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re: cannot click on desktop- Virus?
Friday, October 28, 2005 at 3:42 pm
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Posted by frank gilbreath (7 messages posted)


In Safe Mode or not, the problem is the same. I can open task manager, but i cannot open any other programs in TM as the buttons are not "clickable" just like the desktop.


On Friday, October 28, 2005 at 2:38 pm, jcw wrote:
>
>Maybe I'm confused here. You have administative powers over the problem computer,
>yes? And you can boot it into safe mode, right? So then open Task Manager. Can
>you now use TM to open another program such as Internet Explorer, or to explore in
>Windows Explorer, and not have the computer freeze up on you? If yes, then can you
>connect to the internet (if need be, rebooting into safe mode with networking) and
>access the web to run on the problem computer the on-line scans I mentioned in my
>other post this AM? If yes, do so after completing the advance procedures I listed
>also in that post.
>
>
>


Written in response to:
re: cannot click on desktop- Virus? (jcw: Friday, October 28, 2005 at 2:38 pm)

Responses to this message:
*re: cannot click on desktop- Virus? (jcw: Friday, October 28, 2005 at 4:30 pm)

All messages in this thread [show all]
-cannot click on desktop- Virus? (frank gilbreath: Fri, Oct 28, 2005, 9:06 am)
-re: cannot click on desktop- Virus? (jcw: Fri, Oct 28, 2005, 9:59 am)
-re: cannot click on desktop- Virus? (frank gilbreath: Fri, Oct 28, 2005, 11:12 am)
-re: cannot click on desktop- Virus? (jcw: Fri, Oct 28, 2005, 11:30 am)
-re: cannot click on desktop- Virus? (frank gilbreath: Fri, Oct 28, 2005, 11:42 am)
-re: cannot click on desktop- Virus? (jcw: Fri, Oct 28, 2005, 2:38 pm)
-re: cannot click on desktop- Virus? (frank gilbreath: Fri, Oct 28, 2005, 3:42 pm)
-re: cannot click on desktop- Virus? (jcw: Fri, Oct 28, 2005, 4:30 pm)
*re: cannot click on desktop- Virus? (frank gilbreath: Fri, Oct 28, 2005, 5:48 pm)
-re: cannot click on desktop- Virus? (jcw: Fri, Oct 28, 2005, 10:09 am)
-re: cannot click on desktop- Virus? (frank gilbreath: Fri, Oct 28, 2005, 11:38 am)
-re: cannot click on desktop- Virus? (jcw: Sat, Oct 29, 2005, 7:53 pm)
-re: cannot click on desktop- Virus? (frank gilbreath: Mon, Oct 31, 2005, 5:24 am)
*re: cannot click on desktop- Virus? (jcw: Mon, Oct 31, 2005, 9:18 am)
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