regedit

[Art Beck]

Using run | regedit, the editor flashes on for a few seconds then disappears. When I attempt to go back to a known good restore
point, XP reboots with the message that no changes have taken place and that I should attempt to use an earlier restore point. That
also gives the same result.
How do I resolve this?

 

[Wesley Vogel]

Art;

[[When you open System Configuration Utility [MSCONFIG], Registry Editor or
Task Manager, they flash for a second and quit. This symptom is caused by
Viruses.]]

Task Manager, MSCONFIG, or REGEDIT disappear while opening
http://www.mvps.org/sramesh2k/ToolsQuit.htm

Free online virus scan
http://www.kaspersky.com/remoteviruschk.html

Get Your AVG for free!
http://www.grisoft.com/us/us_dwnl_free.php

Whatever you use for Anti Virus, keep it updated.

 

[Art Beck]

Thanks Wesley,

My system acts exactly as described in the http://www.mvps.org/sramesh2k/ToolsQuit.htm link.
I use Norton AV and update automatically. Ran Complete Norton AV scan, then ran the online version of both Norton and McAfee. All
resulted in no finds (i.e. virus and worm free). Got "regedit" working by using Doug Knox's Emergency Utility and reviewed the
registry for all the keys mentioned in the link, namely:
W32.HLLW.Kefy
W32.HLLW.Cydog@mm
Backdoor.IRC.Yoink.A
Backdoor.Volac.dr
W32.Kwbot.R.Worm
W32.spybot.worm

but found nothing.

Art

Art;

[[When you open System Configuration Utility [MSCONFIG], Registry Editor or
Task Manager, they flash for a second and quit. This symptom is caused by
Viruses.]]

Task Manager, MSCONFIG, or REGEDIT disappear while opening
http://www.mvps.org/sramesh2k/ToolsQuit.htm

Free online virus scan
http://www.kaspersky.com/remoteviruschk.html

Get Your AVG for free!
http://www.grisoft.com/us/us_dwnl_free.php

Whatever you use for Anti Virus, keep it updated.

--
Hope this helps. Let us know.
Wes

In

Using run | regedit, the editor flashes on for a few seconds then
disappears. When I attempt to go back to a known good restore point,
XP reboots with the message that no changes have taken place and that
I should attempt to use an earlier restore point. That also gives
the same result.
How do I resolve this?

 

[Art Beck]

Wesley,

When I ran both Norton and McAfee while online I received a Runtime Error in process "[3104]C:\Program Files\Internet
Explorer\iexplore.exe ? Script
Are you able to assist with this mystery also? I could send you the screen shots if you E-mail me with your addy.

Art
(remove the munge to e-mail me)

Art;

[[When you open System Configuration Utility [MSCONFIG], Registry Editor or
Task Manager, they flash for a second and quit. This symptom is caused by
Viruses.]]

Task Manager, MSCONFIG, or REGEDIT disappear while opening
http://www.mvps.org/sramesh2k/ToolsQuit.htm

Free online virus scan
http://www.kaspersky.com/remoteviruschk.html

Get Your AVG for free!
http://www.grisoft.com/us/us_dwnl_free.php

Whatever you use for Anti Virus, keep it updated.

--
Hope this helps. Let us know.
Wes

In

Using run | regedit, the editor flashes on for a few seconds then
disappears. When I attempt to go back to a known good restore point,
XP reboots with the message that no changes have taken place and that
I should attempt to use an earlier restore point. That also gives
the same result.
How do I resolve this?

 

[Wesley Vogel]

Art;

[[Extracting new copies of these files with the same name will not help.]]
The above statement will be true until whatever you may've had is all gone.

Run System File Checker.

Start | Run | Type: sfc /scannow |OK
Have your XP CD ready to stick in your CD drive.

scannow sfc (sfc.exe)
http://www.updatexp.com/scannow-sfc.html

Description of Windows XP and Windows Server 2003 System File Checker
(Sfc.exe)
http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=310747

Reboot and see try msconfig, regedit and Task Manager.

