Saturday, August 18, 2007

Virus Trouble Shooting

How to remove VirusProtectPro or VirusProtect Pro (Removal Instructions)
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Computer Troubleshooting guide

Few of the common problem that we see on computer and their solutions.
When you are making a change to windows registry most of the times it works but if it doesn't, restart your computer and then it should work.

Problem: Registry Editing Has Been Disabled By Your Administrator
Solution: Start > Run Type
REG add HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\System /v DisableRegistryTools /t REG_DWORD /d 0 /f

Problem: Task Manager button grayed out.
Solution: Could be group policy settings. Try this:
Start > Run, Type "gpedit.msc", then go User Configuration > Administrative Templates > System > Ctrl + Alt + Del Options. Set Remove Task Manager to Disabled.

Problem: Task Manager has been disabled by your administrator
Solution 1: Click Start, Run and type this command exactly as given below:

REG add HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\System /v DisableTaskMgr /t REG_DWORD /d 0 /f

Solution 2:
* Click Start, Run and type Regedit.exe
* Navigate to the following branch:
HKEY_CURRENT_USER \ Software \ Microsoft \ Windows \ CurrentVersion \ Policies\ System
* In the right-pane, delete the value named DisableTaskMgr

Problem: Folder options is not available in the Windows Explorer Tools menu.
Solution: Click Start, choose Run and execute regedit.

Navigate to: [HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\Explorer]

Look for a value called NoFolderOptions on the right panel

Right click on the NoFolderOptions value and choose delete

Navigate to: [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\Explorer]

Right click on NoFolderOptions on the right pane and choose Delete