So it's looking more and more like a virus/malware infection.ĮDIT: one more thing I forgot to mention, when I was installing Malwarebytes, when the installer was creating the shortcuts I got an error: CoCreateInstance failed code 0x80040154 Class not registered. It's running Windows XP Home, and I have a Windows XP Pro disk. I also do not have a disk for it (so I can't try running SFC) So I updated to IE8 hoping it would fix some problems.Īfter I updated the Control Panel still won't work, and IE opens, but then closes right away. I also noticed that it had IE6 installed. I noticed if I reboot into safe mode and go into the built in Administrator account, IE and the Control Panel work. I also ran the Avast quick scan on it, and it found nothing.

I wasn't thinking and didn't save the log. I ran Malwarebytes on it and it found some Adware, which it cleaned up. Same problems if I reboot into safe mode, IE and Control Panel don't work. There's probably more but that's all I've noticed so far. When I got it I could not open up Internet Explorer at all (nothing happened when I clicked on it).Īnd when I tried to open msconfig, it said it's not found.

My Grandpa's friend recently gave me his computer to look at, saying he can't connect to the internet.

Cant open control panel