I haven't played any of the games that came with Windows XP in about 4
months.  When I went to select them from the start up menu, it said the file
was empty.  I ran a search for solitaire, etc.  and came up blank.  Where did
my games go??

In the middle of my Add/Remove Programs list there is a long pattern of black
bars the strecthes a long way. It starts after Real Player Basic and ends
before "save" which is an adware program associated with Bearshare. This long
strange assortment of bars can be ...

My wife wants to get a better laptop but before I sell the old one I
wish to erase all of personal files that might have been on it.  Even
though I don't expect any new owner to find any sensitive information on
it, we would prefer that none was left.  I know that I could do a

I  reset  my  computer  because   i   got  a  virus.   I  reinstalled  
Windows XP Home  from  the  disks   that  I  got  from  Dell   when  I  
bought the  computer.  
I've been  asked  to  activate   Windows  XP   but  when  I do  that  giving

I didn't at first assume this problem was started by a virus but am at
least half sure it was now.  My CD drive broke down and keyboard went
haywire.  First the keyboard wouldn't react to h, 4, or 6 being
pressed, then whatever I typed it would keep acting as if I was

How do I disable (or uninstall) Microsoft Genuine Advantage (More like
Microsoft Genuine Disadvantage)?
Do me a favor and don't ask me why - Silly me, I want to avoid the ever so
common, time wasting

Regsvr32 quit working right on 2 of my systems.  I execute it and it never
gives a popup box like it used to.  I can find it in TaskMgr and kill it but
it never works.  None of my COM controls will register on the machine any
more.  VS2005 builds fail to complete - they just hang ...

When I go to my networkcard and try to install a new client etc it
tells me `windows canot find the required inf file` ( or similar as it
is all in german lol), can anyone tell me how to get around this as i
need to install a client to get the network running.

Please can I have your advice.
1. I would like to improve the speed of my computer and get rid of niggly
errors.  Is it easier to do a complete re-install or does a repair usually
work reasonably.

I need a backup program. First, I bought Norton Ghost. It failed saying it
"couldn't access service". Norton folks were clueless, so I signed up for the
trial of BackupGenie.
I'm very happy with it, except it seems to be unable to link to and/or start

Everyday, must be during login, I notice these event errors in the
System event viewer.  It is the printers that are installed on the
computer.  Are these events normal?  Following the link for additional
info says this event is for informational purpose only, but why the

I've looked for a Vista group like this one but did not find one.  The
m.p.w.vista group is practically dead.  Can I get Vista help here, or
can someone recommend another group?
--

Having big problems with windows shutdowns after user log in. Various blue
screen errors have come up at each attempt to rectify the issue. Examples are
* IRQL_NOT_LESS_OR_EQUAL with the following code
STOP: 0x0000000A (0x0000082A, 0x00000002, 0x00000000, 0x80535027)

I am sitting for 70-270 on Thursday anyone have any suggestions for my final
cram?

My pc pop up a high risk virus mgs n I fix it. My pc then ask me to restart.
However, my pc seems to keep rebooting since then. I cant even enter safe
mode. Why????