Control Panel

sarn_4

Thanks to everyone that has helped me - gotten rid of the Sober Virus, BUT it has left me with a few problems i.e. cannot access the control panel - everytime I click on something in the control panel it comes up with a box that says

Cannot find the file C/WINDOWS/rundll32.exe (or one of its components). Make sure the path and filename are correct and that all required libraries are available.

Also, since I've had this virus I keep getting a web page come up which I've never heard of - I think it's called WhatUWant - and the only way I can get rid of it at the moment because I can't get into my control panel is to "end task".

Any ideas please?

Chippy_Minton

In your Sober virus thread you say you are running Windows 98 but haven't got the CD.

Do you have a C:\Cabs folder on your hard drive? This is default location where Windows 98 installs its installation files in compressed format.

sarn_4

Thanks for your reply.

I don't mean to sound ignorant, but I cannot see C/Cabs on my C drive. Am I looking in the right place. I'm not too tech minded.

Is my computer b.gger..d?

Chippy_Minton

If your computer was supplied with Windows 98 pre-installed then C:\Cabs is where the Windows files are normally located instead of on the CD. Try searching for *.cab on the whole C: drive.

I don't think your PC is b******* - you just need to reinstall one or two files from the CD or the 'cabinet' file.

webwonder

If you have a windows 98 cd try searching on that for the file.

Figment

If your computer was supplied with Windows 98 pre-installed then C:\Cabs is where the Windows files are normally located instead of on the CD.  Try searching for *.cab on the whole C: drive.  

On all of my OEM machines with 9x / ME the cab files are in C:\Windows\Options\Cabs

sarn_4

Hi Everyone

I've found the Windows cab file - thanks to you all.

Question. What do I do now that I've found it?

I'm sorry for being so ignorant!

Chippy_Minton

Use the System File Checker tool as described in this article (the link takes you directly to the Windows 98 section).

In Step 4 specify the file you want to restore, i.e. C:\WINDOWS\rundll32.exe, and in Step 5 browse to the folder containing your cab files. SFC then restores the specified file from the correct cab file.

sarn_4

Hi Chippy

Thanks for your info, but when I go into the link that you sent me and go into run/msconfig and get the General Tab up, there is nothing whatsover what you have mentioned. The following are under my General tab:


Normal start up - load all device drivers and software;

Diagnostic startup - interactively load device drivers and software; and

Selective startup

It doesn't mention what you have said.

Am I doing anything wrong?

sarn_4

Ignore the above - I think I've got it - I should have typed sfc.

THanks - lets hope it works

sarn_4

HURRAHHHHHHHHHHHHHH

Thank you soooooo much to everyone who helped - I couldn't have done it without you.

Sarn x