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Click "Start", "Settings", and then click "Control Panel". Open the "Display" applet. Click on "Desktop", "Customise Display…" and "Web". In the box under "Web pages" look for a checkbox named "Security". If found select it and click "Delete".

The problem is that on that user, when you click display, the only tabs that are there are screensaver and settings. There is no desktop, no themes, no appearance. I t doesn't appear in safe mode either.

Click on start then run and type this in exactly as below. sfc /scannow You may get promted to insert yoru OS disk if so just insert it you dont need to click on anything. Let it scan your system and it will repair any missing or damaged OS files.

What exactly is the OS disk, Is that the reinstallation CD? Are you sure I won't have to do anything special with reinstallation?

os = operating sysytem so I mean your windows xp disk.

That's what I thought. I did what you told me by running sfc /scannow and nothing happened. Windows File Protection searches for all files, and then when the scan is complete, it just shuts down and says nothing. Should I still reinstall XP?

I am not asking you to reinstall XP. When you run that utlity it sometiomes asks you to install the operating system disk. If you ran the scan it would fix or reinstall any missing files.

I ran the scan and the display is still missing theme, desktop, etc. The scan did not say to insert any disk.

Try this for the desktop tab >>>> http://www.theeldergeek.com/desktop_tab_mi…rom_display.htm

Thanks I'll try it in the morning. Got to go to sleep. Have a good night. Speak to you tomorrow.

I tried to do what the eldergeek website said to do, but when I tried to open the group policy editor it said that Windows cannot find it. Should I just try to do a system restore back to the beginning of April before all of this started, Would that work? Also when you turn off the computer, there is a blue screen with a small text (like the fatal error message I got when my computer crashed, however, the writing is very small, in the middle of the desktop and it goes away very quickly so I can't read what it says and the computer shuts down.

I am going to ask an expert for a fresh eyes look to see if Im missing something. Hang in there.

I'm Hanging.

Ok 2 steps to try here.

Download the following reg file to your desktop by right clicking on the link, and selecting save as.

http://www.bleepingcomputer.com/files/reg/smitfraud.reg

Once it has downloaded, double-click on the smitfraud.reg file on your desktop and when it asks if you would like to merge the data, click on the Yes button.

Reboot your computer and you should now be able to change your desktop settings back to how you would like it. If your desktop still looks strange, go into your display properties and click on the Themes tab. Change the theme to Windows XP and you will now be using the default Windows XP settings. Then change them as you see fit.

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Download MicroWorld virus scan here >>> Micro World http://www.mwti.net/antivirus/free_utilities.asp

To run the virus scan make sure you click the following

memory, registry, startup folders, system folders, services, drive (all drives will be added) then click on scan clean. When the scan is complete hilight all the files in the LOWER box. Then ctrl + c and paste them into the thread ctrl + v.

I warn you the scan will take a long time to run and will not fix anything just identifies bad files.

I LOVE YOU!!! YOU ARE MY HERO!!! It worked. The desktop is back to normal. How come McAfee Virus Scan doesn't identify any of these viruses when I run rhat scan? I'm sending the scan but I have to split it up because the post is too long. Here is the first part. File System Found infected by "IBIS Spyware/Adware" Virus. Action Taken: No Action Taken. File System Found infected by "XXXToolbar Spyware/Adware" Virus. Action Taken: No Action Taken. File System Found infected by "Alexa Spyware/Adware" Virus. Action Taken: No Action Taken. File System Found infected by "BetterInternet Spyware/Adware" Virus. Action Taken: No Action Taken. File System Found infected by "MyBar Spyware/Adware" Virus. Action Taken: No Action Taken. File System Found infected by "CoolWebSearch Spyware/Adware" Virus. Action Taken: No Action Taken. File System Found infected by "HuntBar Spyware/Adware" Virus. Action Taken: No Action Taken. File System Found infected by "IBIS Spyware/Adware" Virus. Action Taken: No Action Taken. File System Found infected by "istbar Spyware/Adware" Virus. Action Taken: No Action Taken. File System Found infected by "Quicken Spyware/Adware" Virus. Action Taken: No Action Taken. File System Found infected by "Kazaa Spyware/Adware" Virus. Action Taken: No Action Taken. File System Found infected by "wsxsvc Spyware/Adware" Virus. Action Taken: No Action Taken. File System Found infected by "kazaa Spyware/Adware" Virus. Action Taken: No Action Taken. File System Found infected by "pynix Spyware/Adware" Virus. Action Taken: No Action Taken. File System Found infected by "PerfectNav Spyware/Adware" Virus. Action Taken: No Action Taken. File System Found infected by "btiein.Toolbar Spyware/Adware" Virus. Action Taken: No Action Taken. File System Found infected by "cws.therealsearch Spyware/Adware" Virus. Action Taken: No Action Taken. File System Found infected by "ISearchTech Spyware/Adware" Virus. Action Taken: No Action Taken. File C:\WINDOWS\NDNuninstall6_38.exe infected by "not-a-virus:AdWare.NewDotNet" Virus. Action Taken: No Action Taken. File C:\WINDOWS\sskb5.exe infected by "Trojan-Dropper.Win32.SurfSide.a" Virus. Action Taken: No Action Taken. File C:\WINDOWS\System32\MTC.dll infected by "Trojan-Downloader.Win32.Agent.ga" Virus. Action Taken: No Action Taken. File C:\WINDOWS\System32\osconfig.dll tagged as not-a-virus:RiskWare.Proxy.MarketScode.c. No Action Taken. File C:\WINDOWS\System32\rk.bin tagged as not-a-virus:RiskWare.Proxy.MarketScore.k. No Action Taken. File C:\WINDOWS\System32\spm8274.dll infected by "Backdoor.Win32.Agent.en" Virus. Action Taken: No Action Taken. File C:\WINDOWS\System32\srdrv32.dll infected by "Trojan-Downloader.Win32.Small.aoa" Virus. Action Taken: No Action Taken. File C:\WINDOWS\System32\srpcsrv32.dll infected by "Trojan-Downloader.Win32.Adload.g" Virus. Action Taken: No Action Taken. File C:\WINDOWS\System32\txfdb32.dll infected by "Trojan.Win32.TopAntiSpyware.i" Virus. Action Taken: No Action Taken. File C:\WINDOWS\System32\wer8274.dll infected by "Backdoor.Win32.Agent.en" Virus. Action Taken: No Action Taken. File C:\WINDOWS\System32\wldr.dll infected by "Trojan-Downloader.Win32.Agent.le" Virus. Action Taken: No Action Taken.