Monday, August 10, 2009

Folder Option Missing / Disabled

KEYWORDS FOR THIS POST : FOLDER OPTION MISSING, FOLDER OPTION DISABLED, FOLDER OPTION NOT FOUND, FOLDER OPTION NOTWORKING

SOLUTION TO ENABLE FOLDER OPTION

If the folder options in the windows explorer is missing and you are unable to show/unhide the hidden files then  copy paste the below lines in a notepad and save them with .reg extension

Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00

[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\Explorer]
"NoFolderOptions"=dword:0000000

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\Explorer]
"NoFolderOptions"=dword:0000000

After coping the above lines in a notepad save it with .reg extension and double click on it.

Reboot Your PC and Your Folder Option is Back 



FREE SOFTWARE TO ENABLE TASK MANGER

KEYWORDS  FOR THIS POST TASK MANAGER MISSING, TASK MANAGER DISABLED, TASK MANAGER NOT FOUND,CANT USE TASK MANAGER.

SOLUTION TO ENABLE TASK MANAGER

Even if you have anti-virus installed, you can still be infected by a new or custom virus that is not recognized by your anti-virus. Sometimes after removing the virus completely from our system, you’ll face new problems such as you can no longer bring up Windows Task Manager from CTRL+ALT+DEL. You get the error message saying “Task Manager has been disabled by your administrator”.Use this software to enable it.

[Start] -->[Run]--> [Regedit]
 HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\System
Modify/Create the Value Data Type(s) and Value Name(s) as detailed below.
Data Type: DWORD Value // Value Name: DisableTaskMgr
Setting for Value Data: [0 = Enabled (Default) / 1 = Disabled]

Exit Registry and Reboot

Friday, July 10, 2009

REGEDIT DISABLED

KEYWORDS  FOR THIS POST : REGEDIT MISSING, REGEDIT DISABLED, REGEDIT  NOT FOUND,CANT EDIT REGISTRY.

SOLUTION TO ENABLE REGEDIT

Sometimes  when you try to edit registry (Windows + r  ,-> regedit ) you  get an error message as "Regedit is disabled by the administrator". This is done by the virus which is present in your computer  , To  enable Regedit  copy paste the link below in the address bar of your browser and download a free tool

http://www.recoverdatasoftware.com/tools/RegistryFix.exe


Thursday, June 25, 2009

Solution to MediaControl.exe Virus

KEYWORDS FOR THIS POST : CANT PLAY MOVIES, CANT PLAY MUSIC , CANT PLAY VIDEOS , VIDEOS AND MUSIC EXTENSION RENAMED WITH .jpg  .

SOLUTION TO MEDIACONTROL.EXE

MediaControl.exe is a virus which renames media files like mpg, mp3, avi, dat, mpeg etc. to jpg extension. Note that only extension will be changed and not the file format. This process mediacontrol.exe will be running all the time converting the file extensions to jpeg format and hence you will see all your mp3 and avi getting converted to .jpg, but you cannot open them on image editors. You can open them on your normal media players irrespective of the .jpg extension.

SOLUTION:

1. Open task manager [alt+ctrl+del] and move on to processes tab, find mediacontrol.exe. End Process. More on using task manager to kill virus here.


2. Now, Start > Run [keyboard shortcut: Winkey + R] > type msconfig > ok. Move to startup tab, find the mediacontrol.exe and uncheck it.

3. Goto System32 folder in C:\Windows [mostly, may vary based on your OS installation], find folder Mcont and delete. If not possible, you may need to use unlocer to delete the folder. Details here. If you fail in this step, you may start your computer in safe mode and try again.

4. Now, you have cleared your computer from virus. Its time to undo all changes it has done. Use Extension Renamer utility to rename file extensions back to their original file extensions. Some prior knowledge is requried for this about the type of file. You will find it difficult if you have kept all your songs and movies in a single folder.