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You most likely selected Default Settings when you exited BIOS. They are not necessarily the best settings, or even not exactly what you want... but if you are satisfied with them just go into BIOS Setup, and exit, but Saving the settings. Job done. It just wants you to confirm …

Interesting lil problem that you have. Have you already checked that when you type the full command in the run window that you get the same thing..? ie type cmd.exe instead of cmd And have you checked that in these two keys below that cmd points to system32\cmd.exe ? This …

What happens to your sys will depend upon exactly where you are stuck in the Repair job. Past the "copying Files" point and things will get interesting. I spose I should point out that repairs etc should only be done on a clean sys.... a virus or worm would have …

I'm guessing that you have some malware in your sys. Maybe you could give us a glimpse of some things... ==Download this file to your desktop: [url]http://download.bleepingcomputer.com/sUBs/ComboFix.exe[/url] - to run it dclick combofix.exe and follow the prompts to start it. When finished, it will produce a log, C:\Combofix.txt - post …

May also appear because you once used "load default settings" in BIOS. If you otherwise like the way BIOS is operating just go in to BIOS Setup, select Save and Exit.

Yep, first thing is to check for bugs, as sittas pointed out. But your explorer shell is broken. Try this also... To fix the explorer shell: You could save this to your desktop. If it will not run by dclicking then run it from task manager by inputting its pathname. …

When you do a Windows Repair some of your registry is saved into Windows\repair directory. Now I do not know exactly which bits of registry are saved, but it will [should] not hurt for you to try this: Go to Windows\repair, copy over to Windows\system32\config these files: sam security software …

Two ways... if you actually know the password just go into BIOS Setup, security section and cancel the pw, else...Power down your sys, right down, even unplug; open the case and remove the CMOS battery from the mb. Either wait about 10mins or switch the battery jumper to disharge position, …

Mmm.. don't delete those files. The correct way to manually update Java is to update first, then uninstall any old versions via CP > Add/Rmv Pgms. Any chance you still have an old Java installation file on your sys? Because if not you will have to dl the whole installation …

...and if you rclick the Start button, > Start Menu tab, customize button, Advanced tab, scroll down and check that box... what happens?

Mmm... lessee, when you start it from cold you hear the hdd spin up... its drive light flash intermittently, but no visible sign of a POST process? Not the hdd then... could be your RAM though... do you have two RAM modules - try unplugging one/swapping. Do you have a …

If your are like most folk you have not set an ADMINISTRATOR password [the default Administrator...]., so start in Safe Mode and use a blank as password, then reset your own.

Some things to do, in this order.... ==Download this temp file cleaner from [url]http://www.atribune.org/ccount/click.php?id=1[/url] --click in the download window to run it, and when ATF Cleaner opens go Select all, and then Empty Selected. Next click Firefox [if you have that browser..] at the top, Select All again, and Empty …

Hi fruehling, just checking a couple of things.. are you in Riga? .. and is your AV working fully? Ok, your problem with webbing... do you realise you have microsoft's parental control application running? It intercepts your net traffic and ..what shall I say?... sanitises it. I don't know how …

It's a CRT display, Stephanie? The control circuit for the field coils around the back of the tube which "magnify" or broaden the electron beam is dying... it's not spreading the beam as it should. Time to get a new screen; generally they are not worth repairing.

It would be nice to see the Vundofix log... there is a malware startup entry in that HT log.. O2 - BHO: (no name) - {CA9536AD-C9E1-4829-B2DF-AE7D0593C468} - C:\WINDOWS\system32\xxyxWQKd.dll I am keen to see what Vundofix made of it. And we can proceed from there, if needs be.

==Please copy the text in the box to a notepad [format/wordwrap unchecked] and save as fixkey.reg, as type "all files", to your desktop; dclick it to run... agree; if it opens in notepad instead rclick the icon [file], choose Open with, Registry editor.... [code] Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00 Windows …

Go Start, Run, and enter .. services.msc Scroll down to Print Spooler and ensure that Startup Type is Automatic. If not, rclick Print Spooler, > Properties and select Automatic in the drop down menu.

If something appears wrong there is always room for another scan. Or two. ==Please use IE or Firefox to do an online scan at panda:- [url]http://www.pandasecurity.com/homeusers/solutions/activescan/?[/url] -for the free online virus scan select the link Scan your PC, then Register [otherwise there will be no disinfection, merely detection] with a …

Michael, run this scan and post the log so that we may see the items to fix. We are a bit blind atm.. ==download hijackthis: [url]http://www.majorgeeks.com/download5554.html[/url] -copy it to a new FOLDER placed either alongside your program files or on your desktop and then... rename hijackthis.exe to imabunny.exe -in that …

Hi. Run this script... I think it will solve your problem... ==Please copy the text in the box to a notepad [format/wordwrap unchecked] and save as fixkey.reg, as type "all files", to your desktop; dclick it to run... agree; if it opens in notepad instead rclick the icon [file], choose …

Urk. Some malware disable Task Manager, some disable Safe Mode. Your symptom suggests that some drivers are not loading successfully [they continue to load and initialise in the background while the logon screen is up].I see that you have tried a Windows Repair [not Recovery Console] with no success, so …

I think she may have forgotten to disconnect the net cable... and the mb got a jolt from that? May mean a new mb; ram, cards and cpu may have survived, may not have. Get it checked at a dealer's who has a tech on hand. The sys will run …

You gotta give it credit.. the OS knows what it knows. Windows doesn't know the "make" command. Try a Linux, or Apple box. In cmd window, enter help -for a list of commands, and for help on a specific command enter help "the command" eg help md Actually, i don't …

Possibly missing Java?

