I just Bought a refurbished Packard Bell imedia 1625
winXP home SP2

however when i try to load paint up it COMES up with

"Paint has encountered a problem and needs to CLOSE.  We are sorry for the INCONVENIENCE."
then the error report.

i TRIED looking for some solutions, like going onto regedit
hkey current user
software
microsoft
windows
current version
applets

it then said to delete paint but paint is not there on mine,

i also tried to use ADD + remove programs,
the program uninstalled and reinstalled but when i tried to load it the same happened again

any ideas?
By "add + remove programs", do you mean Add/Remove Windows Components?sorry, yes i mean add remove windows components.

when i run safe mode paint works so it leads me to believe that it is a system driver that is causing the problem.What makes you think a debug button is going to be of any help?!

I'm afraid I don't know how to fix your problme, other than to do a repair Windows installation.  But if you follow the software link in my signature, and look for Paint.NET, you'll find a superior program you can download and use instead.  It's quite good!