when I click >start>run>regedit the editor comes up for about .5 secs then disapears, I can't finish removing a "spybot" virus, please help. any advice? thanks tara

http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/xp_tweaks.htm http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/regs_edits/restoreregistry.reg 173. Repair the Registry Editor http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/regs_edits/msconfigregtm.reg Restore Msconfig, Regedit and Task Manager http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/xp.htm

I had the same problem, Xp hides regedit for the current user, just log-off, create an new user (as admin.) activate regedit (it should work now) close normal and log-on as the orininal, now regedit stays- It worked for me. To see the failure: As I have the danish version I am not sure what the entries are named, but I will try. Go to Adm. Then to the log Find a failure with number 1517 In there is written that regedit has been hide due to some reasons that I can't understand. But anyhow, the way described worked for me.

Hi Tara67, Run a virus scan and remember the name of the infected file. Then: Boot into safe mode and click Start > Run > type command and click OK. Type the following and hit enter after each. cd\ cd \windows copy regedit.exe regedit.com start regedit.com Click the + next to the following keys. HKEY_CURRENT_USER Software Microsoft Windows Current Version Scroll down and right click on the RunOnce folder and click delete. Scroll up and click the - next to HKEY_CURRENT_USER. Click the + next to the following keys. HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE Software Microsoft Windows Current Version Scroll down and click on the Run folder. In the right hand window, right click on **infected file name** and click delete. Close regedit. Find **infected file** and delete it. Reboot to Windows. Then go to http://www.dougknox.com. In the left pane click on 'WinXP fixes'. Then in the main window click on 'File association fixes'. Download and run the Exe file association fix.