17642 + Interview Questions in Windows XP in Microsoft Windows Page 205 InterviewSolution

10201.	Solve : Download Accelerator?
Answer» Is there a good download accelerator that is Windows 98, IE compatable? I tried the DAP that download.com said was compatable, but it isn't. I have dial up & need all the help with speed I can get. Try these? http://www.snapfiles.com/downloadfind.php?st=download+accelerator&action=s&search=Find+it&lc=1These magic accelerators do not make much difference.Agreed. How much is DSL/CABLE service in your area ? ? You're fighting a losing battle...When I was on dial up I tried 'em all. I think I would edit my previous post thus These magic accelerators do not make much any difference.Quote I tried the DAP that download.com said was compatable Also Download Accelerator Plus likes to make a permanent HOME on your HD. It can be harder to remove than malware... @ 49 M, without basic INTERNET speed you aren't going to find any other solution to downloading faster. Download Accelerators (i think) were originally meant for very large files. You could stop and start the download if needed, resume it if you were INTERRUPTED etc. They have been exploited just like everything else...EF is correct here... They didn't so much increase your speed...they just made it easier to resume broken DLoads...I tried Download Express from the link & you guy's are correct. There's no difference that I can tell. I do think the pause feature might come in handy though. I rarely download anything except updates, but I wanted to download & BURN Windows Explorer 6 just in case I need to restore & it's a huge file. I live out in the country so Cable or DSL is not an option. I keep asking the phone companies, but the answer is always the same. It isn't available. I've been thinking about buying a new computer to replace this dinasour. I have an old Gateway, Pentium ll, Win 98 and 256 Ram. Would there be any difference in speed sufing the net or will all the extra memory and processor speed on a new computer be wasted with dial up? Go to DSL Reports website and check for availibility by Zip code....some smaller carriers may have service in your area other than the big phone co's...I think Windows Updates will automatically resume from where they left off. Some of them will anyway I know I've had it happen before.You might wont to check out Hughes net. It is an over the air service and they say that you can down load at 1000 KBS. I don't have them yet. I thought after I get back to work I wold give them a try. It cost about $60.00 a month.

10201.

Solve : Download Accelerator?

Answer»

Is there a good download accelerator that is Windows 98, IE compatable? I tried the DAP that download.com said was compatable, but it isn't. I have dial up & need all the help with speed I can get. Try these? http://www.snapfiles.com/downloadfind.php?st=download+accelerator&action=s&search=Find+it&lc=1These magic accelerators do not make much difference.Agreed.
How much is DSL/CABLE service in your area ? ?
You're fighting a losing battle...When I was on dial up I tried 'em all. I think I would edit my previous post thus

These magic accelerators do not make much any difference.Quote

I tried the DAP that download.com said was compatable

Also Download Accelerator Plus likes to make a permanent HOME on your HD. It can be harder to remove than malware...

@ 49 M, without basic INTERNET speed you aren't going to find any other solution to downloading faster.

Download Accelerators (i think) were originally meant for very large files. You could stop and start the download if needed, resume it if you were INTERRUPTED etc. They have been exploited just like everything else...EF is correct here...
They didn't so much increase your speed...they just made it easier to resume broken DLoads...I tried Download Express from the link & you guy's are correct. There's no difference that I can tell. I do think the pause feature might come in handy though. I rarely download anything except updates, but I wanted to download & BURN Windows Explorer 6 just in case I need to restore & it's a huge file.

I live out in the country so Cable or DSL is not an option. I keep asking the phone companies, but the answer is always the same. It isn't available.

I've been thinking about buying a new computer to replace this dinasour. I have an old Gateway, Pentium ll, Win 98 and 256 Ram. Would there be any difference in speed sufing the net or will all the extra memory and processor speed on a new computer be wasted with dial up?

Go to DSL Reports website and check for availibility by Zip code....some smaller carriers may have service in your area other than the big phone co's...I think Windows Updates will automatically resume from where they left off. Some of them will anyway I know I've had it happen before.You might wont to check out Hughes net. It is an over the air service and they say that you can down load at 1000 KBS. I don't have them yet. I thought after I get back to work I wold give them a try. It cost about $60.00 a month.

