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Hmmm - Does Control Panel work OK?
Are you saying that SR had absolutely no points available?? - not even for
today?
Before doing anything I should try to get SR working again - start with a
reset.
To Reset System Restore -
System | Performance | File System | Troubleshooting and check
"Disable System Restore",
Apply and IMMEDIATELY reboot.
This will flush you restore folder and erase all checkpoints, then,
System | Performance | File System | Troubleshooting and uncheck
"Disable System Restore",
Apply and again IMMEDIATELY reboot.
This should now automatically create a new checkpoint immediately following
the restart.
Finally adjust the space allocated to the restore folder,
System | Performance | File System | Hard Disk and adjust the restore slider
to your preferred setting.
Most people find that a setting of 200-300MB is sufficient to hold 10-15
days worth of restore points, unless you are doing a lot of
installs/uninstalls, or installing large applications (such as Office).
--
Noel Paton (MS-MVP 2002-2005, Windows)
Nil Carborundum Illegitemi
http://www.btinternet.com/~winnoel/millsrpch.htm
http://tinyurl.com/6oztj
Please read
http://dts-l.org/goodpost.htm on how to post messages to NG's
"PeteC" <PeteC@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:239BE29E-67DA-4E35-91EB-9A340DA5172C@microsoft.com...
> Noel,
> Thanks for your suggestions, I will definitely try them but I did run an
> updated McAffie scan and Adaware as well as Spy-Bot. I did find some
> malware
> and deleted it, but I'm guessing the harm's already been done and don't
> know
> how to fix it. I should also mention that I thought of using system
> restore
> but when I did, there were no restore points available.
>
> "Noel Paton" wrote:
>
>> Some malwares do this
>>
>> You may already have a virus/spyware hijack
>>
>> download the Stinger from here and run it to make sure that A-V-disabling
>> viruses are not present on your PC
>>
http://download.nai.com/products/mcafee-avert/stinger.exe
>>
>> - update your virus scanner and run a full system scan of all files.
>>
>> Reboot to Safe Mode and run CWShredder - to remove variants of the
>> CoolWebSearch hijacker.
>>
http://www.merijn.org/cwschronicles.html
>>
>> Use CWShredder, the removal tool:
>>
http://www.intermute.com/products/cwshredder.html
>> (download it without the accompanying rubbish)
>>
>> download AdAware SE Personal Edition from www.lavasoftusa.com, install,
>> update, and run it to remove spyware, adware, and other such nasties from
>> your system.
>>
>>
>> --
>> Noel Paton (MS-MVP 2002-2005, Windows)
>>
>> Nil Carborundum Illegitemi
>>
http://www.btinternet.com/~winnoel/millsrpch.htm
>>
>>
http://tinyurl.com/6oztj
>>
>> Please read
http://dts-l.org/goodpost.htm on how to post messages to NG's
>>
>> "PeteC" <PeteC@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
>> news:FBE96E49-1E52-4350-920B-76609976F9A1@microsoft.com...
>> >I don't know if this was caused by a virus or not but my wallpaper has
>> >gone
>> > and my desktop is completely black. It still has icons and they work.
>> > When
>> > I right click on the desktop I no longer get the popup menu I used to
>> > get.
>> > I
>> > get a simple one allowing me to select a screensaver and size settings.
>> > I
>> > cannot select wallpaper and my active desktop options are gone.
>> > Does anyone know what files might be corrupt and need replacing? Any
>> > other
>> > ideas would be appreciated.
>>
>>
>>
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