Hugh Vandervoort's post (clipped)
<<<<but I'm wondering how this important file could have gone missing. The logs show no signs of viruses or Spyware.>>>>
At least in one forum i find that a program called "winad client" installed by a trojan downloader messes up with autoexec.nt and config.nt files.
the URL is given below
http://tinyurl.com/f2j8g
HTH---venkat
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