Actually, I rechecked and I have no idea where the suspect utility
>came from or if it was the cultprit....the explorer history and
>utility itself are so much scatterer magnetic bits at this point.

Henry


On Wed, 16 Nov 2005 19:22:06 -0800, Chuck <none@example.net> wrote:

>On Wed, 16 Nov 2005 21:03:49 -0600, HLAMUTHNOSPAM@EARTHLINK.NET wrote:
>
>>For closure, I discovered...with some help...where the networking
>>problem I had came from, namely a PC on a network that was not
>>accessible by other PCs. The message was that permissions don't exist
>>to allow access.
>>
>>Well, that was in fact the case. Some application...applet...made
>>significant Registry changes. Even though the policy controls in XP
>>Home don't come close to the policy management in XP Pro, there are a
>>lot of policy entries in the Registry of XP Home. Somehow, these had
>>been rewritten. Not sure how. Only solution was a complete wipe,
>>re-format, and re-load of XP.
>>
>>One symptom was that Windows Firewall was not accessible in the
>>affected PC....the firewall settings were permanently greyed out. By
>>incrementally deleting the policies, the firewall settings became
>>accessible and changeable. Unfortunately, this did nothing to impact
>>the network permissions issue.
>>
>>That's it. Some issues are not resolvable because they are the result
>>of malicious intent. Time to punt. Thanks, Chuck, for your support.
>>
>>Henry
>
>Thanks for the update, Henry. Sometimes, unfortunately, a flatten and pave is
>the best procedure.
>
>Do you have any idea what malware you picked up? Knowing that might make you
>better able to:
>1) Prevent it from happening again.
>2) Assess possible damage to the rest of the network.