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Sky Aisling
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Puppy Saves The Day ... again

#1 Post by Sky Aisling »

Well, Puppy did it again.
My friends M$OS was *compromised* by the *xp-internet-security-2012* virus.
http://www.bleepingcomputer.com/virus-r ... urity-2012
Puppy saved their personal data and settings from their compromised MS system.

I used this tutorial to *restore* the M$OS to a date prior to when my friends think they got the virus.
http://www.homeandlearn.co.uk/bc/bcs4p14.html

My friends now have a restored M$OS system on their HDD (ho hum) and were also saved from a pricey bill from the local M$ repair store.
The best news is that they also have Puppy-Linux-520 available as Live CD with save-file(s) on HDD with backup save-file(s) on a flash drive.

Pretty good work for a little renegade OS from Australia, I'd say, eh?

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#2 Post by greengeek »

Awesome. I really love watching peoples faces when you manage to save all the files they thought they had lost.

I keep a credit card CD in my wallet for this purpose. I used to use DamnSmallLinux but now I use a couple of 50Mb versions of puppy. Nothing fancy, and I wouldn't be able to rebuild the system to a restore point, but it's a buzz being able to save their files.

It's a nice touch to leave them with a Live Puppy CD

:-)

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#3 Post by sc0ttman »

In one of my jobs, the standard 'solution' for (even slightly) broken Windows installs is to simply wipe the whole thing and re-install Xp/Vista/Win7/etc... Then install all the drivers again... Then all the updates.. Then charge £60...

I only do a few days a week there around my other job, but when I'm in, I use Puppy to boot up and back up files, remove the virus, update the registry manually...

No need to re-install anything... Only takes about 30 mins usually..
Instead of the 2 to 3 days the other guys take...
But will they keep a Puppy (or any Linux) live CD handy?? No!!

...even though I showed them how I do it, and told them why they're wasting soooo much time!
And one of them is actually a MASSIVE ubuntu fanboy....
The others are older, know-nothing, "I've been computing since the 80s!" types...
LOL... Just can't get the staff these days...
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#4 Post by technosaurus »

Yeah, I would use puppy to make a cd/dvd of their cleaned files and still do a wipe/reinstall because of all the gunk that builds up over time in the registry and elsewhere, their computer will respond better and appear to run much faster - you end up looking like a genius. (XP and prior needed this done about every 6 months to a year ... if you don't like to have a cup-a-joe while you wait for the PC to respond to your mouse clicks ... and the registry cleaners all invariably break stuff )
Check out my [url=https://github.com/technosaurus]github repositories[/url]. I may eventually get around to updating my [url=http://bashismal.blogspot.com]blogspot[/url].

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#5 Post by minesadorada »

A golfing friend of mine is in his 70's. He mentioned that his laptop was taking over 10 minutes to boot up, and asked me if I could 'fix Windows'

Once I established he only used the Internet and Email, I offered to install Puppy to replace Windows and he agreed.

A few minutes later (that's all it took to backup a few photos, format out Windows and install Slacko) , we timed the bootup from button-press to full desktop at 45 seconds. Needless to say he was delighted.

Fast-forward a month...

I get a call "my laptop won't run" Sure enough, the boot sequence was complaining about numerous hard disk errors.

Slacko live CD in; Gparted told to fix the ext2 filesystem, and reboot from the hard disk to a flawless desktop.

He thinks I'm a computer wizard :)

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#6 Post by technosaurus »

They should make this into a mouse pad, and replace googling with searching the puppy forums.

http://xkcd.com/627/
Check out my [url=https://github.com/technosaurus]github repositories[/url]. I may eventually get around to updating my [url=http://bashismal.blogspot.com]blogspot[/url].

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#7 Post by Lazy JW »

sc0ttman wrote:....

I only do a few days a week there around my other job, but when I'm in, I use Puppy to boot up and back up files, remove the virus, update the registry manually...

No need to re-install anything... Only takes about 30 mins usually..
Instead of the 2 to 3 days the other guys take...
But will they keep a Puppy (or any Linux) live CD handy?? No!! ...
Please, please, can you give a few tips as to how you go about this? I have used Puppy to boot up a couple of computers that had Windoze lock up on them, then drag-n-dropped the files onto a thumb drive, but there has got to be a better way.

I haven't a clue as to how to go about finding and deleting a virus, much less altering the registry.

I'm not very proficient with computers in general, but I sure do get tired of fighting with windoze.
Thanks,
Joe

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#8 Post by cthisbear »

Lazy JW:

Plenty of tips here in my >> Fix Windows.

http://murga-linux.com/puppy/viewtopic.php?t=58305

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Off-line system restore using a LIVE CD...by AustrAlien.

4th post....maybe Sylvander pointed it out.

http://murga-linux.com/puppy/viewtopic. ... 5&start=45


http://www.bleepingcomputer.com/forums/ ... try2262536

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Plenty of goodies...keep going for

Great help site.

http://help.artaro.eu/

Recover files from Windows 7 hard disk using Puppy Linux

http://help.artaro.eu/index.php/windows ... isk-7.html

Recover files from Windows XP hard disk using Puppy Linux

http://help.artaro.eu/index.php/windows ... sk-xp.html

Recover files from Windows Vista hard disk using Puppy Linux

http://help.artaro.eu/index.php/windows ... vista.html

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Plenty of advice here

http://www.mydigitallife.info/

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General Anti-Virus/Firewall/Anti-Spyware
from Whirlpool forum.

Generally speaking Col Peters offers solid advice.
Calm under pressure.

http://forums.whirlpool.net.au/forum-re ... ?t=1678349

Chris.

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#9 Post by greengeek »

Technosaurus - good site.