10202.	Solve : Loss of e-mail access?
Answer» I have been blocked from my email account because I forgot my password and cannot remember my secret answer. As a result I am cut off from all my contacts and precious emails. I am desperate for help and don't know how to contact hotmail. I am very inept at COMPUTER skills. PLEASE can someone help me? I didn't know where to post this, I do hope I am in the right section. Did you enter an alternate e-mail address when you signed up for your Hotmail account? That's the normal method used to reset a lost password. If not, there isn't anything you can really do to get into your email account. You can contact their support by clicking "Help Central" at the bottom of the Windows Live login page. Then click "How can I reset my password?". If you didn't enter an alternate email address, the instructions there won't help you, but if you click "Get more help" at the bottom of the page, then click "Get support" you'll be directed to a page where you can contact them with your issue. Unfortunately, this is the extent of help we can give you with this, and I'm not sure how likely it will be that their support will help you either. It's rare that someone forgets their password AND secret question unless they're suffering from amnesia or just have memory problems in general.Many thanks, Quqxo, I shall try that. I did spend all Thursday evening going around the help system but your advice guides me a step further on. I will explain what happened. I am a woman of 68, an artist, totally non tech. My son (now somewhere on an island off the coast of America) set up my hotmail for me five years ago when I first got my PC. I think I can vaguely remember him asking me what my favourite meal was... but I haven't the foggiest idea what I said and didn't really understand the importance of remembering it. I wish the question had been something unforgetable...LIKE birthplace for instance. Then, about a month ago I was persuaded, for security reasons, to change my password... and didn't write it down. YES, now I can see the stupidity of that! Neither did I set up an alternative address, because no-one told me I should. I had/have no idea how the internet works...just regard it as some esoteric miracle that is a constant wonder and delight ...until now... when just as I was sending an email to a friend it sprang up and demanded questions I couldn't answer... and became a nightmare. So much of my life is recorded there. Wish I could be of more help, but contacting their tech support is just about your only option. We typically don't help with lost passwords because it's impossible to tell what cases are genuine and which are people trying to get into things that don't belong to them . I'm not at all saying your case isn't genuine though. Hope they can get it sorted out for you. Good luck.Thanks, I have filled in the questionnaire and can do no more than AWAIT their verdict. I completely understand that the rules are there for our protection, and if ever I get back I shall never be so stupid again. I will try to let you know what happens. Thank you again.Dear Quaxo, Joyus news! I had a lovely mail from a gentleman at ID validation, who HELPED me through the steps for proving my identity and regaining access to my account. I now have it restored, and am ever grateful to you kind people who assisted me through my panic. Yours thankfully, MingThat's great. Glad to hear they were able to get things sorted for you. Feel free to stop by and ask for more advice if ever needed!

10205.	Solve : Cannot restart My PC?
Answer» I have a PROBLEM with my PC. After electricity was cut my computer couldn't restart again, I TRIED to reboot on safe mode and last configuration but still it can't restart. Pls help me. I MEAN it is for the first time it happened and I'm USING Windows XP and donot have a Windows CD.You mean that when something happens to your computer you can't restart the computer automatically?What version of Windows ? ? Do you have a Windows CD ? ?

10206.	Solve : Page loading?
Answer» When I visit a website, most times it TAKES forever for a page to LOAD, if it LOADS at all. Many times it won't go BEYOND 50% before stopping.And the type of connection and version of Windows you have ...is?And can you load any WEBSITES at all?...and the browser, version is?

10207.	Solve : COMPUTER RESTARTED BY ITSELF!!! HELP!!!?
Answer» This is the second time my computer has restarted by itself in 2 days, i used my Trend Mirco and Malwarebytes and SEARCHED there are no virus' on my computer, my computer doesnt all of a sudden restarts, FIRST it ends all my programs then it goes about how a computer normally restarts... what on earth is happening to my computer do i have some sort of new virus or SOMETHING? Also how to stop this from happening in the future, a box comes out and it says that my progam is about to end now and everything ends then it restarts whats going on... i hate computersLooks like a virus does the message says "close your applications" something like that and it will have a timer. Is that what the message says?To stop the restarts go to Control Panel/System/Advanced/Startup and Recovery and uncheck auto start on errors... You will now get BSOD error messages instead of restarts...copy down all the info from the Blue screen including the gibberish and post it here... This will give us a CLUE as to what's causing the issue.Download Hijackthis and run a scan + save log file. Post that log here, I'd BARGAIN that something will show up.