--
Hope this helps. Let us know.
Wes

In

Thanks Wesley,

My system acts exactly as described in the
http://www.mvps.org/sramesh2k/ToolsQuit.htm link.
I use Norton AV and update automatically. Ran Complete Norton AV
scan, then ran the online version of both Norton and McAfee. All
resulted in no finds (i.e. virus and worm free). Got "regedit"
working by using Doug Knox's Emergency Utility and reviewed the
registry for all the keys mentioned in the link, namely:
W32.HLLW.Kefy
W32.HLLW.Cydog@mm
Backdoor.IRC.Yoink.A
Backdoor.Volac.dr
W32.Kwbot.R.Worm
W32.spybot.worm

but found nothing.

Art

Art;

[[When you open System Configuration Utility [MSCONFIG], Registry
Editor or Task Manager, they flash for a second and quit. This
symptom is caused by Viruses.]]

Task Manager, MSCONFIG, or REGEDIT disappear while opening
http://www.mvps.org/sramesh2k/ToolsQuit.htm

Free online virus scan
http://www.kaspersky.com/remoteviruschk.html

Get Your AVG for free!
http://www.grisoft.com/us/us_dwnl_free.php

Whatever you use for Anti Virus, keep it updated.

--
Hope this helps. Let us know.
Wes

In

Using run | regedit, the editor flashes on for a few seconds then
disappears. When I attempt to go back to a known good restore point,
XP reboots with the message that no changes have taken place and
that I should attempt to use an earlier restore point. That also
gives the same result.
How do I resolve this?

 

[Art Beck]

Wesley,

My XP was factory loaded on this Toshiba Satellite 5205-S505 lappy. Will the Toshiba Applications/Drivers CD work? Don't really
want to reformat the HD at this time.

Art

Art;

[[Extracting new copies of these files with the same name will not help.]]
The above statement will be true until whatever you may've had is all gone.

Run System File Checker.

Start | Run | Type: sfc /scannow |OK
Have your XP CD ready to stick in your CD drive.

scannow sfc (sfc.exe)
http://www.updatexp.com/scannow-sfc.html

Description of Windows XP and Windows Server 2003 System File Checker
(Sfc.exe)
http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=310747

Reboot and see try msconfig, regedit and Task Manager.

--
Hope this helps. Let us know.
Wes

In

Thanks Wesley,

My system acts exactly as described in the
http://www.mvps.org/sramesh2k/ToolsQuit.htm link.
I use Norton AV and update automatically. Ran Complete Norton AV
scan, then ran the online version of both Norton and McAfee. All
resulted in no finds (i.e. virus and worm free). Got "regedit"
working by using Doug Knox's Emergency Utility and reviewed the
registry for all the keys mentioned in the link, namely:
W32.HLLW.Kefy
W32.HLLW.Cydog@mm
Backdoor.IRC.Yoink.A
Backdoor.Volac.dr
W32.Kwbot.R.Worm
W32.spybot.worm

but found nothing.

Art

Art;

[[When you open System Configuration Utility [MSCONFIG], Registry
Editor or Task Manager, they flash for a second and quit. This
symptom is caused by Viruses.]]

Task Manager, MSCONFIG, or REGEDIT disappear while opening
http://www.mvps.org/sramesh2k/ToolsQuit.htm

Free online virus scan
http://www.kaspersky.com/remoteviruschk.html

Get Your AVG for free!
http://www.grisoft.com/us/us_dwnl_free.php

Whatever you use for Anti Virus, keep it updated.

--
Hope this helps. Let us know.
Wes

In Art Beck <[email protected]> hunted and pecked:
Using run | regedit, the editor flashes on for a few seconds then
disappears. When I attempt to go back to a known good restore point,
XP reboots with the message that no changes have taken place and
that I should attempt to use an earlier restore point. That also
gives the same result.
How do I resolve this?

 

[Wesley Vogel]

Art;

Unless you want to do freelance script debugging.........

