Taskbar and quick launch

[Maria Dulce]

I had some adware and spyware intruders that altered the
taskbar by launching blazefind search assistant in tasbar
on startup. I maneged to clean the PC with Spyferret and
Ad-aware 6, but now can't save neither taskbar nor quick
launch cutomized settings. How can I repair this?

Tnkx

Dulce

 

[Ramesh [MVP]]

Dulce,

Answered your post in XP.Configuration_manage

--
Ramesh - Microsoft MVP
Windows XP Shell/User
http://www.mvps.org/sramesh2k

AumHa VSOP: http://www.aumha.org

I had some adware and spyware intruders that altered the
taskbar by launching blazefind search assistant in tasbar
on startup. I maneged to clean the PC with Spyferret and
Ad-aware 6, but now can't save neither taskbar nor quick
launch cutomized settings. How can I repair this?

Tnkx

Dulce

 

[Jonathan Robinson]

Ramesh I have had exactly the same problem as Dulce (spyware removed
and now quick launch won't stay after a re-boot). Please can you let
me know how to fix this.

Many thanks
--Jonathan

 

[Ramesh [MVP]]

Jonathan,

This helps in most cases.

Line 164. Restore Taskbar to Default Functionality
http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/xp_tweaks.htm

--
Ramesh - Microsoft MVP
Windows XP Shell/User
http://www.mvps.org/sramesh2k

AumHa VSOP: http://www.aumha.org

Ramesh I have had exactly the same problem as Dulce (spyware removed
and now quick launch won't stay after a re-boot). Please can you let
me know how to fix this.

Many thanks
--Jonathan

 

[Kelly]

Cleaning Up XP: http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/xp_c.htm#cleanup

 

[Jonathan Robinson]

Many thanks

I actually ended up changing:
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\WindowsNT\CurrentVersion\Winlogon]
from: "C:\Windows\System32\wsaupdater,"
to: "C:\Windows\System32\userinit.exe,"

Any idea what wsaupdater is? Should I delete it?

--Jonathan

 

[Ramesh [MVP]]

wsaupdater is the root cause of all the problems. Delete it.

--
Ramesh - Microsoft MVP
Windows XP Shell/User
http://www.mvps.org/sramesh2k

AumHa VSOP: http://www.aumha.org

Many thanks

I actually ended up changing:
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\WindowsNT\CurrentVersion\Winlogon]
from: "C:\Windows\System32\wsaupdater,"
to: "C:\Windows\System32\userinit.exe,"

Any idea what wsaupdater is? Should I delete it?

--Jonathan

 

[Kelly]

Most welcome.

Many thanks

I actually ended up changing:
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\WindowsNT\CurrentVersion\Winlogon]
from: "C:\Windows\System32\wsaupdater,"
to: "C:\Windows\System32\userinit.exe,"

Any idea what wsaupdater is? Should I delete it?

--Jonathan

Cleaning Up XP: http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/xp_c.htm#cleanup