I was looking at pron, and my desktop locked up. Had to shut the computer down with the power button. When it booted back up, it opened up to a smaller window and showed Access denied and in the window was
c:\windows\system32



Tried to boot up in Safemode but it links me back to the above. Any idea what I can do here? Thanks...

 

Go back to buying magazines.

 

LOL! That's the stone ages...

 

Do you have another PC you can hook the drive up to as an external to run a scan?

If not, try running a boot disc like Kaspersky Rescue Disc (download and burn to CD) --> http://support.kaspersky.com/4162

or the AVG Rescue disc --> http://www.avg.com/us-en/avg-rescue-cd

or the Bit Defender rescue CD --> http://www.bitdefender.com/support/h...ue-cd-627.html

or the Hiren's boot cd --> http://www.tech-recipes.com/rx/41669...hirens-bootcd/

 

+1 for a rescue CD

 

Reformatting is the easiest.

But yeah the rescue CD

 

+1 for Hirens disk, everyone should have it

 

 

Did you try last known good config?

 

Blue balls

 

Take it somewhere. This isn't an easy fix that OP can do...

 

yikes, master boot is infUckted

Download and burn Kasperskiy, it should work. http://rescuedisk.kaspersky-labs.com..._rescue_10.iso

 

Hiren disk is useless if you don't know what to do with it. And in most cases you'll do more harm than good.

 

I have a buddy that will come over next week to see if he can get me up again. I will take your advice here and not try to make matters worse. Taking it to someone will just cost me money and I have no idea what the person's qualification is. The Geek Squad will be pricey.... Thanks again.

 

 

 

Never spend your money on Geek Squad. They're all idiots