My Computer, Control Panel and ActiveX all screwed up

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wplatnick

Hello,
I have a very messed up server on my hands right now. These problems
only happen with all users EXCEPT the built in Administrator. For some
reason, that account is working fine. There are no security policies
or anything like that, other than the defaults. The system has been
scanned for spyware and viruses and is completely clean. It is fully
patched.

My Computer - When you load up My Computer, nothing shows up. No
drives, no anything. The only thing there is a tiny white box in the
upper left hand corner of the machine.

Control Panel - No icons, just a Red X throughout the entire right hand
pane

ActiveX controls, such as to run Windows Update, do not work properly.


Any ideas on what this could possibly be?
 
Hi,

See if this helps:

Download the file OLEfix.zip available here (it is a registry file
that origin from MS Support, and it has fixed the ActiveX problem
for several people, getting this problem after installing KB896688):

http://patch-info.de/IE/Downloads/OLEfix.zip

Extract it and double click the contained OLEfix.reg file. Click Yes
on the dialog box that asks you if you are sure to add the information
in OLEfix.reg to the registry.

You may have to reboot your machine afterwards.

More about this issue here:

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/909889
 
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