re: HJT - I compared the scan I just did to one I did a week ago, and they are the same. I ran a Panda ActiveScan in Safe Mode, and it came up with nothing, as did the NAV/NIS AS Scan.
It's really weird, as I can run almost anything from the task manager. However, all programs bomb when I browse to "My Computer". Example, I can run NOTEPAD, browse and open anything on C:, but when I browse "up" to get to MY COMPUTER so I can see the D: drive, the app hangs. Even if I am using the Run command in Task Manager, if I browse to MY COMPUTER, it hangs Task Manager.
I can go online with iexplore.exe, I can run NAV, AdAware, I ever ran the display control panel applet to set the screen resolution down (can't get it by right clicking the desktop).
When I do a shutdown from Task Manager, I get an "explorer" error that the program cannot be closed. I can see it in the active processess, however, if I stop it and RUN it, still nothing happens.
In safe mode, everything is perfect. This would indicate that the explorer.exe file is OK, right?
I ran a system restore going back to Monday, and still no taskbar/icons or explorer.
I suppose I have to do a WinXP boot CD repair, but I sure would like to know what is causing this.
I searched the net and found some scripts that allegedly fixed this problem, but they did nothing. Interestingly enough, NAV/NIS is still running, because it attempted to stop the script from running.
Anyone else have any ideas about this?
:4-dontkno