I'm running XP Media Center 2005 with all updates done. There was a thunderstorm yesterday so I turned off my machine. This morning when I turned it on, everything was ok until after I logged in. Then no matter what I clicked on, the menu, the taskbar or any folder the machine completely locked up, alt-ctrl-del, didn't even work, I had to turn the machine off manually, restarted and the same thing. Went into safe mode and did ckdisk and tried again, same thing. It's only on my user name, but that's where all my info is, I'm using my daughter's user account to get on here to ask. Anybody have any ideas or possible fixes? I'm running an av scan now with zone alarm, but don't viruses affect every user, not just one? Thanks in advance for your time, Terry in Montana -- Please remember to trim your replies (including this sentence and everything below it) and adjust the subject line as necessary. To unsubscribe or change your email settings: //www.freelists.org/webpage/pctechtalk To access our Archives: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/PCTechTalk/messages/ //www.freelists.org/archives/pctechtalk/