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Programs won't run from desktop except internet explorer. Help!
Before logon page when windows XP is starting up a grey box has been
appearing withnothing but a couple of Chinese/Japanese characters and below a box to click with OK. X at top right had no effect. At first I just clicked OK to make it go away and get on to windows but I'm wondering if this is a virus that has snuck through. Now I do control alt delete which by-passes this box. However. Yesterday I noticed that although internet explorer works from the desktop nothing else does and the little bar at the bottom of the screen hasn't been there for a while. This message appears when I try to run anything other than Internet explorer: This file does not have a program associated with it for performing this action. Create an association in the Folder Options control panel. I've tried to do this but not succeeded. Today I tried to run a scan but couldn't open that then I went to the McAfee website to download a free virus scan but it wouldn't download. Have no idea what to do and I have a CV I need to get on with and print off ASAP so if anyone could help me rescue my computer I would be most grateful! |
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Programs won't run from desktop except internet explorer. Help!
Boot to Safe Mode With Command Prompt (F8 on restart), and run a System
Restore to a date before the error.\ HOW TO Start System Restore Tool from Command Prompt (Q304449): http://support.microsoft.com/support.../q304/4/49.asp -- Was this post helpful to you? Then click the "Yes" button, below. Voting helps others who use the web interface. Mark L. Ferguson "Kit.bit" wrote: Before logon page when windows XP is starting up a grey box has been appearing withnothing but a couple of Chinese/Japanese characters and below a box to click with OK. X at top right had no effect. At first I just clicked OK to make it go away and get on to windows but I'm wondering if this is a virus that has snuck through. Now I do control alt delete which by-passes this box. However. Yesterday I noticed that although internet explorer works from the desktop nothing else does and the little bar at the bottom of the screen hasn't been there for a while. This message appears when I try to run anything other than Internet explorer: This file does not have a program associated with it for performing this action. Create an association in the Folder Options control panel. I've tried to do this but not succeeded. Today I tried to run a scan but couldn't open that then I went to the McAfee website to download a free virus scan but it wouldn't download. Have no idea what to do and I have a CV I need to get on with and print off ASAP so if anyone could help me rescue my computer I would be most grateful! |
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