Attacked

I forgot you're running W2K Look under these 2. Web Settings

there is no restore to be found in either of those

If you Right Click on a open area on the desktop and select Properties is one of th etabs Desktop?

no

That's really strange. Do you have administrator rights? Please go to Task Manager > File > Run and copy/paste in this line: regedit.exe /e c:\export.txt "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Image File Execution Options\explorer.exe" Then hit enter. Then use Notepad to go to c:\export.txt If you cannot find the file, please let me know that fact. Paste the results here.

this is my work laptop, but i can sodo just about anything where is task manager?

this is my work laptop, but i can sodo just about anything

Wonder if the desktop has been disabled?

Run what i posted.

what I need to know is, where the heck is task manager?

Alt/Ctrl/Del all at the same time will bring up taskmanager

oh that task manager…what a dope

Cannot find that file. did a search and it can't be found

Please copy the contents of the following quote box into Notepad:

REGEDIT4

[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\System]
"WallpaperStyle"=-
"Wallpaper"=-
"NoDispBackgroundPage"=-
"NoDispAppearancePage"=-

[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Control Panel\Desktop]
"Wallpaper"=-
"WallpaperStyle"=-

[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\Explorer]
"NoActiveDesktopChanges"=-
"NoActiveDesktop"=-
"NoSaveSettings"=-
"ClassicShell"=-
"NoThemesTab"=-

[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\ActiveDesktop]
"NoChangingWallPaper"=-

Save it to your desktop as fixme.reg

Then, locate fixme.reg on your desktop and it.

You will receive a prompt similar to: "Do you wish to merge the information into the registry?".

Answer 'Yes' and wait for a message to appear similar to "Merged Successfully"

Reboot.

Can you access/change the desktop now?

Yes it did merge and i can change or put an image on the desktop that does not require the active desktop to be enabled. IE still no graphical content. please advise

http://www.microsoft.com/technet/prodtechn…2.mspx?mfr=true


For IE, try this:
If you download and double click on this small app, it will restore all the default search fuctions for IE.

http://www.spywareinfo.com/downloads/tools/IEFIX.reg

Save it to your desktop.

Right click on the file IEFIX.reg and select Merge.

Thanks for the help LD Im still having the same problem as far as my registry and the infections that I had is my system clean? should I do any financial stuff on this system? should I just reload IE and any other program that im having that problem with??