Help, Ive Done Something HELP REQUIRED

Right, im not sure if this is major but i have some how managed to change the "control Ald Delete" menu to something strange it doesnt come up as the normalthing where they are in single fil downwards, they are now two lines of 3 with the words "Ashley is logged in as TERMINATOR/RAMBO"

and when i try loggin in i get some sever message thing about how im not connected to some server or something its only just happened

the login screen as also changed to a black screenw ith the words log into windows on it, instead of the normal one with the picture and everything

please help, what have i done? how do i fix it?

 

well.. if you need to get in task manager hit ctrl+shift+esc... but i dunno exactly wat you did to the the ctrlaltdel screen...

 

the server message is being created by a program called "CSNW" but i dont remember downloading it.

 

its not that i cant access it, its the fact that its changed and i dont know how to fix it.

 

i figured that was it.. but most ppl use ctrlaltdel to get into task manager so i assumed..

anyway. Try ending the program in task manager. Googling it. ANd if its unecessary (maybe even spyware) uninstall/delete that program if thats wats causing it....i dunno wat u did to change it... i didnt kno u could. Its normally just stupposed to ask if you want to start task manager, log off, etc...

 

right i stopped the process but that hasnt helped

 

were you not doing a huge amount of backing up of your data? you should have done some system restore points. perhaps you have?

 

update: ive got rid of the server message thing. now i just need to fix the login screen and the "control alt delete" screen, its like it has gone back to an early version of it.

 

i was tomorrow, just my luck screw it up the night before i was going to be backing everything up. i was playing around with windowsblinds, could that have something to do with it?

 

is that the program used to make xp look like vista and such? well that program does effet those features, so most likely yes.

 

yeah it can but it also has other features and themes, everytime i try using a theme the start menu changes to some very old version and ooes other things, i can chnage them back from the control panel but i cant chnage the login screen or the "control alt delete" screen back to normal, anyone have any ideas?

 

I would expect the culprit is windowblinds as what you are describing is basically what it does...You should be able to restore defaults through windowblinds.

 

uninstall windowblinds that you were messing with. see if that helps.

 

ive tried but couldnt find the settings that control it. ive uninstalled it and reboot'ed the laptop in the vain hope that might fix it.

 

i uninstalled and that didnt work any other ideas?

 

enquire with the makers of windowblinds.... ;^_^!

uninstall windows????lol

 

uuuum any other ideas?

 

lmao! i hope so. sorry, i dont mean to make fun. ill leave you be now to get some better advice.

 

Do a system restore to a date before you started messing around with that program. I've had lousy experiences with theme editors too. Doing a system restore to before it started should most likely fix it...even if you didn't set a restore date, windows makes regular check points...and there will most likely be one not too long before you started experiencing this.

 

how do i find out the most recent? and how do i do a system restore?
come to think about it i think that option is ticked off so i dont think thats possible.

 

right im so lcose to fixing it, its becuase of something called "client services for netware so i think all i have to do is uninstall this and it should be okay.

EDIT: its fixed, seems as though it wasnt windowsblinds but some netware thing that i had accidently installed when i was trying to get the internet to work, even with the ethernet cable in it kept saying it was unplugged ???

 

I'm not sure if you're using XP or Vista. In XP, go to control Panel -> Performance/Maintenance, and it should be an option on the left bar.

In Vista go System/Maintenance -> Backup and Restore Center and there will be an option under restore files called "Use System restore to fix problems and undo changes to Windows"

If you got it fixed some other way though, that's great

 

ill still have a look to see if i can find it but yeah i got it fixed thank god

 

Armageddonash - didn't you buy this system from Rambo29? Since the first thing that set you off was the statement that the user (you) was logged in as terminator/rambo, perhaps there are still some leftover settings from when Rambo had the system - you might ask him for some help, at least in terms of figuring out what settings he had on when he owned the system.

 

well the problem has been fixed, it was becuase of some driver that i accidently enabled.

 

Just saw the thread and as Shyster mentioned my user name was Terminator and Rambo was used is many places.

Though I don't know what's the problem.Counter strike may be?

 

the problem was created by installing some driver that deactivates the ling screen and changes the other screen, strange. and bu the way how do i make it stop showing RAMBO everywhere?. ive created a new user "Ashley" but i still find "RAMBO" everywhere

 

May be the RAMBO is some where deep inside the system.Try getting some screen shots if possible.

 

okay i will. doesnt really matter becuase i hope to have Vista Ultimate installed on it soon.

 

Did you create a new user called Ashley or rename the old acct? If you renamed it, the comp won't rename the directories, just the links to them. If you created a new user and rambo/terminator are still showing up then it's likely either the computer name hasn't been changed, or some of the programs installed are "registered" (read installed by) rambo... A reinstall is really the only way to fully remove old designations (A full clean install, not an upgrade install)

 

thanx i cant remember if i renamed it or created a new account. doesnt really as im doing a clean install of vista.