missing windows file

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my friend gave me this what i thought was a little virus through msn
messanger. I thought i got rid of it but now my computer is telling me that i
am missing a "windows file 32" is there anyway of getting it back or do i
have to re-due my computer?

 

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Try installing xp cd,exit the info page,then go to run,type:cmd In cmd type:
Sfc /Scannow Then press enter key.When its thru,type:CHKDSK C: /F Agree
to restart,then type:EXIT Restart computer,remove xp cd.

"jelly_bean" wrote:

> my friend gave me this what i thought was a little virus through msn
> messanger. I thought i got rid of it but now my computer is telling me that i
> am missing a "windows file 32" is there anyway of getting it back or do i
> have to re-due my computer?

 

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=?Utf-8?B?amVsbHlfYmVhbg==?= wrote:
>
> my friend gave me this what i thought was a little virus through msn
> messanger. I thought i got rid of it but now my computer is telling me that i
> am missing a "windows file 32" is there anyway of getting it back or do i
> have to re-due my computer?

Perhaps you did get rid of it, and now all that's left is a call in the
registry trying to find the virus to run it.





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[Guest]

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Now, that does not clean out dead entries from the start up folder or the
registry, does it? What do you expect to accomplish by having someone run
those utilities? It will not solve the O/P's problem.

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Richard Urban
Microsoft MVP Windows Shell/User

Quote from: George Ankner
"If you knew as much as you thought you know,
You would realize that you don't know what you thought you knew!"

"Andrew E." <eckrichco@msn.com> wrote in message
news:0667AFEA-3E7E-4A92-84D2-B8581171CD45@microsoft.com...
> Try installing xp cd,exit the info page,then go to run,type:cmd In cmd
> type:
> Sfc /Scannow Then press enter key.When its thru,type:CHKDSK C: /F Agree
> to restart,then type:EXIT Restart computer,remove xp cd.
>
> "jelly_bean" wrote:
>
>> my friend gave me this what i thought was a little virus through msn
>> messanger. I thought i got rid of it but now my computer is telling me
>> that i
>> am missing a "windows file 32" is there anyway of getting it back or do i
>> have to re-due my computer?

 

[Guest]

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Many times a virus, or an honest program, will have an entry left in the
various "start" areas within the operating system when they are removed. You
can use msconfig to locate this now bogus entry.

Click on Start | Run

Type in msconfig

Press enter

Go to the startup tab. Look through there for an entry that seems like it is
associated with what is trying to start. If you find one, or more, remove
the checks from that/those particular entries. Then close msconfig and
reboot your computer. You will get a window saying that you have started the
computer with selective startup. No to worry. It is normal at this time. You
can choose not to see this message again, when you know that your problem
has been corrected.

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Regards,

Richard Urban
Microsoft MVP Windows Shell/User

Quote from: George Ankner
"If you knew as much as you thought you know,
You would realize that you don't know what you thought you knew!"

"jelly_bean" <jellybean@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:CFB2A75D-6909-4681-B021-C6A9834502D1@microsoft.com...
> my friend gave me this what i thought was a little virus through msn
> messanger. I thought i got rid of it but now my computer is telling me
> that i
> am missing a "windows file 32" is there anyway of getting it back or do i
> have to re-due my computer?

 

[Guest]

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ok so if i use the windows xp disc and repair the missing file, will that
affect what i have on my computer right now e.g - music,document,photos ect.?

"jelly_bean" wrote:

> my friend gave me this what i thought was a little virus through msn
> messanger. I thought i got rid of it but now my computer is telling me that i
> am missing a "windows file 32" is there anyway of getting it back or do i
> have to re-due my computer?

 

[Rock]

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jelly_bean wrote:

> ok so if i use the windows xp disc and repair the missing file, will that
> affect what i have on my computer right now e.g - music,document,photos ect.?
>
> "jelly_bean" wrote:
>
>
>>my friend gave me this what i thought was a little virus through msn
>>messanger. I thought i got rid of it but now my computer is telling me that i
>>am missing a "windows file 32" is there anyway of getting it back or do i
>>have to re-due my computer?

You probably don't want it back since it's probably the nasty, but want
to delete whatever reference is trying to run it.

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Rock
MS MVP Windows - Shell/User