deltawing

to add to your explanation of your fix for all us noobs i found on a website.oh and by the way i had exact same problem but,mine was caused by a r.a.t. remote access trojan that installed a trojan server at which time the trojan disabled alot of stuff in windows to hide itself and to keep itself from being detected and disabled..i compliment you on your post here as it was very helpfull..i hope i could add to the info for all the noobs out there.ive see alot of requests for this problem, but no solutions till now...thanks...shkdeltawing@hotmail.com To fix the problem: Replace the Framedyn.dll File -- how to get the file back. Click Start, and then click Run. In the Open box, type %systemroot%\system32\dllcache, and then click OK. Right-click framedyn.dll, and then click Copy on the shortcut menu that appears. Click Start, and then click Run. In the Open box, type %systemroot%\system32\wbem, and then click OK. On the Edit menu, click Paste. If you are prompted to replace the existing file, click Yes. Verify System Variables 1. Open a CMD prompt (go to START menu, RUN) and type (you can copy and paste this): copy %systemroot%\system32\dllcache\Framedyn.dll %systemroot%\system32\wbem\Framedyn.dll /y 2. Right-click My Computer and press Properties. If you DO NOT receive the error, exit this procedure, you're done. Otherwise: NOTE! If you do not know what the registry editor is, or how to edit your registry - STOP! You can do serious damage to your operating system, like make it stop working, or be unable to boot up. If you are competent at editing your registry, then I recommend the standard advice -- Make a valid backup of your registry before making any changes to it! 3. Use the Registry Editor to navigate to: (To use the Windows registry editor - Go to Start, then Run, then enter "regedit" in the textbox, then click OK) HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\Session Manager\Environment. 4. If the Path Value Name is missing, press Edit / New / Expandable String Value. Right-click New Value #1 and Rename it to Path. 5. Double-click the Path value Name. 6. A standard path begins with: %SystemRoot%\system32;%SystemRoot%;%SystemRoot%\System32\wbem 7. Exit the Registry Editor and restart your computer. NOTE: If additional variables exist in the Path Value Name, insert a semi-colon ( after the %SystemRoot%\System32\wbem string.