"MaxZ" <bmw@florida-counsel.com> wrote:

>I've followed the step and sued the tools refered too. It does not look like
>I have an infection. I'm thinking something more along the lines of a
>corruption somehwere. Programs affected that I know of ths far:
>
>IE 6
>
>Control Panel
>
>Explorer
>
>I've encountered similar problems in the past like this. Out of confusion
>and frustration with not being able to find/fix the bad files I was forced
>to relay and reconfigure the pc. What a headache.
>
>Advice?
>

What is the error message that Dr. Watson produces when you try to
open Control Panel? That may be a clue as to what is going on.

Fixing Internet Explorer in the absence of any error message is going
to be a real shot in the dark.

Is your Internet access actually working? Do you by any chance have
another web browser installed (Firefox, Netscape, Mozilla, etc.)?

You can check for working Internet access by using Start - Run - CMD.
In the command prompt window enter the following command:

PING WWW.YAHOO.COM

If you get a "host not found" or other error message then there is
some sort of a TCP/IP or Winsock related hangup. If the PING command
can find Yahoo then the problem is most likely something in Internet
Explorer itself.

Hope this is of some assistance.

Good luck

Ron Martell Duncan B.C. Canada
--
Microsoft MVP
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http://onlinehelp.bc.ca

In memory of a dear friend Alex Nichol MVP
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