Re: Dos prompt

Hi,

Yes, you are likely affected by a variant of one of the many bugs that block
the use of system commands. Free virus removal tools:

http://vil.nai.com/vil/stinger/
http://www.emsisoft.com/en/
http://free.grisoft.com/doc/8/lng/us/tpl/v5/nid/3001#3001
http://www.f-secure.com/download-purchase/tools.shtml

Also, you may use this free on-line scanner:
http://housecall.trendmicro.com/

Many are best run in Safe mode to minimize interference. Most will resist
removal in normal mode where they are active.

How to start in Safe mode:
http://www.rickrogers.org/fixes.htm#Safe%20mode

Emergency system tools:
http://www.dougknox.com/xp/utils/xp_emerutils.htm

--
Best of Luck,

Rick Rogers, aka "Nutcase" - Microsoft MVP
http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/
Associate Expert - WindowsXP Expert Zone
www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/expertzone
Windows help - www.rickrogers.org

"dad" <dad@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
news:6C43043C-DCF1-4874-8BC4-A9B29087AC92@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> HI
>
> On a Win XP / SP 2 machine.
> When I go Start run and type cmd to run a dos prompt, the prompt appears
> for
> a second and disappears. I have rebooted, logged in as a user,
> administrator,
> and local admin. I ran a constant ping from the run option, this opened
> the
> command prompt and ran the ping, I tried finding settings but could not
> find
> any.
>
> Any ideas??????


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