Lets kill some startup items first of all.
- Open HijackThis
- Choose "Do a system scan only"
- Check the boxes in front of these lines:
O2 - BHO: AppRanger IE Sandbox - {1ec7abb1-e555-404b-901c-6d24af4ce44d} - (no file)
O4 - HKLM\..\Run: [Adobe Reader Speed Launcher] "C:\Program Files\Adobe\Reader 9.0\Reader\Reader_sl.exe"
O4 - HKLM\..\Run: [SunJavaUpdateSched] "C:\Program Files\Java\jre6\bin\jusched.exe"
O4 - HKLM\..\Run: [SWTray] C:\Program Files\AppRanger\SWTray.exe
O4 - HKCU\..\Run: [Skype] "C:\Program Files\Skype\Phone\Skype.exe" /nosplash /minimized
O23 - Service: Apple Mobile Device - Apple Inc. - C:\Program Files\Common Files\Apple\Mobile Device Support\bin\AppleMobileDeviceService.exe
O23 - Service: iPod Service - Apple Inc. - C:\Program Files\iPod\bin\iPodService.exe
- Press "Fix Checked"
- Close Hijack This.
Reboot normally, see if you can get to normal mode.