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Name: trucker
Date: May 24, 2006 at 06:55:07 Pacific
OS: Windows ME
CPU/Ram: PIII/128
Product: Compaq/Presario
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Had a virus attack the computer and AVG caught it. I moved the file to Virus Vault, cannot remember which one it was. Anyway, the computer crashed right after that and when I went to reboot, I cannot log onto network and the OS won't load, something to do with Explorer.exe cannot load. Is there a way to restore the operating system through DOS or am I going to have to do a complete restore? Hoping for the best here, but expecting the worst. Thanks!



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Name: Jennifer SUMN
Date: May 24, 2006 at 12:10:50 Pacific
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Run System Restore to a point before the virus infection..

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Response Number 2
Name: trucker
Date: May 24, 2006 at 13:42:53 Pacific
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Didn't even think of that. Will give it a try and post back. Thanks.


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Response Number 3
Name: jboy
Date: May 24, 2006 at 21:01:09 Pacific
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If explorer won't load, you may need to edit system.ini and change the shell to 'progman.exe' in order to get to a point where you can perform a System Restore:

How to Start the System Restore Tool from a Command Prompt

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