gI went to see a friend's computer today because he had a curious few
problems. Windows Search window does not appear when he clciks on Search. If
he tries to access Run, that doesn't come up either. His Avast anti-virus
throws up a message on startup saying that it cannot run ...

Help!! I have had  no problems like this before. I am trying to run a CD i
have run before - i keep getting the message - the windows installer service
could not be accessed. What can I do? When i try to run my Adobe Reader as
well i am getting the same message - i am stuck!!

I've been tidying up my Startup Menu and must have removed something
incorrectly. When I try to log on by clicking on my username it starts off
correctly by getting my settings then says it is saving my settings and
stops. This is in Safe Mode as advised in an earlier thread. ...

I recently updated XP Home from SP1 to SP2, and installed IE 7.0 and
Windows Defender.  Everything seemed to be working normal.  I left the
computer on to autoupdate.  When I got the next morning, I was
suffering from the symptoms described in this thread:

I was restoring my system to a previous date. At the end of the restore it
restarted my computer, half way through it restarted it again and again etc.
Now when I turn my computer on it does the same thing over and over.
What is my next step????

I E Cannot Download from 64.4.49.124. The Requested Site is either
unavailable or cannot be found.
Please read it all to understand what I mean. Thanks
Running Windows XP Pro with Internet Exprorer 6.. Lately, I am unable (in

my regular audio device works but my midi device doesn't play any sound. it
used to work.

Excel 2003 started malfunctioning under my Admin User Account - (ie., under
the Tools menu the Options dialog box doesn't open).  When I switch to
another Admin or Limited Account, it works fine.  Thus I suspect it is a User
Account setting problem!.  Any idea on how to fix this?

I have a Dell D600 that has a broken screen such that only the bottom 3/4 of
the screen is viewable.  There is about an inch on top and on the left side
that is not viewable.  Getting it repaired is almost as much as a new one
costs.  Is it possible to have the full display show ...

I've recently noticed that when I single click on files & icons, etc to
select them, it executes them. For instance, when I select a folder by
single-clicking on it in Explorer to move it, it opens. Another example is
when I select a program shortcut on the desktop by ...

Only after starting my computer,   programs such as Word, Excel, Mailwasher
and Explorer the response time for prorams to materialise is some times more
that 60sec. I have tried several "Tune Up" programs such as RegCure, Ashampoo
WinOptimiser, and Windows live OneCare.  None ...

i am getting an error report when i first open internet explorer....the
latest is .... Fault Bucket 374598727
i think i deleted a file, the error i think it is looking for is
C:\DOCUME~1\EDY\LOCALS~1\TEMP\3e28_appcompact.txt

hi all  have windows xp home. my problem is constant rebooting ,hanging
up, and taking to long to open sites. have been told it could be a hard
drive problem or memery problem
its getting worse all the time virus checks say no problen there. any

I recently installed a new internet server and lost the "start" bar on botom
of screen.  What to do?

im trying to play a cd/dvd and the drive just isnt working. When i go into
mycomputer to play it the drive isnt there. I have went through the
troubleshooting in the device manager. Tried uninstalling then reinstalling
but still the error message is " windows cannot load device ...