pcbutts1 wrote:
> Do you have these reg keys? Are the even listed?
> [HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Curre ntVersion\Policies\System]
> "NoDispAppearancePage"
> "NoDispBackgroundPage"
> "NoDispCPL"
that will also be user specific you know... though at least this time
it's a user that all machines should have...
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CindyLouWhooo <faux@notreal_gone.com> wrote in
news:mn.94e27d78c0eb66e7.70218@notrealgone.com:
> thanks for being here. I am beaten down and near brainless.
>
> About four months ago, my desktop tab disappeared.
> I have been going from forum to forum trying to find the answer in
> registry settings.
>
> Weekly in safe mode I run:
> my antivirus Avira
> have added AVG
>
> Spybot
> Bughunter
> Smitfraud fix
> Arovax
> Lavasoft Adaware
>
> and two online trojan-antivir-keylogger,etc.scans.
>
> Arovax tells me spywad each week and points to user and machine:
> Software-Microsoft-Windows-Curr.Version-Policies........I have done a
> complete restore of said machine, without change. I have been to
> KellysKorner, and a multitude of honorable forums trying to find the
> answer.
>
> My house burned down and my church gave me this machine. I feel the
> hurdles I have jumped in fine tuning have been great, except for this.
>
> Can you point me in the direction of what settings I need to change in
> user and machine policies to make my desktop tab come back? This has
> been my life's quest the past few months, and boy am I really
> tired.....
>
>
>
Hi There. I'm late in this. You said your desktop tab was missing right?
Lets see what could be doing that... It's likely a policy key
http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/regs...isplaytabs.reg
If you have trouble with the url, please copy/paste the lines between
**** below
*****
Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00
[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Curre ntVersion\Policies\Exp
lorer] "NoActiveDesktopChanges"=hex:00,00,00,00
"NoActiveDesktop"=dword:00000000
"NoSaveSettings"=dword:00000000
"ClassicShell"=dword:00000000
"NoThemesTab"=dword:00000000
[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Curre ntVersion\Policies\Sys
tem] "NoDispAppearancePage"=dword:00000000
"NoColorChoice"=dword:00000000
"NoSizeChoice"=dword:00000000
"NoDispBackgroundPage"=dword:00000000
"NoDispScrSavPage"=dword:00000000
"NoDispCPL"=dword:00000000
"NoVisualStyleChoice"=dword:00000000
"NoDispSettingsPage"=dword:00000000
"NoDispScrSavPage"=dword:00000000
"NoVisualStyleChoice"=dword:00000000
"NoSizeChoice"=dword:00000000
"SetVisualStyle"=-
[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Curre ntVersion\Policies\Act
iveDesktop] "NoChangingWallPaper"=dword:00000000
[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Curre ntVersion\ThemeManager
] "ThemeActive"="1"
"DllName"=hex(2):25,00,53,00,79,00,73,00,74,00,65, 00,6d,00,52,00,6f,00,6f
,00,\
74,00,25,00,5c,00,72,00,65,00,73,00,6f,00,75,00,72 ,00,63,00,65,00,73,00
,5c,\
00,54,00,68,00,65,00,6d,00,65,00,73,00,5c,00,6c,00 ,75,00,6e,00,61,00,5c
,00,\
6c,00,75,00,6e,00,61,00,2e,00,6d,00,73,00,73,00,74 ,00,79,00,6c,00,65,00
,73,\ 00,00,00
****
This *should* fix your issue for you. copy/paste the contents to notepad
and save it as "fixme.reg" then double click, regedit will ask if its
okay to import, say yes. and post back your results.
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Author of BugHunter - MalWare Removal Tool - v2.2c
email: bughunter.dustin@gmail.com.removethis
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CindyLouWhooo <faux@notreal_gone.com> wrote in
news:mn.94e27d78c0eb66e7.70218@notrealgone.com:
> thanks for being here. I am beaten down and near brainless.
>
> About four months ago, my desktop tab disappeared.
> I have been going from forum to forum trying to find the answer in
> registry settings.
