definitely recommend the macbook. I have one, and I have been very happy with it! The macbook pro does look cool with the aluminum and whatnot, plus a few extra features, but the macbook has a lot to offer. It is cheaper, and with the money you save, you can pay to have a larger hard drive and more memory, which makes it run faster. Mine is very sturdy (though I haven’t tried throwing it on the floor or anything like that!
), and apparently the newer model has a unibody, which is supposed to be even more durable. Oh, and as for the backlit keys: I haven’t been sorry not to have them. It seems like a nifty feature, but I don’t look at the keyboard much when I type (MuseBlogging has greatly improved my typing! 
) and the screen semi-illuminates the keys.
We’ll have to kokonvene, and then you can try one out!
Oh, backlit keys…..Yeah, I’ve got that option, but I never actually use ’em. I mean, I’ve not had to actually look at the keyboard to type for years, so…..
I have the MacBook Pro, 15″. I’m really not sure what the differences are between it and the MacBook. I’m guessing not much major, but if you know some things the Pro has the MacBook doesn’t (I’m too lazy/busy to research), I could possibly tell you if I find them useful to have (or if I don’t even use them at all).
I really do not know that much about different computer types, beyond the difference between a Mac and a PC. My laptop is a PC, and its rather clunky, because my parents and grandparents picked it out. (Note to self: when I get a new computer, actually be involved in picking it out. Especially since my dad said I could get a mac if I wanted one when I head off to college.) However, I still love this computer, and it is far superior to the computer that I used to use, which is the only computer in the house which is not a laptop. That one is painfully slow, and gets viruses so easily. My younger sibling are the only ones who use it on a regular basis. I only use it when I need to print something out.
A big, stubborn Windows XP that is one of the top five causes for me to utter mild and not-so-mild expletives. I’m really quite fond of it.
Hmm…just because I feel like it:
I just “inherited” my family’s old laptop to use as my own. It’s a PC, and rather old, but it still works fine and I honestly don’t need it for much more than using it for Microsoft Word docs and going on e-mail/MB. If the opportunity comes up, and I do get a chance to buy a better computer, I will, but for now this one is fine. I do have to share with my sister though…. oh, well. She doesn’t use the computer much anyway.
And my dad has his own work computer, which I rarely can go on, but it does have all my files with my pictures on it and it’s better, bigger, and faster than this one.
I have an hp tablet that runs XP. It crashes, drives me crazy, takes 5 minutes to get an Internet signal, and so on. I sort of hate it.
Get a Mac.
I totally would, but we need to have a tablet for school. *grumbles at windows*
Linux FTW. That is all.
So what are people’s thoughts on the iPad? I think it looks great, but my dad is kind of disappointed with the lack of a camera, phone, and multi-tasking-apps.
My dad’s disappointed because he figured it would be like an utrathin laptop. He has an OLD Powerbook, and it’s dying fast, so he wanted something else to hold all his files. He’s looking into th MacBook Air, but he’s stil disappointed that the iPad didn’t do all the stuff that it was initially rumored to do.
Ooh, shiny thread.
I was thinking it was four years.) which is somewhat slow and occasionally has a few problems, but is overall amazing and highly useful, etc. It has a name. Elwing, which means Star Spray in elvish. Elwing is white, so I thought it was appropriate.
You probably don’t want to hear about all my family’s computers. A couple of them are older than me, three more are about my age, and with one exception, the rest are at least four years old. My mom’s got a shiny 24” Mac, (All of our computers are Macs. Dad very nearly refuses to let anything else in the house, so I don’t think anybody in the family functions well on Windows.) which we got in October, I think.
And I have my amazing wonderful iBook G4 from about 2004, (That was six years ago?
112.1~ Hmm. I know how the MacBook Pro is (as I said, Mom’s got the 17′, and it’s the one I use the most.)
I can mostly type by touch too, and I’ve certainly survived without them on the Toshiba battleaxe that’s mine.
Are the screens the same on them now? I know that some of the older MacBooks I’ve seen had a different screen that might be harder to see in the sun. Hmm.
