Logo Gwe Preseli
Welsh Books & Music
 

How to repair windows after being fooled by a hoax virus.

   

Note! Gwe Preseli is not the author of the following instructions, they are copied from an email sent by a friend who had been fooled into deleting the following file. The following instructions tell you how to mess with the system files of your computer. Do not attempt to follow the instructions unless you are confident in doing so.
If in doubt seek help from an expert!

In the event that JDBGMGR.EXE (or similar) was deleted erroneously, the following method may be used to restore the file from backup:

-- Windows 95 Instructions --

1) Click START - RUN
2) Type: EXTRACT /A C:\WINDOWS\OPTIONS\CABS\WIN95_09.CAB JDBGMGR.EXE /L C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM and hit ENTER

NOTE: The location of the CAB files may vary. If this does not work for you, try using your Windows CD-ROM path (ie. D:\Win95).

-- End Windows 95 Instructions --

-- Windows 98 Instructions --

Information on using the System File Checker to restore files

1) Click START - RUN, type SFC and hit ENTER
2) In the "Specify the system file you would like to restore" field, type C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM\JDBGMGR.EXE and hit ENTER
3) In the RESTORE FROM field, type in the path to your WINDOWS CAB files (ie. C:\WINDOWS\OPTIONS\CABS or D:\WIN98 where D is the drive letter assigned to your CD-ROM)
4) Click OK and continue with the restore function

-- End Windows 98 Instructions --

-- Windows ME Instructions --

Information on using the System File Checker to restore files

1) Click START - RUN, type MSCONFIG and hit ENTER
2) Click the Extract Files button
3) In the "Specify the system file you would like to restore" field, type C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM\JDBGMGR.EXE and hit ENTER
4) In the RESTORE FROM field, type in the path to your WINDOWS CAB files (ie. C:\WINDOWS\OPTIONS\INSTALL)
5) Click OK and continue with the restore function

-- End Windows ME Instructions --

-- Windows 2000 Instructions --

1) Click START - RUN, type expand d:\i386\jdbgmgr.ex_ %windir%\system32 and hit ENTER
Note: this assumes that D: is your CD-ROM drive, and that you have the Windows2000 CD-ROM in the drive. If this is not the case, d:\i386 should be replaced with the path to your i386 directory.

-- End Windows 2000 Instructions --

-- Windows XP Instructions --

Information on using the System File Checker to restore files

1) Click START - RUN, type MSCONFIG and hit ENTER
2) Click the Expand File... button
3) In the "File to restore" field, type %WinDir%\SYSTEM32\JDBGMGR.EXE and hit ENTER
4) In the RESTORE FROM field, type in the path to your WINDOWS CAB files. This may vary from machine to machine. It may be on a local drive, network drive, or CD-ROM (ie. C:\WINDOWS\OPTIONS\INSTALL)
5) In the Save File in field, type in %WinDir%\SYSTEM32.
6) Click OK and continue with the restore function

-- End Windows XP Instructions --

   
 
 
Home