>
> Weekly in safe mode I run:
> my antivirus Avira
> have added AVG
>
> Spybot
> Bughunter
> Smitfraud fix
> Arovax
> Lavasoft Adaware
>
> and two online trojan-antivir-keylogger,etc.scans.
>
> Arovax tells me spywad each week and points to user and machine:
> Software-Microsoft-Windows-Curr.Version-Policies........I have done a
> complete restore of said machine, without change. I have been to
> KellysKorner, and a multitude of honorable forums trying to find the
> answer.
>
> My house burned down and my church gave me this machine. I feel the
> hurdles I have jumped in fine tuning have been great, except for this.
>
> Can you point me in the direction of what settings I need to change in
> user and machine policies to make my desktop tab come back? This has
> been my life's quest the past few months, and boy am I really
> tired.....
>
>
Do you mean the show desktop shortcut beside your start button?
--
Dustin Cook
Author of BugHunter - MalWare Removal Tool - v2.2c
email: bughunter.dustin@gmail.com.removethis
web..: http://bughunter.it-mate.co.uk
Pad..: http://bughunter.it-mate.co.uk/pad.xml
Andy Walker <awalker@nspank.invalid> wrote in news:46cb978a.455165906
@news.webtv.com:
> pcbutts1 wrote:
>
>>S-1-5-21-3048867430-4259222975-3608218347-1006
>
> That just shows you haven't any clue what you're doing.
Good chance he'll set a bad key on that user account specifically too. lol
--
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Author of BugHunter - MalWare Removal Tool - v2.2c
email: bughunter.dustin@gmail.com.removethis
web..: http://bughunter.it-mate.co.uk
Pad..: http://bughunter.it-mate.co.uk/pad.xml
> CindyLouWhooo <faux@notreal_gone.com> wrote in
> news:mn.94e27d78c0eb66e7.70218@notrealgone.com:
>
>> thanks for being here. I am beaten down and near brainless.
>>
>> About four months ago, my desktop tab disappeared.
>> I have been going from forum to forum trying to find the answer in
>> registry settings.
>>
>> Weekly in safe mode I run:
>> my antivirus Avira
>> have added AVG
>>
>> Spybot
>> Bughunter
>> Smitfraud fix
>> Arovax
>> Lavasoft Adaware
>>
>> and two online trojan-antivir-keylogger,etc.scans.
>>
>> Arovax tells me spywad each week and points to user and machine:
>> Software-Microsoft-Windows-Curr.Version-Policies........I have done a
>> complete restore of said machine, without change. I have been to
>> KellysKorner, and a multitude of honorable forums trying to find the
>> answer.
>>
>> My house burned down and my church gave me this machine. I feel the
>> hurdles I have jumped in fine tuning have been great, except for this.
>>
>> Can you point me in the direction of what settings I need to change in
>> user and machine policies to make my desktop tab come back? This has
>> been my life's quest the past few months, and boy am I really
>> tired.....
>>
>>
>>
>
> Hi There. I'm late in this. You said your desktop tab was missing right?
> Lets see what could be doing that... It's likely a policy key
>
> http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/regs...isplaytabs.reg
>
> If you have trouble with the url, please copy/paste the lines between
> **** below
>
> *****
> Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00
>
> [HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Curre ntVersion\Policies\Exp
> lorer] "NoActiveDesktopChanges"=hex:00,00,00,00
> "NoActiveDesktop"=dword:00000000
> "NoSaveSettings"=dword:00000000
> "ClassicShell"=dword:00000000
> "NoThemesTab"=dword:00000000
>
> [HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Curre ntVersion\Policies\Sys
> tem] "NoDispAppearancePage"=dword:00000000
> "NoColorChoice"=dword:00000000
> "NoSizeChoice"=dword:00000000
> "NoDispBackgroundPage"=dword:00000000
> "NoDispScrSavPage"=dword:00000000
> "NoDispCPL"=dword:00000000
> "NoVisualStyleChoice"=dword:00000000
> "NoDispSettingsPage"=dword:00000000
> "NoDispScrSavPage"=dword:00000000
> "NoVisualStyleChoice"=dword:00000000
> "NoSizeChoice"=dword:00000000
> "SetVisualStyle"=-
>
> [HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Curre ntVersion\Policies\Act
> iveDesktop] "NoChangingWallPaper"=dword:00000000
>
> [HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Curre ntVersion\ThemeManager
> ] "ThemeActive"="1"
> "DllName"=hex(2):25,00,53,00,79,00,73,00,74,00,65, 00,6d,00,52,00,6f,00,6f
> ,00,\
> 74,00,25,00,5c,00,72,00,65,00,73,00,6f,00,75,00,72 ,00,63,00,65,00,73,00
> ,5c,\
> 00,54,00,68,00,65,00,6d,00,65,00,73,00,5c,00,6c,00 ,75,00,6e,00,61,00,5c
> ,00,\
> 6c,00,75,00,6e,00,61,00,2e,00,6d,00,73,00,73,00,74 ,00,79,00,6c,00,65,00
> ,73,\ 00,00,00
>
> ****
>
>
> This *should* fix your issue for you. copy/paste the contents to notepad
> and save it as "fixme.reg" then double click, regedit will ask if its
> okay to import, say yes. and post back your results.
