my computer will reboot especially when watching video streams. after sending
the error report it says it is caused by a device driver but they have no
solution.

Recently I did a silly thing, I needed to run Avira's NTFS4DOS
program, unfortunately, I had problems running the FreeDOS bootdisk,
so I created a Win ME DOS bootdisk and used it.
(I don't know if the part I mentioned before had anything to do with

I've got a compaq notebook which loses account settings on reboot,
infact some applications won't even save settings at all (like google
desktop). Some apps such as firefox appear to remember their settings,
but from memory firefox doesn't use the registry or my xp profile to

Hi, suddenly my laptop started to hang up in the middle of the boot
process, if I reset and start in safe mode it does, but even when I
try a selective startup boot, it doesn't work. What can I do? I don't
want to reinstall everything all over again.

When i log in to my start-up page, this always appears: 'ERROR loading
c:\PROGRA~ \MYWEBS~1\bar\1.bin\MWSBA.DLL' .My son played around with the
computer so i have no idea what he did let alone how to fix it. Also when i
try to download certain things or install a program from a ...

I first had an issue where I received a missing or corrupt file error for
windows/system32/config/system.
It seemed that I was able to correct the error by copying a new
config\system file in windows recovery, and I no longer received the same

Hi
When I go to C:Documents and settings/All Users/documents  in windows Xp
Professional, it's not accessible, Access Denied. I can't find any securit or
passwords that are set on that folder or what causes this problem. I need

I recently ran Windows Update and now I have a problem with WinXP
Pro's built-in firewall; I always have it turned off becuase I use a
3rd party firewall and don't want conflict between the two.  Suddenly,
since the update, I'm getting pop-up boxes from WinXP's firewall &

Is it possible to restrict access to deleting cookies from the internet
options on the toolbar.
Also can you retrieve deleted cookies that have been removed from the
recycle bin?

Recently a problem has occured when I was trying to run Warcraft 3. My
computer would unexpectedly restart (and take longer then usual).
I updated all my drivers although knowing that I had actually played this
game 2 days before without these issues.

I need to change hard drives. What are the issues with XP SP2 and
product activation?
Thanks
Chuck

I need someone's help before I go crazy!! I had to reinstall Windows XP as my
PC crashed. I did not do a full installation, just repaired the existing
program. However, anytime I reboot the pc I get the following message
"upgrades were not able to be installed"  The only upgrade ...

I just noticed that My Documents folder is now in 2 other places with the
same exact files.  I'd never had seen that before and now when I do a backup
it's copying all 3 locations.
Does anybody have a clue on what I did or how to fix it? I can't just delete

I had an issue where I had a missing hal.dll file and could not even get
Windows loaded so I booted from my XP CD and seem to have everything back to
the way it was...including two versions of Windows (new one, and the settings
I used to have).  Anyway, on the edition with the ...

Yesterday i bought and ran System Mechanic 7 "full sevice for your PC"..Did
all my tune-ups..and now everything i listen to from WMP to stuff on web
sites sounds like its being played through a tunnel (before it was fine)..i
checked the volume controlls..all normal..i tried ...