Click Start, Run and type eventvwr.msc
Select Application entry in the left pane
In the right-pane, look for the Error entry denoted by a Red X

Sort by date and track-down the entry based on what time the error exactly
occurred. Locate and double-click the entry and you'll see more information
in the resulting dialog. Click the copy button at the top and copy the whole
event and paste it to a Notepad document and save it. Post the information
here.

--
Ramesh, Microsoft MVP
Windows XP Shell/User
http://windowsxp.mvps.org


"mraimo33" <mraimo33@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:35D1CA0C-1EA2-4A79-9B67-EA0411F1F22C@microsoft.com...
>i think I may have been hit with a virus or spyware...
>
> When I try opening "my Computer" or "My Documents" on XP Home
> edition....all
> I see is my Desktop Background appear (no desktop icons) taskbar
> dissapears
> and then the desktop comes back to life...no windows explorer running?
>
> I remmber this being a spyware or virus problem a while back on this
> board...anyone know how I can fix this.
>
> Spybot and adware did not find anything when i ran it..but they were
> already
> installed before i got these symptoms
>
> I have XP Home with SP2....should i re-install something?
>
> thx!