Hi, First thing to have him try under the circumstances of remote support, minimal technical background is a System Restore. Have him run this and try and remember a date when everything was working OK. It could be malware, it could be a System issue, it could be a thousand things. I'd try rolling back using System Restore first and take it from there. Regards, Barry Barry Toner Microsoft Certified Professional > -----Original Message----- > From: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On > Behalf Of Adrien Collins > Sent: Friday, December 03, 2010 2:15 PM > To: 'access uk' > Subject: [access-uk] Some help for my friend please > > Hi > > My friend is having problems with the internet. It is > bringing up error messages when he goes on line. I don't > know exact details but when he looked at the trouble > shooting section for the windows up-date page, it told him > to go to tools in internet explorer, then to internet > options, security, but when he clicks on this nothing > happens. I guided him to the same place through the control > panel, and did the same thing but he is still having the > same problem. It seems as if that part of the control panel > has got corrupted, how easy is it to fix? I have told him to > run a system check, it didn't help any suggestions please? I > have a feeling that this is a more difficult problem. I'm > not sure that I can fix it myself and my friend isn't as he > isn't technically minded. He doesn't understand how the > computer works. > I think this is one for a pc technician. > > Regards > > Adrien > > You can get me off list at: > adriencollins22160@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx > > Speakon is a free fully self-voicing accessible multimedia > program for the visually impaired, find out more by > downloading the > software from: > http://www.a-technic.net/speakon.htm > You can join the speakon user group by sending a blank > e-mail to: > speakon-subscribe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > > > ** To leave the list, click on the immediately-following link:- > ** [mailto:access-uk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx?subject=unsubscribe] > ** If this link doesn't work then send a message to: > ** access-uk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > ** and in the Subject line type > ** unsubscribe > ** For other list commands such as vacation mode, click on the > ** immediately-following link:- > ** [mailto:access-uk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx?subject=faq] > ** or send a message, to > ** access-uk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with the Subject:- faq ** To leave the list, click on the immediately-following link:- ** [mailto:access-uk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx?subject=unsubscribe] ** If this link doesn't work then send a message to: ** access-uk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx ** and in the Subject line type ** unsubscribe ** For other list commands such as vacation mode, click on the ** immediately-following link:- ** [mailto:access-uk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx?subject=faq] ** or send a message, to ** access-uk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with the Subject:- faq