When I returned from my 27 day escape my setup worked fine-the leaky roof
missed it.2 days ago a fellow evacuee who has lost his house/job/car spent
the night with uis and to thank us insisted in loading a game on our
computer.We declined but eventually gave in.Was it that or the internet
surfing he did-I dunno but since then we had a number of new icons appear on
the desk top labeled " free gas ", "free cable" and "Winfix 2005",none of
which we clicked.We couldn't open any pages (Firefox,e-mail) and even after
multiple re-boots using the button on the front of the machine (it won't
close via "start-close" pathway, we still can't open any programs.Our
visitor has left and we can't be too harsh on him-he's got more than enough
to deal with .My usual help is through the university (now closed until
January) via my part-time faculty post.
Getting computer help anywhere here in metro N.O. is as unlikely as
buying sheetrock or getting a roofer.
Is there a "reinstitue basic settings" or an easy "reformat" possibility in
Win XP?

--
Thanks,
Hank

From another post:
--
Ron Sommer

Checking for/Help with Hijackware
http://aumha.org/a/parasite.htm
http://aumha.org/a/quickfix.htm
http://aumha.net/viewtopic.php?t=5878
http://mvps.org/winhelp2002/unwanted.htm
http://inetexplorer.mvps.org/data/prevention.htm
http://inetexplorer.mvps.org/archive/tshoot.html
http://www.mvps.org/sramesh2k/Malware_Defence.htm
http://defendingyourmachine.blogspot.com/

When all else fails, HijackThis v1.99.1
(http://aumha.net/downloads/hijackthis.zip) is the preferred tool to use.
It will help you to both identify and remove any hijackware/spyware. **Post
your log to http://forums.spywareinfo.com/,
http://castlecops.com/forum67.html or http://aumha.net/viewforum.php?f=30
for expert analysis, not here.**

--
~Robear Dyer (PA Bear)
MS MVP-Windows (IE/OE, Security, Shell/User)


"hankB" <hbienert@cox.net> wrote in message
news:c3w2f.296$Kp4.10@lakeread08...
> When I returned from my 27 day escape my setup worked fine-the leaky roof
> missed it.2 days ago a fellow evacuee who has lost his house/job/car spent
> the night with uis and to thank us insisted in loading a game on our
> computer.We declined but eventually gave in.Was it that or the internet
> surfing he did-I dunno but since then we had a number of new icons appear
> on
> the desk top labeled " free gas ", "free cable" and "Winfix 2005",none of
> which we clicked.We couldn't open any pages (Firefox,e-mail) and even
> after
> multiple re-boots using the button on the front of the machine (it won't
> close via "start-close" pathway, we still can't open any programs.Our
> visitor has left and we can't be too harsh on him-he's got more than
> enough
> to deal with .My usual help is through the university (now closed until
> January) via my part-time faculty post.
> Getting computer help anywhere here in metro N.O. is as unlikely as
> buying sheetrock or getting a roofer.
> Is there a "reinstitue basic settings" or an easy "reformat" possibility
> in
> Win XP?
>
> --
> Thanks,
> Hank
>
>

Try a restore point prior installing the new programs, then connect, update
and clean everything.


