Following Colin Barnhorst last advice i had to reenter Windows serial number
and I realized that I had made a typo yesterday. I was able to download MS
Beta Spyware and run it in safe mode admin. If found 7 problems that have
been removed. Windows explorer and defrag still does not work.

"Hunter B" wrote:

Download and install Lavasoft's Adware. Install MS Beta Spyware program.
Boot into Safe Mode and log on as administrator and see if you can install
Spybot now. Run Lavasoft Adware and spyware. After it finds something
then reboot again in safe mode with Networking and logon as administrator.
Download all the updates for all three programs and run them again. You might
find a few things that were missed when you logged on as yourself. Hope this
helps.

"Leiloucan" wrote:

February 20 I begin to notice that my Dell Dimension 8200 took longer to
start. I tried to open Windows explorer but it took 30 minutes to show the
files (My computer does the same). Internet explorer works fine as most other
programs. I suspected a virus or adware. I have Norton AV 2005 active in auto
update mode. I tried spybot but the software did not work. I think of a
harware failure and run checkdisk with all otions on. No errors founds.

I tried a system restore to the previous friday. no luck.

I did:
Disable System Restore
in safe mode run scan with Mwav (all options scan)
in safe mode run scan with Ad-AwareSE (use full system scan)
in safe mode run scan with SpySweeper
Enable system restore

A few adware and virus where found and eliminated.

But windows explorer still does not work and the computer still takes more
time then mormal to startup.

Does anyone has a clue or has seen such things?