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Old August 18th 08, 02:57 AM posted to microsoft.public.windowsme.setup
ladybug
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Default Need to reformat and reinstall

Okay it's been a long week working on that darn machine every night after
work and being a non-techie, so by midnight last night when the reformat
actually started, it gave me options to reformat 3 "partitions" . Two were
very small and when I chose to reformat, I didn't document the message I got
but those partitions did not reformat. I had been getting assistance in
malwareremoval.com as well, so when all was finished today, I downloaded
hijack this, obtained a log, and sent it for review. I did not get a
response that there is anylonger any malware or "backdoor trojans" that had
been the problem to start with, so my hope is that the machine is truly
clean. If it fails, I'll replace it with a less expensive system as he uses
it only for checking email and casual browsing. It is running very slowly
and must have a conflict somewhere because the website he needs to use to
check his work schedule requires java. I can access it easily on my machine,
but that one hangs when the applet application tries to begin a session after
login. Honestly I'm too old for this. :-)

"LoneStar" wrote:


"Mike M" wrote in message
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Did you perform a clean install or was it a repair install? If the latter
I wouldn't expect you to have to provide the Win Me CD but if the former
it looks as if the XP upgrade setup took the existing XP installation as
being the qualifying product which is good news all round.


I'm confused too. Surely ladybug couldn't have "upgraded" to XP with a
clean hard drive -- she must have had her old XP remnant on the drive. And
if so, I wonder whether the malware could have somehow traveled along to the
new upgraded XP. Possible? Note: if she performed a "repair" then it's
entirely possible. Or am I out to lunch?

Ladybug??????????

EW