I have created a partition on my fiancee’s computer for all her files, however she has has the same issue twice now. as viruses are not my speciality, i reinstalled her OS (winXP Home SP3). given that the only things unchanged in the set-up are her hardware and partition set-up, and her files themselves, and that the issue poped back up AFTER a full OS re-install, i am thinking it is an infected file. The issue is that windows suddenly can’t handle executables, with the exception of explorer.exe. It pops up the “what program do you want to open this file with…* dialog box. what i dont know how to do, is how to find the file and permanently remove it. any help from the IT community would be very useful. and i have lower-mid level IT experience, so dont be afraid to get a little technical with me.