10210.	Solve : Merging Windows Messenger chat history XML files?
Answer» Hello All, I use Windows Messenger chat at home and at work and have enabled the option for saving all the chat text for each contact. The chat text for each contact is stored in a UNIQUELY identified XML file for each user in the contact list (the name is the same no matter which PC you are on). These are stored in the My Received Files folder under My Documents. What I NEED to KNOW is: is there a utility or other manual method of merging 2 different XML files for a user into one, so that both lots of content are available? (these 2 files come from different PC's) Note: I know little about the use of XML files and have no viewers or other utilities for them. I'm HOPING MS might have foreseen users would have this requirement. Thanks!

10212.	Solve : Can't use admin privalages xp sp2?
Answer» My user account has admin privileges set up, I checked in the user profiles. Though when i'm in itunes i can't set up itunes as the default player for its files because it says i don't have the privileges. Also when i try to install itunes 8.2 it says it can't install ipod helper or initialize it because i don't have admin privileges. I get this problem with many programs such as opera unite ect. I'm running windows XP sp 2. I can install programs but not ones that need to change file type settings or create system programs such as ipod manager by itunes.I'm not sure if this will help but try.. Right click on a music file the type you want itunes to OPEN with. Choose 'open with' then click on 'choose default programme'. Check itunes and there should be a check BOX asking if you want all files of this type to be opened with this programme. Check YES. Hopefully all programmes of the same type will now be opened with itunes. This can work with many DIFFERENT programmes. I'm a Vista user so it may not be word for word.that would help with the music file but it doesn't work with anything like registering system programs or updating to itunes 8.2. i made it more descriptive with and stuff in the topic now.I'm pretty sure this topic is dead but just read a email saying that it was moved. i forgot i even posted here but the solution: get a laptop with windows 7

10215.	Solve : TIME AND DATE?
Answer» EACH TIME I TRY TO CHANGE THE TIME AND DATE IN THE CONTROL PANEL IT COMES BACK AS ERROR OCCURRED BUT WON'T SAY WHERE! WHAT AM i DOING WRONG?Are you logged in as administrator? And please don't TYPE in all caps. Thank you. C:\>date The current date is: Tue 03/02/2010 Enter the new date: (mm-dd-yy) 03-03-10 C:\>date The current date is: Wed 03/03/2010 Enter the new date: (mm-dd-yy) C:\> C:\>time The current time is: 9:53:30.89 Enter the new time: 10:00 C:\>time The current time is: 10:00:04.14 Enter the new time:***sigh****sigh* When ONE METHOD does not work, use another method. ***sigh* p.s. As we say in Texas: There is more than one way to skin a cat.He is LOOKING to change the time and date in Windows...and you're posting batch... With no INFO on using command prompt or instructions on how to do so. That's where the sigh comes from ...and yes...i'm full aware there are many ways to skin a cat.

10216.	Solve : HELP - Trying to install XP Pro on off-lease machine that had windows 98?
Answer» I ORDERED an off-lease machine thinking it would be no big deal to install an operating system. Machine is an IBM ThinkCentre S51, 8171-21U. Getting command prompt when I turn the machine on under Windows 98 wording. I can't seem to get it to boot from my XP cd. Also can't get the light to come on on the cd drive by typing in drive letters. It will READ the floppy drive by typing in letters. I need to get to the BIOS to change the boot order if possible. Or any other suggestions to get this thing to read my XP disc? I've DONE a clean xp install but never ONE over old Windows installation. Thanks! If you are doing a clean install then you are not installing "over" anything. You are correct that you need to change the boot order in bios so the cd is the first device. Then boot to the XP CD, format the drive, and do the clean install. If you don't know how to get into the bios watch the screen when the system first boots for a message saying "press for bios (or setup)" or go here: http://www-307.ibm.com/pc/support/site.wss/YAST-3JWKJX.html or here http://pcsupport.about.com/od/fixtheproblem/a/biosaccess_pc.htm OK, I thought I'd tried F1 to get into the BIOS but apparently I hadn't because it TOOK me right in. Just as a side note, I was able to use F12 during power-on to choose an alternate disc to boot from just one time. Thanks!!You're welcome. If you run into any problems during the installation just post back in this thread.