I still really like the aluminum body though……urg. I guess I’ll look at them in the store, I haven’t seen the new MacBooks. *sigh*
Whatever I get, I hope it’s soon. I’m so tired of having to steal this one (mom’s), or battling with mine (the ancient PC). *wallet cringes*
You mean the whole anti-glare screen? I’m not sure if that’s available for regular MacBooks. When my dad got me my MacBook Pro, he got me one with the anti-glare screen (more textured), but my sis has got the regular screen on her Pro, because they were out of the anti-glare or something, I think, when Dad got her’s for her….
120.1~ I don’t know about anti-glare…..it’s just that the screen on mom’s MacBook Pro is glassier than, say, the screen on my ancient PC, and if I recall correctly the MacBook’s I’ve seen had the latter type of screen. I don’t know how to describe it, other than it’s kind of a matte finish, and hard to see from some angles. Whereas this (the MacBook Pro I’m on now) has a shinier screen that’s clearer and easier to see. Meh, I don’t know.
I was talking to dad about it and he’s like “You’re even considering getting the plastic one? Go for the metal body. Definitely. We’ll pay you back for it in the fall when you start school, so get the best you can.”
Because Mom’s convinced I’m going to demolish it, and won’t pay for it until I’ve demonstrated that I can take care of my things. :eyeroll:
I for one am greatly excited to revive this thread. (or perhaps a new thread would be in order?)
I searched for a thread like this because I have a lot of feelings about smartphones
which is to say, I want a high-end Android device that doesn’t have a five inch screen. My current phone has a screen between three and four inches in size, and from that I’m extrapolating that a four inch screen is the largest that has any hope of fitting in my pockets. The Droid Incredible 4G is the only Verizon smartphone that is four inches across and runs Android 4.0 or better. And I am reluctant to get it because a) I’d lose unlimited data, despite being grandfathered in (dear Verizon: that is not how grandfathering works.) and b) if I am getting a new phone I want the best hardware, not something midrange that might be okay and c) they’re probably never going to update it to Jellybean, so I might as well wait until Jellybean or Key Lime Pie phones come out (and I have no clue when that will be, not soon though.)
Also, was everyone else but me aware that the netbook is dead? I thought they were still alive and well and then someone told me they were over as a fad. So I went to Lenovo’s website to look at the upgrade to the model I had in high school and it was described as being for K-12 education. When did this happen?? I got mine in 2011, it is now 2012???
I’m hoping ultraportables are still in because I absolutely love my 12.5″ ThinkPad X220 and someday I’d like to replace it with something just as nice. (not until I finish school though most likely).
I think that for the most part netbooks have been replaced by tablets (and, to an extent, smartphones), though the “Ultrabooks” Intel is pushing are somewhat similar, and obviously Chromebooks as well, though those never really hit it big like Google was hoping. Microsoft Surface is an interesting hybrid too, and while I doubt it’ll do great commercially, it does introduce some new ideas.
I thought tablets and netbooks could coexist in harmony! ):
Also, I don’t see why the Microsoft Surface is different from any other tablet+keyboard (for example, Asus Transformer), except it’s much more expensive? ($600 for a Surface tablet, I’m seeing around $300 for the Transformer)
related: whatever happened to Ubuntu for Android? There was so much promise! I would buy an Ubuntu phone even if it was 4.8″ (although not above 5″ — I’m looking at you, Galaxy Note.)
I have a question.
I downloaded a PDF reader, making sure not to install any files I could actually avoid installing. It works pretty well, but something it didn’t allow me to prevent it from installing was something that apparently makes my computer go to a certain website every time I open a new, empty tab. I went through my browser tools (I have Firefox), and couldn’t seem to fix it. Before, it would open a non-website page with the last several sites I had visited listed on it. Does anyone know how I can get it to change back? (I deleted the folder associated with the page it now opens to.)
1. If you are on Windows/Mac I would only use the official Adobe PDF reader, unless you hear from a trusted source that another is better. cnet, a technology reviews website, is an example of a trusted source. Someone on tumblr is not. If you are on Linux, only use a PDF reader from the repositories.
2. In my Firefox: “Firefox” menu > Options > Options. In the dialog box that appears: General > Home Page. I have an extension called Tab Mix Plus installed which changes the session manager prompt (aka the one with the last several sites visited listed), so can’t help beyond that with specific directions.
3. Please run a virus scan. Microsoft Security Essentials(win XP or 7) or Windows Defender (in win8) or Malwarebytes should be a reliable scanner.