Please Help with Windows XP Mess up!!!

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Hi, and thanks fr taking the time to read/reply to this...

I got a little "delete and remove" happy, and delted some important windows
files... BUT I can't find my CD to restore a few things... My Volume program
is gone along with a lot of general things like paint, and games... My laptop
is also running pretty slow and I think I have a virus but nothing on my
Spywayre is picking it up. I have few programs that take up large amounts of
space, and I know it shouldn't be running THIS slow. Please, please help!!!

Ive also tried system restore but it's only letting me restore to a few days
back...

-Paige
 
Hi,

a) Check the recycle bin for deleted files that you can undelete

b) System restore wouldn't replace files that you deleted, but running sfc
/scannow may help

c) Run spyware and virus checks in safe mode, as many bugs will mask
themselves from detection in normal mode

How to start in Safe mode:
http://www.rickrogers.org/fixes.htm#Safe mode

d) Deleting files willy-nilly will rarely help anything, but may screw you
up beyond any hope of repair

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Best of Luck,

Rick Rogers, aka "Nutcase" - Microsoft MVP

Associate Expert - WindowsXP Expert Zone

Windows help - www.rickrogers.org
 
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