Our school has been hit with a bunch of virii — and one of the victims is one of our administrators.
I am doing something I NEVER do, which is to fix a personal computer. Not sure why, probably the challenge.
When my computers got hit, I reimaged, but I am trying to do this one with as least damage as possible. I did lose a few weeks of files, but probably nothing important. This one isn't backed up but he realizes he might lose everything.
So here's what I've done, and where I'm at.
First the problem:
When you turn on the computer and you attempt to log in you are immediately logged out. This also occurs in safe mode.
What I've done:
- Did a search on Windows XP logs in and logs off
- Followed the directions on that page, didn't work.
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- Those directions said to copy a file.
- Downloaded a copy of Windows XP Pro from MSDN, as at the very least, I can use that to wipe the hard drive and reimage the laptop.
The Good News:
He has the Toshiba Recovery disk but it won't boot. Doesn't seem to be a bootable CD.
Right now:
I'm following the directions at http://saveme.danfischbach.com/ which I found doing the above search.
I've got a Vista Recovery Disk and his Save Me files downloaded.
AND IT WORKED!
I am able to boot into the computer, and do stuff. My next step is to scan everything with some portable tools, uninstall his virus checker and put Microsoft Security Essentials.
Thank you Dan, and I'm going to ask my administrator to throw him some money, as he did the fix.
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