10217.	Solve : Services list: PRISMSVC -- What should this be set to??
Answer» "prismsvc.exe is a PRISM Server Service Module from Conexant Systems, Inc. belonging to PRISM Wireless LAN." Anyone have any real information on this or know what it should be set to in the SERVICES list?Do you use the wireless lan? If not, set it to "disabled". If you do, are you having some PROBLEM with it? If not, LEAVE it at whatever it is currently set.Wonder why MUDDLING around in services ? ? LOOKING for a performance gain ?

10218.	Solve : four squares and a "file not found message when booting"?
Answer» I have a windows xp os and when it starts up there are four square boxes and a windows cannot find message. When I click on the ok then I get a message with four squares saying "could not load or run (four boxes) specified in the registry. Make sure the file exists on your computer or remove the reference to it in the registry." If I click ok then it goes away. How can I get rid of this? Someone told me it is a virus, but I have scanned this computer many times with no virus' showing up. I cannot find this file in the registry to delete it. Is this a virus? Any help removing this message would be APPRECIATED. I have looked and looked at the registry files. Thanks for any help, as I'm in over my head it seems.Download and run Mike Lin's Startup Control Panel. Uncheck any startup ITEMS with which you are not familiar (you can always recheck them later). Then reboot.Thanks for your idea with this issue. I downloaded what you said and unchecked every single item with no luck changing anything at all. Can you tell me if this is a virus? because if I have to live with this I will but don't want to. It was the Time Warner guy who said it was a virus because the wireless internet won't consistently work at a certain location. I think maybe he was just blowing me off because where I'm at right now the wireless works fine. I think maybe that was the only way for him to get off the hook. But if it is a virus I would like to remove it. I appreciate all of your ideas, and if you have any others to get rid of this problem. Thanks!What happens when you boot to safe mode?Not to knock them but in my experience "Time Warner guys " are not to be relied on..... Disclaimer: This is in no way meant to offend all the other wonderful Time Warner employees and their many affiliates...When I reboot in safe mode it dosent happen because my background picture dosent come up, the SCREEN is just black with my icons on it. The problem always happens right after the picture comes up and I'm ready to go to start. Then it is something loading with the OS. You can do a selective startup with MSCONFIG and disable / re-enable items until the problem occurs.Hi, days later I have tried the msconfig that you suggested. I actually did find the file and unchecked it. It worked. However then the message pops up that you have changed things and to go back to normal mode, which then PUTS the four squares thing right back. I can't just disable one item, the choice is either disable/enable all of the items or not. I still can't get rid of just this one file. Although at least I know its on the startup part. Any ideas?? I feel like I'm getting closer to making it go away, but I'm still stumped! Thanks for your ideas.That's okay. MSCONFIG is simply a diagnostic tool. Go back to Startup Control Panel and disable the item from there.Allan, SUCCESS! I have successfully removed the offending file/message. I couldn't have done it without your help. Thank you so much for making this machine fun to use again. Keep up the good work!Happy to help. Glad it's all sorted out

10223.	Solve : adobe reader?
Answer» ADOBE reader i would like to no wish one to download will some one help PLEASEHere's the latest version: Adobe Reader 9.3. A POPULAR alternative, due to it's smaller download and installation FILE size, is Foxit Reader. EITHER one should serve your purposes unless you have some peculiar requirment that's unique to Adobe Reader, which is QUITE unlikely.

10231.	Solve : laptop:charger?
Answer» HI all can i CHARGE a advent 7087 with a lower volt (15v) charger ?Most laptop/netbooks are very sensitive to correct voltages...you risk ruining the battery doing this.I THOUGHT so . thanks for your info.No problem...Welcome ABOARD ! !