Belo, when you format a partition you delete the File Allocation Tables in the boot sector. What this means is that the locations of your files on the disk are "lost", but the files should still be there, or most of them. They may be fragmented. Most decent file recovery …

It doesn't get much better than this: [url]http://www.dslreports.com/faq/15804[/url]

One day I'll bother learning about networks... but if you go into a cmd window and type.. ipconfig /? -you should find what you want. My money is on /flushdns, and maybe /registerdns You play.

I'm sure your laptop supports FAT32 :) A USB thumbdrive? It will format in FAT16 [FAT]. Follow these instructions, but choose FAT [the formats available to the particular drive will be listed in the menu]: [url]http://www.ntfs.com/quest22.htm[/url] Or simply, in My Computer, rclick the drive. select Format... in the window that …

Hi, just for a start so that we may see what is going on would you please do this: ==download hijackthis: [url]http://www.majorgeeks.com/download5554.html[/url] -copy it to a new FOLDER placed either alongside your program files or on your desktop and then... rename hijackthis.exe to imabunny.exe -in that folder start HijackThis by …

I cannot tell where you are up to in your fix. Please do the following, in the order given: ==Please download Malwarebytes' Anti-Malware from: [url]http://www.majorgeeks.com/Malwarebytes_Anti-Malware_d5756.html[/url] or: [url]http://www.besttechie.net/tools/mbam-setup.exe[/url] =Dclick that file to install the application and ensure that it is set to update and start, else start it via the icon. …

Naturally enough, you could check the monitor with some other system. If it is not the monitor, then check the HDD lamp on the fron tpanel fro a lot of activity after the POST phase ompletes. No activity? ... then power off and swap RAM sticks. No RAM means no …

Roadking may well have died of old age. If you wish to format then obviously you intend reinstalling XP. Windows Setup on the installation cd will offer you the chance to format if you so wish. No need for floppies.

Go to the Virus n Nasty forum, see how to post a hijackthis log and do so. You likely have malware.

A couple of things for you to do... the first is to "take ownership of XP pro files" and if you google that you will get the full how to - it is straightforward. The second is this - cos you obviously have an XP installation cd you can repair …

Hi billy, check in Disk Management that your C: partition [your boot partition] is marked Active.

This tool usually does the trick cleanly and simply, sittas. Unlocker 1.8.5 ==This one is a general purpose deleter, Unlocker: [url]http://filehippo.com/download_unlocker/[/url] Dclick the exe to install it, unchecking the updater and assistant boxes. It runs from the rclick context menu, and that is cool.

If you had typed %systemroot% in the Run window it would have opened that folder for you in Explorer, same as with any file or folder... If you Run a folder path it will open the folder; if you run a file's pathname it will open the file, eg a …

Open your registry with regedit, navigate to this key: HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\System In the right pane if you have a valuename DisableTaskMgr with a value of 1 [one], either modify the value to 0 [zero], or merely lclick DisableTaskMgr and delete it. Close the registry window.

When starting and selecting Safe mode [any safe mode] you are given the option of running System Restore. Choose that and restore to any earlier point that is available, but the later the better. If you do not have Restore points, then continue to safe mode... can you get past …

G'day, Joseph... it sounds like you installed a second op sys when you tried that. Two steps to take to solve that... when inside the XP that you choose to start, open My Computer and check for a second C:\WINDOWS folder. Delete it [if it is the one you are …

Hi, the first tool will remove an obvious infection, the second will check further and disclose some info I would like to see. Please run them both in the order given/ ==Please download Malwarebytes' Anti-Malware from: [url]http://www.majorgeeks.com/Malwarebytes_Anti-Malware_d5756.html[/url] or: [url]http://www.besttechie.net/tools/mbam-setup.exe[/url] =Dclick that file to install the application and ensure that it …

Hi, Suspishio, thrum tagged onto another thread and I asked him to post anew; I already had made up my reply so I'm just going to paste it here - hope you don't mind..? Beauty, thrum ... this saves a lot of confusion, and you don't want me confused, now …

Don't forget to disturb the PS also. Mostly a PS is designed to monitor only a couple of the voltages it puts out, the assumption being that if they are fine, well, there's a pretty good chance the others are too. Further, only some of the voltages are actually regulated …

==Download SDFix from here: [url]http://downloads.andymanchesta.com/RemovalTools/SDFix.exe[/url] and save it to your desktop. Dclick SDFix.exe and choose Run to extract it to %systemdrive%, which commonly will be C:\ ==Download this temp file cleaner from [url]http://www.atribune.org/ccount/click.php?id=1[/url] --click in the download window to run it, and when ATF Cleaner opens go Select all, and …

I do not know why your sys will not boot fom your recovery cd... but perhaps you can borrow someone's XP installation cd and try that? This is what you need to do when you can finally boot from a cd... [url]http://support.microsoft.com/kb/330184[/url]

config.sys? In XP?

Quite mysteriously, you most likely will now not get any help at all.

Or for free, dl Gparted Livecd, burn it tp a cd and boot from it. If you want instructions they are in the help file, and also on the web with pictures. Easy as. Okay, the ui is basic, but everything you need is there and it is straightforward.

You need to use your original XP installation cd to follow the Recovery Console method given on this site: [url]http://support.microsoft.com/KB/875350[/url] This will uninstall XP; you then follow that up [if your sys then will start] by completing the SP2 uninstallation via control panel, Add/Remove pgms. And then try again to …