desktop properties
Wednesday, May 26, 2004 by guilford44 | Discussion: WinCustomize Talk
I have reformated my hard drive after a problem with a virus
re-laded Object Desktop and all my programs
after doing this my desk top properties will not open
and Display from the control panel
mick nolan
re-laded Object Desktop and all my programs
after doing this my desk top properties will not open
and Display from the control panel
mick nolan
Watson
Reply #2 Wednesday, May 26, 2004 10:07 AM
Reply #2 Wednesday, May 26, 2004 10:07 AM
Also I might add you should try all the virus removal programs you can get your hands on, freeware and shareware both, formatting should be considered the LAST RESORT when dealing with a virus, I don't know about the other users here but the only time I ever format is when I am planning to sell that particular computer, other than that, there's no way I'd risk losing all my stuff 
Shameless Designs
Reply #3 Wednesday, May 26, 2004 2:23 PM
One can normally enter safe mode by repeatedly pressing the F8 key during normal bootup and then ing Safe Mode from the menu provided. It's not necessary to pull the plug on your machine.
Reply #3 Wednesday, May 26, 2004 2:23 PM
| Ok, try turning off your computer by pulling the plug out in the back, if you are running xp, when you turn it back on you will have forced it to give you the safe mode option |
One can normally enter safe mode by repeatedly pressing the F8 key during normal bootup and then ing Safe Mode from the menu provided. It's not necessary to pull the plug on your machine.
Watson
Reply #4 Wednesday, May 26, 2004 2:29 PM
Reply #4 Wednesday, May 26, 2004 2:29 PM
No but if you're mad it it for trying to be smarter than you, it can help you feel better and at the same time let you enter safe mode, plus its too late cuz he already did it ... 
SelfExiled
Reply #6 Friday, May 28, 2004 12:22 AM
Reply #6 Friday, May 28, 2004 12:22 AM
Formatting your hard drive to remove viruses will not neccessarily work. This is because certain viruses can reside in your boot partition. And, boot partitions are not erased when one does a normal hard drive re-format. So, I always delete all partitions, as well, when reformatting my hard drive.
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Reply #1 Wednesday, May 26, 2004 10:03 AM