Guest Tonyg Posted May 27, 2008 Posted May 27, 2008 Recently picked up a virus and after removal result is that I cannot Change startup type of Automatic Update Service from disabled. Any change seems to take initially but attempts to start the service causes it to revert to Disabled. Also have completely lost Task Manager (C-A-D) brings up window but Task Manager button is greyed out. Suspect registry problem but any help appreciated -- Tonyg
Guest Pegasus \(MVP\) Posted May 27, 2008 Posted May 27, 2008 Re: W200 Services & Task Manager "Tonyg" <Tonyg@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message news:035B0F93-0562-4F57-9CF4-6F3E74464C8B@microsoft.com... > Recently picked up a virus and after removal result is that I cannot > Change > startup type of Automatic Update Service from disabled. Any change seems > to > take initially but attempts to start the service causes it to revert to > Disabled. Also have completely lost Task Manager (C-A-D) brings up window > but Task Manager button is greyed out. > Suspect registry problem but any help appreciated > -- > Tonyg You can change the startup type for a service manually in the respective registry key. The values are: 0=boot 1=system 2=automatic 3=manual 4=disabled About your virus infection: It is a myth that virus removal tools can "fix" an infected machine. They can repair some damage but often some traces remain. To me an infected machine is a compromised machine. If it was mine then I would rebuild it.
Guest Tonyg Posted June 1, 2008 Posted June 1, 2008 Re: W200 Services & Task Manager -- Tonyg "Pegasus (MVP)" wrote: > > "Tonyg" <Tonyg@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message > news:035B0F93-0562-4F57-9CF4-6F3E74464C8B@microsoft.com... > > Recently picked up a virus and after removal result is that I cannot > > Change > > startup type of Automatic Update Service from disabled. Any change seems > > to > > take initially but attempts to start the service causes it to revert to > > Disabled. Also have completely lost Task Manager (C-A-D) brings up window > > but Task Manager button is greyed out. > > Suspect registry problem but any help appreciated > > -- > > Tonyg > > You can change the startup type for a service manually in the > respective registry key. The values are: > 0=boot > 1=system > 2=automatic > 3=manual > 4=disabled > About your virus infection: It is a myth that virus removal tools can > "fix" an infected machine. They can repair some damage but often > some traces remain. To me an infected machine is a compromised > machine. If it was mine then I would rebuild it. > > > Thanks and was most helpful. Any info on Task Manager problem would be appreciated. Agree with comments re Virus removal, and machine will be rebuilt in very near future.
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