Can you boot into Safe Mode? ...into Safe Mode with Networking?

What anti-virus application or security suite is installed and is your
subscription current? What anti-spyware applications (other than Defender)?
What third-party firewall (if any)?

Has a Norton or McAfee application ever been installed on this machine
(e.g., a free-trial version that came preinstalled when you bought it)?
--
~Robear Dyer (PA Bear)
MS MVP-IE, Mail, Security, Windows Client - since 2002


MJ wrote:
> My computer (WINXP SP3) did it's auto update thing last night and this
> morning I was unable to open IE 7. So I uninstalled updates dated
> 6/10/2009
> though Add and Remove Programs and still no IE7. Tried several reboots as
> well. Messneger and Outlook work fine. Tried to do System Restore but
> that
> module also will not open and the management console shut down when I was
> trying to read error messages the same way. Tried this both in regular
> boot and in safe mode but could not access IE or System Restore in either.
> Help!!