HELP - can't open IE6 with windows 2000

8 Jun 2009 5:16 PM

lorelei739

HELP - suddenly when I turn on my machine, I get a 'Welcome to windows 2000'
getting started - and it won't go away. Also, if I click on my IE shortcuts
it brings me to a 'welcome to Internet Connection Wizard' - I can't access IE
at all. I have also lost some apps that i used to clean my memory (no pun
intended) and other applications. I've been getting to the internet thru
Mozilla, but i'm still having internet issues. Anybody have any thoughts. I
did run a 'registry cleaner' the other day when these issues occurred so I
thought installing a backup of my registry would have helped but it didn't.
Anybody have any thoughts on how to fix my IE. And it takes FOREVER for
anything to load. I tried run PC anti-virus and it didn't show any problems.

8 Jun 2009 5:28 PM

Dave Patrick

Sounds like your profile has become corrupt and a new one has been created
from the image in \default user

The next time it appears, click Cancel, and then choose the "Don't show the
Internet Connection Wizard next time" option

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Regards,

Dave Patrick ....Please no email replies - reply in newsgroup.
Microsoft Certified Professional
Microsoft MVP [Windows]
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"lorelei739" wrote:
> HELP - suddenly when I turn on my machine, I get a 'Welcome to windows
> 2000'
> getting started - and it won't go away. Also, if I click on my IE
> shortcuts
> it brings me to a 'welcome to Internet Connection Wizard' - I can't access
> IE
> at all. I have also lost some apps that i used to clean my memory (no pun
> intended) and other applications. I've been getting to the internet thru
> Mozilla, but i'm still having internet issues. Anybody have any thoughts.
> I
> did run a 'registry cleaner' the other day when these issues occurred so I
> thought installing a backup of my registry would have helped but it
> didn't.
> Anybody have any thoughts on how to fix my IE. And it takes FOREVER for
> anything to load. I tried run PC anti-virus and it didn't show any
> problems.

8 Jun 2009 6:45 PM

Buffalo

lorelei739 wrote:

> HELP - suddenly when I turn on my machine, I get a 'Welcome to
> windows 2000' getting started - and it won't go away. Also, if I
> click on my IE shortcuts it brings me to a 'welcome to Internet
> Connection Wizard' - I can't access IE at all. I have also lost some
> apps that i used to clean my memory (no pun intended) and other
> applications. I've been getting to the internet thru Mozilla, but
> i'm still having internet issues. Anybody have any thoughts. I did
> run a 'registry cleaner' the other day when these issues occurred so
> I thought installing a backup of my registry would have helped but it
> didn't. Anybody have any thoughts on how to fix my IE. And it takes
> FOREVER for anything to load. I tried run PC anti-virus and it
> didn't show any problems.

Perhaps you got logged in as a different user?
Why did you use a registry cleaner? Were you having problems? If so, state
them so that it my help others help you.
Does your Registry Cleaner keep a backup of what it deleted?
How old was the registry backup you used?
You could also try an IE repair or boot up to a recent good configuration.

While your waiting for other answers, run the following two free
anti-spyware programs.
Download them from their own websites:
SuperAntiSpyware : http://www.superantispyware.com/
The link for the free edition is on the lower rt under the Popular Links
header.
MalwareBytes Anti-Malware : http://malwarebytes.org/
Green button on the lower left side.

Both are highly recommended in the AntiSpyware and AntiVirus newsgroups.
Buffalo