Thanks, I'll check that out, but I would expect Norton IS '09 to have caught
that.
Worth checking out. I tried reformatting the hard drive, but it won't take,
so I'm thinking the drive must be damaged beyond reasonable repair. Losing
the data sucks, but for a new $70-$80 hard drive, it could have been worse.
"Rick Rogers" wrote:
> Hi,
>
> Login.scr is the rbotmx worm, read up:
> http://www.google.com/search?source=...inscr&aq=f&oq=
>
> You may find it quicker to format and reinstall rather than attempt to
> remove this rather difficult worm.
>
> --
> Best of Luck,
>
> Rick Rogers, aka "Nutcase" - Microsoft MVP
> http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/
> Windows help - www.rickrogers.org
> Vote for my shoe: http://rick-mvp.blogspot.com
>
> "Buzzfuster" <> wrote in message
> news:FDB01ACC-B6F7-4094-9A0F-...
> > The other day my 802.11 adapter on my laptop stopped working and the
> > hardware
> > & drivers disappeared from my device manager. When I rebooted my
> > computer,
> > it said Windows had not shut down properly and asked if I wanted to
> > restart
> > in "safe" mode (recommended) - which I did. After a VERY lengthy boot
> > time,
> > I get the following error:
> >
> > Loginscr-application error: The application failed to initialize properly
> > (0xc0150004). Click OK to terminate the application.
> >
> > When I click OK, nothing happens. All I have is black screen and a mouse
> > pointer (which does respond to my touch pad). I have tried several times
> > rebooting in normal mode, recovery mode, etc, but cannot boot my computer.
> >
> > I ran the hard drive scan in the BIOS screen, and all tests pass. But I
> > also tried running SpinRight froma CD, and it can detect the hard drive
> > and
> > partitions, but when I run the scan & recovery, it just sits there saying
> > "working."
> >
> > Is my hard drive dead? Is my OS toast?
>
>
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