Re: Lol, Major Malfunction...*cries*

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Angelofpain1105 wrote:
Ok, I was on the computer and it was running fine,{;} I go to work,
come back and the first thing I hear is{, "}the computer is messed
up...{"}*sigh*

I live with people who don't know how to work a computer but are
to{o} ignorate {sp: ignorant} to not do stuff they dont {sp: don't}
know and they're {sp: their} explaination {sp: explanation} is{,}
"I know what I'm doing{.}" *deep sigh*
{http://esl.about.com/od/grammarintermediate/a/cm_neg.htm}

Ok{,} so I turn on the computer and I have Verizon Fios Internet
{, }which is like cable internet (if you didn't know{.}) I bring up
Windows Explorer and it says Unable to locate server. Well, {I} go
to bring up the task bar and to my suprise {sp: surprise} the
taskbar will not come up so I try going into properties... no help
there,{;} so I cick {sp: click} on ToolBars and put the Addresses
in there.

Well! My taskbar comes up I than {then} turn OFF the Address
button and attempt to open another Windows Explorer{.} Still
nothing so I minimize it and it doesn't even go on the taskbar...
Its like nothing shows up on the taskbar{,} I can open control
panel and it doesn't show up... nothing does.

I tried System Restore{;} {it} says Windows can not open the
program{,} please restart your computer and try again. I did and
retryed {sp: retried} it... nothing... I scaned {sp: scanned}
it with Nortons and AVG{;} I tryed {sp: tried} to see if there was
a program running that stopped it (threw {sp: through} task
manager) but none of that found anything. I can't get my
accounts page to open up. I can't get Network Connections to
open up... I'm telling you this is horrible... {;}and I dont {sp: don't}
know where my system restore disk is to restore it =(

Is there anything I can do?

Lol, I know thats {sp: that's} alot {sp: a lot}...{,}and I may have
left some stuff out but I think u {sp: you} get the idea... lol.

Oh, and when I asked what he was doing he said he was
trying to make a{n} account on Ebay... /slap lol.

I'm running on a{n} Emachines but it is Windows XP{;} its {It's}
about 2 yrs old =)

Thank you for taking the time to read this and I hope someone will
be able to help me, ty!

Next time, formatting and other considerations might be nice. <vbg> I've
tried to break it up/clean it up (your original message) to help make sense
out of it in my quote of your posting above.

First - you may wish to reboot into Safe Mode and try System Restore from
there.

If that does not work, then it sounds like you may have been infested with
some spyware/adware. Your answer may not be AntiVirus - but AntiSpyware
applications. What I would suggest at this point is downloading, installing
and utilizing these three applications (in order, one at a time, reboot
between each one):

- SuperAntiSpyware
http://www.superantispyware.com/downloadfile.html?productid=SUPERANTISPYWAREFREE

- Spybot Search and Destroy
http://www.safer-networking.org/en/mirrors/index.html

- LavaSoft AdAware
http://www.download.com/Ad-Aware-2007/3000-8022_4-10045910.html?part=dl-ad-aware&subj=dl&tag=top5&cdlpid=10045910

Follow that up with a download/installation and running of CCleaner:
http://ccleaner.com/download/builds/downloading-slim

You may need to utilize an alternative browser to get some of those - as I
do not know the current status of Internet Explorer. I suggest Firefox:
http://www.mozilla.com/products/download.html?product=firefox-2.0.0.11&os=win&lang=en-US

If doing those things does not seem to fix anything - boot into Safe Mode
and logon as the user "administrator" with whatever password is on that
account (if you didn't set one - it is likely blank - meaning there is no
password - just leave the password field blank if asked to enter one and
press ENTER.) Create a new user, reboot and logon as that new user. Does
that new user have the same symptoms as the original one?

Come back and follow up so we know your status. I would definitely be
looking for those restoration CDs.

--
Shenan Stanley
MS-MVP
--
How To Ask Questions The Smart Way
http://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html


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