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[Squall12]

So i Got the MSA antivirus a few weeks ago, and after i got rid of it i realized my C:/ drive and start menu (as well as my D:/ drive too) disappeared from My Computer and the er-- start menu area. Anyone know how to fix this?


Image below shows what i mean:

[cosmeo3000]

I see you have McAfee, reboot in safe mode and remove the virus with that.

To unhide your hard drive, go to this registry key: HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Curre ntVersion\Policies
\Explorer\NODRIVES Now, the last 26 numbers will represent drives A-Z, so just change the last 26 numbers. 1 is hidden, 0 is shown. Just change the C and D drives to 0.

[Squall12]

Edit: It says disabled by administrator, how do i go about fixing that?

note: my control panel is diabled too :-P

[cosmeo3000]

Press Windows Key-R and type in:
REG add HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Pol icies\System /v DisableRegistryTools /t REG_DWORD /d 0 /f

Then try registry.

policies is one word.

[Raymund]

Download Tweak UI. It will allow you to make direct changes to the registry really easily.

Annoyances.org - Download TweakUI

Here's a site that can fix many of the computer problems that viruses wreak.

Troubleshooting Windows XP, Tweaks and Fixes for Windows XP

Before you run any fixes use this: http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/regs...cmdrestore.vbs

From that site I got the following fixes:

Control Panel: http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/regs...ionrestore.reg

Start menu: http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/regs...nunochange.reg

and you might want to check to see if your task manager works or not. It if doesn't work use this : http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/regs...askmanager.reg

If you have any more problems feel free to post here or send a pm. I'll do my best to help.

EDIT: From the looks of your computer desktop screenshot it looks like you got a virus that I got a while back. BEFORE YOU DO ANY OF THE FIXES ABOVE DOWNLOAD AND RUN SMITFRAUDFIX. Check it out here ----> http://siri.geekstogo.com/SmitfraudFix.php

[Squall12]

My computer is getting a lot better, but one thing to cosmos:

where do i enter that? my reg only has like 6 words in the value data

0000 0C 00 00 00 ....

[Squall12]

Note: still having issues

[Raymund]

pm me with what your problems are.

[Travy92]

Do a system restore to before you got MSA Anti-virus. It always works.

[Squall12]

I got it resolved, thanks to everyone here.