internet connection problems due to system mechanic pro?

[skinnyhoover]

Hello! This is my first post to this forum and I'm looking for a little help. A few days ago I used system mechanic pro 8 to optimize my internet connection and after doing so, I am not able to connect to the internet using that profile. The connection is still there, but neither Firefox or IE are able to connect. When I tried to undo changes with System Mechanic, the program hangs. I created a temporary new profile and have no problems connecting with IE. So what I'm asking is there a way to reverse or reset these changes? I'm not sure what System Mechanic did to "speed up" my internet connection, but it obviously didn't have the intended result. Any ideas would be greatly appreciated. Thanks!!! btw I'm using win xp sp2

[Gizmokid2005]

Have you tried doing a windows system restore?

[skinnyhoover]

Hey Gizmokid! I actually had system restore turned off for some time due to some virus problems and hadn't even thought about turning it back on untill now. I had the monderc.gen virus and it was a pain to get rid of. It actually erased all my restore points anyway and was almost impossible to get rid of. Iguessw for now I'll just use the new profile until I can figure it out.
Thanks!!!

[ipodfansmail]

Wow! This post rocks

[TurcoLoco]

I would login with the Administrator account or a temporary one with equal rights then simply rename those corrupt profile names under C:\Documents and Settings so you can re-create those accounts with the original names and if you need any program settings or data you can easily transfer from the renamed (unused) accounts.

When you are certain that you no longer need the renamed accounts, you can delete them but I would not rush into that till you are 100% certain, especially if keeping the old, renamed user profiles is not causing any problems.

Future reference, before doing any kind of registry, system or network tweak (system and network tweak are basically a type of registry tweak anyhow), run a registry backup. There are many free and easy to use tools to do that which is what Windows System Restore is, a glorified registry backup/restore tool.

My recommendation for registry backup/restore/defrag would be ERUNT.