10219.	Solve : temorary screens close too fast?
Answer» This problem has persisted for a while, and I don't know what caused it or how to fix it. Whenever I scroll over any button on a BROWSER where that small, yellow box with additional TEXT pops up, it closes almost instantly. On top of that, whenever I'm PLAYING any game where on the control setup, you're prompted to press the key you want for a given action, it just goes through them with the computer choosing them all itself. This also happens so fast I don't have the chance to press a single button of my own choosing. Also, whenever I attempt to run IPCONFIG, the window closes itself as soon as it opens. How do I fix this?http://vbnet.mvps.org/index.html?code/subclass/shellnotifyballoontiptimed.htm As for the command window closing too fast, try opening it from START - RUN - and type cmd (press ENTER)thanks, but the balloons on my desktop all still work fine. It's only when I try to see a text balloon on the internet that this problem occurs. And what should I do about the computer choosing its own response to the button prompts for games?

10220.	Solve : Rookie questions?
Answer» Hello all. Hope all is well. Might be a dumb question, but I purchased a Laptop (Dell Latitude E6500) and it has a built in web CAM. I want to be able to talk with my parents in another state. Never used a web cam before and not sure I understand what I need to do now. I have to purchase something else don't I to be able to talk over the internet? Thanks for any advice or INFO!!! SMILE ! YOU ARE ON TV! A WEB CAM can be used in messenger programs such as Windows Live Messenger, Skype and Yahoo messenger services.Just make sure u and your parents are using the same IM SW. It will make it eraser to communicate using the same SW. BTW Pls make sure they have a web camera. I known case where I been ASK "How come the other person is having trouble connecting".IM SW - Instant MESSAGING Software.Thanks for your help everyone. I reallly appreciate it! Have a good one!

10221.	Solve : Strange lack of email from one provider only?
Answer» Hi people, My apologies if this in the wrong area. My problem is this: I teach elderly people how to get on the internet and use email. In the process of doing this we use a government site CALLED "myguide" (www.myguide.gov.uk) as it is a nice easy site to use for a beginner . . One of the FIRST things the students do is to send an email to me or one of the other tutors and to facilitate that we supply our email addresses. Now, if they send an email to my "myguide" address it works perfectly BUT if they send it my Tiscali address I don't get it. It shows as sent on their account and they don't get a "not delivered" email message in their inbox. Points to consider:- 1/. I have NOT blocked "myguide" in my Tiscali account. 2/. All other mail from other PROVIDERS goes to Tiscali with no bother. 3/. I can send mail from Tiscali to myguide with no bother. 4/. I now have to get them to contact other email addresses rather than Tiscali. 5/. And finally, TalkTalk (taken over Tiscali) is about as much use as a catflap in a submarine. Anyone got any thoughts on this please. THANKS Graham.Tiscali is blocking it then... Contact them.Thanks for the speedy reply. You have reinforced my own conclusion that Tiscali is doing the blocking. I give up now as talking to them is a total waste of time. They keep saying that I should check whether I have blocked emails from myguide. I haven't and they can obviously check my account if they don't believe me. I shall just use another email account now. Thanks again for your help.Do you have an alternative to Tiscali ? ? I haven't heard much good about them recently...Hi Patio, I have no wish really to move from Tiscali (or TalkTalk as it is now) as I am on what I think is a pretty good deal. I get Broadband, day and night calls plus line rental for £20 p/mnth. Other than this silly thing with not receiving "myguide" emails Tiscali is fine. It just irritates me that I can't sort it when my students say to me "why doesn't my email go to your Tiscali address?" It makes me look silly and thats not good obviously. Cheers, Graham. Gotcha... That does seem like a pretty good deal.You could set up a gmail account.I could indeed set up a Gmail account but I already have sufficient email accounts thanks. Lack of available email accounts was not the problem. Anyway people, thank you all for your help. Lets now REGARD it as something not worth pursuing. Cheers,

10224.	Solve : Forwarded emails and jpegs can't be opened?
Answer» I am running XP Home. I use Microsoft OUTLOOK for emails. I have no PROBLEM receiving anything from anyone but when I send jpegs or forward emails, some people have problems with them. Most people don't have any trouble but certain people say that the jpegs come through as a different file they can't open, same if I forward an email to them. What is happening? I know that two of the people I try to send to have Vista, would that be the problem? They TELL me they receive stuff from other people ok. I'd APPRECIATE any suggestions, THANKS, Gill

