Hi, I have a dell desktop computer (ugh) running windowsxp SP2, I cannot get
into msconfig, or help files, scandisk, defrag, seems the system utilities
are all shut down on me. Nothing new, I did a spybot s&d, it found alot but
mostly cookies and such.

Any suggestions?

thanks in advance

MS News wrote:
> Hi, I have a Dell desktop computer (ugh) running Windows XP SP2. I cannot get
> into msconfig, or help files, scandisk, defrag; seems the system utilities
> are all shut down on me. Nothing new, I did a spybot s&d; it found a lot but
> mostly cookies and such.
>
> Any suggestions?

A few points:

- Defrag won't help with anything other than slow access to data. It
merely aligns packets of information for faster access.

- Spybot looks for adware and malicious cookies, but seldom finds a virus.

- You seem to need antiviral software.

--
Joe =o)

Have you run a full anti-virus scan?

System Restore perhaps?

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Hope this helps.

Gerry
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FCA
Stourport, England

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"MS News" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:(E-Mail Removed)...
> Hi, I have a dell desktop computer (ugh) running windowsxp SP2, I cannot
> get into msconfig, or help files, scandisk, defrag, seems the system
> utilities are all shut down on me. Nothing new, I did a spybot s&d, it
> found alot but mostly cookies and such.
>
> Any suggestions?
>
> thanks in advance
>

Yes I did a full scan Mcaffee and I can't get to system restore either. Is
there a manual way to do that?

sorry i sent to someones email by mistake

"Gerry Cornell" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:(E-Mail Removed)...
> Have you run a full anti-virus scan?
>
> System Restore perhaps?
>
> --
>
> Hope this helps.
>
> Gerry
> ~~~~
> FCA
> Stourport, England
>
> Enquire, plan and execute
> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
> "MS News" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
> news:(E-Mail Removed)...
>> Hi, I have a dell desktop computer (ugh) running windowsxp SP2, I cannot
>> get into msconfig, or help files, scandisk, defrag, seems the system
>> utilities are all shut down on me. Nothing new, I did a spybot s&d, it
>> found alot but mostly cookies and such.
>>
>> Any suggestions?
>>
>> thanks in advance
>>
>
>

What disks do you have? Windows XP, restore or ?

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Hope this helps.

Gerry
~~~~
FCA
Stourport, England

Enquire, plan and execute
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~


"MS News" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:e$(E-Mail Removed)...
> Yes I did a full scan Mcaffee and I can't get to system restore either.
> Is
> there a manual way to do that?
>
> sorry i sent to someones email by mistake
>
> "Gerry Cornell" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
> news:(E-Mail Removed)...
>> Have you run a full anti-virus scan?
>>
>> System Restore perhaps?
>>
>> --
>>
>> Hope this helps.
>>
>> Gerry
>> ~~~~
>> FCA
>> Stourport, England
>>
>> Enquire, plan and execute
>> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
>> "MS News" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
>> news:(E-Mail Removed)...
>>> Hi, I have a dell desktop computer (ugh) running windowsxp SP2, I cannot
>>> get into msconfig, or help files, scandisk, defrag, seems the system
>>> utilities are all shut down on me. Nothing new, I did a spybot s&d, it
>>> found alot but mostly cookies and such.
>>>
>>> Any suggestions?
>>>
>>> thanks in advance
>>>
>>
>>
>
>

I have the Dell system diagnostic CD, I ran that and it checked the system
for errors and found nothing. I put the Dell restore disk in and got the
message saying your version of Windows Xp is newer......and wouldnt let me
install (I assume because I downloaded SP2 when it was available) the
computer is 3 years old. Should I reinstall the older version over SP2?


"Gerry Cornell" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:%(E-Mail Removed)...
> What disks do you have? Windows XP, restore or ?
>
> --
>
> Hope this helps.
>
> Gerry
> ~~~~
> FCA
> Stourport, England
>
> Enquire, plan and execute
> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
>
>
> "MS News" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
> news:e$(E-Mail Removed)...
>> Yes I did a full scan Mcaffee and I can't get to system restore either.
>> Is
>> there a manual way to do that?
>>
>> sorry i sent to someones email by mistake
>>
>> "Gerry Cornell" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
>> news:(E-Mail Removed)...
>>> Have you run a full anti-virus scan?
>>>
>>> System Restore perhaps?
>>>
>>> --
>>>
>>> Hope this helps.
>>>
>>> Gerry
>>> ~~~~
>>> FCA
>>> Stourport, England
>>>
>>> Enquire, plan and execute
>>> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
>>> "MS News" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
>>> news:(E-Mail Removed)...
>>>> Hi, I have a dell desktop computer (ugh) running windowsxp SP2, I
>>>> cannot get into msconfig, or help files, scandisk, defrag, seems the
>>>> system utilities are all shut down on me. Nothing new, I did a spybot
>>>> s&d, it found alot but mostly cookies and such.
>>>>
>>>> Any suggestions?
>>>>
>>>> thanks in advance
>>>>
>>>
>>>
>>
>>
>
>