Lol, Major Malfunction...*cries*

  • Thread starter Thread starter Angelofpain1105
  • Start date Start date
A

Angelofpain1105

Ok, I was on the computer and it was running fine, I go to work, com
back and the first thing I hear is the computer is messed up...*sigh*
live with people who don't know how to work a computer but are t
ignorate to not do stuff they dont know and they're explaination is "
know what I'm doing" *deep sigh* Ok so I turn on the computer and
have Verizon Fios Internet which is like cable internet (if you didn'
know) I bring up Windows Explorer and it says Unable to locate server
Well, Go to bring up the task bar and to my suprise the taskbar wil
not come up so I try going into properties...no help there, so I cic
on ToolBars and put the Addresses in there. Well! My taskbar comes up
than turn OFF the Address button and attempt to open another Window
Explorer Still nothing so I minimize it and it doesn't even go on th
taskbar...Its like nothing shows up on the taskbar I can open contro
panel and it doesn't show up...nothing does. I tried System Restor
says Windows can not open the program please restart your computer an
try again. I did and retryed it...nothing...I scaned it with Norton
and AVG I tryed to see if there was a program running that stopped i
(threw task manager) but none of that found anything. I can't get m
accounts page to open up. I can't get Network Connections to ope
up...I'm telling you this is horrible...and I dont know where my syste
restore disk is to restore it =( Is there anything I can do? Lol, I kno
thats alot...and I may have left some stuff out but I think u get th
idea...lol. Oh, and when I asked what he was doing he said he wa
trying to make a account on Ebay.../slap lol. I'm running on
Emachines but it is Windows XP its about 2 yrs old =)

Thank you for taking the time to read this and I hope someone will b
able to help me, ty
 
Angelofpain1105 said:
Ok, I was on the computer and it was running fine,{;} I go to work,
come back and the first thing I hear is{, "}the computer is messed
up...{"}*sigh*

I live with people who don't know how to work a computer but are
to{o} ignorate {sp: ignorant} to not do stuff they dont {sp: don't}
know and they're {sp: their} explaination {sp: explanation} is{,}
"I know what I'm doing{.}" *deep sigh*
{http://esl.about.com/od/grammarintermediate/a/cm_neg.htm}

Ok{,} so I turn on the computer and I have Verizon Fios Internet
{, }which is like cable internet (if you didn't know{.}) I bring up
Windows Explorer and it says Unable to locate server. Well, {I} go
to bring up the task bar and to my suprise {sp: surprise} the
taskbar will not come up so I try going into properties... no help
there,{;} so I cick {sp: click} on ToolBars and put the Addresses
in there.

Well! My taskbar comes up I than {then} turn OFF the Address
button and attempt to open another Windows Explorer{.} Still
nothing so I minimize it and it doesn't even go on the taskbar...
Its like nothing shows up on the taskbar{,} I can open control
panel and it doesn't show up... nothing does.

I tried System Restore{;} {it} says Windows can not open the
program{,} please restart your computer and try again. I did and
retryed {sp: retried} it... nothing... I scaned {sp: scanned}
it with Nortons and AVG{;} I tryed {sp: tried} to see if there was
a program running that stopped it (threw {sp: through} task
manager) but none of that found anything. I can't get my
accounts page to open up. I can't get Network Connections to
open up... I'm telling you this is horrible... {;}and I dont {sp: don't}
know where my system restore disk is to restore it =(

Is there anything I can do?

Lol, I know thats {sp: that's} alot {sp: a lot}...{,}and I may have
left some stuff out but I think u {sp: you} get the idea... lol.

Oh, and when I asked what he was doing he said he was
trying to make a{n} account on Ebay... /slap lol.

I'm running on a{n} Emachines but it is Windows XP{;} its {It's}
about 2 yrs old =)

Thank you for taking the time to read this and I hope someone will
be able to help me, ty!
Click to expand...

Next time, formatting and other considerations might be nice. <vbg> I've
tried to break it up/clean it up (your original message) to help make sense
out of it in my quote of your posting above.

First - you may wish to reboot into Safe Mode and try System Restore from
there.

If that does not work, then it sounds like you may have been infested with
some spyware/adware. Your answer may not be AntiVirus - but AntiSpyware
applications. What I would suggest at this point is downloading, installing
and utilizing these three applications (in order, one at a time, reboot
between each one):

- SuperAntiSpyware
http://www.superantispyware.com/downloadfile.html?productid=SUPERANTISPYWAREFREE

- Spybot Search and Destroy
http://www.safer-networking.org/en/mirrors/index.html

- LavaSoft AdAware
http://www.download.com/Ad-Aware-20...=dl-ad-aware&subj=dl&tag=top5&cdlpid=10045910

Follow that up with a download/installation and running of CCleaner:
http://ccleaner.com/download/builds/downloading-slim

You may need to utilize an alternative browser to get some of those - as I
do not know the current status of Internet Explorer. I suggest Firefox:
http://www.mozilla.com/products/download.html?product=firefox-2.0.0.11&os=win&lang=en-US

If doing those things does not seem to fix anything - boot into Safe Mode
and logon as the user "administrator" with whatever password is on that
account (if you didn't set one - it is likely blank - meaning there is no
password - just leave the password field blank if asked to enter one and
press ENTER.) Create a new user, reboot and logon as that new user. Does
that new user have the same symptoms as the original one?

Come back and follow up so we know your status. I would definitely be
looking for those restoration CDs.
 
