pconfig problem.

[Guest shaaheen]

I was working on my wix xp pro unit , I had cmd window open and typed pconfig

by

mistake. The command opend a second window and went through a bunch of files.

now when I move the mouse whatever icon passes under the mouse opens up. I

can't use the computer unless I sign in with the main administrator password

.......Help.

[Guest PD43]

Re: pconfig problem.

 

shaaheen <shaaheen@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:

>I was working on my wix xp pro unit , I had cmd window open and typed pconfig

>by

>mistake. The command opend a second window and went through a bunch of files.

>now when I move the mouse whatever icon passes under the mouse opens up. I

>can't use the computer unless I sign in with the main administrator password

>......Help.

 

Two words: System Restore

[Guest John John (MVP)]

Re: pconfig problem.

 

'pconfig' is not recognized as an internal or external command,

operable program or batch file, it isn't a native Windows command or

application. Search your drive to see if you truly have such a program

or utility on your computer.

 

Make sure that it isn't a virus or malware, many of these pests try to

pass themselves off as valid applications by using names that closely

resemble valid Windows processes or commands, "pconfig" suspiciously

resembles the valid "ipconfig" command. If you are confident that it

isn't a virus at the command prompt issue: pconfig /? and see if any

help is available on it, beware that if it's a virus it may trigger yet

another payload. If you have completely eliminated the possibility of

virus or other pests do a System Restore to a point before the problem

started.

 

John

 

shaaheen wrote:

> I was working on my wix xp pro unit , I had cmd window open and typed pconfig

> by

> mistake. The command opend a second window and went through a bunch of files.

> now when I move the mouse whatever icon passes under the mouse opens up. I

> can't use the computer unless I sign in with the main administrator password

> ......Help.

[Guest shaaheen]

Re: pconfig problem.

 

Thanks for responding. I was trying to type "ipconfig" and by mistake typed

pcconfig ,system told me not a good command, then I typed pconfig, that is

when I saw the second windows open and lots of files rolled off the screen.

after that, as soon as mouse pointer goes over an icon it will execute that

program.

When I sign as the hidden administrator it works fine no problem.

As for restoring the system , I am running norton and it has to be removed

before I can restore. I have had this problem on a Vista machine and was

trying to avoid the same fate.

 

"John John (MVP)" wrote:

> 'pconfig' is not recognized as an internal or external command,

> operable program or batch file, it isn't a native Windows command or

> application. Search your drive to see if you truly have such a program

> or utility on your computer.

>

> Make sure that it isn't a virus or malware, many of these pests try to

> pass themselves off as valid applications by using names that closely

> resemble valid Windows processes or commands, "pconfig" suspiciously

> resembles the valid "ipconfig" command. If you are confident that it

> isn't a virus at the command prompt issue: pconfig /? and see if any

> help is available on it, beware that if it's a virus it may trigger yet

> another payload. If you have completely eliminated the possibility of

> virus or other pests do a System Restore to a point before the problem

> started.

>

> John

>

> shaaheen wrote:

>

> > I was working on my wix xp pro unit , I had cmd window open and typed pconfig

> > by

> > mistake. The command opend a second window and went through a bunch of files.

> > now when I move the mouse whatever icon passes under the mouse opens up. I

> > can't use the computer unless I sign in with the main administrator password

> > ......Help.

>

[Guest John John (MVP)]

Re: pconfig problem.

 

You will have to find out what that "pconfig" is, search for it on your

hard drive and search for it on the net, a search for pconfig.exe might

be revealing. Look at what you have running on the machine for further

clues, from a command prompt you can run the following commands:

 

net start >c:\services.txt

tasklist /svc >c:\tlist.txt

 

The output of the commands will be redirected to the specified files,

you can copy and paste the contents of services.txt & tlist.txt to your

post and maybe someone will see a service or process that is out of place.

 

Look in the Event Log, there might be something recorded at the time of

the incident.

 

John

 

shaaheen wrote:

> Thanks for responding. I was trying to type "ipconfig" and by mistake typed

> pcconfig ,system told me not a good command, then I typed pconfig, that is

> when I saw the second windows open and lots of files rolled off the screen.

> after that, as soon as mouse pointer goes over an icon it will execute that

> program.

> When I sign as the hidden administrator it works fine no problem.

> As for restoring the system , I am running norton and it has to be removed

> before I can restore. I have had this problem on a Vista machine and was

> trying to avoid the same fate.

>

> "John John (MVP)" wrote:

>

>

>>'pconfig' is not recognized as an internal or external command,

>>operable program or batch file, it isn't a native Windows command or

>>application. Search your drive to see if you truly have such a program

>>or utility on your computer.

>>

>>Make sure that it isn't a virus or malware, many of these pests try to

>>pass themselves off as valid applications by using names that closely

>>resemble valid Windows processes or commands, "pconfig" suspiciously

>>resembles the valid "ipconfig" command. If you are confident that it

>>isn't a virus at the command prompt issue: pconfig /? and see if any

>>help is available on it, beware that if it's a virus it may trigger yet

>>another payload. If you have completely eliminated the possibility of

>>virus or other pests do a System Restore to a point before the problem

>>started.

>>

>>John

>>

>>shaaheen wrote:

>>

>>

>>>I was working on my wix xp pro unit , I had cmd window open and typed pconfig

>>>by

>>>mistake. The command opend a second window and went through a bunch of files.

>>>now when I move the mouse whatever icon passes under the mouse opens up. I

>>>can't use the computer unless I sign in with the main administrator password

>>>......Help.

>>