In attempting to install programs, I receive an error message stating "Unable
to install program.  Windows Installer either missing, in safe mode, or
corrupted."  When I look in Services for the Installer progran, it is listed
as Manual and is not started.  This happens ...

I've been to these newsgroups for some time now trying to solve or at least
understand what's happening to my PC. I'm now trying this expert zone, though
I'm not one. Here it goes:
I've bought a new PC for me not 4 months ago. It's a Packard Bell, Pentium 4

My hard drive is making noise & slows a bit when it has to work. If I put a
new hard drive in can I reinstall my current version of XP Home & re-activate
it?

Everytime I go to windows update and click on either option.....(express or
custom)I get an error message saying that my activeX is no longer installed
or is not signed.I allow the pc to register,which it says 100%
complete......but it contuinues to do the same thing over and ...

Hi, I'm pretty computer savvy but this problem has me stumped.  Everytime I
log into windows, a message appears, "Your system has no paging file, ...", I
then go into my performance tab of my system to manually set my paging file
and another message appears right when I click on ...

had probs with system slowing down,repaired registery and did virus scan.they
were all clear.probs started 26/4/06.tried to run system restore but it want
let me restore any further back in time than 26/04/06.i have used the help
topics and they say you can change the date on the ...

I just had my computer in for service and everything was working fine until I
installed HP Printer, Scanner, Copier.  I turned off AVG virus protection and
Windows firewall when installing.  Now, when I go to shut down, my computer
brings up the windows box, saying it is " ending ...

After starting up XP (SP2), it takes a long time (30-60 seconds) to open
files for windows applications or My Documents.  This delay generally happens
on the first time only, but it sometimes happens an hour or two later.  After
that, the delay is less than one second.  I have a ...

My Desktop PC:
WinXP Pro SP2
CPU- P4 2.0 GHz
1 GB RAM

Since I add/remove a lot of photos thru my photo file, at least once a week I
run the degragmenter.  Today, when I click on degrag, I get "Disk
Degragmenter has detected that Chkdsk is scheduled to run o nthe volumne:
Presario (C:).  Please run Chkdsk /f."  I then try to run ...

I'm pretty sure that the answer to this is "reinstall windows" but, I thought
I'd give it a try.
This morning, my laptop was turned off when I woke up.  Odd, since it stays
on most of the time.  Anyway, when I got it up and running, there were lots

Can't access internet options - error message reads -
Operation has been cancelled due to restrictions in effect on this computer. Please contact your computer administrator.
I am the administrator, what can I do to remove this restriction?

I emptied the Windows Prefetch folder yesterday. How long will it be
until the folder is repopulated?

How to view in Performance Monitor a .csv file generated by Performance
Monitor (on another machine in another environment) ?

The computer is a Dell.  About 2 months ago, an HP PSC 1600 All-in-one was
installed.  The software was installed.  There was a problem with the
printer, so it was returned and a duplicate was obtained.  The software was
not returned because that was not the problem.  When the ...