Trouble: A Reader Indranil Mukherjee mailed us this problem that he Cannot See Shutdown Option in Start Menu.

But he has also told in his mail that his computer was infected with some virus before this problem started appearing.

This problem of missing shutdown option in start menu in start menu may appear due to following two reasons including:

Missing shutdown option issue could be due to the Local Computer Policy settings Missing shutdown option could also be due to mis configured registry settings

!et"s discuss the potentials solutions to restore the missing shutdown option in windows start menu. Fix: Method 1: ( Local Computer olic! " #. $pen Start Menu ## $un% type %pedit&m'c and press &nter 'ey. (. )avigate to ('er Con)i%uration*+dmini'trati,e Template'*Start Menu and Ta'kbar *. +ouble clic' ,$emo,e and re,ent +cce'' To The Shut -own Command- and select .ot Con)i%ured or -i'abled

)T!+R or )T+&T&CT.C$M missing Fix: There are two approaches to fi. the missing boot loader in windows /P. I) !our /indow' i' in'talled on F+T01 artition': #. Boot your computer with a 0in12 startup floppy. (. )ow% copy the )T!+R or )T+&T&CT.C$M files from the i*23 directory on your floppy to your windows installation drive 4e.g in ,c:5- in case the windows is installed on c:6. I) !our /indow' i' in'talled on .TFS artition': 1. Arrange for the bootable Windows XP setup C+. 1& Boot from C+ select $2$epair option% by pressing $ 'ey during the setup. 0& 7elect the windows installation. 3. 8ou need to enter in the admini'trator password when re9uested% if you had not set any password for the administrator account :ust press enter without typing. 4. Type the following commands to repair the bootloader% where / is the drive letter for your C+ ; +<+ drive. CO 5 6:*i078*.TL-$ C*: CO 5 6:*i078*.T-9T9CT&COM C:* 8. &:ect C+ R$M and type e.it to restart. /e hope thi' help' to )ix the trouble&

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Posted by abhishe' in computer problems% troubleshooting tips% windows errors Tags: unmountable boot volume% windows does not boot Trouble: $ne of our readers% Mehra:% sent us a problem saying whenever he powers on his computer% the computer does not boot. =t show error message li'e ,(nmountable :oot ;olume or STO <=<<<<<<9- (.MO(.T+:L9>:OOT>;OL(M9? message.

=t can really trouble someone a lot if the computer refuses to boot at all. =n such cases the computer even does not start even in safe mode. The main reasons behind such problem are:

Incompatible :IOS 'ettin%' Fault! or incorrect bu'@cable :oot 'ector ,iru' attack Corrupt boot 'ector

Fix: !ets go one by one:

Incompatible :IOS 'ettin%': This can be a problem when the actual dis' supports a particular +MA mode and B=$7 is configured for higher settings. =n such case% you can try to reset the B=$7 to default settings and save changes. Restart the computer. =t may fi. the trouble. Fault! or incorrect bu'@cable: Bus cable is very important for proper functioning of drive. =n case the dis' is configured to use 2> pin ?+MA cable and you are using a regular @> pin +MA cable% it may cause such errors. Chec' your bus cable which connects hard drive to motherboard. Replace if it is faulty or of wrong type. :oot 'ector ,iru' A Corrupted boot 'ector: =f your boot sector has become corrupt because of some dis' problem or virus problem% in such case% you need to run a repair setup for windows.

7ee this post for detailed steps on how to run a repair setup for 0indows /P. Tip: Aeep your virus definitions updated to prevent boot sector virus attac's.

Bow to remo,e ntdetec1&exe ,iru' )rom window'

Trouble:

0e are receiving lots of mails on virus infections caused on a large number of system with some most common list of virus% which infect various windows systems. This post is in continuation to our series of post in which we discuss how to deal with viruses and how can you remove viruses. Today we are going to discuss about ntdetec#.e.e virus. Mo't Common S!mptom' O) .tdetect1&exe ;iru' are: #. Tas' Manager doesn"t open or it is bloc'ed. (. Regedit or registry editing has been disabled. *. Bolder $ptions are not visible under Bile Menu CC Tools !et us see how we can delete ntdetect#.e.e virus. Fix: )Tdetec#.e.e e.ecutes itself with the following name list process. 5ntdetec#5ntdetec#.e.e 5ntdetec#5cmrss.e.e 5ntdetec#5run.e.e 5ntdetec#5shell*(.e.e $emo,al rocedure For .tdetec1&exe #. $pen 7tart CC Run and type cmd and press enter. (. Type the following commands : tas''ill ;im cmrss.e.e tas''ill ;im ntdetec#.e.e tas''ill ;im shell*(.e.e .ote: Make 'ure !ou are in the operatin% '!'tem dri,e at !our command prompt run the following command.
attrib ntdetec1 -s -h /s /d

*. !ocate the folder ntdetec1 in your operating system root directory and delete it permanently. But you will need to delete the registry 'ey associated with the virus 4if it is present6. Bor this go to Start # $un. Type regedit in run window and press enter. This will open registry editor. !ocate the 'ey as shown below and delete it.
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Soft are\Microsoft\!indo s\C"rrent#ersion\$o%icies \E&$%orer\ '"n\( in%o)on( * (C+\ntdetec1\r"n,e&e(

0e hope above solution will help to fi. your system against ntdetec#.e.e virus.