Ron Sommer wrote:
> From another post:
> --
> Ron Sommer
>
> Checking for/Help with Hijackware
> http://aumha.org/a/parasite.htm
> http://aumha.org/a/quickfix.htm
> http://aumha.net/viewtopic.php?t=5878
> http://mvps.org/winhelp2002/unwanted.htm
> http://inetexplorer.mvps.org/data/prevention.htm
> http://inetexplorer.mvps.org/archive/tshoot.html
> http://www.mvps.org/sramesh2k/Malware_Defence.htm
> http://defendingyourmachine.blogspot.com/
>
> When all else fails, HijackThis v1.99.1
> (http://aumha.net/downloads/hijackthis.zip) is the preferred tool to
> use. It will help you to both identify and remove any
> hijackware/spyware. **Post your log to
> http://forums.spywareinfo.com/, http://castlecops.com/forum67.html or
> http://aumha.net/viewforum.php?f=30 for expert analysis, not here.**
>
>
> "hankB" <hbienert@cox.net> wrote in message
> news:c3w2f.296$Kp4.10@lakeread08...
>> When I returned from my 27 day escape my setup worked fine-the leaky
>> roof missed it.2 days ago a fellow evacuee who has lost his
>> house/job/car spent the night with uis and to thank us insisted in
>> loading a game on our computer.We declined but eventually gave
>> in.Was it that or the internet surfing he did-I dunno but since then
>> we had a number of new icons appear on
>> the desk top labeled " free gas ", "free cable" and "Winfix
>> 2005",none of which we clicked.We couldn't open any pages
>> (Firefox,e-mail) and even after
>> multiple re-boots using the button on the front of the machine (it
>> won't close via "start-close" pathway, we still can't open any
>> programs.Our visitor has left and we can't be too harsh on him-he's
>> got more than enough
>> to deal with .My usual help is through the university (now closed
>> until January) via my part-time faculty post.
>> Getting computer help anywhere here in metro N.O. is as unlikely as
>> buying sheetrock or getting a roofer.
>> Is there a "reinstitue basic settings" or an easy "reformat"
>> possibility in
>> Win XP?
>>
>> --
>> Thanks,
>> Hank

hankB wrote:
> When I returned from my 27 day escape my setup worked fine-the leaky roof
> missed it.2 days ago a fellow evacuee who has lost his house/job/car spent
> the night with uis and to thank us insisted in loading a game on our
> computer.We declined but eventually gave in.Was it that or the internet
> surfing he did-I dunno but since then we had a number of new icons appear on
> the desk top labeled " free gas ", "free cable" and "Winfix 2005",none of
> which we clicked.We couldn't open any pages (Firefox,e-mail) and even after
> multiple re-boots using the button on the front of the machine (it won't
> close via "start-close" pathway, we still can't open any programs.Our
> visitor has left and we can't be too harsh on him-he's got more than enough
> to deal with .My usual help is through the university (now closed until
> January) via my part-time faculty post.
> Getting computer help anywhere here in metro N.O. is as unlikely as
> buying sheetrock or getting a roofer.
> Is there a "reinstitue basic settings" or an easy "reformat" possibility in

There is System Restore. Click on Start->All
Programs->Accessories->System Tools->System Restore. This will bring up
the System Restore wizard. Select a restore point from the calendar,
choose the most recent from *before* your guest made changes to or used
the system. Complete the wizard and your system will be restored to how
it was before the changes were made.
--
Tom Porterfield
MS-MVP Windows
http://support.telop.org

Please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup only.

"Tom Porterfield" wrote:

> hankB wrote:
> > When I returned from my 27 day escape my setup worked fine-the leaky roof
> > missed it.2 days ago a fellow evacuee who has lost his house/job/car spent
> > the night with uis and to thank us insisted in loading a game on our
> > computer.We declined but eventually gave in.Was it that or the internet
> > surfing he did-I dunno but since then we had a number of new icons appear on
> > the desk top labeled " free gas ", "free cable" and "Winfix 2005",none of
> > which we clicked.We couldn't open any pages (Firefox,e-mail) and even after
> > multiple re-boots using the button on the front of the machine (it won't
> > close via "start-close" pathway, we still can't open any programs.Our
> > visitor has left and we can't be too harsh on him-he's got more than enough
> > to deal with .My usual help is through the university (now closed until
> > January) via my part-time faculty post.
> > Getting computer help anywhere here in metro N.O. is as unlikely as
> > buying sheetrock or getting a roofer.
> > Is there a "reinstitue basic settings" or an easy "reformat" possibility in
>
> There is System Restore. Click on Start->All
> Programs->Accessories->System Tools->System Restore. This will bring up
> the System Restore wizard. Select a restore point from the calendar,
> choose the most recent from *before* your guest made changes to or used
> the system. Complete the wizard and your system will be restored to how
> it was before the changes were made.
> --
> Tom Porterfield
> MS-MVP Windows
> http://support.telop.org
>
> Please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup only.
>