Startup Items all gone after restarting Laptop

[miggycon]

ohh i found the application error that might have happened at the time in event viewer. i placed another screenshot


thank you so much though. i'll get back to you in the morning

 

[richc46]

I would suggest that you run the scan as suggested by Niemiro and the Malwarebytes and Anti Virus scan. Make sure you update them first and make full scan. They should take an hour or more for each scan.
I have not seen anything that looks questionable in your screen shots.

 

[miggycon]

Can you please create for me a Silent Runners log file. See here: Silent Runners - Downloading & Running the Script

Please upload the Startup Programs...txt from your Desktop here. This will show us what registry keys are damaged. Thanks!

Richard

P.S. Forgot to mention. [DEL]Do not run the Supplementary Scan.[/DEL] When you run the .vbs file, you will get asked whether you want to run the supplementary scan, or just the normal run. Choose the default option, by NOT running the supplementary scan.

thank you so much guys! i did a scan overnight and what bitdefender deleted was just two harmless cookies i think. but i did that silent scan you were talking about and i attached it to this post hope it helps

 

[miggycon]

i did a malwarebytes quick scan also by the way and it didn't find anything wrong

 

[niemiro]

Just as suspected, you have nothing showing under the most common loading point, HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run\

I don't really know what to say. We know why the issue is there, but not really a fix. How far did you go back with System Restore. If it was successful, and you went back to BEFORE the problem started, I can see no reason why this problem should not have been fixed.

Thanks!

Richard

 

[miggycon]

thank you very much for finding the problem! I've only done system restore twice and i think i can still restore further back. do you think its a good idea to keep restoring until it gets fixed? what exactly would you say caused this kind of weirdness to the registry?

 

[richc46]

Make sure that when you see the restore points available the box lower left is checked.(show additonal points). The system restore should work. Go back before the problem began. Not going back far enough is probably the problem

 

[miggycon]

thank you soo much for the help guys! i will keep you posted on what happens

 

[niemiro]

thank you soo much for the help guys! i will keep you posted on what happens

Good luck!

I don't really know what has happened, but my guess that by switching off the computer at just that moment it wiped the row in the database (the registry basically is a database) It is very unlikely, but I guess that you just were that 1/1,000,000 person

Also, and I am sure that you already know this, if you ever need to hard reset a computer, always hold down the power button, and NEVER just switch off the mains, as this allows the hard disk platters to slow under control, and the "needle" to return to its housing. Powercuts are alright, but you may as well not add to the probability.

Thanks!

Richard

 

[miggycon]

aww shucks no good guys. system restore won't take me any further and i still dont have my startup stuff. but ohwelll its gone huh? its alright i guess yea i really was unlucky haha. time to move on lol

thanks for all the assistance though! salute to the both of ya!

 

[niemiro]

aww shucks no good guys. system restore won't take me any further and i still dont have my startup stuff. but ohwelll its gone huh? its alright i guess yea i really was unlucky haha. time to move on lol

thanks for all the assistance though! salute to the both of ya!

I don't really know what else to say. I don't think that we really can restore it, unless you have a backup registry somewhere. DO NOT import an old registry, but it may contain that key, all be it an old version +/- the recent program installs.

You are more than welcome for our time, but I am really sorry that it has come to this, not a success.

If there is anything at all we can do to help, you can always ask, come back here, create a new thread, browse the tutorials, etc.

You are always more than welcome here!

It has been a pleasure working with you!

Richard

 

[richc46]

Dont recall, thread is so big. Do you have an install DVD?

 

[miggycon]

If there is anything at all we can do to help, you can always ask, come back here, create a new thread, browse the tutorials, etc.

You are always more than welcome here!

It has been a pleasure working with you!

Richard

thanks man! will definitely come back here if needed!