Re: ADMINISTRATOR GONE!

Hello Malke,
Yes, I think you are right,... probably the best solution just to have it
all cleaned up. I was told in the process of getting rid of the many and
various viruses, that bits of older anti-virus products were still running in
the system which caused the newer products not to work properly....which I
found strange since those particular bits were over three years old, but
nevermind.
Every virus leaves its mark, whether big or small....so what with the
collection that has built up over the more than three years...
After the sytem is all shiny and fresh, is it it just a matter of updating
my current anti virus/antispyware/anti malware/firewall product regularily
(I'm using the AVG currently)?
Or do you suggest also adding, or doing, extra stuff?
Thanks again for your help!
Anke



"Malke" wrote:

anke wrote:
Hi,
After a massive virus bombardment, particularily also the WinAntiSpyware
2007, I found that not only my Control Panel, but all other so-called
administrator rights are gone when I turn on my computer.
I got rid of the viruses, but the Control Panel as well as the administrator
rights, I can't get back.
I tried system restore, but it isn't permitted.
Anything that I tried to do that might go "deeper' into my sytem, isn't
permitted...
How do I change these settings?
How do I get the control Panel back?
Thanks for the help!
Anke


Since you say you had a "massive virus bombardment", probably the best
solution at this point is to back up your data and do a clean install of
Windows. It really does sound like too much of the operating system has
been damaged. You can try a Repair Install first, but I wouldn't be too
hopeful about it.

http://www.michaelstevenstech.com/XPrepairinstall.htm - Repair Install
How-To
http://michaelstevenstech.com/cleanxpinstall.html - Clean Install How-To
http://www.elephantboycomputers.com/page2.html#Reinstalling_Windows -
What you will need on-hand


Malke
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