Thanks very much for your help!

I tried both suggestions, the first did nothing. Now the restore point from
yesterday is available but it won't allow me to manually create another. So
we have made some progress.

I still have to manually enable the Quick Launch bar every time I boot up.

Any more suggestions will be gratefully received.

Cheers,
Ken Russell

"pcbutts1" <pcbutts1@leythosthestalker.com> wrote in message
news:etv4oa$kvq$1@blackhelicopter.databasix.com...
> Cut and paste everything between the lines and paste it into notepad. Save
> the file as quick.reg and save it to the desktop. make sure you change the
> save as type.... drop down box to all files. Once saved double click on
> the file to merge it into the registry. Reboot.
>
>
> Begin cut below this line
> ================================================== =================================
> Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00
>
> [HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Curre ntVersion\Policies\Explorer]
> "NoSaveSettings"=dword:00000000
>
>
>
> ================================================== ==================================
> End cut above this line
>
> The above will fix the quick launch issue and may also fix the system
> restore if it does not then use this one.
>
> Begin cut below this line
> ================================================== =================================
> Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00
>
> [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\Win dows NT\SystemRestore]
> "DisableConfig"=dword:00000000
> "DisableSR"=dword:00000000
>
> [HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Curre ntVersion\Policies\Explorer]
> "NoSaveSettings"=dword:00000000
>
> [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Servic es\sr]
> "Type"=dword:00000002
> "Start"=dword:00000000
> "ErrorControl"=dword:00000001
> "Tag"=dword:00000004
> "ImagePath"=hex(2):53,00,79,00,73,00,74,00,65,00,6 d,00,33,00,32,00,5c,00,44,00,\
>
> 52,00,49,00,56,00,45,00,52,00,53,00,5c,00,73,00,72 ,00,2e,00,73,00,79,00,73,\
> 00,00,00
> "DisplayName"="System Restore Filter Driver"
> "Group"="FSFilter System Recovery"
>
> [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Servic es\sr\Parameters]
> "FirstRun"=dword:00000000
> "DontBackup"=dword:00000000
> "MachineGuid"="{EAAFAEEC-4AFE-42BE-83D9-C12FDD4942A6}"
>
> [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Servic es\sr\Security]
> "Security"=hex:01,00,14,80,90,00,00,00,9c,00,00,00 ,14,00,00,00,30,00,00,00,02,\
>
> 00,1c,00,01,00,00,00,02,80,14,00,ff,01,0f,00,01,01 ,00,00,00,00,00,01,00,00,\
>
> 00,00,02,00,60,00,04,00,00,00,00,00,14,00,fd,01,02 ,00,01,01,00,00,00,00,00,\
>
> 05,12,00,00,00,00,00,18,00,ff,01,0f,00,01,02,00,00 ,00,00,00,05,20,00,00,00,\
>
> 20,02,00,00,00,00,14,00,8d,01,02,00,01,01,00,00,00 ,00,00,05,0b,00,00,00,00,\
>
> 00,18,00,fd,01,02,00,01,02,00,00,00,00,00,05,20,00 ,00,00,23,02,00,00,01,01,\
> 00,00,00,00,00,05,12,00,00,00,01,01,00,00,00,00,00 ,05,12,00,00,00
>
> [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Servic es\sr\Enum]
> "0"="Root\\LEGACY_SR\\0000"
> "Count"=dword:00000001
> "NextInstance"=dword:00000001
>
> [HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Curre ntVersion\Group Policy
> Objects\LocalMachine\Software\Policies\Microsoft\W indows NT\SystemRestore]
> "DisableSR"=dword:00000000
>
> [HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Curre ntVersion\Group Policy
> Objects\LocalMachine\Software\Policies\Microsoft\W indows NT\SystemRestore]
> "DisableConfig"=dword:00000000
>
> [-HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Curre ntVersion\Group Policy
> Objects\LocalMachine\Software\Policies\Microsoft\W indows NT\SystemRestore]
> [-HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\Win dows NT\SystemRestore]
> [-HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Curre ntVersion\Group Policy
> Objects\LocalMachine\Software\Policies\Microsoft\W indows NT\SystemRestore]
>
>
>
>
> ================================================== ==================================
> End cut above this line
>
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> "Rusty" <kenrussell@optus YOUR HAT home.com.au> wrote in message
> news:4602e69e$0$9772$afc38c87@news.optusnet.com.au ...
>>I posted this also on alt.computer.security
>>
>> Each time I boot up my PC I have to enable the quick launch bar. It
>> disappears when I shut down.
>>
>> Also, no restore points appear other than the current day's checkpoint.
>>
>> I've run out of ideas on how to fix these problems. Are they likely
>> caused
>> by malaware?
>>
>> I'm running XP Pro SP2
>>
>> Cheers,
>> Ken Russell
>>
>>
>
>