now another problem: when windows loads

it gives me this

fatal error

an arror has occured in logerror - error = path not found. please contact Systems Integration.

HUH?!?!?!

 

and I can't click on links in anything

 

is there anyway you can get a screen shot of that?

 

i can't use paste. on anything

 

is that the EXACT error message.. verbatim?

 

yes, word for word. I even left it up so I could type it on here word for word

 

do you get the same message when booting into safe mode?

 

nope it does not show on safe mode, but either in normal or safe mode when I go to add/remove a program nothing shows in the pop up screen

 

when I try to log into my excite email it says I am configured to disable cookies and/or javascript. how to I fix this?

 

In Internet Explorer it is Tools --> Internet Options --> Security Tab. On the security tab, choose Custom Level. From there make sure that your Java and Cookies are enabled.

 

i saw java but no cookies. is this normal?

 

I'm sorry, as of IE 6.0 the cookies are enabled on the "Privacy" tab.

In fact, here is a good link for enabling Cookies:

http://scholar.google.com/cookies.html

 

i can honestly tell you there is no cookies there at all. not a single word that says cookies.

and I would like to say something else, I was following the above post about system restoring, and I followed the instructions there and when it says go to system restore in administrative templates its not there either.

 

If you're missing built in components of IE, it would suggest to me that either 1)you need to check again, or 2)you've been hijacked with either spyware or malicious adware. Have you attempted to scan for adware/spyware, and run a virus scan lately?

 

i ran the ad aware se and it shows nothing is wrong. no viruses or anything. and of course I can't download anything since I can't click on links