Open IE | Tools | Internet Options | Advanced tab |
CHECK:
 Disable script debugging
[Specifies whether you want to turn off your script debugger, if one is
installed. Script debuggers are used by Web site developers to test programs
and scripts on their Web pages.]
UNCheck:
 Display a notification about every script error
[Specifies whether to display the actual script errors when a page does not
appear properly due to problems with its scripting. This feature is off by
default, but is useful to developers when testing Web pages.]
Apply | OK

--
Hope this helps. Let us know.
Wes

In

Wesley,

When I ran both Norton and McAfee while online I received a Runtime
Error in process "[3104]C:\Program Files\Internet
Explorer\iexplore.exe ? Script
Are you able to assist with this mystery also? I could send you the
screen shots if you E-mail me with your addy.

Art
(remove the munge to e-mail me)

Art;

[[When you open System Configuration Utility [MSCONFIG], Registry
Editor or Task Manager, they flash for a second and quit. This
symptom is caused by Viruses.]]

Task Manager, MSCONFIG, or REGEDIT disappear while opening
http://www.mvps.org/sramesh2k/ToolsQuit.htm

Free online virus scan
http://www.kaspersky.com/remoteviruschk.html

Get Your AVG for free!
http://www.grisoft.com/us/us_dwnl_free.php

Whatever you use for Anti Virus, keep it updated.

--
Hope this helps. Let us know.
Wes

In

Using run | regedit, the editor flashes on for a few seconds then
disappears. When I attempt to go back to a known good restore point,
XP reboots with the message that no changes have taken place and
that I should attempt to use an earlier restore point. That also
gives the same result.
How do I resolve this?

 

[Wesley Vogel]

Art;

With an OEM CD, Toshiba should've loaded the I386 folder on your machine.
C:\WINDOWS\I386. SFC should look there after looking in
C:\WINDOWS\system32\dllcache.

--
Hope this helps. Let us know.
Wes

In

Wesley,

My XP was factory loaded on this Toshiba Satellite 5205-S505 lappy.
Will the Toshiba Applications/Drivers CD work? Don't really want to
reformat the HD at this time.

Art

Art;

[[Extracting new copies of these files with the same name will not
help.]] The above statement will be true until whatever you may've
had is all gone.

Run System File Checker.

Start | Run | Type: sfc /scannow |OK
Have your XP CD ready to stick in your CD drive.

scannow sfc (sfc.exe)
http://www.updatexp.com/scannow-sfc.html

Description of Windows XP and Windows Server 2003 System File Checker
(Sfc.exe)
http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=310747

Reboot and see try msconfig, regedit and Task Manager.

--
Hope this helps. Let us know.
Wes

In

Thanks Wesley,

My system acts exactly as described in the
http://www.mvps.org/sramesh2k/ToolsQuit.htm link.
I use Norton AV and update automatically. Ran Complete Norton AV
scan, then ran the online version of both Norton and McAfee. All
resulted in no finds (i.e. virus and worm free). Got "regedit"
working by using Doug Knox's Emergency Utility and reviewed the
registry for all the keys mentioned in the link, namely:
W32.HLLW.Kefy
W32.HLLW.Cydog@mm
Backdoor.IRC.Yoink.A
Backdoor.Volac.dr
W32.Kwbot.R.Worm
W32.spybot.worm

but found nothing.

Art


Art;

[[When you open System Configuration Utility [MSCONFIG], Registry
Editor or Task Manager, they flash for a second and quit. This
symptom is caused by Viruses.]]

Task Manager, MSCONFIG, or REGEDIT disappear while opening
http://www.mvps.org/sramesh2k/ToolsQuit.htm

Free online virus scan
http://www.kaspersky.com/remoteviruschk.html

Get Your AVG for free!
http://www.grisoft.com/us/us_dwnl_free.php

Whatever you use for Anti Virus, keep it updated.

--
Hope this helps. Let us know.
Wes

In Art Beck <[email protected]> hunted and pecked:
Using run | regedit, the editor flashes on for a few seconds then
disappears. When I attempt to go back to a known good restore
point, XP reboots with the message that no changes have taken
place and that I should attempt to use an earlier restore point.
That also gives the same result.
How do I resolve this?