10226.	Solve : Blank "Desktop"?
Answer» I got my new (used) HP with XP in Sept. Two or three WEEKS ago, I was on-line with Microsoft as they PERFORMED a check of my system and installed updates that I had missed when I didn't have 'net hookup. Since then, everything that i had on the left hand side of my screen is gone, and everything I try to replace (drag-n-drop) duplicates itself automatically. Can anyone tell me why? I'm real new at this, so try to keep it to words of few syllables edited after post above was editedHmmmmm..... Exactly what did you do? WINDOWS Update? Could you perhaps post a screenshot of the prroblem?Edit after the 1st edit but before thw 2ND ONE... No wait...edited again...sorry.Get a head start on St Patty's day did we?

10229.	Solve : how to organize folders in order of size?
Answer» Hi Can any body tell me how to organize my folders in order of size? When I open my disc drive I can see all my folders, but I cannot organize them in order of size. When I right click, I get 4 OPTIONS: name, size, type, and modified. But when I click on size, nothing happens. A similar THING happens when I LOOK at my disc through Total Commander. Individual archives are sorted by size, but the folders, which contain lots of archives and are all different sizes, are only sorted by name. This is extra annoying because I may want to find the last folder of archives that I downloaded, and I cant just click sort by date, because they are only sorted by name. Or even more annoying when I want to back up my disc, but don't want to back up video folders, which are really big. Therefore it would be great if I could just click sort by size and easily see where they are and remove them. Can any ONE advise me on how to sort this out? Or even suggest some freeware to do it for me? THANKS for your time Kwisj XP Home Edition SP3http://lifehacker.com/147038/download-of-the-day-2-folder-sizethanx Allan that looks just the job cheers KwisjYou're welcome.

10237.	Solve : taskbar query?
Answer» Hi When I have several programs running, in ORDER to SWITCH from one to the other i have to minimize each TIME rather than click on the one i want on the taskbar - this is because the taskbar disappears when i have more than one program running.....how do i get it back? thanks in advanceI would have replied earlier but was not on WINDOWS XP at that time. Do you have your taskbar set to "auto-hide"? If you don't know, this should help: http://www.xp-tips.com/auto-hide-taskbar.html Also, are you familiar with how Alt/Tab can be used to sequence through open applications? Keyboard shortcuts for WindowsIt may not be on auto-hide, but make SURE that the "Keep taskbar on top of windows" is checked.

10238.	Solve : HP Desktop will not turn on?
Answer» Hello. Need some help. HP Pavilion A6300F when turned on will turn on the fan, and CD sounds like it is turning, but the desktop will not do anything beyond that spot. Not going to BIOS screen, not doing anything, Blank screen , and the monitor has the message on it to check the video cable if unplugged. HD seems to not spin Can anyone help? Thanks. Can you hear hard drive spinning? Is its light active?have you checked to be sure the monitor is connected to the video card?HD light comes on for a few seconds and stop... PS light on BACK of desktop is on and GREEN, and yes... the monitor is connected, and I have checked another monitor.. no difference. Took memory chips out, and in again, unplugged the HD and back again, no other items connected to the desktop. Took the CMOS battery out, and in again... nothing helps... Try to start it with one RAM stick at a time.Just had the same problem with my a6300f. Was told by HP to boot without any memory and when I did not get any beeps was told that the motherboard needed to be replaced. They want $199 to replace in a system that is not even 2 years old urrrrr!If they told you to try and boot the system with no memory installed i would get a 2ND opinion before giving them any money...

10239.	Solve : Screen goes blank?
Answer» I was on my Laptop and the screen suddenly went blank. I noticed it was still running so I rebooted and the screen came up with COLUMNS of dots when I went to SIGN in (WINDOWS Xp) it went blank again. I can log on in safe mode and the screen after some time will clear up (no vertical dots) but when I reboot out of safe mode it does the same thing all over again. I hooked up an external monitor and it did the same thing. Can anyone explain this? JerryIt's most likely, a problem with the video driver. The fact that safe mode works is the tell TALE sign of a driver problem. Safe mode loads a very basic video driver. Did you update your video driver recently?

