No icons,menu-taskbar disabled by adm.

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bp03 Posts 1 Registration date Saturday February 14, 2009 Status Member Last seen February 15, 2009 - Feb 15, 2009 at 05:48 PM
xpcman Posts 19528 Registration date Wednesday October 8, 2008 Status Contributor Last seen June 15, 2019 - Feb 15, 2009 at 06:19 PM
Hello,
Started my computer and there was no icons or menu bar.I tried the cntrl +alt+delete and it came up that the task bar was disabled by the administator.I tried going into safe mode but can't.Anyone know how to fix?

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xpcman Posts 19528 Registration date Wednesday October 8, 2008 Status Contributor Last seen June 15, 2019 1,824
Feb 15, 2009 at 06:19 PM
You have a virus/worm infection/attack.

You can try to recover. But, it may be best to wipe the computer clean and reinstall Windows. If you have important data that is not backed up externally I would boot from a Linux CD and copy it to an external drive. The latest generation of worms takes too much time and expertise to justify recovery of Windows in place. It take far less time to reinstall. After you have reinstalled Windows and your applications, a program such as Norton Ghost can create a backup image on DVDs that will simplify restoring your PC in the future.

Good Luck
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