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Control panel gone!
Name: raiden1701 Date: August 17, 2007 at 20:53:25 Pacific OS: XP Pro CPU/Ram: AMD Athlon64 3500+ 2GB RA
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I had a bad case of spyware and cleaned it up. Now my control panel is gone and the PC says that I don't have administrator rights for some things like My Computer properties and Windows Firewall access. I could reformat (big hassle) but I'd like to know what is going on.
Their is another place in Kelly's corner that writes about editing the Registry. When I checked it I didn't understand. http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/xp_... At this location A to Z click on C and look for control panel. I don't know if any of this will work. You can use ERUNT to backup the Registry. http://www.pcworld.com/downloads/fi... Don't use the Optimize part. The backup part is good.
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Response Number 2
Name: raiden1701 Date: August 18, 2007 at 08:59:54 Pacific
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It didn't work, but thanks for the tip. That's a great info site! I am going to attempt an XP repair.
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Response Number 3
Name: raiden1701 Date: August 18, 2007 at 15:10:36 Pacific
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Repair got stuck on installing drivers (gave me an administrator error). I just ended up reformatting which solved all my problems.
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Response Number 4
Name: cboy Date: August 18, 2007 at 19:29:03 Pacific
Summary: If the previous replies do not work this may :- Search for files with *.cpl in C:Windows\System32 (or \System). Check from their Properties which are not Microsoft. Create a folder, say, TempCPL. Mo...
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