Recent content by Jim_and_Evil

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    Question about HDMI output on VHS/DVD combo players

    I know for certain its not my Composite/S-video to HDMI converter, as it works perfectly fine with my PS1 and N64, along with my Direct TV receiver before I switched to Optimum. Something tells me the converter does not transcode Macrovision signals correctly, and VHS and DVD players are the...
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    Question about HDMI output on VHS/DVD combo players

    I just got a 32" 1080p TV (upgraded form my old 22" Sylvania 1080i dinosaur), and it lacks the composite and S-video inputs; only having HDMI and Component. My Sony VCR/DVD combo player I got from someone throwing it out only has composite for the VHS feed, which the new TV lacks. Yes, I also...
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    Sisters friend needs help with weird virus.

    "I've got a new one for ya, the new Acer computer are susceptible to a new form of uefi bios overwrite virus that causes the MBR to be unrepairable as it reinserts at boot" Well, that's interesting! Good thing I don't dwindle on dodgy torrent sites for movies and shit on my Acer (since...
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    Sisters friend needs help with weird virus.

    BTW, cousins LT is fixed with everything in proper working order.
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    Formatting good enough to get rid of viruses?

    If they haven't came back to you with further issues as of yet, Id say they got lucky... Compared to what I had to go through with fixing a friends laptop that had a malicious installer that fcked everything (linky http://www.tomshardware.com/answers/id-2409870/sisters-friend-weird-virus.html)
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    Sisters friend needs help with weird virus.

    Tell me about it! Oh and BTW, MacAfee is total crap with a capitol C! In the process of fixing a cousins Laptop with crapafee that got hit with an FBI virus. It appears to be the latest one that corrupts everything, prevents any system recovery and even Hitman Pro can not boot, so a disk wipe...
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    Sisters friend needs help with weird virus.

    Like I said, I tried everything in the book and wiping the drive with dariks nuke and boot on a DBAM CD I made (and a USB too), nothing was working and I was about pull all the hair out of my head! I did the same on the HP pavilion when I was fixing it up from a bloodhound and DID NOT any...