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07-27-2008
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| | Virus changing user privilages A few days ago, My computer got infected with a virus (I don't know which one), but my anti-virus system automatically removed it. During the viruses's activation process, it changed my background to a plain blue screen. Now, whenever I try to change the background, I gat this message: "THIS FEATURE HAS BEEN DISABLED please contact your system administrator for details". I am the sole account on this computer, and so, I am the admin. I can still access admin-level areas, such reg edit, device management, etc, but I can't change my desktop background. I am currently running Windows Vista Home Premium. |
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08-24-2008
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| | RE: Virus changing user privilages "David" wrote: Quote: > A few days ago, My computer got infected with a virus (I don't know which > one), but my anti-virus system automatically removed it. During the viruses's > activation process, it changed my background to a plain blue screen. Now, > whenever I try to change the background, I gat this message: "THIS FEATURE > HAS BEEN DISABLED please contact your system administrator for details". I am > the sole account on this computer, and so, I am the admin. I can still access > admin-level areas, such reg edit, device management, etc, but I can't change > my desktop background. I am currently running Windows Vista Home Premium. |
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08-24-2008
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| | RE: Virus changing user privilages David, This has just happened to me EXACTLY thae way you described it. Did you ever get a resolution? "David" wrote: Quote: > A few days ago, My computer got infected with a virus (I don't know which > one), but my anti-virus system automatically removed it. During the viruses's > activation process, it changed my background to a plain blue screen. Now, > whenever I try to change the background, I gat this message: "THIS FEATURE > HAS BEEN DISABLED please contact your system administrator for details". I am > the sole account on this computer, and so, I am the admin. I can still access > admin-level areas, such reg edit, device management, etc, but I can't change > my desktop background. I am currently running Windows Vista Home Premium. |
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08-24-2008
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| vista ultimate x32 | Re: Virus changing user privilages this exact thing happened to me yesterday and I am here trying to figure this out |
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08-24-2008
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| Windows 7 RC x64 Vista HP x86 | Re: Virus changing user privilages have a look here at the tutorial see if it's something simple.  |
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08-24-2008
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| vista ultimate x32 | Re: Virus changing user privilages ok this should help you as the same thing happened to me but you might not like the results if you do not restore as you lose everything. Boot in safe mode and then go into advanced user settings in your system settings . under the advanced tab delete the offending user then go to login screen, this should clear up the problem. Remember to RESTORE |
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