Geting A Thing Come Up As Installer

Installer - Move/copy Files Tries To Install The Damn Thing

can I stop xp from trying to install an old programme? which doesn't work and I can't delete? I have a copy of roxio media creator which doesn't work since I reset windows to an earlier point, the prog can't find a certificate and questions the system date so won't install. it won't delete either for the same reasons and every time I try to copy files it tries to install the damn thing, unsuccessfully

Can't Hear A Thing

I bought speakers and cannot hear a thing. I get this error mesage that says there are no active mixer devices available and then i got another one that said no audio devices currently installed on your machine. I did all the steps in the support/help area but nothing works. ALso, when I try to adjust the volume the area is light gray and you cannot click on it to adjust.

Keyboard Commands Does Not Do Any Thing

For some reason CTRL + ALT + DEL doesn't do anything on my computer. i don't even know the proper term for what it does do, but i would appreciate any explanation alternative.

Hangs And Every Thing Just Locks Up

I have a Dell Latitude C810 laptop running Win Xp every now and then it just locks up. I am unable to use the keyboard or mouse if attached. I then have to power down and restart, There appears to be no pattern to when it hangs/locks up.

Every Thing Is Loading Really Slow

my system is real slo today,im running windows xp home.when i open some web pages it takes a long time to load,and when they do load , at the bottom left corner the page says done but with errors,firefox loads slo as does ie6.can you folks help?

Strange Thing With A Batch File

If i double click the icon on the destop it opens a command window with the message, waits for input, i type a number and press enter and then the same message apears on the following line, i type again, press enter and the same thing happens. It doesn't work. If i enter in Total Commander go to the desktop dir and execute the same batch file. IT IS THE EXACT SAME FILE

SP2 Causes Explorer Error - Not The Right Click Thing

I just installed SP2 and now everytime I turn on my computer, the explorer shell crashes. Leaving me with no icons/startmenu.

Now I suppose I could easily uninstall SP2 but I need it for media center upgrades with a xbox 360 and such.

Install SP2 Same Exact Thing Happened

I just got my SP2 CD in the mail today from Microsoft. I put the CD in, and it runs through the steps, and then it asks to reboot, I click okay. The computer will reboot to the second black screen, then then it will have the XP logo and under it: "Please wait...", and i let my computer sit like that for about 2 hours, and nothing happened. So I manually shut the computer off, when in, and unstalled it, and then put the disk back in and when through the wizard. The same exact thing happened, and I waited 2 hours and nothing happens, so I had to manually reboot.

Every Thing Slowed Or Not Opening On Computer?

Explorer: very slow update: seems fine now Right-click: slow or not working update: seems fine now programs / files: very very slow to open or not opening update: seems fine now open web windows: not responding -update: seems fine now AFTER everything started working right AVG alerted to a bad file

Box Of History A List Drops Down Of Every Thing

when i type in the google box or any box a history a list drops down of eveything ever typed in how do i delete these and stop it remembering everything

Missing Dll File / Won't Let Me Install Ant Thing

When I start up my computer I receive the following message:C:program1 ewdot~1 ewdot~2.dll Is this an important file? Any suggestions or solutions? Tried reinstalling windows xp but the system says I am running a newer version and won't let me install.

Slow Computer, Please Help Speed This Thing Up!

I've scanned with spy sweeper and adaware, here is my hijackthis log. My computer runs slow at the start, and was wondering what I could take out of the registry.fyi, I use sbc yahoo dsl, have windows xp, and it is a hp pavillion a434n.

Updates Not Installing - Redownloading The Same Thing

i have windows on automatic updates and today when i went to install updates it seamed to work fine but now, it says i never updated and it just keeps redownloading the same thing.. i've installed at least 3 times and still the same updates say need to be installed any ideas why? thx. -cnelons.

Need The Open With What Program Thing Back

Sounds strange but awhile back I selected always use this program from a menu that popped up when I put in a DVD. Now I want to be able to get that window back. I put a check mark in that box that said don't ask again or something to that effect.

Computer Reset - History Bar Thing On IE?

I lost power this morning. I rebooted and everything was fine all day. Then after being off the computer for an hour or so (but my brother was on), it went nuts! Many things went back to the way they were 3 or 4 weeks ago: I've lost several away messages on AIM and some old ones are suddenly back. My little drop-down history bar thing on IE has URLS i haven't gone to in a few weeks and doesn't have ones I was at today. I'm missing a few programs I recently downloaded. (Like AdAware and yahtzee.) But my wallpaper, favorites, emails and most other files are as they should be.

