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Originally Posted by CAPTAIN CAVEMAN
yeah, that must've been it. wasn't my idea, i didn't even know it existed, haha.
on top of the not being able to system restore, apparently internet explorer wasn't working in specific situations. i don't use it so it didn't bug me, but still. for some reason the program media monkey refused to open for me (if i hadn't mentioned that already); i'm sure there was more but i can't recall because it wasn't happening to me.
anyhow, we backed up our **** on an external drive and just reformatted the hard drive. maybe overkill, but there was a lot of crap on it (had like 5 gb free) anyways and everything seems to be working fine now. funny thing is i'm just going to stick with using this new media player foobar2000 instead of WMP.
so it all worked out pretty well. thanks though - much appreciated!
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Well I'm glad things worked out for you. Personally it sounds like a nasty virus you guys picked up, which are often times more troublesome to get rid of than reformatting anyway if you've got your important stuff backed up.
It's sorta like doing Spring Cleaning with the Incredible Hulk, but it gets the job done. A fresh clean slate is always a good thing in any regard.
Just make sure you invest in a good virus program (I vouch for AVAST, and it's free), and you should be able to do your thing without much worry.