Seems Sid Patel has been giving out bad advice,PLEASE
help us!

Im trying to install this new game I got but it cant even
get past 0%. After I give the install shield the ctrl-alt-
del, an error message pops up saying "An error occured
while launching the setup The remote procedure call

I have WMP 8 on my XP PC. Is there a program (or facility within WMP8
or XP) which will help me tidy up my media library please? IOW, remove
entries that are no longer on my HD, or rename them or revise their
paths, add new ones, etc.

I'm using XP Pro. I have an annoying problem with the
machine connecting to the internet of it's own accord. Can
anybody shed any light?

I want to format my pc, but windows Xp won't let me. I need a way to format my pc, is very important and i can't boot to ms-dos so i can manouver from there... What Can I do?

recently added another hardrive (d)   and also 500 in memory     but i see no improvement in speed or quality or video or media

I have reason to believe that my computer may be infected
with a virus. Unfortunatly i cannot install many programs
including Norton Anti-virus because of some registry
error "Error 1406. Could not write value Norton

Like just about everyone else I've spoken with recently,
it seems svchost.exe takes over my box.  Most frequently,
it is when one of the other users on the system logs out
after extensive time away ... like they go to lunch, come

I've tried everything.  System restore will not let me
create a restore point.  I tried several sites to help.  
I tried reinstalling, I tried Windows XP help and support
subjects.  I don't know what to say....there must be a

I wasn't sure if my post was sent.  I can't shut down
processes through Task Manager; it says Access Denied.  
This is an admin account.

What is this? My computer is the one having problems
booting. I keep getting to a screen that says
STOP: 0x00000051 (0x00000004, 0x00000001, 0xE1034170,
0x00EF32A8) where the last two numbers change it time and

First let me state what had happened before my problem. i
caught the virus w32.blaster worm on my system.i could
not access the internet to get the info from norton anti-
virus to tell me how to get rid of the worm.a friend of

I'll start this by admitting that I'm not fluent when it come to diagnosing computer problems.  I am currently having a problem with programs locking up;  the more I have open, the more it locks up.  Lately, I can have as few as two applications running, and everything locks up.  ...

when i loaded xp i inadvertantly kept my old Microsoft ME
OS.  How do I go back and get rid of my old ME OS while
just keeping XP OS?

I get a stop message when trying to shut down with the
following info.
stop: 0x0000007E
(0xc0000005,0xfa204941,0xfa2DF9c0,0xfa2DF6co)