cannot access system restore or internet explorer

[salty]

recently downloaded a course form tiger woods course downloads.com  got a weird active x and mistakenly opened it after restarting my computer i could'nt  see anything on my desktop nothing at all played around some and got some icons back tryed to system restore but it says system restore cannot run until u restart your computer after restarting it is the same message also i cannot get online when i  click ie icon screen flashes and nothing happens have run cleaners and 2 antivirus programs and nothing detected i have tried safe mode in all catagories still nothing  any thoughts on which infection i have

[Carbon Dudeoxide]

Welcome to ComputerHope.

Get into Safe Mode and try the System Restore again.

[salty]

thank u will try

[Carbon Dudeoxide]

Good Luck!

Let us know what happens.

[salty]

restarted in safe mode  get message cannot find  C:\WINDOWS\system32\rundll32.exe and i dont have a start button showing

[salty]

ok got to system restore it says same thing system restore is not able to protect your computer.  please restart your computer and then run system restore again 

[Carbon Dudeoxide]

Is this Windows XP?

Boot into Normal Mode and do the following:
   1.  Click Start
   2. Click Run
   3. Type "sfc /scannow" and press enter. (Have your Windows CD handy.)

[salty]

yes it is xp pro sp2 and cyberpower did not send a disc just a restore to original unfortunately i have other xp discs but not with sp2 on it i have this computer running next to this one also

[Carbon Dudeoxide]

Can you borrow an XP SP2 Disc?

[salty]

does it have to be xp pro and any xp sp2

[Carbon Dudeoxide]

Yes, it has to be the same as your current Version of Windows.

[salty]

ok have xp disc in machine what next

[Carbon Dudeoxide]

   1.  Click Start
   2. Click Run
   3. Type "sfc /scannow" and press enter.

It will ask you for the Windows CD.

[salty]

ok should i do a new install

[Carbon Dudeoxide]

ok should i do a new install

You could, but it will erase everything (if you are willing). What about my suggestion?