Hi Tex - it does not appear that my browser is causing the problem since I downloaded a couple of others and the smiley's still won't do their thing.
I am at work now and everything is working great! I guess I must have deleted something I shouldn't have.
Thanks for the brainstorming though! I appreciate your help.
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Hi Mars,
I wish I knew more about MS operating systems, but unfortunately I don't. If other browsers behave the same way, then apparently you may have deleted something that is vital to your operating system.
I will assume that you're using MS XP. I don't use that OS, but it does contain special recovery options that the older operating systems do not. You might try that. To be honest, I have never had any luck using built in recovery methods to correct a corrupted OS, but maybe XP is an exception to that rule.
Otherwise, to correct the problem, you will have to start from scratch, by re-partitioning the "C" drive, formating it, and installing the operating system, and all the applications, etc.
Before you do any of that, though, you might check the log on the spyware-locating program that you used to delete those files, to see if they can be restored, (or they might even still be in your Windoz "recycle bin", and available for restoration there).
Tex
I wish I knew more about MS operating systems, but unfortunately I don't. If other browsers behave the same way, then apparently you may have deleted something that is vital to your operating system.
I will assume that you're using MS XP. I don't use that OS, but it does contain special recovery options that the older operating systems do not. You might try that. To be honest, I have never had any luck using built in recovery methods to correct a corrupted OS, but maybe XP is an exception to that rule.
Otherwise, to correct the problem, you will have to start from scratch, by re-partitioning the "C" drive, formating it, and installing the operating system, and all the applications, etc.
Before you do any of that, though, you might check the log on the spyware-locating program that you used to delete those files, to see if they can be restored, (or they might even still be in your Windoz "recycle bin", and available for restoration there).
Tex
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