nothing changed, thank you for trying.
"CindyLouWhooo" <faux@notreal_gone.com> wrote in message
news:mn.ab447d7861a6be2f.70218@notrealgone.com...
>> "Default User" <default@user1.invalid> wrote in message
>> news:7g6mc3dl2h6hc4so8gbq6v0pgbspfmmjud@4ax.com...
>>> On Tue, 21 Aug 2007 16:02:45 GMT, CindyLouWhooo <faux@none_gone.com>
>>> wrote:
>>>>Can you point me in the direction of what settings I need to change
>>>>in
>>>>user and machine policies to make my desktop tab come back? This has
>>>>been my life's quest the past few months, and boy am I really
>>>>tired.....
>>> See if this helps: http://www.jsifaq.com/SF/Tips/Tip.aspx?id=10716
>> OP has XP Home. *No* Group Policy settings are available in XP
>> Home...
> yes they are.....
> just hop on over to
> http://www.j79zlr.com/gphome.php
> works great on everything, except this one persistent problem.
Assuming you have cleaned your "Spywad"(if you ever had it) infestation
thoroughly(which I doubt), see here:
Desktop Fixes, For iGuard & Spywad pests, After the infection is
cleaned:
http://forums.maddoktor2.com/index.php?showtopic=3924
You *need* to submit a "HijackThis" log to a competent forum(NOT here -
Usenet is NOT the place for it). You have probably tried so much
off-the-wall crap, your system is *thoroughly* screwed... If you don't
want to do this, then you need to flatten your system. Did you receive
this box in this condition, or was "Spywad" supposedly contracted by
you?
-jen
> "CindyLouWhooo" <faux@notreal_gone.com> wrote in message
> news:mn.ab447d7861a6be2f.70218@notrealgone.com...
>>> "Default User" <default@user1.invalid> wrote in message
>>> news:7g6mc3dl2h6hc4so8gbq6v0pgbspfmmjud@4ax.com...
>>>> On Tue, 21 Aug 2007 16:02:45 GMT, CindyLouWhooo <faux@none_gone.com>
>>>> wrote:
>>>>>Can you point me in the direction of what settings I need to change in
>>>>>user and machine policies to make my desktop tab come back? This has
>>>>>been my life's quest the past few months, and boy am I really
>>>>>tired.....
>>>> See if this helps: http://www.jsifaq.com/SF/Tips/Tip.aspx?id=10716
>>> OP has XP Home. *No* Group Policy settings are available in XP Home...
>> yes they are.....
>> just hop on over to
>> http://www.j79zlr.com/gphome.php
>> works great on everything, except this one persistent problem.
>
> Assuming you have cleaned your "Spywad"(if you ever had it) infestation
> thoroughly(which I doubt), see here:
> Desktop Fixes, For iGuard & Spywad pests, After the infection is cleaned:
> http://forums.maddoktor2.com/index.php?showtopic=3924
> You *need* to submit a "HijackThis" log to a competent forum(NOT here -
> Usenet is NOT the place for it). You have probably tried so much
> off-the-wall crap, your system is *thoroughly* screwed... If you don't want
> to do this, then you need to flatten your system. Did you receive this box
> in this condition, or was "Spywad" supposedly contracted by you?
