Electric Bandits http://www.electricbandits.com/ A discussion forum dedicated to gaming, mobile phones and computing en Fri, 12 Mar 2010 13:52:38 GMT vBulletin 60 http://www.electricbandits.com/images/misc/rss.png Electric Bandits http://www.electricbandits.com/ <![CDATA[Playstation 3 owners should 'stop gaming']]> http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/ElectricBandits/~3/xcpO7sq9Qtk/545-Playstation-3-owners-should-stop-gaming Mon, 01 Mar 2010 22:14:31 GMT I was surprised to read a news story today that PS3 owners who own the older style console (i.e. the majority of ps3 owners) should not play their... I was surprised to read a news story today that PS3 owners who own the older style console (i.e. the majority of ps3 owners) should not play their console just now because of a bug. I've not been able to sign into the playstation network all night because of it.

Anyone here been affected?

Quote:
Sony has told owners of older models of its PlayStation 3 console to stop using the machine because of a problem with the PlayStation Network.

The problem is affecting people using the older versions of the PlayStation 3, called the "Fat" model.

The problem isn't affecting the newer PS3 Slim systems that have been on sale since September last year.

Sony have also said they are aiming to have the problem fixed shortly but is advising some users to avoid using their console for the time being.

"We hope to resolve this problem within the next 24 hours," a statement reads. "In the meantime, if you have a model other than the new slim PS3, we advise that you do not use your PS3 system, as doing so may result in errors in some functionality, such as recording obtained trophies, and not being able to restore certain data.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/newsbeat/hi/te...0/10058914.stm

Hopefully they resolve this asap :)

Kev ]]> Playstation 3 Kev http://www.electricbandits.com/showthread.php/545-Playstation-3-owners-should-stop-gaming http://www.electricbandits.com/showthread.php/545-Playstation-3-owners-should-stop-gaming Control Center Virus http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/ElectricBandits/~3/POyDTWB_IO0/544-Control-Center-Virus Wed, 24 Feb 2010 21:12:23 GMT I recently purchased a 27" iMac. My previous computer was the Asus G1S, which I bought about 2 and a half years ago. It was my main computer just until recently.

Like most windows computers of this age, it was full of hundreds of programs I had installed. And even though I had anti virus, it was incredibly buggy at the end with Google chrome crashing constantly, Internet Explorer crashing regularly and many rogue pop ups coming up.

I held on until I got my new computer until all my data was transferred and backed up. So today I reinstalled windows, which was very easy to do with the recovery partition. Reinstalling was a breeze but unfortunately, when it loaded up there was clearly still a virus there. After a restart another virus (or perhaps the same one) reared it's ugly head.



The virus that I had brings up a control center box which asks you to upgrade your anti virus. Unfortunately, it stops you from doing anything else. I tried a few solutions but the one which worked for me was this one:
http://www.myantispyware.com/2009/11...-instructions/

The steps in that tutorial seem to have removed that virus, though it's still buggy so I have doing a few full scans to make sure everything is gone.

If you are unfortunate enough to have this virus on windows, I recommend trying out the steps mentioned in the above program. It seemed to work for me :)

Cheers,
Kev ]]> Software Kev http://www.electricbandits.com/showthread.php/544-Control-Center-Virus http://www.electricbandits.com/showthread.php/544-Control-Center-Virus