On Tue, 8 Jul 2008 09:59:01 -0700, cowboy don <cowboy
don@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:

>My son recently downloaded a virus on my pc. The normal virus scanner i use
>did not detect it. i downloaded a removal tool from the web. everything
>seemed to work fine until i attempted to log in the next day. It gave me a
>message Domain not found and would not let me log on. (It is a single pc with
>no domain being logged into). I could not log in under any user name or as
>administrator. Could not log in in safe mode. I booted from my windows cd (XP
>Pro). in the past i have run windows repair and reinstalled into the same
>directory, just had to download a ton of patches and everything was fine.
>this time when the system came back up i have only one user name. all of the
>programs i have installed are gone and the other useres are not visible from
>the login screen. I attempted a system restore. The only date in there was
>after i reinstalled windows. All of the user names and data are still on the
>hard drive. i can access the folders with no problem. I know i can copy info
>into a new profile, but i am hoping for a miracle and not have to reinstall
>all of the programs on the hard drive. Any ideas on how i can resore thing to
>yesterday?

What is your AV program ?