Computer help !

[blacksunshine]

so what is the current functional status of the machine now?

if the computer is working but no internet, go into the network card properties and make sure, guessing here, that you have the settings set to dhcp if that is what the other computers are set to and reboot, or, if the other computers are set to static ip addresses, duplicate except the last group within the ip address...that has to be different..also check the hosts file on one of the other computers, for xp, c:\windows\system32\drivers\etc, there will be a file names hosts with no file extension. you can open this file with wordpad or notepad. if you open one on a functioning computer there and there is nothing besides 127.0.0.1 localhost, then that is exactly what needs to be in said file on said busted computer, then reboot

[Tommyh]

i say pour a little gas into it and light that puppy up!

[phoneman]

We ain't all high tech. Just a regular comcast modem for us to surf and check email.

try one thing at a time, dont get over whelmed. have u tryed the system restoral?

[blacksunshine]

you do know that if system restore is turned on, there is a very good chance the bug was in the restore and hence restoring back won't do anything as far as bug removal...it will forever exist in the restore files....bug removers can't get in there

it's best to get the nic set properly, once you have connectivity, disable the system restore, run the bug killers (combofix, malwarebytes, superantispyware, avg, housecall.antivirus.com, etc), get it clean, then run sfc /scannow, then run all your winblows updates

[berto]

i say pour a little gas into it and light that puppy up!

I was almost at that point. I gave up and came home. I'll be back at it tomorrow. Thank you for everyone's help! I'm gonna go at it with a fresh mind. Went into safe mode and ran a scan so I'll see in the a.m what it finds.

[berto]

so what is the current functional status of the machine now?

if the computer is working but no internet, go into the network card properties and make sure, guessing here, that you have the settings set to dhcp if that is what the other computers are set to and reboot, or, if the other computers are set to static ip addresses, duplicate except the last group within the ip address...that has to be different..also check the hosts file on one of the other computers, for xp, c:\windows\system32\drivers\etc, there will be a file names hosts with no file extension. you can open this file with wordpad or notepad. if you open one on a functioning computer there and there is nothing besides 127.0.0.1 localhost, then that is exactly what needs to be in said file on said busted computer, then reboot

Well came in fresh today, Last night the scan didn't find anything else in safe mode. Instead of messing with settings that i have no idea i just deleted the network card.. Restarted the computer and it re-installed it. And guess what ITS FIXED! Back to the green screen!

Thanks again to everyone that had some suggestions! This website is freakin awesome.

[blacksunshine]

Well came in fresh today, Last night the scan didn't find anything else in safe mode. Instead of messing with settings that i have no idea i just deleted the network card.. Restarted the computer and it re-installed it. And guess what ITS FIXED! Back to the green screen!

Thanks again to everyone that had some suggestions! This website is freakin awesome.

that's another way to skin a cat.....accomplished the task just in the most simplistic way...

so it was a dns hijacker that messed up your network card settings and by you removing the card and letting it reinstall itself, it defaults to DHCP, which means it requests settings from an upstream router, your local router....

Cool Beans....

now just keep AVG, superantispyware, malwarebytes, combofix and housecall.antivirus.com handy in bookmarks or notes and you can take care of pretty much all of it yourself

[berto]

Thanks again for all your help