Would anyone know of ... or use ... software called Registry Booster,
authored by Uniblue?
With a trial version of the software, upon scanning, it reports 461 errors
in my registry. Wow, this is a lot of errors. Is this type of software safe

i cannot bid for items

I know this is a regular question and that there could be many
contributions to slow performance. But I've done all the 'obvious'
things like regular clean-ups, daily defragging, chkdsk /f, sfc
/scannow,  and yet sometimes on clicking the 'Up' tool icon in a My

Will hibernate manually but not under the options in power management, any
ideas will be appreciated, Bob from down under!

On some boot-up's, (more frequently than not!)
My PC displays an error message box (which halts boot untill action is taken)
Heading "Windows-No Disc"
Message "There is no disc in the drive. Please insert a disk into drive."

When I boot up my computer, Windows fails to launch. An error message shows,
stating that Windows cannot launch because hal.dll
cannot be found. However, only 2 hours before, I was able to start Windows
and run everything normally. I found a guide online:

Why is it that I can no longer reduce the size of my pictures attachments
before emailing them?? I used to be given the option of keeping them the same
size or making them smaller, now it jus sends them big... HelpPlease!!  Thank
you.

I installed a Sierra Wireless PCMCIA adaptor in my laptop. For some
unknown reason things didn't go so well, but when I uninstalled it the
uninstallation failed. I now cannot see the main driver in device
manager, but if I click on Show Hidden Devices I can see the sub-

hi all, my documents icon is on my desktop and contains 12 gig of data
my computer shop tells me this should not be on the desktop and wil
affect how my computer performs, is this true if so how can i resolv
it? can i remove the icon from the desktop safely and still keep th

I don't like the newer version of WMP, but when I try to rollback to
previous version, I am having a problem.  After clicking remove in add/remove
programs, it asks me if I want to confirm that I want to rollback, I click
OK and then it goes to the second confirmation window, but ...

I have full admin. privileges to switch programs ie: Making one e-mail client
the default over anohter, up until recently.
Now, all of a sudden, when I try to switch outlook, to Incredimail, etc..as
well as use the msconfig to remove certian things from start up...I keep

I recently installed a new program, want to uninstall now but am not able to
do it through controlpanel - add/remove.  Any other way to remove program?

Why is the 'notify me of replies' not working ? It says "notification failed,
try later'. Has something changed on this site that I am missing ?
Thank You

i need assitance on how to hear sound

My wife left her Dell Inspiron 5150 notebook (running Win XP
Pro) to go make coffee.  When she came back, the screen was dark.
Now, in a dark room you can just barely see the logon screen.  I
thought she might have accidentally pressed the CRT/LCD key, but