Recent content by rubystar

Hi. I entered ipconfig/flushdns into the search bar and the file came up in the search results. Trouble is, its one of those files that as soon as you click on it, it opens a window for a fraction of a second and then disappears.

Yes I did consider this, but talking to one of their tech support staff, they were insistent that the hacking was not the cause of this problem. Viewing the same webpage from another laptop shows that the settings and photos are working OK. Also, viewing my listing through the German ebay site...

Hi. Tried that as well. It makes no difference if I use Google, Google Chrome, IE or Firefox. There is no change.

Hi. Tried that, no change. Restored back to 10th May. Quite a few Windows Update files were removed and the latest JAVA, Shockwave and Adobe Flash Player. No difference.

Hi. I have noticed recently a problem using Ebay. A couple of weeks ago I noticed that suddenly I could not look at images of product listings. Usually, a item for sale has at least one photo uploaded by the seller. Often there are other photos included as well. Clicking on one of these...

Hi. Thanks for the replies. 1. WHS. Thanks for your info. 2. Bad Robot. I do not appear to have a folder in C drive entitled Windows.old, even in the Users folder, or the normal Windows folder. Can you think of where else these files would be stored, as they were restored when I did the...

I just performed a Windows update which took over half an hour. When my laptop restarted, all my desktop files and folders were gone, all the contents of the Library (My Docs, My Music, My Videos and My Photos) had been deleted, the desktop and Windows Explorer had changed completely. I...