Hi everybody.
A friend of mine has the following strange problem:
His Win XP Pro machine (in a domain), some random minutes after starting begins acting weirdly.
That is, if you open an app, and the, you minimize or close it, the action performs correctly, BUT, the desktop remains "drawn" as if the window was still on the desktop.
The desktop functionality also disappears; you cannot use anything from the desktop.
Of course you can use the icons from the desktop if you open the windows explorer.
BUT you can only open Windows explorer by pressing Win + E.
That PC has Panda endpoint protection
What I did was:
Combofix
malwarebites antimalware
JRT
aswMBR
tdsskiller
Roguekiller
adwcleaner
GMER
The system came up clean
I also did Memtest86+ - Memory test OK
Disk check with manufacturer diagnostic utility (Seagate) - Disk OK
sfc /scannow - just in case something was altered
Any ideas are very welcome.
Thanks
A friend of mine has the following strange problem:
His Win XP Pro machine (in a domain), some random minutes after starting begins acting weirdly.
That is, if you open an app, and the, you minimize or close it, the action performs correctly, BUT, the desktop remains "drawn" as if the window was still on the desktop.
The desktop functionality also disappears; you cannot use anything from the desktop.
Of course you can use the icons from the desktop if you open the windows explorer.
BUT you can only open Windows explorer by pressing Win + E.
That PC has Panda endpoint protection
What I did was:
Combofix
malwarebites antimalware
JRT
aswMBR
tdsskiller
Roguekiller
adwcleaner
GMER
The system came up clean
I also did Memtest86+ - Memory test OK
Disk check with manufacturer diagnostic utility (Seagate) - Disk OK
sfc /scannow - just in case something was altered
Any ideas are very welcome.
Thanks