>
> -jen
thanks jen
original post clip:
</clip>
Arovax tells me spywad each week and points to user and machine:
Software-Microsoft-Windows-Curr.Version-Policies........I have done a
complete restore of said machine, without change. I have been to
KellysKorner, and a multitude of honorable forums trying to find the
answer.
My house burned down and my church gave me this machine. I feel the
hurdles I have jumped in fine tuning have been great, except for this.
</clip>
they had looked at the HJL and said to restore it, which (above) I had
followed thru with.
I don't know where you think I had tried "so much off the wall krap",
we'll just leave that to the previous owner, which I (above) had done
an exc job cleaning all that out, with the exception of this.
Maybe you try all the off the wall krap but I sure don't....
thanks
In article <mn.b1b57d781b5dbf29.70004@nonegone.com>, faux@none_gone.com
says...
> Arovax tells me spywad each week and points to user and machine:
> Software-Microsoft-Windows-Curr.Version-Policies........I have done a
> complete restore of said machine, without change. I have been to
> KellysKorner, and a multitude of honorable forums trying to find the
> answer.
That can't be correct - if you had done a complete restore from clean
media you would not have these problems you describe.
It's time to actually do a wipe/reinstall, where you actually format the
drive and erase all data/files - this, provided you get a clean set of
install CD's, will give you a working machine that doesn't contain
malware.
After that, before you connect to the internet, you need a working
firewall to allow you to connect without being compromised while getting
updates and patches....
If you have the XP cd you could also try a repair/reinstall of XP, but
you could easily re-compromise your system.
http://www.michaelstevenstech.com/XPrepairinstall.htm
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Fight exposing kids to porn, complain about sites like PCBUTTS1.COM that
create filth and put it on the web for any kid to see: Just take a look
at some of the FILTH he's created and put on his website:
http://forums.speedguide.net/archive.../t-223485.html all exposed
to children (the link I've include does not directly display his filth).
You can find the same information by googling for 'PCBUTTS1' and
'exposed to kids'.
On Tue, 21 Aug 2007 22:12:18 -0400, Leythos <void@nowhere.lan> wrote:
>In article <46cb978a.455165906@news.webtv.com>, awalker@nspank.invalid
>says...
>> pcbutts1 wrote:
>>
>> >S-1-5-21-3048867430-4259222975-3608218347-1006
>>
>> That just shows you haven't any clue what you're doing.
>
>LOL, he won't understand what you are talking about.
<snickers> That much is obvious.
Why anybody would ever take the advice of an ethically challenged
troglodyte like pcbutts is beyond incomprehensible.
On Wed, 22 Aug 2007 10:58:53 -0400, Leythos <void@nowhere.lan> wrote:
>In article <mn.b1b57d781b5dbf29.70004@nonegone.com>, faux@none_gone.com
>says...
>> Arovax tells me spywad each week and points to user and machine:
>> Software-Microsoft-Windows-Curr.Version-Policies........I have done a
>> complete restore of said machine, without change. I have been to
>> KellysKorner, and a multitude of honorable forums trying to find the
>> answer.
>
>That can't be correct - if you had done a complete restore from clean
>media you would not have these problems you describe.
>
>It's time to actually do a wipe/reinstall, where you actually format the
>drive and erase all data/files - this, provided you get a clean set of
>install CD's, will give you a working machine that doesn't contain
>malware.
>
>After that, before you connect to the internet, you need a working
>firewall to allow you to connect without being compromised while getting
>updates and patches....
>
>If you have the XP cd you could also try a repair/reinstall of XP, but
>you could easily re-compromise your system.
>
>http://www.michaelstevenstech.com/XPrepairinstall.htm
I agree with Leythos - time to cut your losses by completely wiping and
reloading your system. I always recommend that when reinstalling your
system due to a malware installation, that you go take extra step of nuking
the entire disk. The reason being that malware can remain on a disk after
a "format" if the format does not actually write to the sectors where the
malware resides. Use "Boot 'n Nuke" and run several passes to be sure the
disk is clean http://dban.sourceforge.net/ .
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