Re: Windows components close immediately atfter opening

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From: Wesley Vogel (123WVogel955_at_comcast.net)
Date: 02/19/05


Date: Sat, 19 Feb 2005 12:21:26 -0700

Creates usable copies of REGEDIT, MSCONFIG and Task Manager
http://www.dougknox.com/xp/utils/xp_emerutils.htm

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Hope this helps.  Let us know.
Wes
MS-MVP Windows Shell/User
In news:6A2CADDC-CD2F-4993-AE2F-0240E50F358E@microsoft.com,
Bill <Bill@discussions.microsoft.com> hunted and pecked:
> Wesley,
> I have run both McAfee and AVG in safe mode and I still have the same
> problem.    AVG identified two Java related viruses; McAfee
> identified none. I can run the XP tools while I am in safe mode which
> I didn't mention in my first post.   There are not any other obvious
> signs of an infections other than the tools won't run.  Any other
> suggestions would be appreciated. 
> Bill
> 
> "Wesley Vogel" wrote:
> 
>> Update your antivirus software and run a full system scan.
>> 
>> [[When you open System Configuration Utility [MSCONFIG], Registry
>> Editor or Task Manager, they flash for a second and quit. This
>> symptom is caused by Viruses.]]
>> 
>> Task Manager, MSCONFIG, or REGEDIT disappear while opening
>> http://www.mvps.org/sramesh2k/ToolsQuit.htm
>> 
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>> 
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>> 
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>> 
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>> 
>> Whatever you use for Anti Virus, keep it updated.
>> 
>> --
>> Hope this helps.  Let us know.
>> 
>> Wes
>> MS-MVP Windows Shell/User
>> 
>> In news:5ABB4692-2F63-49C3-A716-02DC9A1698A6@microsoft.com,
>> Bill <Bill@discussions.microsoft.com> hunted and pecked:
>>> I am running XP Home with SP2.  Recently I have experienced a
>>> problem that when I try to start defragmenter, task manager or
>>> device manager (and there could be other) the application screen
>>> flashes and then closes immediately. I have been running SP2 since
>>> November and this problem has come up only in the last 2-3 weeks.
>>> 
>>> I have run both spyware and virus scan and the problems did not seem
>>> to be there.
>>> Thinking that some XP files are corrupt I did an upgrade install of
>>> XP Home with SP2 again and I still have the same problem.  My next
>>> step would be to do a clean load of XP but want to see if  there is
>>> something else I should attempt first.


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