Suddenly I cannot access Windows Update - a pop up tells me to install
Active X Control by right clicking the information bar in IE and
install from there. I do not have an information bar in IE nor can I
find a method for installing the ActiveX application.

Where can I get the mshtml.hlp file? Mine is missing.
I have Windows XP-home edition, and IE 7.
Would appreciate any suggestions.
I can be reached at m139139@comcast.net

When attempting to go online, about 8 out of 10 times, messages appears that
page cannot be found. This repeats regardless of page sought. The Internet
icon on task bar has red X on it. When right clicking the icon, a pop up list
with several items appears, 2 of which are Repair ...

Hi can someone please help me?
I am unable to  connect to the internet I am recieving page cannot be
displayed
and when I run a dianostic it tells me that there is an error with the

Every time I boot my computer up, I get the following message: "One of the
files containing the system's Registry data had to be recovered by use of a
log of alternate copy. The recovery was successful." My computer has been
doing this for a few months--it doesn't seem to be ...

Please help! I got a Pen drive from UCLAN 64mb. I tried keeping all college
work and teacher lesson plans on it. It kept filling up so when i tried
copying work to another pen drive i lost work from 2004-2007. Basically when
drive was full i deleted the files it tried to transfer ...

I am having a desktop computer HP Pavillion a1240a having Window XP. The
sound some times you puton comes through the monitor speakers and next time
you put on computer, its gone. I can hear the sound if I connect headphone in
the CPU or in the jack behind the CPU from where the ...

I have a (relatively) new XP pro laptop (dell) and I want to disable
the mouse middle-click "Scroll" function that appears in Word, Excel, IE, etc.
My Mouse properties doesn't have any reference to such feature (that I've found).
The only reference to Middle button is the Alps ...

I have just installed two 512mb ram in my Sony Vaio laptop which
should now give me 1024mb ? My system information only shows 448mb.
When I boot up and go into the BIOS the 'Total Memory' is also only
448mb ?

Help someone,
I've just formatted a new HD and installed Windows XP Home.
Windows asked if I wanted to create another partition on the HD and since
it's a 160 gig drive

Is there a program to IM other people besides aol;s program.  I use firefox
and my friend uses something else.  how can we set this up?

Has anyone encountered the error message 0x000006ba (The RPC server is
unavailable) when doing sfc /scannow. It also says Windows file protection
could not initiate a scan of protected system files. If anyone knows how to
correct this please respond.

My Windows XP Home will not start due to missing or corrupt flie: <Windows
root>\ system 32\ hal.dll  (error message)
I need to reinstall a copy of the above file according to the error message
The System32 folder and its subfolders contain the core operating system

I am trying to repair a machine for a couple of the kids next door. While I am no novice, this one has me pulling out hair. I can run almost NOTHING! IE runs - but gets a zillion "scan your drive for problems" pop-ups. I am afraid to place the machine into my network for fear of ...

Brokened windows---hijacked  At startup IE7
At start up the internet explore (7 )signs  on to a page that I didnt enter  
               here it is  ( but dont go there because it may claim your
computer too)