I was told to reboot my system when my computer had a
virus.  But when I try I get a message saying, a
component needed to run windows could not be installed,
and goes on to say something may be wrong with the disk.  

Recently I have begun to have a problem with my taskbar.  
My taskbar no longer shows up on my screen unless I have
quicklaunch selected under the taskbar properties.  All
running programs do not show up down there as well.  I

I cannot get the task manager window to appear.  Some
background task appears to be taking a significant amount
of cpu time but I can't get the task manager to appear so
I can find out what it is.  The ctrl-alt-del key combo

hi, I manually tried to install security updates for
windows, and get a error message - Setup could not verify
the integrity of the file Update.inf. Please make sure
that cryptographic services are running on this computer.

Are you able to backup any "Windows Update" updates; so that in the event of
a re-format/re-installation of Windows XP from an original disc, you don't
have to re-download them?

whenever i delete multiple files at a time (more than 3),
copies of all of the files are created and listed in the
same directory/folder.  this is not specific to any
program.  any suggestions?  thanks!

I'm having the same problem with Disc cleanup hanging up or not starting at all. How do I fix this? Please help.

This site has placed a icon on my desktop and opens the page up several times. I do run a updated Norton but something got through. I am a amateur at all the virus removing stuff. Also when I check scan all outgoing mail my Norton goes crazy and show scaning outgoing mail when ...

i was given a computer (pentium 2) and have updated it to windows xp from windows 98. problem is there is only 12% disc space on c drive. how can i remove all of previous owners files safely without affecting my own. d drive has nearly 100% free disc space is it possible to ...

While attempting to remove Windows Messenger, I
inadvertently removed my Windows games (freecell,
solitare, etc.) I tried to reverse the process by going
to control panel, add/remove windows components, then

When upgrating to xp pro from 98 I lost my stand by feature would like to have it back

I just removed many spy programs with spyhunter and I
still have 30 some programs running in the background.
I dont know what they are so I cant just click end.
Computer still running slow.  What can I do to reduce all

I'm having some problems reformatting my c drive...I was actually updating a critical update for Windows when I was told that I had pirated software for Windows...I was oh no this isn't going to happen...the computer I have is a computer that was given to me by someone else and I ...

Hi, can someone tell me what files I am able to delete in Windows XP? I have been reading that it is safe to remove all *.tmp files, but I have over 500 & 1in blue? I have found a number of programs to clean these files, but I hear a lot of these programs removing files & not ...

First, if this question has been asked before, I sincerely apologize.
Now, here is my situation:
If I try to run Disk Clean Up, it seems to run fine for a minute or two, and
then it seems to stall. I tried running it this morning, and came back 3