AboutLenny Expertise I can answer most questions based on Windows XP PRO.From the most common troubling issues connected with troubleshooting,installation,networking,security,hard-drive maintenance i.e. formatting,data recovery and upgrading.I am ready to assist Windows XP Pro newbies integrate in the XP environment.
NOTE:I don't do USB pen drives or memory cards troubleshooting though.
Experience I have been troubleshooting and maintaining system based on the Windows XP Pro environment for about 9 years now.
Question I run Windows XP Home Edition. I got a nasty virus "Antivirus XP 2008", it has hyjacked my computer. I have already tried using a Virus program (Spyhunter), it found the virus and I removed it, but it is still on my computer. Most of my programs are gone and it keeps trying to get me to use their program (Antivirus XP 2008) to get rid of my viruses.I have the Dell Reinstallation CD for Windows XP including SP1. When I tried to reinstall it I could not get anything to happen when pressing F12 at start-up, when I tried to run it manually it gave me message "this version of Windows is older than version on computer now" so it would not work that way either. What I was thinking about doing was getting a upgrade of Windows Vista and doing a clean install. Do you think this would help my computer? Any suggestions would be appreciated!
Answer Hello Sandy,
I suggest you get rid of the present/current anti-virus program installed in your computer and go for the one in the link below. There is no cause for Operating System re-installation;
