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Rick:
anyone help him chk hosts file corruption?
rhuffman:
Rick i beleive i have done that, but for review purposes how do i do that. I am almost postitve that shanes suggestion programs have done just that.
Boggin:
You've already run the MS Fixit to reset the Hosts file and Shane found it to be okay when he Teamviewered in, but you can manually check it yourself by pressing the Windows key+r then type notepad C:\Windows\System32\drivers\etc\hosts then press enter and that will open in Notepad.
You should have 127.0.0.1 localhost - that's you.
and possibly ::1 localhost - which is for computers that support IPv6
http://www.tech-faq.com/127-0-0-1.html
If it has repopulated then run the Fixit again to reset it http://support.microsoft.com/kb/972034
Shane:
Yes the host file was fine when I looked at the file system.
I had him boot up ubuntu off a usb drive on the bad system and I teamviewered in and took a look at the drive. I wasn't able to look at the registry since I wasnt in windows, but I did check all the normal places that viruses tend to hide. Drivers, appdata, windows, all over the place. Even checked the host file and I couldnt find any virus of any kind.
But again, the amount of data on the drive was over 1 TB+ so I didnt check every folder of course, so one could have been hiding else where. But for the normal hiding spots they where all clean.
It is very possible that windows is simply shot, isnt infected but instead the registry and drivers got royally screwed to the point that a repair install wont even work.
A fresh install is a must. When windows has over 1 million + registry keys on a fresh installed system alone, not to mention if the winsxs folder gets messed up then sometimes there is no way to fix it but to start fresh. at least at that point it would be the fastest way to get back up and working.
Shane
Boggin:
Create a restore point then boot up with a Win 7 install disk - Repair your Computer and navigate to the Recovery Environment, select Command Prompt and with the following commands, the registry can be reset to default - but I'm not sure if this would take it back to pre-SP1, so a manual Check for updates would be prudent after the reboot.
I'd borrowed these commands from someone else a while back and have tried them on this laptop after creating a restore point.
After the reboot, the computer seemed slow which is why I thought it could be pre-SP1 - but it did work.
At the command prompt type c: and press enter.
Then type and enter -
copy C:\windows\system32\config\regback\system c:\windows\system32\config\system
copy C:\windows\system32\config\regback\software c:\windows\system32\config\software
copy C:\windows\system32\config\regback\security c:\windows\system32\config\security
copy C:\windows\system32\config\regback\sam c:\windows\system32\config\sam
copy C:\windows\system32\config\regback\default c:\windows\system32\config\default
Press the "Y" key after each copied file to confirm you want to overwrite the existing registry files.
Enter exit to close the command window, remove the Win7 install disk and click on Restart
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