When I boot up my notebook, the sidebar doesn't appear, the network icon
in the taskbar has a red X on it (but I'm still connected to a network),
and the task manager won't appear after pressing ctrl-shift-esc or right
clicking on the taskbar. When I try to bring up the task manager, all I
get is a green grid icon in the taskbar which cannot be accessed. If I
try to initiate task manager multiple times, I get multiple green grids
in the taskbar. The missing sidebar is kind of grayed out with
inaccessible menu buttons at the top, and when the cursor is placed in
that area I get the "thinking" cursor. If anyone can help, I would
certainly appreciate it. Thanks.


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Mako

Appearance and Personalization?

Try he

http://social.answers.microsoft.com/...arance/threads


Good luck
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"Mako" wrote:


When I boot up my notebook, the sidebar doesn't appear, the network icon
in the taskbar has a red X on it (but I'm still connected to a network),
and the task manager won't appear after pressing ctrl-shift-esc or right
clicking on the taskbar. When I try to bring up the task manager, all I
get is a green grid icon in the taskbar which cannot be accessed. If I
try to initiate task manager multiple times, I get multiple green grids
in the taskbar. The missing sidebar is kind of grayed out with
inaccessible menu buttons at the top, and when the cursor is placed in
that area I get the "thinking" cursor. If anyone can help, I would
certainly appreciate it. Thanks.


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Mako

I don't think this is an appearance issue. Now that its been a few days
into the problem, I'm thinking I'm hijacked or something. I can't
perform a windows update or any adobe updates, I can't access system
restore or task manager, safe mode doesn't work, and the computer can't
successfully shutdown...I have to manually turn the computer off.
Whatever virus or malware it is, it certainly guards from typical means
of getting rid of it. Any suggestions? Thanks for the reply.


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Mako

Hi Mako:

I recommend downloading and installing
MalwareBytes' Antimalware (MBAM) and
SUPERAntiSpywa�e (SAS).

Do a full scan with Malwa�eBytes' and
SUPERAntiSpywa�e.

http://www.superantispyware.com/

Reboot
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http://www.malwarebytes.org/mbam.php
Reboot
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The programs are free. (There is a paid version but
you don't need to buy it to remove malware.)
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Good luck


"Mako" wrote:


I don't think this is an appearance issue. Now that its been a few days
into the problem, I'm thinking I'm hijacked or something. I can't
perform a windows update or any adobe updates, I can't access system
restore or task manager, safe mode doesn't work, and the computer can't
successfully shutdown...I have to manually turn the computer off.
Whatever virus or malware it is, it certainly guards from typical means
of getting rid of it. Any suggestions? Thanks for the reply.


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Mako

Did you ever solve this issue? I encountered the same exact problem two
days ago. Sure seems like a hijack but nothing is found in scans.


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bobarc
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I have the same exact problem. Did you find a solution?


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bobarc

"bobarc" wrote in message
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I have the same exact problem. Did you find a solution?


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bobarc
..
Did you do both an antivirus scan and an antispyware scan?
A few programs automatically do both, but many more
programs do one or the other, but not both.

Robert Miles

Yes. I had to format the computer and reinstall.


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bobarc

My task manager is just gone. I got a virus, cleaned it, but the
program for task manager seems gone. None of the files assoicated with
it are there. When I try to open it just nothing happens, no boxes, no
errors, nothing. The virus also turned off and erased the restore
points. I fixed that but there is nothing for me to go back to to try
and fix the task manager. Is there anywhere that I can download it
again?


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HoundMom

Type

sfc /scannow

in a command prompt or Start Run

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"HoundMom" wrote in message
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My task manager is just gone. I got a virus, cleaned it, but the
program for task manager seems gone. None of the files assoicated with
it are there. When I try to open it just nothing happens, no boxes, no
errors, nothing. The virus also turned off and erased the restore
points. I fixed that but there is nothing for me to go back to to try
and fix the task manager. Is there anywhere that I can download it
again?


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HoundMom