I recently got a virus on my laptop. After installing an antirus, the virus was removed. Now the proble is that when i try to login, I'm logged out again. I have read the posts regarding this issue but I have not succeded. One of them is that i should use the recovery console of my XP disc, of which I did but it will say "access denied". anything that has to do with copying resulted in "access denied". If it was a Desktop i was going to remove the hard disk and plug it on another desktop. Anyone with a way to deal with this?

Thanks in advance

If you can start the machine in Safe Mode,,,,,,

Run a file check on the O/S.

METHOD 1
If you have an XP CD:
Click START, RUN, type in:

sfc /purgecache

(This ensures that system files are copied from your Windows installation media, and files which may be infected/damaged with malware, or are corrupted, are not copied from your drive. Some of the files which are restored/replaced may need MS Updates applied. If sfc replaces any such files, you will have to reinstall updates for those files. If you have Automatic Updates active, this will happen automatically.)

Then type in:

sfc /scannow

Have your XP CD handy.


METHOD 2
If you do not have an XP CD:
Click START, RUN, type in:

sfc /scannow

Post back with your results.