Backup - Restore Thed Whole Thing Or Specificpats

In case a disaster occurs i need a copy of everything on my pc. i don't know if i need a
backup or an image. i want to be able to res0ore thed whole thing or specificpats. if a
file gets corrupted i want to be able to restore that file or if the mail goes bad, to be able to restoe thec whole or part of the mail. could you recommend a program to use? i'mnot worfking so if possible free.

Every Thing Looks Large And The Computer Moves Really Slow

I now have another computer to use. This computer is almost new and was given to me by my mother. My problem is everything looks large and the computer moves really slow. I have no idea of the problem and I would also like to remove SUPERAntiSpyware from the cpu and have no idea how.

After Format Error Message Stops Every Thing

Had a problem about a month ago with some things on here so i formatted the hdd and installed winxp pro. Was going ok for about a week then the error messages were non stop. Kept saying windows had to shut down because of a hardware problem, yet never did find out what it was. Anyways i did a total format and am trying to instal winxp again. I have a win98se boot disk. It gets half way through the installation then i get all kinds of error messages about files couldn't be loaded or files not found. Don't these files come from the cd?? it is a original cd that i have. some of the msg are: file i386halacpi.dll not found, syntax error in the .sif file and the list goes on then it says setup cannot continue.

Keyboard Quit Working Restarted Did't Do Any Thing

I have an emachine that is a few years old that my high school daughter uses. Today when she was typing a paper for school it got stuck on all caps, then it just quit working all together. I took the keyboard and put it on my computer and it works fine. My keyboard doesn't work on her computer either. I restarted which didn't help. I also retored the computer to yesterday's back up. That didn't work either. This computer does have some age on it but I was hoping to get it to last her until she gets that college laptop.

Reformat Hard Drive - Including Every Thing

I want to reformat my hard drive, including windows xp. I know this will erase ALL information. that's what I want. Are there any free programs to download or is there a utility already present to do this.

Desktop - My Documents Folder - Blue Thing On The Side

my desktop having the thing on the "My Documents" folder. It has that blue thing on the side and I don't know how I get rid of it.

Weird Highlight - Copy - Paste Mouse Thing

When I hold down my left mouse button and drag across a word or words to copy and paste, the text "sporadically" highlights. This happens in Notepad, in a webbrowser (Firefox), bascially anywhere there is text you may want to copy.xFor emaple, if I want to copy the sentence above and I start at the beginning of the sentence, here's what happens:1) Sometimes it will "highlight" everything as I drag but then goes away once I let go of the left button2) Sometimes it skips letters or words. Eventhough I start at the "W" in When, it misses a few letters or words entirely.

Taskbar Frozen On Startup - System Tray Does Not Display Every Thing

For some reason, when my partner's computer boots up, the Windows taskbar is frozen, sometimes for up to a couple of minutes. When it finally becomes available, the Start menu etc works fine, but the system tray does not display everything that it should (for example the volume control) even though I have set it to "always show" in Properties>Customise

Installer Keep Asking To Install Which I Did't Want

windows installer keeps asking me to install something I don't want installed!
how do I stop this,and where do I look

How Do I Run Windows Installer?

I lob this outta the window Im running a windows xp desktop and having troubles when trying to play yahoo games,after downloading java i had two probs one was i was running in safe mode,im now out of safe mode and running the comp normally the other thing was it says i might need to do is run windows installer again. heres where i have the problem! where or how do i run windows installer? im using firefox

Installer Could Not Be Accessed

when I try to download some programs I get a message that says "windows installer could not be accessed. Contact your support personnel to verify thay the windows installer is properly registered."

Installer Trying To Configure

First, my notebook has been working normally until yesterday afternoon. Windows XP Home Edition was installed by the manufacturer and was working properly. But yesterday, when I started up and logged on to my computer, and everytime since, Windows Installer automatically launches. It gives the message something like: "wait while Windows configures Windows XP." Then the installer asks me to to insert the Windows XP CD, which of course I don't have since Windows XP was factory installed on this notebook. I cancel the process and everything seems to work normally. Is there a way I can stop this from happening?

Can Delete An Msi Installer?

Windows XP I downloaded iTunes ages ago and cant reinstall it as I cant remove the old version. I have tried everything removed all files and folders containing Apple iTunes Quick Time ect. but it is still in Add Remove and when i try to remove it I get the message " The feature you are trying to is on a network source that is on available" " Click OK to try again, or enter an alternate path to a folder containing the instillation package Apple Application Support.msi in the box below"The instillation source for this product is not available, verify the sauce exists and that you can access it" I down loaded CClean and tried ot remove them but I got Cant Remove MSI Installer.

Installer Not Working

I've been trying to install a bunch of different things, and they all seem to be failing, they all start up, but then crash when the actual installation part begins. It will say something like "Preparing to install" then give me an error.

Installer Not Working