nasty infection, please help

[merlin_2]

John did you have a look at this  >...http://www.michaelstevenstech.com/XPrepairinstall.htm


Or type this in the run box  regsvr32 /i shell32   it should bring all the folders etc back......

[jpfenski]

how much of a risk do i run of losing my personal files if i do a repair installation? i ask bc i have no ability to manipulate my files in anyway besides deleting them so i cannot back anything up...

[jpfenski]

i ran "segsvr32 /i shell32" to no effect. not actually sure what you meant bye "it should bring all the folders back"?

[merlin_2]

Commands key words are......chkdir    reg    recover<typed after the cmd propmt>  if these fail, the regestry is badly damaged/corupted.and the only options are repair xp or reinstall it again!.....Have you tried using the short cut keys on the keyboard to safe data to disks.......is this a laptop//or desktop ?a bad hard drive may also cause the  problem you have?And load of schools of thoughts on a parallel winxp install>http://www.windowsreinstall.com/winxppro/installxpwindowsparallel/indexfullpage.htm

[jpfenski]

im not sure what you would want me to try with the "chkdir" "reg" "recover" commands...
And this is a desktop. and i doubt it is a damaged harddrive, only because of symptoms such as script blocking, crippeling of explorer, etc...

[merlin_2]

ok forget the last idea........try this one Start / Run / rundll32 setupwbv.dll,IE6Maintenance   and chose the repair option

[jpfenski]

the window comes up but i cannot select any options...they are all muted and i cannot select any of the three.

[merlin_2]

Do you have any virus scanning software??on disks....if you have run em and disconnect from the net.........your options are running out......re-install the o/s or repair it..