im having big problems with my windows... last night i arrived at the sasser virus my comp started restarting randomly every once in a while.. 60 second countdown and all. now the comp (we have 2 stores and both main computers at both stores have the same problem) both comps at both stores across town are now taking like 20 mins to boot up . then when it does bootup i cant run the tool to remove sasser because now i dont have admin rights although im logged in as the administrator its like my rights are gone ... at both store... whenever i try to copy paste move access anything it hangs and i hafta push the restart button... this is insane i have to backup a particular file off this computer otherwise im screwed because if i dont have these user files that are saved on the computer thats like 2300 peoples information i have to reaqcuire.. which is bad.. really bad.. so any help as to how i can fix this would be grea

This link may help.
http://www.sysinternals.com/ntw2k/fr.../ntfsdos.shtml

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"Eric" wrote:
| im having big problems with my windows... last night i arrived at the
sasser virus my comp started restarting randomly every once in a while.. 60
second countdown and all. now the comp (we have 2 stores and both main
computers at both stores have the same problem) both comps at both stores
across town are now taking like 20 mins to boot up . then when it does
bootup i cant run the tool to remove sasser because now i dont have admin
rights although im logged in as the administrator its like my rights are
gone ... at both store... whenever i try to copy paste move access anything
it hangs and i hafta push the restart button... this is insane i have to
backup a particular file off this computer otherwise im screwed because if i
dont have these user files that are saved on the computer thats like 2300
peoples information i have to reaqcuire.. which is bad.. really bad.. so any
help as to how i can fix this would be great
|

And after the horse has bolted, install a Firewall, ensure yr win* are
updated, and have a current AV app.
Or say by by to yr business!

"Eric" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:2E0A0BFD-70A9-4290-9889-(E-Mail Removed)...
> im having big problems with my windows... last night i arrived at the
sasser virus my comp started restarting randomly every once in a while.. 60
second countdown and all. now the comp (we have 2 stores and both main
computers at both stores have the same problem) both comps at both stores
across town are now taking like 20 mins to boot up . then when it does
bootup i cant run the tool to remove sasser because now i dont have admin
rights although im logged in as the administrator its like my rights are
gone ... at both store... whenever i try to copy paste move access anything
it hangs and i hafta push the restart button... this is insane i have to
backup a particular file off this computer otherwise im screwed because if i
dont have these user files that are saved on the computer thats like 2300
peoples information i have to reaqcuire.. which is bad.. really bad.. so any
help as to how i can fix this would be great
>

Hey did you get an answer to your problem? It sounds like
you had the same results that I had when I tried to
manually delete sasser. I am getting a W2K is starting
progress bar and then nothing. I did not have the
patients to wait 20 min like you did.
>-----Original Message-----
>And after the horse has bolted, install a Firewall,
ensure yr win* are
>updated, and have a current AV app.
>Or say by by to yr business!
>
>"Eric" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in
message
>news:2E0A0BFD-70A9-4290-9889-
(E-Mail Removed)...
>> im having big problems with my windows... last night i
arrived at the
>sasser virus my comp started restarting randomly every
once in a while.. 60
>second countdown and all. now the comp (we have 2 stores
and both main
>computers at both stores have the same problem) both
comps at both stores
>across town are now taking like 20 mins to boot up .
then when it does
>bootup i cant run the tool to remove sasser because now
i dont have admin
>rights although im logged in as the administrator its
like my rights are
>gone ... at both store... whenever i try to copy paste
move access anything
>it hangs and i hafta push the restart button... this is
insane i have to
>backup a particular file off this computer otherwise im
screwed because if i
>dont have these user files that are saved on the
computer thats like 2300
>peoples information i have to reaqcuire.. which is bad..
really bad.. so any
>help as to how i can fix this would be great
>>
>
>
>.
>