Some form of spyware completely messed up my computer, and I'm having
troubles fixing it. I have Windows XP with service pack 2 installed,
and whenever I boot the computer I get a couple application errors,
usually involving svchost, but I've also seen errors from almost every

I have tried to validate WinXP Pro on 3 PC's by using MS Update.  They do
their searches, then go to the validation page.  It says it needs the ActiveX
control installed and gives the instructions on what to do with the popup bar
that should appear inthe browser.  This never ...

My system was working fine yesterday. Since last night, when I start my PC
and then the DVD player everything works fine. If I exit the Cyberlink DVD
Power DVD or connect to the internet I lose sound (except system sounds). I
check the Sound and Audio Devices section in Control ...

I ran the microsoft network connection wizard because I want my internet
connection to go directly to my computer
(that I have FTP on) and then share the connection (ICS) to my router.
Now it seems I can get on the internet ok, on the computer that has the

I have three XP pro PCs at home using a D-Link DI-604 4 port router
sharing a Verizon DSL connection through a Westell 2200 modem
One of the machines is brand new.
PC#1 has the printer

I am using OEM vision of chinese window xp for years, but due to an auto
update of window with no power for the PNotebook at that time, my computer
now with irregualr unicode. I can only use the Chinese(Singapore) instead of
orginially Chinese (Taiwan) to read the language of the ...

To solve some nagging registry/performance issues, I took a blunt instrument
approach and simply did a reinstall of XP.  Mostly everything turned out
fine.
Prior to the reinstall, I had three "Users", one of whom, me, was the

I'm using my wifes laptop downloading a file when suddenly the machine
starts to go into hibernation.  I know how to turn the hibernation
feature off but surely this should not be necessary?  Is there any way
to stop this from happening when the machine is in use?

Winxp pro sp2 Dell Laptop insoiron 8100 512mb ram. Every once in a while the
mouse (trackpad) cursor starts to click on things, highlight stuff, etc on
it's own. I know it sounds like a virus or spyware, but I use comondo
firewall, high security settings, BitDefender AV (one of ...

I am about to give my old pc to my niece. I have used the 'destructive'
system restore option to return the pc to its factory condition, but I
understand that my personal files are not necessarily erased permanently,
even tho' they do not appear in explorer. ??

My son hit some keys and now my display is sideways, where the top is on the
right hand side of the monitor, and the left side at the top.  i cannot find
the shortcut keys to switch back the display.. i tried everything under
Display Properties.  Any suggestions?

when trying to install quick time i get error message
1316 C:\Windows installer\QuickTime msi

On my wife's computer with Windows Home, WMP11 was inadvertently installed
from Windows Update Page.  Is there anyway to uninstall WMP 11 that is
foolproof?
I have done search on Google and MS Knowledge base and found several

charactor encoding accidently got set on my computer, and now when i press a
key like 'r', i get a lot of strange charactors.  how do i make this go back
to normal?

I have a Dell D-600 running XP Pro and it was suggested I boot from
the Norton Ghost 10 CD.   What key do hold down to boot from a CD?