Re: Help with windows XP SP2 Problems

coolmanlg wrote:
Hello,
Am running MS Windows XP SP2 and am the following problems:

1. startup menu does not have run and search
2. task manager does not show when ctrl+alt+del is pressed
3. windows registry editor does not open

Thanks


Those are classic symptoms of virus/malware infection. What is the malware/virus status of the machine? If you think it is clean, what programs (and versions) did you use to determine this?

Be sure the computer is clean:
http://www.elephantboycomputers.com/page2.html#Removing_Malware


Malke
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