My Toshiba Tecra is running on Xp Professional; service pack 3. Today it started showing errors such as "cant access volume control" then I got realize that other functions like "paste, task bar, System Restore are unavailable.My anti virus (Mcafee) is also not working. All drivers are also not working so I cant connect it to the internet. Someone help please!!1 person got this answerI do too

My Toshiba Tecra is running on Xp Professional; service pack 3. Today it started showing errors such as "cant access volume control" then I got realize that other functions like "paste, task bar, System Restore are unavailable.My anti virus (Mcafee) is also not working. All drivers are also not working so I cant connect it to the internet. Someone help please!! ======================================= Maybe the following articles would be worth a look: April 21, 2010 - Defective McAfee update causes worldwide meltdown of XP PCs http://blogs.zdnet.com/Bott/?p=2003&tag=nl.e589 McAfee VirusScan DAT Update May Cause Microsoft Windows System Failure http://tools.cisco.com/security/center/viewAlert.x?alertId=20375 McAfee KnowledgeBase - False positive detection of w32/wecorl.a in 5958 DAT https://kc.mcafee.com:443/corporate/index?page=content&id=KB68780 Volunteer J - MS-MVP - Digital Media Experience - Notice_This is not tech support_I am a volunteer - Solutions that work for me may not work for you - ***Proceed at your own risk***

thank you. That answered my questions. But leaves me now with technical battles. The links are helpful and the info makes sense. But I'm still familiarizing myself with the Recovery console. It is a little different from the normal command prompt. I'm so disappointed with McAfee for failing to address the situation, and instead resorting to pep talk while consumers are suffering at their hands when they were supposed to be protecting them.

thank you. That answered my questions. But leaves me now with technical battles. The links are helpful and the info makes sense. But I'm still familiarizing myself with the Recovery console. It is a little different from the normal command prompt. I'm so disappointed with McAfee for failing to address the situation, and instead resorting to pep talk while consumers are suffering at their hands when they were supposed to be protecting them. ============================== You're welcome... Here's hoping you manage to clear up the issue. Maybe...and I'm only saying maybe...the following links would be worth a look: ALERT: 5958 DAT Update Issue (For Home Users Only) http://service.mcafee.com/faqdocument.aspx?id=TS100969&lang=en_US&prior_tid=2&AnswerID=16777216&turl==http%3A%2F%2Fkb.mcafee.com%2Finfocenter%2Findex%3Fpage%3Dcontent%26id%3DTS100969%26actp%3Dsearch This article applies to Corporate or Business users only https://kc.mcafee.com/corporate/index?elq_mid=2362&elq_cid=272598&page=content&id=KB68780 Volunteer J - MS-MVP - Digital Media Experience - Notice_This is not tech support_I am a volunteer - Solutions that work for me may not work for you - ***Proceed at your own risk***