I'm sorry about that being all jumbled together.
I downloaded all 4 of those (I already use Firefox).
All of them found a good bit of things, and was able to delete
everything.
I logged back on and still had the same problem, I went in safe mode
created a new profile and deleted to other new.
Sadly I'm still having the same problems.
I've done everything I can think of.
I believe I'm just going to take it and have it reformated because I
can't find the CD's ='(...Thats gonna be the best way to fix it (in my
opinion)
Is there anything else I should try before taking it to get it
reformatted?

Thanks
 
Angelofpain1105 said:
Ok, I was on the computer and it was running fine,{;} I go to work,
come back and the first thing I hear is{, "}the computer is messed
up...{"}*sigh*

I live with people who don't know how to work a computer but are
to{o} ignorate {sp: ignorant} to not do stuff they dont {sp: don't}
know and they're {sp: their} explaination {sp: explanation} is{,}
"I know what I'm doing{.}" *deep sigh*
{http://esl.about.com/od/grammarintermediate/a/cm_neg.htm}

Ok{,} so I turn on the computer and I have Verizon Fios Internet
{, }which is like cable internet (if you didn't know{.}) I bring up
Windows Explorer and it says Unable to locate server. Well, {I} go
to bring up the task bar and to my suprise {sp: surprise} the
taskbar will not come up so I try going into properties... no help
there,{;} so I cick {sp: click} on ToolBars and put the Addresses
in there.

Well! My taskbar comes up I than {then} turn OFF the Address
button and attempt to open another Windows Explorer{.} Still
nothing so I minimize it and it doesn't even go on the taskbar...
Its like nothing shows up on the taskbar{,} I can open control
panel and it doesn't show up... nothing does.

I tried System Restore{;} {it} says Windows can not open the
program{,} please restart your computer and try again. I did and
retryed {sp: retried} it... nothing... I scaned {sp: scanned}
it with Nortons and AVG{;} I tryed {sp: tried} to see if there was
a program running that stopped it (threw {sp: through} task
manager) but none of that found anything. I can't get my
accounts page to open up. I can't get Network Connections to
open up... I'm telling you this is horrible... {;}and I dont {sp: don't}
know where my system restore disk is to restore it =(

Is there anything I can do?

Lol, I know thats {sp: that's} alot {sp: a lot}...{,}and I may have
left some stuff out but I think u {sp: you} get the idea... lol.

Oh, and when I asked what he was doing he said he was
trying to make a{n} account on Ebay... /slap lol.

I'm running on a{n} Emachines but it is Windows XP{;} its {It's}
about 2 yrs old =)

Thank you for taking the time to read this and I hope someone will
be able to help me, ty!
Click to expand...

Shenan said:
Next time, formatting and other considerations might be nice. <vbg>
I've tried to break it up/clean it up (your original message) to
help make sense out of it in my quote of your posting above.

First - you may wish to reboot into Safe Mode and try System
Restore from there.

If that does not work, then it sounds like you may have been
infested with some spyware/adware. Your answer may not be
AntiVirus - but AntiSpyware applications. What I would suggest at
this point is downloading, installing and utilizing these three
applications (in order, one at a time, reboot between each one):

- SuperAntiSpyware
http://www.superantispyware.com/downloadfile.html?productid=SUPERANTISPYWAREFREE

- Spybot Search and Destroy
http://www.safer-networking.org/en/mirrors/index.html

- LavaSoft AdAware
http://www.download.com/Ad-Aware-20...=dl-ad-aware&subj=dl&tag=top5&cdlpid=10045910

Follow that up with a download/installation and running of CCleaner:
http://ccleaner.com/download/builds/downloading-slim

You may need to utilize an alternative browser to get some of those
- as I do not know the current status of Internet Explorer. I
suggest Firefox:
http://www.mozilla.com/products/download.html?product=firefox-2.0.0.11&os=win&lang=en-US

If doing those things does not seem to fix anything - boot into
Safe Mode and logon as the user "administrator" with whatever
password is on that account (if you didn't set one - it is likely
blank - meaning there is no password - just leave the password
field blank if asked to enter one and press ENTER.) Create a new
user, reboot and logon as that new user. Does that new user have
the same symptoms as the original one?

Come back and follow up so we know your status. I would definitely
be looking for those restoration CDs.
Click to expand...
I'm sorry about that being all jumbled together.

I downloaded all 4 of those (I already use Firefox).
All of them found a good bit of things, and was able to delete
everything.

I logged back on and still had the same problem, I went in safe mode
created a new profile and deleted to other new.

Sadly I'm still having the same problems.
I've done everything I can think of.

I believe I'm just going to take it and have it reformated because I
can't find the CD's ='(...Thats gonna be the best way to fix it (in
my opinion)

Is there anything else I should try before taking it to get it
reformatted?
Click to expand...

If you can beg/borrow a copy of Windows XP that is the same as yours (OEM
likely, Windows XP Home, Professional or ...?) - then you can try a repair
installation. That way you replace the system files with known good ones
but keep all your stuff intact. *use your product key!!

How to Perform a Windows XP Repair Install
http://www.michaelstevenstech.com/XPrepairinstall.htm

How to perform an in-place upgrade (reinstallation) of Windows XP
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/315341

After that you have to get your updates working...

Updates are not installed successfully from Windows Update,
from Microsoft Update, or by using Automatic Updates after
you repair a Windows XP installation
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/943144
 
Back
Top