zzr Posted April 8, 2008 Report Share Posted April 8, 2008 How do I change the way control panel looks. After an invasion by some viruses, the view I get in control panel is just of all the icons on a white background. How do I change it back to XP look, have tried all the settings I can think of but to no avail? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scarecrow Man Posted April 8, 2008 Report Share Posted April 8, 2008 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zzr Posted April 8, 2008 Author Report Share Posted April 8, 2008 I don't have that option, it's just a white background without that menu panel. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rong Posted April 8, 2008 Report Share Posted April 8, 2008 tools/ folder options/ general tasks tick show common tasks in folders Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zzr Posted April 9, 2008 Author Report Share Posted April 9, 2008 tools/ folder options/ general tasks tick show common tasks in foldersThat option is greyed out. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AlanHo Posted April 9, 2008 Report Share Posted April 9, 2008 System restore back to when all was OK....... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zzr Posted April 9, 2008 Author Report Share Posted April 9, 2008 System restore back to when all was OK....... Can't find restore option in menu's. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zzr Posted April 9, 2008 Author Report Share Posted April 9, 2008 System restore back to when all was OK....... Can't find restore option in menu's.Ah, found restore but it won't. :( Ran restore but it says it cannot restore to previous point. It only shows 2 restore points, the oldest being April 6th and nothing prior to that. In fact I have only ever been able to succesfully restore once. That's why I've never really bothered before. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scarecrow Man Posted April 9, 2008 Report Share Posted April 9, 2008 Chances are some system files have gone awry. Try this:Start > run > sfc /scannowand let it run through then reboot the computer. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zzr Posted April 10, 2008 Author Report Share Posted April 10, 2008 Chances are some system files have gone awry. Try this:Start > run > sfc /scannowand let it run through then reboot the computer.Ran the above but it made no difference. In the end as I was going to install a new hard drive anyway so just did a new install.Thanks for the info though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ɹəuəllıʍ ʇɐb Posted April 10, 2008 Report Share Posted April 10, 2008 Now with your new Windows installation - do you have anti-virus and anti-spyware installed, to prevent any future malware infestation? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zzr Posted April 10, 2008 Author Report Share Posted April 10, 2008 Now with your new Windows installation - do you have anti-virus and anti-spyware installed, to prevent any future malware infestation?I certainly do and I did before. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dencandy Posted April 10, 2008 Report Share Posted April 10, 2008 Now with your new Windows installation - do you have anti-virus and anti-spyware installed, to prevent any future malware infestation?... also a decent 2-way firewall to replace the limited 1-way Windows firwall. Plus I recommend WinPatrol FREE, to help protect against unauthorised changes to system files & what runs on your computer. You can get it here. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zzr Posted April 11, 2008 Author Report Share Posted April 11, 2008 Now with your new Windows installation - do you have anti-virus and anti-spyware installed, to prevent any future malware infestation?... also a decent 2-way firewall to replace the limited 1-way Windows firwall. Plus I recommend WinPatrol FREE, to help protect against unauthorised changes to system files & what runs on your computer. You can get it here.I'm giving Winpatrol a trial, but all this monitering can be a right pain when windows keep popping up all over the place to let you know such and such is trying to do something or other. Especially when the item in question has some obscure name and there's no way of telling whether it's malignant or a genuine piece of software trying to do it's job. I'm using Windows firewall as well as relying on the ADSL routers built in firewall, Kapersky AVP anti-virus, Adaware, NX Nuker and now Winpatrol. If anything gets passed that lot I shall go back to playing Monopoly, pen and paper and teletext. :lol: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dencandy Posted April 11, 2008 Report Share Posted April 11, 2008 If anything gets passed that lot I shall go back to playing Monopoly, pen and paper and teletext. :lol: :lol: Yes, I sometime think like that as well. But we have to remember that the Internet is like the Wild West without any Sheriffs! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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