I liked this one too:

http://xkcd.com/644/
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#10 Post by Lazy JW »

Thanks for the links, it will take me a while to follow up on them and digest the info, but I will no doubt learn something useful.
Thanks again,
Joe

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#11 Post by Sky Aisling »

Hi Joe,
Any reason to stick with M$?
just askin'

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#12 Post by Lazy JW »

Sky Aisling wrote:Hi Joe,
Any reason to stick with M$?
just askin'
That's a fair enough question :D

I am a 54 year old former sawmill worker, and am currently enrolled in a re-training program to learn the Biomedical equipment repair business. The majority of our schooling involves general electronics, and we have to use an electronics simulation program called "MultiSim", which will only run on Windows 7.

Another part of our course of study involves basic and advanced computers; as you might guess, the majority of this is focused on Micro$oft, but our instructor is a semi-Linux fan, so he has been helpful in that direction.

I was actually able to introduce him to Puppy Linux when we were attempting to get a classmate's laptop back in operation. All of the usual tools that my instructor tried did not succeed, but Puppy was able to boot up and save the data.

Later, we were trying to uninstall a Mcafee program from another computer, and it refused to uninstall. My instructor said "Just go in with Puppy Linux and delete the files." It worked.

Anyway, part of what I will be doing in the future involves working with Micro$oft, like it or not. I like the idea of having a secret weapon when the need arises 8)
Joe

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#13 Post by Sky Aisling »

Good story, Joe...
Thank you!

And, good wishes in your new career. :)

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#14 Post by Lobster »

I like the idea of having a secret weapon
Whatever works for you is better.

There was a time when I thought (having taught and used Windows from version 1 - oh yes there was a Windows 1)
learning a new OS was not really something I needed or relished.
Somehow I turned penguin :oops:
I spent two years dual booting. Windows on HD and Puppy from CD.
Lately I have been using IOS 5 on an Ipad (a BSD OS).

I look at other Linux but Puppy is just so fast and comfortable.
I learned to use one Linux well.
That well is Puppy and it has never run dry . . .

Here is the secret weapon used by the love police
http://youtu.be/vDh0Cvsw9Jk
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#15 Post by vovchik »

Dear Lobster,

Thanks for that video....:)

With kind regards,
vovchik

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#16 Post by Sky Aisling »

vovchik,
I like your avatar. It makes me smile. :D

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#17 Post by Ed Howdershelt »

[quote="sc0ttman"]And one of them is actually a MASSIVE ubuntu fanboy....
The others are older, know-nothing, "I've been computing since the 80s!" types...[/quote]

Ha. Careful about categorizing like that. I'm one of those "Been computing since computers ran on coal!" people. Remember the Timex/Sinclair? :)

BUT... I know what you mean. I had a computer repair biz for 20 years and heard the same thing a lot. Trouble is, I always heard that while I was fixing or cleaning out someone's computer. :)

What they actually mean when they say 'long time computer user' is:
"I've been using the same MS software all this time and learning only what I absolutely had to about it or anything else."

And then there are the ones who start computer clubs, but are so dependent on MS stuff they won't even allow discussions about Linux.
Got one of those around here. Some of their people still call me to fix things occasionally.
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#18 Post by linuxbear »

Ed Howdershelt wrote:
sc0ttman wrote:And one of them is actually a MASSIVE ubuntu fanboy....
The others are older, know-nothing, "I've been computing since the 80s!" types...
Ha. Careful about categorizing like that. I'm one of those "Been computing since computers ran on coal!" people. Remember the Timex/Sinclair? :)

And then there are the ones who start computer clubs, but are so dependent on MS stuff they won't even allow discussions about Linux.
Got one of those around here. Some of their people still call me to fix things occasionally.
.....Agreed Ed. Electronic computing started with my father's WW-II generation and was refined by their children. The personal computer is BOOMER tech. This boomer was on a UNIX network as a superuser before you could purchase the first IBM personal PC. This "old guy" was also an IT road warrior with IBM for 7 years. I have now settled down a bit and am an "older know nothing" who is currently software quality engineer in gaming.

....As to linux groups, I had to do a bit of research as your whereabouts are a bit north of where I went to high school in Naples. There is a linux user group (LUG) close to you in St. Pete. This group might be a good place to start looking for discussions and local resources: http://www.suncoastlug.org/
Another source of information with regard to local LUGs might be meetup.com

..glen

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#19 Post by starhawk »

@Ed Howdershelt: first computer in my family was a Sinclair ZX80. I still have the letter explaining that they ran out of kits and were sending us a prebuilt model -- and eating the extra costs.

It died and was summarily thrown out some 10 years ago... I suspect that the keyboard was the problem, but the power adapter I was using was not original... ;) (Now, if I'd known just what I was dealing with, it would not have been shuffled off to the landfill!)

For a long time, I had a TRS-80 Series II Color Computer (aka "CoCo") that I gave to a friend (a) because I hadn't used it in about 3 years and (b) he'd done something nice for me and I wanted to return the favor and (c) I knew he'd love it.

BTW, my final project in college was a bit of assembly programming on the C64. You can tell that I love old computers, right...?

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#20 Post by Ed Howdershelt »

[quote="linuxbear"]
....As to linux groups, I had to do a bit of research as your whereabouts are a bit north of where I went to high school in Naples. There is a linux user group (LUG) close to you in St. Pete. This group might be a good place to start looking for discussions and local resources: [u]http://www.suncoastlug.org/[/u]
Another source of information with regard to local LUGs might be meetup.com
..glen[/quote]

I checked out those sources back when I was messing with PCLOS and Ubuntu.
Haven't had many questions about using Puppy. :)
The one sound cut-out problem I had was answered at Youtube.
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