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It would appear that that is *not* correct. I no longer have Carol's
original message here to check, but unless someone else later added an
additional newsgroup, this thread is crossposted (not multiposted) to
microsoft.public.dotnet.academic and microsoft.public.windowsxp.general.

--
Ken Blake - Microsoft MVP Windows: Shell/User
Please reply to the newsgroup

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How far did you go into the setup process? IIRC the option for a repair
install does not appear until the second or third screen (maybe further). If
you're uncomfortable with going further (and, I can't say I blame you),
you'll get better answers in a dedicated Windows XP group. To find a good
group,

Go to:

http://www.microsoft.com/communities/newsgroups/en-us/default.aspx?guid=1080912A-26C5-7040-AFDD-2224A4FEB3EA

Then open your language in the TreeView on the left, scroll down to
"Windows", open and scroll down to "Windows XP", and
select a group from that category.

Meanwhile, I'll cross post this to a likely group.

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Carol actually cross posted the the Windows XP General Group.

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| > Thank you. I had tried that but I don't get a repair option.
| >
|
| How far did you go into the setup process? IIRC the option for a repair
| install does not appear until the second or third screen (maybe further).
If
| you're uncomfortable with going further (and, I can't say I blame you),
| you'll get better answers in a dedicated Windows XP group. To find a good
| group,
|
| Go to:
|
|
http://www.microsoft.com/communities/newsgroups/en-us/default.aspx?guid=1080912A-26C5-7040-AFDD-2224A4FEB3EA
|
| Then open your language in the TreeView on the left, scroll down to
| "Windows", open and scroll down to "Windows XP", and
| select a group from that category.
|
| Meanwhile, I'll cross post this to a likely group.
|
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| >> >I got an extremely bad virus which fortunately I was able to get rid
of.
| >> >In
| >> > the process I no longer have administrator rights and cannot access
the
| >> > control panel. How do I repair? and if I need to reinstall, will I
| >> > lose
| >> > the
| >> > other programs and/or files on the computer?
| >>
| >>
| >> With Windows XP running, put your XP CD in a drive and let it
auto-start.
| >> You should get an option to repair XP. The repair will not destroy your
| >> applications.
| >> Fair warning: depending on the amount of damage done, you may not be
able
| >> to
| >> repair XP. If repair is not possible, a complete reinstall will require
| >> you
| >> to reinstall your other software.
| >>
| >>
|
|

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I think I misremembered.
I believe you must boot from the XP CD to get the repair option.

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Thanks, Tom.
What Carol actually did was to multipost (two separate messages) instead of
crossposting (one message sent to two or more groups).
If she had crossposted, I could have seen the other group in her message
headers and would not have duplicated her efforts :).

It was in fact crossposted. I see both groups in her message, your messages
and this one.

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| > Carol actually cross posted the the Windows XP General Group.
| >
| Thanks, Tom.
| What Carol actually did was to multipost (two separate messages) instead
of
| crossposting (one message sent to two or more groups).
| If she had crossposted, I could have seen the other group in her message
| headers and would not have duplicated her efforts :).
|

You guys know way too much about this stuff.... thanks to all of you! I
tried both ways and didn't get a repair.... I stopped the install for I don't
want to have to re-install all the programs as that would take forever!
Maybe if I tell you exactly what is wrong, there is another way to do this.
The virus attacked my administrator rights and I cannot change anything in
the gpedit.msc command. I cannot get to the control panel either nor does
it show in the start menu....

Any other words of wisdom?

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