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Powershell for Virus Repair?

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Old 01-20-2008   #1 (permalink)
Mal
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Powershell for Virus Repair?

My father's computer got hit with a nasty rootkit virus. I was able to
remove it manually and it now scans clean with Kaspersky and several other
rootkit scanning programs. However, portions of the user interface now
appear in a slavic language.

Is it possible to change these menus and popup windows back into English
with Powershell? If not, would someone be kind enough to point me to a
utility which will?

His computer is a Dell laptop running their OEM version of WinXP with SP2.

Thanks in advance.
Old 01-20-2008   #2 (permalink)
Shay Levi
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Re: Powershell for Virus Repair?

For starters, check the "Regional And Language Options" in control panel.
Check that English is the default language on the "Regional Options" and
"Advanced" Tabs.
There is also a check mark down the "Advanced" tab, try to check it too and
reboot if asked.

If you installed a MUI pack, search the Start > Programs folder, for a shortcut
to Languages or settings,
I can't remember exactly.


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Quote:

> My father's computer got hit with a nasty rootkit virus. I was able
> to remove it manually and it now scans clean with Kaspersky and
> several other rootkit scanning programs. However, portions of the
> user interface now appear in a slavic language.
>
> Is it possible to change these menus and popup windows back into
> English with Powershell? If not, would someone be kind enough to point
> me to a utility which will?
>
> His computer is a Dell laptop running their OEM version of WinXP with
> SP2.
>
> Thanks in advance.
>

Old 01-20-2008   #3 (permalink)
Jon
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Re: Powershell for Virus Repair?

"Mal" <Mal@xxxxxx> wrote in message
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Quote:

> My father's computer got hit with a nasty rootkit virus. I was able to
> remove it manually and it now scans clean with Kaspersky and several other
> rootkit scanning programs. However, portions of the user interface now
> appear in a slavic language.
>
> Is it possible to change these menus and popup windows back into English
> with Powershell? If not, would someone be kind enough to point me to a
> utility which will?
>
> His computer is a Dell laptop running their OEM version of WinXP with SP2.
>
> Thanks in advance.


PowerShell is unlikely to help in this case. It's more of a general
operating issue than a PowerShell one, so you'd probably get a better
response in

microsoft.public.windowsxp.general

but a couple of suggestions....

If you've made a note of the vrus that you had, then there may be specific
cleanup utiltiies available on the web to repair your system with. Google
would help there.

You may have had a number of your system files changed. If you have an XP
SP2, then running this command from a command prompt

sfc /scannow

with an XP disc handy may help there.


You could also try looking in

Control Panel > Regional and Language Options

Revert any settings in there back to English (or the language of your
choice)

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Jon



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