what is active desktop recovery and how do I torubleshoot it?

[Guest]

Have an XP sp2 laptop that suddlenly got a black box on screen that said PC
was infected with spyware. The desktop changes to Active Desktop recovery.
When I try to restore desktop to goes back to the ADR. Installed MS
Anti-spywear, it found nothing. I continually get prompted for to send error
report to MS. I have disconnted this latop from network and internet.
Anything I should try next? Searched Active Desktop Recovery on Ms KB found
nothing on it

 

[typical computer geek]

try and google it

 

[Guest]

did that, it's either wrong or doesn't work

try and google it

 

[typical computer geek]

i google it and I get many pages of answers.
http://www.google.com/search?source...GLG:2005-24,GGLG:en&q=Active+Desktop+Recovery

 

[Guest]

that's correct, now try what it says on those pages it you have the issue and
see if it works. Didn't fix the issue. After more anti-spywar is run and
going to to system restore and see what effect that has.

 

[BigShawnDaTruckr]

It's my latest JOY as an user of M$ OS to be greeted by the same message &
unable to dispatch it via instructions on the error message. I right click
on an open area of the white screen and click on Properties & click on
Background & ironically choose XP stock "Bliss" & click Apply & I get back my
green rolling hills. Why when I click Restore Active Desktop I get a Java
message about scripts have stopped on this page,do I want to continue? No
matter if you choose Yes or No the screen locks up & nothing is solved. M$
has no support, except for these discussion threads which make n00bs feel
right at home & supported by Gates & Co.'s largess!!!

 

[Tim Meddick]

Why do you want Active Desktop ?

You could just turn it off - problem solved!!?

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Cheers, Tim Meddick, Peckham, London.