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Boy, I really know how to shoot myself in the foot...
  1. 12 Dec 2008 #1


    rawbery79

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    Boy, I really know how to shoot myself in the foot...

    Just got the laptop back on Tuesday after the hard drive crapped out on me...and it's finals, oh boy...

    Don't know what I was thinking really, but I downloaded something tonight that gave me a virus, it was a program that kept coming up in my corner icon area...

    I ran Avast, HijackThis! Malwarebites, and something else, and everything says I'm clean. I restarted into safe mode and tested it, and I'm safe there.



    BUT...

    I can't start the Security Center and alas, can't open System Restore.

    Help? (god, I'm an idiot...usually much smarter than this...)

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    Re: Boy, I really know how to shoot myself in the foot...

    Can you do System Restore from Safe Mode ?

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  3. 13 Dec 2008 #3


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    Re: Boy, I really know how to shoot myself in the foot...

    Quote Originally Posted by Joan Archer View Post
    Can you do System Restore from Safe Mode ?
    I was in Safe Mode...rebooted normally, everything there is fine.

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    Re: Boy, I really know how to shoot myself in the foot...

    Hi rawbery79

    If Joan's good advice does not solve you problem would you please post back with the detail of what the "something" in the tray is?

    As it does not show in safe mode then It may be driver related.

    Also if you have a retail DVD for vista you should be able to run the system restore from the recovery section.

    If you do not have a DVD have a look at these tutorials

    System Files - SFC Command - Vista Forums

    Create a Recovery Disc - Vista Forums

    Also have you let Avast run a "boot time" scan?

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