Major Problems After Disc Cleanup

[Craigie]

Hi,

I decided to click the "catalog files for the Content Indexer" in the disc
cleanup facility, it started to delte files all over the place, now if i put
PC on it comes up with a username and password now that i never had before,
even if i try to boot from the XP pro cd it asks for a password.

The problem is that it won't even let me type anything inot the password
fiels to try various passwords.
Any suggestions
greg

 

[Craigie]

Hi,

I decided to click the "catalog files for the Content Indexer" in the disc
cleanup facility, it started to delte files all over the place, now if i put
PC on it comes up with a username and password now that i never had before,
even if i try to boot from the XP pro cd it asks for a password.

The problem is that it won't even let me type anything inot the password
fiels to try various passwords.
Any suggestions
greg

PS the line flashes in the password box but it will not let me type anything in, i cant even do a reinstall with this problem

 

[Frank-FL]

Hi,

I decided to click the "catalog files for the Content Indexer" in the disc
cleanup facility, it started to delte files all over the place, now if i put
PC on it comes up with a username and password now that i never had before,
even if i try to boot from the XP pro cd it asks for a password.

The problem is that it won't even let me type anything inot the password
fiels to try various passwords.
Any suggestions
greg

I check everything except compress old files in both disk cleanup and
cleanmgr /sagerun:xx and never had a problem. I would look elsewhere.
Perhaps some type of malware.

 

[Ramesh, MS-MVP]

Yet another serious Disk Cleanup issue - The Winhelponline.com Blog:
http://www.winhelponline.com/blog/yet-another-serious-disk-cleanup-issue/

--
Regards,

Ramesh Srinivasan, Microsoft MVP [Windows Shell/User]
Windows® Troubleshooting http://www.winhelponline.com
Winhelponline.com blog http://www.winhelponline.com/blog

Hi,

I decided to click the "catalog files for the Content Indexer" in the disc
cleanup facility, it started to delte files all over the place, now if i put
PC on it comes up with a username and password now that i never had before,
even if i try to boot from the XP pro cd it asks for a password.

The problem is that it won't even let me type anything inot the password
fiels to try various passwords.
Any suggestions
greg

I check everything except compress old files in both disk cleanup and
cleanmgr /sagerun:xx and never had a problem. I would look elsewhere.
Perhaps some type of malware.

 

[Craigie]

Yet another serious Disk Cleanup issue - The Winhelponline.com Blog:
http://www.winhelponline.com/blog/yet-another-serious-disk-cleanup-issue/

--
Regards,

Ramesh Srinivasan, Microsoft MVP [Windows Shell/User]
Windows® Troubleshooting http://www.winhelponline.com
Winhelponline.com blog http://www.winhelponline.com/blog

Hi,

I decided to click the "catalog files for the Content Indexer" in the disc
cleanup facility, it started to delte files all over the place, now if i put
PC on it comes up with a username and password now that i never had before,
even if i try to boot from the XP pro cd it asks for a password.

The problem is that it won't even let me type anything inot the password
fiels to try various passwords.
Any suggestions
greg

I check everything except compress old files in both disk cleanup and
cleanmgr /sagerun:xx and never had a problem. I would look elsewhere.
Perhaps some type of malware.

Thanks for that the damage was so severe that I could not acces windows at
all as the clean up for some reson had deleted most of system files.

I used the opportunity to install a new hard drive. Fortunately i do a
backup every month so I didnt lose a huge amount of stuff. But hey i wont be
clicking that damned cleanup button ever again!

 

[Ramesh, MS-MVP]

You're welcome Craigie. The point is, don't use registry cleaners. Or use them very cautiously.

--
Regards,

Ramesh Srinivasan, Microsoft MVP [Windows Shell/User]
Windows® Troubleshooting http://www.winhelponline.com
Winhelponline.com blog http://www.winhelponline.com/blog

Yet another serious Disk Cleanup issue - The Winhelponline.com Blog:
http://www.winhelponline.com/blog/yet-another-serious-disk-cleanup-issue/

--
Regards,

Ramesh Srinivasan, Microsoft MVP [Windows Shell/User]
Windows® Troubleshooting http://www.winhelponline.com
Winhelponline.com blog http://www.winhelponline.com/blog

Hi,

I decided to click the "catalog files for the Content Indexer" in the disc
cleanup facility, it started to delte files all over the place, now if i put
PC on it comes up with a username and password now that i never had before,
even if i try to boot from the XP pro cd it asks for a password.

The problem is that it won't even let me type anything inot the password
fiels to try various passwords.
Any suggestions
greg

I check everything except compress old files in both disk cleanup and
cleanmgr /sagerun:xx and never had a problem. I would look elsewhere.
Perhaps some type of malware.

Thanks for that the damage was so severe that I could not acces windows at
all as the clean up for some reson had deleted most of system files.

I used the opportunity to install a new hard drive. Fortunately i do a
backup every month so I didnt lose a huge amount of stuff. But hey i wont be
clicking that damned cleanup button ever again!