Cryptographic services missing even after Windows 2000 reinstalled. Is it worth it to try XP OEM instead?

July 23, 2009

My girlfriend’s laptop had some viruses, and I removed most of them using some tools and tips I got off the internet. (The laptop had three-year-old virus definitions.). Windows 2000 has been corrupted: the cryptographic services are missing.

I’ve tried to reinstall Windows 2000 from the recovery CD, and it doesn’t work! I’ve tried to "repair this version of windows" and also to start with a clean install. I still get the same problems after each install: cryptographic services are missing from the Services under Administrative Tools. This prevents me from reinstalling MS Office or the software for the wireless card (which have both been corrupted as well). I’ve tried renaming the directory %systemroot%system32Catroot2, re-registering the DLLs associated with cryptography, renaming the EDB.LOG file and every other solution I’ve found on the web.

Is it worth it to pay 0 for XP OEM and try installing that, or is that $ better spent on a computer tech?

Can you install the same virus protection on two different computers?

July 23, 2009

i bought virus protection the other day and put it on my laptop..is it ok if i put it on my desktop computer too? or is there some law against that? just wondering. thanks!

How do I get rid of a virus that my virus protection cannot remove?

July 16, 2009

I have a spyware on my laptop called cyberlog-x and my virus protection program (McAfee) says it cannot remove it completely. How do I get it off? It’s still messing up my computer’s functions
I can’t really download anything because Internet Explorer closes down pretty quickly if I try to start it

Looking for a good registry cleaner?

July 10, 2009

I am looking for a good registry cleaner for my x40 laptop, running XP Pro. I have done some research on google, Registry Mechanic and CleanMyPC Registry Cleaner seem among the best,

CleanMyPC Registry Cleaner http://www.registry-cleaner.net/

Registry Mechanic http://www.pctools.com/registry-mechanic/

Is there anyone who is using these cleaners can share your experience? Which one is better? Or any other recommendations?

Need help with cleaning malware?

July 7, 2009

Hi… i am having problem with malware… whenever i open a website, the browser will automatically redirect to another website (x.cruze3.cn) then the internet security will prompt and say the website is malicius and it will stop connecting to the server. Basically i cannot connect and surf the net using my laptop. It happens to both IE and Google Chrome. I tried to reset the IE setting, clean up all file, run anti virus, clean and fix the registry, do the hijackthis. But any of this cannot make things right, Anti-virus and anti-spyware can’t even dectect it. But the problem still exist. I have no idea what else can i do. Have any of you guys experience this proble,. Plase let me know any anti virus software that. I have tried AVGpro, Norton, Nod32 , spybot, Ad-aware, .. .

Thanks in advance….