Family laptop has this problem.. (2 Viewers)

[Omie Jay]

This message comes up everytime the laptop starts up:

..because of this, any desktop shortcuts or visual settings changed are not saved, the desktop is different and kinda back to stock standard, all the files are gone, but can be found in a different location.

Its a 5 year old laptop, compaq presario r3000, the os is XP home edition.

Apart from being a compaq, anyone know why this is happening and how to stop it?

 

[whatashotbyseve]

No idea.

Maybe backup the files and reformat? Try and determine whether it is a hardware or software issue.

 

[SnowFox]

Any new Anti-Virus or software?

GF's computer had the same problem, turned out to be a AV program that was scanning, dont know how but it kept fucking with user accounts.

 

[madsam]

Delete System32

 

[SnowFox]

Delete System32

LOL, but yeah its an old joke.

 

[runoutofsleep]

create a new user account omie you dimwit