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More info?)
Safe mode won't recognise USB or UDF drives but you should be able to make a
set of emergency floppy disks for AVG. I'm currently running Avast on my
system so i can't go through the instructions. i know when you first install
AVG you have an option to create the emergency floppy disks. Have a nose
around your AVG application and see if you can create a set of disks to
carry with you. Another alternative i was going to suggest, but you can't
access the desktop, was McAfee Stinger (free)
http://vil.nai.com/vil/stinger/ This is a stand alone product which works
from the desktop. It isn't an anti virus application it is just a quick fix
for the most notable viruses and worm that can be used for infected systems.
I can't find anything on the web site about adding it to a bootable floppy
but it is only 912kb so it would fit on a floppy.T
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Thomas Wendell" <tumppiw_NOSPAM@hotmail.com> wrote in message
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> Thanks to both, I also suspect Sasser.. (They don't confess to installing
> anything, only making a bid on a local "e-Bay" (huuto.net)? That needed
> some
> poking on the machine, I understand)
>
> I have AVG, so I can take that with me, but on what? As I can access only
> SafeMode, can I take it on external USB disk or do I have to burn it to
> CD-RW?? I mean, does a SafeMode include USB- and UDF-drivers? And from a
> limited account??
>
>
> If I can get the system running normally, I'm thinking of creating myself
> on
> that machine as admin (as backup to the normal one), but can I hide my
> account from the welcome screen??
>
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> "John Barnett MVP" <freelanceit@mvps.org.NOSPAM> kirjoitti viestissä
> news:uY5onWdwEHA.3320@TK2MSFTNGP14.phx.gbl...
>> Possibly a virus. The Sasser worm. Make sure you virus check the system.
>> I
>> hope your sister had anti virus software on her system? If not get the
> free
>> version of AVG anti virus from www.grisoft.com . You might also like to
> look
>> at the threads in the link below
>>
http://www.experts-exchange.com/Operating_Systems/WinXP/Q_20985875.html
> (if
>> the link doesn't work from within the newsgroup copy and paste the whole
>> link into your web browser)
>>
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>> John Barnett MVP
>> Associate Expert
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>> "Thomas Wendell" <tumppiw_NOSPAM@hotmail.com> wrote in message
>> news:e1J8UFdwEHA.3276@TK2MSFTNGP15.phx.gbl...
>> >
>> > My sister just called with a problem:
>> > When she starts her machine, starts up to the moment the welcome screen
>> > should come. Then it shows a box (I guess, she couldn't describe it
>> > very
>> > well) with the words "LSASS.EXE - System Error, The specified handle is
>> > invalid" and OK button. But nothing happens when pressing this. So none
> of
>> > the 5 created users can log in (the Admin password they've forgotten).
>> > Safe
>> > mode works, Last Known Good gives the same error
>> >
>> > OS is XPpro_FI, OEM and SP1 (my install, unless they've since updated
>> > to
>> > SP2)
>> >
>> > Any ideas?? I'm going there on Saturday, so I'd rather have something
>> > remedies with me
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>> > Tumppi
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