Pc Help Please - All Settings Lost!

Mr_Skint_2

Yeah Uninstall as it gets all what adaware would of missed.

desperado

Northtim wrote:

Just switched on pc and it had a bit of a fit. Then started after a while with security centre/winXP tour etc as though a new install. Looking at docs*settings folder I see it has created a new folder same user name as before but then .pcname. All desktop/favourites/my docs are blank in the folder its using.

To get going I have copied these over from the old folder. However it is now like a new user and I haven't got my old e-mails or e-mail accounts either. I know I can copy these over also but has anyone any idea what has happened and how I can point windows back to using my original settings.

There are no other users set up on the pc, it just boots straight into this one.

Got AVG running as well and don't seem to have any viruses.

This exact same thing happened to my friends computer this morning. wonder if its an AVG thing?

Northtim

I did thing it may be something with AVG or XP update as both pc's on the network here had wobbles, though only one lost settings. Noticed AVG is now monitored by XP in the security centre, don't think it was before though may be getting confused with work?

Could be connected but probably would have been mentioned by more prople on the board here so could just be coincidence?