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[krissie]

i'm running W XP pro
when i give a command like 'regedit' or 'msconfig' or 'CTRL-ALT-DEL' the screen i aspect to turn up, just apears for a few seconds and then it's gone.
any suggestions ?

 

[bcastner]

http://www.mvps.org/sramesh2k/ToolsQuit.htm

 

[bcastner]

You likely will find the online antivirus scanners from smah's faq helpful: faq760-3862

Try Trend Micro and Panda.

 

[linney]

After the above make sure you improve your security too.

Some security ideas for you.

Set your surfing user up as a Limited User so that any damage to your system is limited to a minute amount as compared to what occurs if you surf as an Administrator.

http://www.firewallguide.com/software.htm#Comparative

http://www.cert.org/homeusers/HomeComputerSecurity

http://www.cnet.com/software/0-6688749-8-7248268-4.html

http://www.google.com/search?sourceid=navclient&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8&q=Markus+Jansson+security

Microsoft TechNet Security - Columns

http://www.microsoft.com/technet/columns/security/default.asp?frame=true

http://www.microsoft.com/technet/tr...ecurity/prodtech/Windows/Win2kHG/05SConfg.asp