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Brian, thanks for your reply. The windows/temp file deleted OK

Ok, good.

but the tempor file was not found.

Then it may be elsewhere on the drive. Tempor~1 is the DOS 8.3 file name for the
Windows LFN directory Temporary Internet Files.

At ctrl+alt+del the system rebooted but the same explorer invalid page default box
popped up with the same results. Do you still think its a spyware or virus problem?
Thanks again Rick

At this moment Yes, and more than likely when a temp file is involved with your
situation. Although If you have installed something lately which I read no indication
of in your post, a bad/corrupt install could cause it as well.

Before going further, will the machine boot to Safe Mode? Press and hold the ctrl
key on boot just after the memory count and before the Windows screen to bring up the
Startup Menu and select Safe Mode from the list.
Or continually tap the F8 key after the mem count and before the Windows screen.


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Brian A.

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