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I soldiered on without "Computer Management" and the other day I stumbled upon a way to run it without going via Control Panel ... and it works.

Just right click on...

Oh, I see now. The jumper settings aren't written clearly on the top of the disk ... they are etched underneath.

When I try "Master" ... I get the same result.

"Check It" reports those...

I have had a PC fail to boot with some pretty scary messages. Apparently (I didn't see it) there was a BSOD with the classic DOS type messages in a white courier typeface. I'm told that there was...

Wow !

Thanks for that jb, but that sounds like even more effort than "simply" re-installing from scratch (and pretty scary too !).

I was completely unaware of any problem with my system until I...

Oh, I see. I was just loggin on in safe mode.

I've now tried switching to the "Administrator" ... same result.

It's bizarre. I only noticed this problem because I was trying to initialise a...

Thanks jb,

I tried booting into safe mode. I still couldn't run the "Computer Management" program in "Admin Tools".

I ran a full Malware Bytes scan last night - it came up with no problems.
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Hi jb,

I am using XP Home.

Embarasssingly I must confess that I don't understand your domain question. Given that, I guess that I am probably not on a domain. i.e. I am a normal home user...

Thanks Judy,

I *might* do what you said (although it sounds rather onerous) however ...


As jb pointed out, Firewalls look like a culprit.

When my N360 Firewall was temporarily disabled I...

Sorry to reply to myself (it's probably rude ... or at least bad etiquette) but I have noticed something else.

I cannot run "computer mangement" from the Admin Tools in Control Panel. In fact I...

I have recently noticed that I am unable to run most of the admin tools in Control Panel.

I need to run "Computer Management" to initialise a disk. When I click on the icon I get the nasty sound...

Thanks for the reply jh.

My router is powered off at the mains several times a day. As part of my green credentials I try to turn the power off all my kit when not in use.

Nevertheless, I also...

I recently had the "GoGoogle" redirection Trojan which I cleared with MalWareBytes AntiMalware program. I also ran a full Norton 360 anti virus scan ... which claimed to do quite a lot (including...