The Stovebolt Forums Forums The Front Office IT Short Bus Can a computer be reset to a previous time.

I have almost decided to take it to a professional. Is there any danger that they could misuse the information still in there??

Probably not, unless you happen to be the son of a prominent politician, have a crack cocaine habit, and like to record kinky "personal relationships"
LOL!
Jerry

Jerry,

" . . son of a prominent politician, have a crack cocaine habit, and like to record kinky "personal relationships"

hmmm . . .
President Trump? Donald Trump, Jr ?
President Biden? Hunter Biden ?

non-Stovebolt political BS should be banned/removed and not be snickered-at

Are talking about resetting an Android phone? It would be helpful to say in your first post what type of device you are talking about. Some people have assumed you meant a desktop computer.

I thought it was "Gecko 45", the mall cop, who saved the Mayor's nephew from an encounter in a public restroom! Some people have suspicious minds!

I did and I do. I have been posting for a week at least about it.

Years ago I posted about a Linux alternative to Windows that literally anyone can use. Due to the dismal flaming failure of Photobucket, some of those images are no longer visible. This operating system was developed by some guys who in my book qualify as geniuses and it is absolutely FREE. The name of it is "Puppy". It is so doggone easy you don't even have to have a hard drive in your computer to use it. Seriously. I have a laptop dating back to 2004 (finally I bought a hard drive), but for 6 or 7 years I operated the computer off of a thumb drive and a CD disk...with Puppy (which was developed in 2003). It is as close to impossible to hack as you can get and in my experience it is also as close to fail-proof as possible. There are no updates, no virus programs needed and you can do anything with it that you can do with Microsoft. This laptop from 2004 is still operational and I expect it will be for a long time. Here is a site where you can download it: https://puppylinux.com/

TahrPup 6.0 is my favorite. It seems to still be available on that site, but if not send me an email message (jon_goodman@yahoo.com) and I'll figure out a way to get it to you. You can do word processing (using any of several word programs, one of which comes with the operating system), you can do spread sheets, you can access the internet, you can save and edit photos, you can do cad/cam work...almost anything. It gives you weather reports, you can access international broadcasts and news programs and on and on. Linux is different from Microsoft. Microsoft wants to be able to access your computer and make changes, gather data from your activity and sell that data, see what you're doing, what you're buying, who your friends are, etc, etc. The Linux guys give less than a red rat's bottom about that. There are some operational differences, too. I think of those as metric/sae. You learn to think metric pretty fast if you need to. Good luck.

Thanks, Jon but everything I try makes the situation worse. The one thing that is frustration, the thing that causes my frustration is youtube, and when I go there it tells me to log in when I try it says to create an account when I put in the info, it says that there is already an account under that name.

Ron, so many things (Facebook---for anyone who uses it, YouTube, Windows, all the Apple stuff and on and on) are so linked together now that a problem in one can create a problem in another. That's why I suggest the Linux operating systems and search engines like DuckDuckGo. If you go back in time, you'll see I've been promoting those for a while. The laptop I mentioned belonged to a company who bought a company I owned. I used it from 2004 and around 2009 the company didn't want it and gave it to me...but the hard drive was gone. The beauty of Puppy is that you can try it without upsetting anything on your computer. Download Puppy to a CD (follow their instructions), unplug your hard drive and start your computer. It will find the operating system and load it. Then insert a thumb drive (a USB memory stick) and anything you do will be saved to that. Very simple and without danger. And almost nothing will be linked from Puppy Linux to anything. It doesn't work that way at all. Linux is like your front door. If somebody comes to your front door that you don't want to see, you simply don't open it and soon they go away. If somebody wants to get into my computer, they have to ask my permission. I've never granted anyone permission, and I won't. So, let's say some hacker wants to steal my information. The minute they try, they'll know this isn't Windows so they can't just crawl through like a gutter rat or cockroach. They'll never ask for my permission, Ron. They know good and well what the answer will be.

My point would be to start over with a new operating system. If you're a fan of Windows, then stay with that...but start afresh. Remember, there will be hidden deep within the bowels of Microsoft little things that link you and your computer to all sorts of other things you may not ever even suspect. Could even link to the Indiana Motor Vehicle registration's computers. Then go to YouTube and find out why there's an account under your name. If you can't sort that out and if YouTube means that much to you, then open a brand new YouTube account with a brand new name. Good luck!