Clean Up Computer

What is the proper way to wipe my hard drive completely clean?I have windows XP?

August 22, 2009

is there a program to clean up the registry or whatever, which does not ask questions or makes you choose?

August 21, 2009

Or in the alternative, if it makes you choose, a program which explains clearly what is it that I would be erasing?

How do u clean the computer registry?

August 21, 2009

How do I clean up my computer with win 98 plus to make it run faster?

August 21, 2009

It’s an older desktop( Dell ) with Window’s 98 plus. I’ve deleted files, cookies. and history, but it runs slow and locks up a lot. Is there software to erase all data down to the operating system so as to start all over? Spyware Dr. says there is no virus. What would be a reasonable price to have it done? I’ve been told 0 by an IT.

I did a clean reinstall of Windows XP, and I get a blue screen with STOP : c0000221 {Bad Image Checksum} error

August 20, 2009

After doing a clean re-install from Windows XP CD, I went to Microsoft website and downloaded all the updates (60 of them!!!). Then, I installed McAfee Internet security suite and Office XP. Things were eprfectly fine until now, even afetr several reboots. Then, I went ahead and downloaded SP2 from Microsoft webpage. It then restarted my computer. Now, I get the Dell logo, Windows logo, followed by a blue screen with the following error message:

STOP: c0000221 {Bad Image Checksum}
The image rpcrt4.dll is possibly corrupt. The header checksum does not match the computed checksum.

Any ideas on what I need to do? I didn’t want to try and re-install Windows XP again. It’s a slow process. I wanted to make sure if that will help, before starting off the process. Any other ideas?