Windows has completely messed up

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On my other computer, Windows has completely messed up. Everything was
running fine and then suddenly, my icons begin to dissappear, and i can no
longer see the taskbar. all that is left is the background. I can no longer
check anything on that computer. I was running a virus check and such before
the computer messed up, however, it dissappeared also right in the middle. I
am afraid that my computer has been infected. What can I do?

 

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As a first step, I would remove the virus(es).

--
Ted Zieglar
"You can do it if you try."

"legatobluesummers07" <legatobluesummers07@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote
in message news:A1B20811-618F-4436-8D9D-3C7E2F04031E@microsoft.com...
> On my other computer, Windows has completely messed up. Everything was
> running fine and then suddenly, my icons begin to dissappear, and i can no
> longer see the taskbar. all that is left is the background. I can no
longer
> check anything on that computer. I was running a virus check and such
before
> the computer messed up, however, it dissappeared also right in the middle.
I
> am afraid that my computer has been infected. What can I do?

 

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i have tried removing the viruses, however, it dissappeared before i could.
now what can i do?

"Ted Zieglar" wrote:

> As a first step, I would remove the virus(es).
>
> --
> Ted Zieglar
> "You can do it if you try."
>
> "legatobluesummers07" <legatobluesummers07@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote
> in message news:A1B20811-618F-4436-8D9D-3C7E2F04031E@microsoft.com...
> > On my other computer, Windows has completely messed up. Everything was
> > running fine and then suddenly, my icons begin to dissappear, and i can no
> > longer see the taskbar. all that is left is the background. I can no
> longer
> > check anything on that computer. I was running a virus check and such
> before
> > the computer messed up, however, it dissappeared also right in the middle.
> I
> > am afraid that my computer has been infected. What can I do?
>
>

 

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A suggestion.. remove the drive from the computer, and install into another
as a slave.. check for virus infestation, and then retrieve any important
stuff from it like e-mail, photos, music etc..

After having done this, replace the drive back into the original computer,
and use whatever media you have to do a fresh install/recovery.. then
copy/import your saved data back to it..

For more on XP installation, go to http://www.michaelstevenstech.com

Good luck

--
Mike Hall
MVP - Windows Shell/User


"legatobluesummers07" <legatobluesummers07@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote
in message news:A1B20811-618F-4436-8D9D-3C7E2F04031E@microsoft.com...
> On my other computer, Windows has completely messed up. Everything was
> running fine and then suddenly, my icons begin to dissappear, and i can no
> longer see the taskbar. all that is left is the background. I can no
> longer
> check anything on that computer. I was running a virus check and such
> before
> the computer messed up, however, it dissappeared also right in the middle.
> I
> am afraid that my computer has been infected. What can I do?

 

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legatobluesummers07 wrote:
> On my other computer, Windows has completely messed up.
> Everything was running fine and then suddenly, my icons
> begin to dissappear, and i can no longer see the taskbar.
> all that is left is the background. I can no longer check
> anything on that computer. I was running a virus check and
> such before the computer messed up, however, it dissappeared
> also right in the middle. I am afraid that my computer has
> been infected. What can I do?

On the problem computer, hit the Ctrl + Alt + Del buttons all
at the same time.
This should bring up Task Manager.
In Task Manager, click on File -> New Task.
Enter explorer.exe in the Open box and hit the OK button.
Hopefully, this will restore your Taskbar and desktop.

If this doesn't help, you might want to take a look here for a
way to run System Restore:

How to start the System Restore tool at a command prompt in
Windows XP
http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=304449

Good luck

Nepatsfan

 

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Reformat and re-install! You have a virus! if your system has an "enable
virus check" mode do so. You do not want it to infect your BIOS.

"legatobluesummers07" wrote:

> On my other computer, Windows has completely messed up. Everything was
> running fine and then suddenly, my icons begin to dissappear, and i can no
> longer see the taskbar. all that is left is the background. I can no longer
> check anything on that computer. I was running a virus check and such before
> the computer messed up, however, it dissappeared also right in the middle. I
> am afraid that my computer has been infected. What can I do?

 

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On Thu, 11 Aug 2005 09:26:11 -0700, "legatobluesummers07"
<legatobluesummers07@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:

>i have tried removing the viruses, however, it dissappeared before i could.
>now what can i do?

Sounds like you have installed malware, spyware or as already
mentioned, a virus. You might try booting to safe mode and trying to
run the various tools to remove & repair the problem. If you can't
run it in safe mode, then I'd suggest you find technical support.

 

[Neil]

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Have you tried safemode.

Neil
"legatobluesummers07" <legatobluesummers07@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote
in message news:11368AD8-43F8-4EB6-8BB9-C2F7537DD9A1@microsoft.com...
>i have tried removing the viruses, however, it dissappeared before i could.
> now what can i do?
>
> "Ted Zieglar" wrote:
>
>> As a first step, I would remove the virus(es).
>>
>> --
>> Ted Zieglar
>> "You can do it if you try."
>>
>> "legatobluesummers07" <legatobluesummers07@discussions.microsoft.com>
>> wrote
>> in message news:A1B20811-618F-4436-8D9D-3C7E2F04031E@microsoft.com...
>> > On my other computer, Windows has completely messed up. Everything was
>> > running fine and then suddenly, my icons begin to dissappear, and i can
>> > no
>> > longer see the taskbar. all that is left is the background. I can no
>> longer
>> > check anything on that computer. I was running a virus check and such
>> before
>> > the computer messed up, however, it dissappeared also right in the
>> > middle.
>> I
>> > am afraid that my computer has been infected. What can I do?
>>
>>