Another dumbass Q

[stuwee]

Yesterday the Dell started sayin' "Your password will expire in 12 days, would you like to replace it? "

This is what happened the last time. I mean can I trust the machine? I don't screw up often, and the last time I changed passwords I got screwed ROYALY!!!!

Why is it asking me to do this????

Can I change this one to permanant status?

 

[orange]

Perhaps you should tell us

Program/Operating System/Dell crap/who's junk is it?

Then we can tell if it's stupid or just blackmailing you.

cuz-a I don't know what the CIA planted on it .

 

[Fast Forward]

sounds like a virus looking to infest,,,do you get the message on-line or in your e-mail do you have any anti virus soft ware,,McAfee ?

 

[jbeckva]

Perhaps you should tell us

Program/Operating System/Dell crap/who's junk is it?

Then we can tell if it's stupid or just blackmailing you.

cuz-a I don't know what the CIA planted on it .

The "CIA" would be ME.. and it's a simple thing to fix..

Right click my computer, manage

On the left, expand local users and groups, then select users

On the right, find your user name and double click

Check the option that says (drumroll...) "password never expires".

Easy squeezy, eh?

 

[laatsch55]

Easy when ya know what you're doin.

 

[stuwee]

Easy when ya know what you're doin.

Except, I don't know what I'm doin' an I think I just did it, sure was easy with a little squeezy

 

[stuwee]

sounds like a virus looking to infest,,,do you get the message on-line or in your e-mail do you have any anti virus soft ware,,McAfee ?

No, not thru email, it showed on the blue screen right after I type my password in.

Jerry, what anti virus is in here?

 

[jbeckva]

sounds like a virus looking to infest,,,do you get the message on-line or in your e-mail do you have any anti virus soft ware,,McAfee ?

No, not thru email, it showed on the blue screen right after I type my password in.

Jerry, what anti virus is in here?

Ya mean ya aint got none? Hmmm.. heck I don't think I gave you any (aint free, unfortunately... ). Kapersky's good.. so is eset. Check them out and get yer condom on.. quick...

 

[Web Police]

Avast , AVG, and MS Security Essentials are all free.

 

[speakerman1]

I run the not free Avast on all my computers. I forget how long it has been since I got a virus. Years.

Larry

 

[stuwee]

Well, your fix worked Jerry , no more pasword Q!!!!

So, I've been barebackin' across the WWW , very naughty of me.... , I'll see if any of those you mentioned come in black and ribbed

 

[jbeckva]

Yah.. got your firewall on tho, so that's at least a little bit of something. Go nab one of those Webbie suggested... something is better than nothin.

 

[Web Police]

I've been using the free version of avast on one of my computers for years and it works great. I also can recommend MS Security Essentials as I have been using it on another computer for over a year without any issues.

The Avast free version needs to be re-registered every year, not a big deal. The MS SE is free and supported by MS so it is also a good one to use.

 

[speakerman1]

I have used the free versions before. I found they slowed my computer down. Don't know why but they did. The Avast was 33.00 for 3 computers. I will never use Mcafee again. It loaded a bunch of stuff onto my computer and I couldn't get rid of some of it. I run a few other things also. Just to clean and defrag when I want. I usually don't buy them unless I get a deal. I always check them out on Cnet before I buy any thing.

Larry

 

[Fast Forward]

kaspersky cost me a computer never had a problem with Mcafee

 

[Fairchild]

I run the Free AVG, works well for me.

Jim