At DOS use:
dir *.* /ar
dir *.* /ah
in the directories. This will show file that are write protected (R) and hidden (H). I recently worked on an ex-school computer and almost all the files were hidden. You can have all but the:
c:\io.sys
c:\msdos.sys
files without attributes. To remove the attributes on all files in a directory type:
attrib -r -s -h *.*

It is also possible that the file control.exe has been deleted to prevent tampering. If you have Windows install disks, you can expand missing files from those disks.
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[This message has been edited by Eeyore (edited 01-09-2001).]