Start Up After Virus Removal

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Start Up After Virus Removal, Cannot Start Up Properly

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quiz View Member Profile	Jul 12 2008, 07:14 AM Post #1
New Member Group: Members Posts: 2 Joined: 12-July 08 Member No.: 222,086	I'm not very experienced with computers and have recently come across a problem I don't seem to be able to solve. I was recently infected with a virus and had to start in safe mode to clean up my PC. I used Spybot and Avira and they seemed to work ok, but now when I try to start up normally, all I get on my screen is my wallpaper. There are no menu bars, no icons, etc, so I cannot run anything. I tried Ctrl-Alt-Del to get the task manager up and running, but I receive a message saying that the task manager was disabled by the administrator, which I certainly didn't do. Can anyone help. On a similar topic, is there any way I can possibly print while in safe mode. At the moment I get a message saying I cannot add a printer or print as the print spooler is not running {Moved from,Windows Startup Programs Database to XP ~~boopme} This post has been edited by boopme: Jul 12 2008, 09:49 AM

garmanma View Member Profile	Jul 12 2008, 01:44 PM Post #2
Computer Masochist Group: Moderator Posts: 6,406 Joined: 27-January 07 From: Cleveland, Ohio Member No.: 108,618	Welcome to BC First thing, are you certain that you are virus free? It sounds like you might not be. I would post here Am I Infected? Tell them what you had and what you did to remove it -------------------- Mark why won't my laptop work? Having grandkids is God's way of giving you a 2nd chance because you were too busy working your butt off the 1st time around Avatar by Handplane

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