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shaaheen - 22 May 2008 06:39 GMT

I was working on my wix xp pro unit , I had cmd window open and typed pconfig
by
mistake. The command opend a second window and went through a bunch of files.
now when I move the mouse whatever icon passes under the mouse opens up. I
can't use the computer unless I sign in with the main administrator password
......Help.

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PD43 - 22 May 2008 07:34 GMT

>I was working on my wix xp pro unit , I had cmd window open and typed pconfig
>by
>mistake. The command opend a second window and went through a bunch of files.
>now when I move the mouse whatever icon passes under the mouse opens up. I
>can't use the computer unless I sign in with the main administrator password
>......Help.

Two words: System Restore

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John John (MVP) - 22 May 2008 14:01 GMT

'pconfig' is not recognized as an internal or external command,
operable program or batch file, it isn't a native Windows command or
application. Search your drive to see if you truly have such a program
or utility on your computer.

Make sure that it isn't a virus or malware, many of these pests try to
pass themselves off as valid applications by using names that closely
resemble valid Windows processes or commands, "pconfig" suspiciously
resembles the valid "ipconfig" command. If you are confident that it
isn't a virus at the command prompt issue: pconfig /? and see if any
help is available on it, beware that if it's a virus it may trigger yet
another payload. If you have completely eliminated the possibility of
virus or other pests do a System Restore to a point before the problem
started.

John

> I was working on my wix xp pro unit , I had cmd window open and typed pconfig
> by
> mistake. The command opend a second window and went through a bunch of files.
> now when I move the mouse whatever icon passes under the mouse opens up. I
> can't use the computer unless I sign in with the main administrator password
> ......Help.

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shaaheen - 22 May 2008 15:07 GMT

Thanks for responding. I was trying to type "ipconfig" and by mistake typed
pcconfig ,system told me not a good command, then I typed pconfig, that is
when I saw the second windows open and lots of files rolled off the screen.
after that, as soon as mouse pointer goes over an icon it will execute that
program.
When I sign as the hidden administrator it works fine no problem.
As for restoring the system , I am running norton and it has to be removed
before I can restore. I have had this problem on a Vista machine and was
trying to avoid the same fate.

> 'pconfig' is not recognized as an internal or external command,
> operable program or batch file, it isn't a native Windows command or
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> > can't use the computer unless I sign in with the main administrator password
> > ......Help.

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John John (MVP) - 22 May 2008 16:51 GMT

You will have to find out what that "pconfig" is, search for it on your
hard drive and search for it on the net, a search for pconfig.exe might
be revealing. Look at what you have running on the machine for further
clues, from a command prompt you can run the following commands:

net start >c:\services.txt
tasklist /svc >c:\tlist.txt

The output of the commands will be redirected to the specified files,
you can copy and paste the contents of services.txt & tlist.txt to your
post and maybe someone will see a service or process that is out of place.

Look in the Event Log, there might be something recorded at the time of
the incident.

John

> Thanks for responding. I was trying to type "ipconfig" and by mistake typed
> pcconfig ,system told me not a good command, then I typed pconfig, that is
[quoted text clipped - 29 lines]
>>>can't use the computer unless I sign in with the main administrator password
>>>......Help.

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