What happens if you try Safe Mode?
Restart your computer in Safe Mode.
Press F8 after the Power-On Self Test (POST) is done. If the Windows Advanced Options Menu does not appear, try restarting and then pressing F8 several times after the POST screen.
Choose the Safe Mode option from the Windows Advanced Options Menu then press Enter.
This can take several miniutes to load.
Open regedit and go to this key: Let me know if the red highlighted is there. if not. give me exactly what is listed with the "Shell"= HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Winlogon "Shell"="Explorer.exe"
all i have in the
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\MICROSFT\WINDOWS\CURRENTVERSION
is just
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\MICROSFT\WINDOWS\CURRENTVERSION\EXPLORER\BROWSER HELPER OBJECTS
Launch Notepad (Start>All Programs>Accessories), and copy/paste all the Quoted REGEDIT below to it. Don't forget to include REGEDIT4.
Save in: Desktop
File Name: fixme.reg
Save as Type: * files
Click: Save
Save this as fix.reg Choose to save as *all files and place it on your desktop.
It should look like this: [external image: Posted Image]
Doubleclick on it and when it asks you if you want to merge the contents to the registry, click yes/ok.
(In case you are unsure how to create a reg file, take a look here with screenshots.)
Reboot and "copy/paste" a new HijackThis log file into this thread.
Also please describe how your computer behaves at the moment.
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