i was told several months back that i had spyware and that it affected my
operating system. to this day i have found no spyware, just messages that it
attempted to access my computer. when i sign in as administrator i cannot
type in the search engine to get to msconfig. my computer just locks up and i
have to reboot. my antivirus people who were supposed to be experts still
cannot help me figure out the problem. also when a browser page is left idle
for a certain period of time it closes automatically when the mouse is moved,
some pages dont close like they should-they scroll down the screen very
slowly to close out. personally, i think they had me delete something that i
shouldn't have from the registry editor and thats causing some of the
problem. is there anyone out there who can help me? i thank you in advance

Sometimes system files can become damaged. You might consider running the
System File Checker utility. It will replace any missing or damaged system
files. You must have your XP CD available to do this--don't run it if you
don't have the CD handy!

Click Start, then Run and type in sfc /scannow and hit enter.

Good luck and let us know how you solved your problem!

"daniels-ma" <daniels-ma@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:14A12C63-1D45-4286-AFB8-226E5D9AD1A3@microsoft.com...
>i was told several months back that i had spyware and that it affected my
> operating system. to this day i have found no spyware, just messages that
> it
> attempted to access my computer. when i sign in as administrator i cannot
> type in the search engine to get to msconfig. my computer just locks up
> and i
> have to reboot. my antivirus people who were supposed to be experts still
> cannot help me figure out the problem. also when a browser page is left
> idle
> for a certain period of time it closes automatically when the mouse is
> moved,
> some pages dont close like they should-they scroll down the screen very
> slowly to close out. personally, i think they had me delete something that
> i
> shouldn't have from the registry editor and thats causing some of the
> problem. is there anyone out there who can help me? i thank you in advance
>

i will try it out...thanks so much. will let you know if it works!!

"ccr" wrote:

> Sometimes system files can become damaged. You might consider running the
> System File Checker utility. It will replace any missing or damaged system
> files. You must have your XP CD available to do this--don't run it if you
> don't have the CD handy!
>
> Click Start, then Run and type in sfc /scannow and hit enter.
>
> Good luck and let us know how you solved your problem!
>
> "daniels-ma" <daniels-ma@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:14A12C63-1D45-4286-AFB8-226E5D9AD1A3@microsoft.com...
> >i was told several months back that i had spyware and that it affected my
> > operating system. to this day i have found no spyware, just messages that
> > it
> > attempted to access my computer. when i sign in as administrator i cannot
> > type in the search engine to get to msconfig. my computer just locks up
> > and i
> > have to reboot. my antivirus people who were supposed to be experts still
> > cannot help me figure out the problem. also when a browser page is left
> > idle
> > for a certain period of time it closes automatically when the mouse is
> > moved,
> > some pages dont close like they should-they scroll down the screen very
> > slowly to close out. personally, i think they had me delete something that
> > i
> > shouldn't have from the registry editor and thats causing some of the
> > problem. is there anyone out there who can help me? i thank you in advance
> >
>
>
>