Hi all.   During start up I first get the loading bar (briefly), then the XP Pro logo screen comes up (the three color bars run from left to right); gets about half way and stops.
Two items of concern and I am not even sure are part of the cause are !:  Video drivers and or video ...

I cant get my dropdownmen to work to view other servers I
have been using

What is the best way to use an external modem on a laptop without physically
removing the inbuilt modem.Can I have both installed  and use either
one.Will their software clash?

When I turn on my computer I get the following:
I/O operation initiated by the registry failed
unrecoverably.  The registry could not read in, write out
or flush one of the files that contains the systems image

I am new at this and i need help
My notepad wont work, if i click it in my accessories nothing happens.
I also play games, and i use mods, well to put the mods in the right place for the game i need to use Notepad for the read me
Any help will be nice, thnx

   when i try to open windows explorer My Documents opens. I don't have access to Windows Explorer. How do I get windows explorer back.

I am trying to access QBASIC on my home computer, Windows
XP home edition.  I can't seem to find it anywhere.  
Isn't it supposed to be installed on my computer
already.  Your help is greatly appreciated.  

my daughter has win. 98, she can't get to internet explorer. she somehow
downloaded virtual bounce, and its says she has parasites, and it wants her
to pay to get them off. i tried to delete it, so i could run ad-aware, but
it wont let me delete it, in add and remove. i tried to ...

when I login I am getting the following error:
error loading c:\WINDOWS\downloaded program
files\bridge.dll
then I get the blue screen saying:  run system diagnostic

im using windows xp home edition.  I ran my antivirus
tool while my computer is restarting.  After scanning all
the files, there was four files found infected by trj
type virus.  I stupidly deleted those four files and

Anyone could help on this?  Whenever, I plug in the
ethernet cable or on wireless network, the internet
explorer would not start.  It just dissapear.
I would need to unplug the ethernet cable and start

I use ThumbsPlus to scan photos for my website.  
Apparently it is database driven.  Here is my problem:  I
have Earthlink Total Access on my computer (a very large
file) which I no longer use but everytime I uninstall it,

Hope I am on the right newsgroup!
prob = x3 personal user accounts x1 administrator account
personal users cannot connect to internet on their own personal accounts
only the administrator account will connect to net

After changing workgroup and username, i cannot log on,
it asks me for a password. I've tried a blank password,
password, 123, 321,etc.  Nothing seems to work.  I can't
understand why it would set a password?

Stop Error 0X00000076 was displayed on my screen twice in
two days. The first time it indicated to restart my
computer and if the problem persisted contact technical
support. The same stop error message displayed again