My first guess is that the machine has been spy-wared up the wazoo. Get Ad-Aware (and the other major clearing programs) and if you're lucky, you'll be able to get it usable without reinstalling. The second step is to get a non-IE browser, and to remove the icon for IE anywhere you can find it.
It's a sad fact that the design of Windows is such that normal operation of the computer is often a trapdoor function; you can't get back to where you were simply by reversing your steps. You have to start from ground zero every so often.
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Date: 2004-11-29 03:11 am (UTC)It's a sad fact that the design of Windows is such that normal operation of the computer is often a trapdoor function; you can't get back to where you were simply by reversing your steps. You have to start from ground zero every so often.