10240.	Solve : Xp Repair Instalation Help!?
Answer» Here we go, I have a Dell Latitude D620 computer running (not running) Windows Xp Professional, cd: Service Pack 3. So I had some insane viruses take over my computer that I no longer felt like dealing with, so I wanted to just totaly wipe out my drive and reinstall windows. My neighbor had done this once before on my computer when I had blue screen errors by just using the xp boot disk by selecting the drive or something and wiping it clean. I TRIED to do it myself this time but I ended up choosing a repair install, EVEN though I never unistalled windows yet. So now when it tries to boot up (in every mode selectable) it goes to install it again. The problem is, it won't complete the install, stopping at "34 minutes left". Now I can't get to my desktop or any of that, so is there a way to wipe my hard drive and reinstall windows using my boot disk? (even though when I boot from cd, it goes right to the install again?) help!? New Problem.. I searched the forums and found what I think is the solution to my 34 minute problem (Shift-F10). But now when I boot up, it stopped attempting to install all together and goes to a back screen. I get: Setup is being restarted. . . . . . . . . then: the black screen shows up with my curser. Suggestions to this one?At this point we will assume that your party have a backup of your IMPORTANT data, or else you don't care about losing any data that may be on the hard drive. You have a good Dell laptop computer that has somehow become damaged by viruses. Or at least you have come to that conclusion. In your post you mentioned that your neighbor help you fix the machine once before. So now we come to the question as to how old is your computer and does it possibly have any hardware problems. But any case, at this point, the prudent thing to do would be to just start the installation over again. This time when you get into the installation, try doing something a little different. Try to completely delete the existing partition. Tried to create a smaller. The point of this exercise is to make sure you really did delete the partition and reformat it and not just tried to reuse a partition in its present condition. Yes, there is a reason for that. But just do it. Make sure the partition really has been deleted and you have created a partition a new. And it has to do a full format. No shortcuts. And by the way, are we to assume this laptop never had a recovery partition? And is the windows XP installation disk on original from the manufacture? If not, it is possible to acquire the windows XP installation disk from Dell. Your laptop as the product key somewhere on the underside of the machine. Also, there is a serial number and a service key somewhere on the machine. If you need ADDITIONAL drivers to complete the installation you can get them off the Dell site. Also, we assume you read the Microsoft knowledge base article completely and understand what causes the 34 minute problem. Please come back after you try the installation all over again. Do not try to repair the botched installation. please excuse grammar mistakes. To give you a quick answer I have used voice recognition software has my typing is even worse than my grammar. I didn't have my computer running long enough since the blue screen errors, so I didn't have anything I felt needed to be backed up. I'm not sure just how old the laptop is, my guestimate is about 2 or 3 years now; I acquired it refurbished with OS not installed. The cd is a legit Dell cd from what I can tell, it does however say "Reinstallation CD" if that MAKES a difference. I do not know of any specific hardware problems, but judging by the past blue screen errors it may be a possibility. The thing is that I cannot seem to get it to reinstall.. I cannot get to this screen anymore, if that's what is required: Every route I take seems to lead me to the "setup is being restarted...." and black screen after. The disk also has this on it, if you didn't already identify the one that I have: "The software is already installed on your computer. Use this media only to reinstall the operating system on a Dell Pc."I believe you can get a ligit DELL disk form Amazon and others. The price is a fraction of the price of a generic XP install CD, the retail version. It ONLY works on a Dell system and is near impossible to use on another system. The Dell INSTALL CD and the Dell RECOVERY CD are NOT the same. If this is not clear please reply.) If you can't find it in a Google search, or if you have more questions, please come back here.Okay, so I do not have WinXp then? My cd is this, in blue because it's sp3, I apologize if i am no longer making any sense, this computer might go right into the 2 feet of snow on my lawn soon. Actually, problem solved. I'm sorry I took your time, but thank you very much. I must've missed something when trying to boot from disk, but it's working now and with the help of youtube I think I got it. Thanks again, great website and I'm sure I'll be back shortly for some other problem. Glad you got it. Which video on YouTube helped you?

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