I want to reinstall Windows Xp soon, as I got a virus and after cleaning the computer doesn't work as smooth as before. I gives some strange erros and sometimes it justs hangs up... I want to backup Outlook Express emails and settings before reinstall, and restore afterwards. Any help?
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Go into windows explorer .
Tool's .
Folder options
Go to view tab
Go down to hidden file and folders
Check " chow hidden fiels and folder's
Hit apply , then ok .
Go to your normal login account under documents and settings .
Local settings folder
Application data
Identities
XXXXXXXXXXXXX , folder with unique id , big long number
Microsoft
Zip up the outlook express folder you see , it'll contain it all .
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When you have finished with the reinstall of the os , remember you must setup your isp account first before you can put this data back in place ... do not do it the other way around .
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Some virus's embed themselve's inside the restroe point's ... you would need to disable system restore to remove them .
Avgfree should nail it .
Adaware se for all other junk .
And for the " I aint leaving " stuff , there's hijackthis ... has a feature to remove file's upon system reboot before os get's up ... this really can's their butt's .
Run hijackthis first , do a system scan , and check what's actually running in the background on the pc ... you might have a trojan more than anything else causeing the issue with outlook express .
Be aware , you may have an email in the backup that's infected ... before you restore the data after the os reload , and the isp account details setup , download avgfree , install it , and update it .
This way , if it's hiding in the backup , it'll get nailed .
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Those having issue's connecting online , ie browser , or email ...
EMPTY the virus vault in avg first ... so , even if they are in the vault , they will prevent online activity until they have been deleted
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It's xp :
Remember the user name's , and setting's when the os was installed ... if you use the same value's , grab those wpa's in xp's windows / system32 folder ... *.bak and *.wpl ... these can be put back in place , and the system dosent require to be reactivated .
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