Hi, I did a "repair" of Windows XP. It kept all of my data, plus now I have the printers and the hardware profiles.
I also have the "two computers" icon in my system tray (which is more than I had before). I still, however, can't connect to my wireless access point. When I right click on the icon to "view available networks," the next screen is grayed out and I don't see the SSID of my home network.
Also, my faxmodem doesn't work, because at boot up time I get a "unable to open TAPI via COM" message.
Any help is appreciated. Thanks.
Glad to hear you're surviving your encounter with malicious malware. The "two computers" icon in the system tray is a network connection, I think, so it may be related to connecting to your wireless network. I don't know what you need to do to fix it.
With regards to the faxmodem, surely if you re-install the software it will work, no? Again, I'm not sure what you should do now.
You've advanced your problems beyond my meager computer knowledge. Good luck. (Oh, and use firefox.)