swedishsteve said:
ok my wife was on my laptop and decided to download and use a file sharing
program lime something to get some songs she likes for her myspace page.
Anyway some things she downloaded once they were done werent what they said
when she clicked on them i deleted them all off but one is still there it is
a n image file a jpeg i believe n its captions r lets say x rated but it wont
let me deleted when i click delte it doesnt do nothn when i drag it to the
recycle bin it just unhighlights itself n when i right click theres no delete
option how do i get rid of this file??
First try to log into safe Mode and try the deletion, does it work?.
How to take ownership of a file or folder in Windows XP
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;308421
Or download this tool:
http://www.ccleaner.com
Go through this cleaning steps:
1... Click start >> Control Panel >> Double Click Network and Internet
Connections >> Double click Internet Options, on the IE Properties window
you will see these Options:
General | Security | Privacy | Content | Connections | Programs
| Advanced .
Click on General Tab (1st Tab on the left) and you will see a Button called
[ Clear History ..] click on it to clear your History caches, then click on
[Delete Files..] to delete Internet Files created over the time, click on [
Delete Cookies...] to delete your cookies left by visiting websites.
= Then try to Disable the Add-Ons on your Browser somehow installed on your
browser, On how to disable the Add-ons follow this:
Click on Programs Tab and then click the Manage Add-Ons Button there Disable
the None/Not Verified Plug-ins/Add-ons ( you need to Renable them one-by-one
later and see which is the culprit or you can send them here in your next
post) and click [OK] to confirm your Changes.
Click on Advanced Tab and scroll down under the browsing option and uncheck
this box:
[&] Browsing
[ ] Enable Third-Party browser extensions (Req Rest) and click Apply
then OK to close your IE Properties.
2.... And also for malwares from here:
http://www.safer-networking.org ; for Spybot S&D
Download and install after installing this software and
update then run a scan in both safe mode and normal:
http://free.grisoft.com/doc/5390/lng/us/tpl/v5
HTH.
nass
