 "windows Cannot Find..." Control Panel Etc... |
Welcome Guest ( Log In | Click here to Register a free account now! )
Register a free account to unlock additional features at BleepingComputer.com
Welcome to Bleeping Computer, a free community where people like yourself come together to discuss and learn how to use their computers. Using the site is easy and fun. As a guest, you can browse and view the various discussions in the forums, but can not create a new topic or reply to an existing one unless you are logged in. Other benefits of registering an account are subscribing to topics and forums, creating a blog, and having no ads shown anywhere on the site.| Important Announcement: We have two terrific contests running on the site that I wanted all our members and guests to know about. The first contest is the HP Magic Giveaway, which is underway as of November 28th. More information can be found at this topic, which will be updated very soon with further information. The second contests, is for the chance to win two Seagate FreeAgent external hard drives. More information about this contest can be found here. These are both amazing contests and I suggest everyone submit an entry for them. - BleepingComputer Management |
  |
  Mar 7 2008, 08:54 AM
Post
#1
|
|
|
New Member  Group: Members Posts: 1 Joined: 7-March 08 Member No.: 194,844  |
 I'm running Vista Home Premium on Intel Core Duo 6600 running at 2.8GHz. All updates to date have been applied. Since a while back, I have been getting these irritating dialogs which tell me Windows cannot find {a key} when I try to open system folders, the control panel, the Computer icon on my desktop etc. Meanwhile, the folder or applet I launched does, in fact, launch without an apparent problem. It's annoying and also a bit scary as it may mean eventually something horrible will happen.    Any advice please, anyone? Thanks, Steve |
 |
 
|
|
Mar 8 2008, 07:28 AM
Post
#2
|
|
 Still visually handicapped, new avatar :0) Group: Moderator Posts: 14,706 Joined: 2-October 05 From: Southeastern CT, USA Member No.: 35,824 |
I'd suggest that you download this free program and use it to clean your temporary files: http://www.ccleaner.com/download
Please use the default settings to clear the temporary files. The more advanced features are dangerous to use, so please avoid them. I'd also suggest that you use a couple of these free online scans to see if there are any traces of infection still on your system. Be advised that some of these scanners will pickup things in "quarantine" from other anti-virus programs - so review the results carefully: http://housecall.trendmicro.com http://www.pandasecurity.com/homeusers/solutions/activescan/ http://www.kaspersky.com/virusscanner http://www.bitdefender.com/scan8/ie.html http://support.f-secure.com/enu/home/ols.shtml http://us.mcafee.com/root/mfs/default.asp http://onlinescan.avast.com/ http://ca.com/us/securityadvisor/virusinfo/scan.aspx http://www.eset.com/onlinescan/ <links compiled on 02/14/2008> -------------------- - John
**If you need a more detailed explanation, please ask for it. I have the Knack. ** |
|
|
|
|
1 User(s) are reading this topic (1 Guests and 0 Anonymous Users)
0 Members:
| Lo-Fi Version | Time is now: 4th December 2008 - 01:52 PM |
© 2003-2008 All Rights Reserved Bleeping Computer LLC.