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    What happened?

    Discussion in 'Windows OS and Software' started by Akuma, Jul 14, 2008.

  1. Akuma

    Akuma Notebook Evangelist

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    Turned my laptop on, it won't load to desktop.
    I'll do a restart > same thing. All I see is blank screen with mouse, so now I'll ALT-CTRL-DEL and open Task Manager, run explorer.exe and my desktop is back.

    Next I see all my cookies and such are deleted from Internet Explorer, taskbar seems all white/gray-like and my date is 5th September year 2020.

    Don't know what else is diffrent, I'll post when I'll notice.

    Any ideas what might've caused it? :eek:
     
    Akuma, Jul 14, 2008
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  2. makaveli72

    makaveli72 Eat.My.Shorts

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    Umm...Virus????

    Try a system restore if you can...to a date when it was working fine..u could try safe mode if having issues with running it in normal mode.
     
    makaveli72, Jul 14, 2008
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  3. Tyo

    Tyo Notebook Deity

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    run anti-virus program, and u can run anti-spyware while u'r at it.
    pls do yourself a favor and format the comp once or twice a year it helps to get rid of lots of clutter and stuff thet's just piling up not needed.
     
    Tyo, Jul 14, 2008
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  4. Akuma

    Akuma Notebook Evangelist

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    It's 6 months old. And usually I will manually get rid of all malware, but I'm more amazed - how did it happen. o.o
    Left my comp alone for an hour and this happened. :/
     
    Akuma, Jul 14, 2008
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  5. swarmer

    swarmer beep beep

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    If it happens again after rebooting, then do a System Restore.
     
    swarmer, Jul 14, 2008
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