My computer had been infected with the worm alcan, which spybot, ad=aware se, and counterspy could not get rid off. So i searched fora amanual way on the internet. I was advised to delete the following keys and some others. HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE>Software>Microsoft>OLE and HKEY_CURRENT_USER>Software>Microsoft>OLE and HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE>System>CurrentControlSet>Control>Lsa and HKEY_CURRENT_USER>System>CurrentControlSet>Control>Lsa Which i did delete without a abackup I have windows 2000sp4 withall the latest winupdates Now my satrup bar show only volume and programs like counter spy dont launch at start up and show up there And my network and dialup connection window in control panel is always blank even though i have a connection and can connect to the internet. For the time being i have just created registrys with the names of the deleted ones(Lsa and OLE) Please help get system back to nowmal Thank you