ensure that it is set to update and start, else start it via the icon, and UPDATE it. =Dclick that file, mbam-setup.exe, to install the application, =Please download Malwarebytes' Anti-Malware Cancel out of the Repair and use the fixes in that link, then run MBAM: If indeed you do have malware then the problem will reoccur, a Repair will not interfere with it at all. I imagine malware has altered file association entries in your registry, and the solution to that is here: Ĭontinuing with the Repair will blast your OS back to the stoneage, you lose all your settings, may need to reinstall software, you will need to dl and install ALL updates, Security and otherwise. But this is not a problem chkdsk can fix. The previous poster was short on detail, he wanted you to open the Recovery Console which is presented as an option around about where you elected to go with a Repair Installation. I am currently midway through the repairing.'Ī decent rule for using an OS is to not try to install software while it is infected. 'I was able to boot from my xp disc and repair it. ' Obviously i have some sort of virus that caused all of this.'
