Re: OT: Help! I've lobotomized my computer

On Mon, 09 Jul 2007 06:41:14 -0000, bonomi@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
(Robert Bonomi) wrote:

In article <ga0393lg7t15s9jlj1o3b95p93t1iagglj@xxxxxxx>,
Don Myers <don_no_spam_dmyers@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
I know someone here can help me. I put too much trust in my Spyware
protection program and it made it so Internet Explorer is really
working squirrelly. I can't find it anywhere handy. How do I do a
system restore in Windows XP?

TIA
Don Myers

Given what you've described in the other posts, you've got multiple issues.

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Thanks, Robert,
I got it to boot into safe mode using the F8 key once Frank Tabor sent
me the "secret code." Unfortunately, I get the same results with the
system restore function that I did when it was running not in safe
mode. Back to the drawing board.

Don
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