On 6/23/2011 9:18 PM, Li'l Abner wrote:
> "David H. Lipman"<DLipman~nospam~@Verizon.Net> wrote in
> news:iu0i4i0plk@news3.newsguy.com:
>>>
>>> What do I do now?
>>
>> Have you tried removing the hard disk from the affected computer and
>> placing on a surrogate computer ?
>>
>> Then you can scan the affected hard disk and/or manually cleanout TEMP
>> folders, EXE files that don't belong in %appdata%, etc....
>
> OK. I need to get the drive out of it anyway so I can get the guy's data
> backed up anyway.
>
> Actually, I had already planned to slave it, but I never thought about
> being able to repair it that way. If getting rid of the offending files
> will allow it to run again, then maybe it will allow mr to run regedit
> when I put it back.


Since you're going to back up the data anyway, Dave's suggestion is
probably best. For my own part, I'm kind of partial to downloading an
up-to-date Avira Rescue CD and tackling these types with it. Keeping the
regfix for .exe's for XP and Vista/Win7 on hand doesn't hurt either.


http://www.avira.com/en/support-down...-rescue-system
http://www.dougknox.com/xp/file_assoc.htm
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/950505


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