I've been waiting for over 13 hours for the computer to finish restoring the registry ( also files). I think the computer is infected. It's a laptop, windows vista home premium. Also could a just shut down the laptop ? If a do will the restoring process start all over or will I be able to log on and undo the restore. I went on microsoft, but I'm pretty sure it didn't address this problem. Please help!!!! Also could someone post a website where they found it? Thanks!!
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There is also one game downloaded on the laptop.
You might be in deep dung and lost a lot. 13 hours means it locked up. To turn off the laptop, if it is frozen, hold down the power button for about 5-10 seconds.
It is not recommended usually, but after 13 hrs, you kind of have no choice.
You have a few options from there. It's hard to say what to do without the computer in front of me, but I would try restoring again since you already started. If it happens one more time, you might need to take it somewhere.
It is not recommended usually, but after 13 hrs, you kind of have no choice.
You have a few options from there. It's hard to say what to do without the computer in front of me, but I would try restoring again since you already started. If it happens one more time, you might need to take it somewhere.
I think Matt is right. Sounds bad.
I went through this in late March, and my son-in-law and I tried everything we knew, including using the recovery disk (which didn't work). I even tried to get to the C:\ prompt to run the Fdisk command, but I couldn't even do that.
Do you have a recovery disk? (I don't mean using the restore function already in Windows.) If so, the information in here may help -- no guarantees, though!
http://windows.microsoft.com/en-us/windows-vista/what-are-the-system-recovery-options-in-windows-vista
(I ended up getting a new laptop, with all the joys and frustrations involved -- including favorite programs and one printer that are incompatible with Windows 7.)
I went through this in late March, and my son-in-law and I tried everything we knew, including using the recovery disk (which didn't work). I even tried to get to the C:\ prompt to run the Fdisk command, but I couldn't even do that.
Do you have a recovery disk? (I don't mean using the restore function already in Windows.) If so, the information in here may help -- no guarantees, though!
http://windows.microsoft.com/en-us/windows-vista/what-are-the-system-recovery-options-in-windows-vista
(I ended up getting a new laptop, with all the joys and frustrations involved -- including favorite programs and one printer that are incompatible with Windows 7.)
Thanks
You're welcome -- and good luck!
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