Office probelms with strange behaviour

[Nick T]

I am having the strangest problem I have ever had with my computer and
it would be fantastic if somebody could help me.

A couple of days ago I removed the Blast Worm Virus from my parents
computer, and ever since that happened some strange things are
happening:
When I start up the computer everything seems normal, but then (once I
connect to the internet, or maybe toggled by something else I don't
know) the computer starts going crazy:
- When I click on Send/Receive on Outlook XP I get an error: "The
operation failed" (also when I go into the menu, or use a keyboard
shortcut)
- All the copy/paste functions do not work anymore - across all
programmes - not even the keyboard shortcuts
- Opening a new window in internet explorer doesn't work anymore,
eventually I can't even type into the address line of any web browser
any more.

Does anybody have any clue what part of the system is corrupted here?

Thanks
Nick

 

[Milly Staples [MVP - Outlook]]

For Office, try running Detect and Repair. As for IE, perhaps a windows
group will be able to help with that problem.

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Milly Staples [MVP - Outlook]

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After searching google.groups.com and finding no answer
Nick T <[email protected]> asked:

| I am having the strangest problem I have ever had with my computer and
| it would be fantastic if somebody could help me.
|
| A couple of days ago I removed the Blast Worm Virus from my parents
| computer, and ever since that happened some strange things are
| happening:
| When I start up the computer everything seems normal, but then (once I
| connect to the internet, or maybe toggled by something else I don't
| know) the computer starts going crazy:
| - When I click on Send/Receive on Outlook XP I get an error: "The
| operation failed" (also when I go into the menu, or use a keyboard
| shortcut)
| - All the copy/paste functions do not work anymore - across all
| programmes - not even the keyboard shortcuts
| - Opening a new window in internet explorer doesn't work anymore,
| eventually I can't even type into the address line of any web browser
| any more.
|
| Does anybody have any clue what part of the system is corrupted here?
|
| Thanks
| Nick