Software still installed and intact yet not usable in any way, why?

November 13, 2009

Lets start from the top:

I was using my computer as I normally would have. Same thing, different day.

My windows got corrupted and was unable to boot. I inserted my windows XP SP2 disk and attempted to repair the windows installation yet the disk recognized the drive as practially annihilated so i’d need to reformat.

Defiance is my middle name.

I decided to delete the windows folder manually (long story made short) then continue with a fresh installation.

I’ve done so but now when I boot up, I still have all my files, games, programs, and everything intact YET things like my drivers, and installed programs set to run on startup do not appear.

For instance: I have Office XP, but my computer acts as if I don’t have it on my computer. I have zonealarm firewall, yet that does not start up.

I figured that it was the USER that was the problem, yet there’s no way to log onto it via the "switch user" option.

Help?
what i i ment by t by i have zone alam firewall but it doesnt start up was that it is supposed to start up when you boot up but it doesnt
besides having to reinstall everything (which can be done easily but will be a time conusming task) is there a rememdy which i’ll be able to salvage this mess?

How do i get my myspace blank except for About me, Picture and my top for Myspace 2.0?

November 13, 2009

Okay i want my myspace to be blank white and all i want it to show is my default picture, my top friends and my about me section

Is tehre a way to do this and if there is can somebody show me where to find the cods or give me code, thank you

How to upgrade XP 32-bit to Vista 64-bit? (Backup registry, drives, etc.)?

November 13, 2009

Hello!

I’ve got XP Pro 32-bit and want to upgrade to Vista 64-bit.

I’ve heard that this isn’t possible and that a clean install must be done.

If so, what do I have to do to make sure that everything is backed up and works once the clean install is finished?

For example, I have plenty of games and programs installed on my C drive–do I need to backup my registry *and* my C drive so that everything won’t need to be reinstalled?

If so, how would I go upon doing that?

Thanks!

-Cody

Windows Live Messenger Problem?

November 12, 2009

Okay. Let me tell explain what happened. First, I installed MSN Plus!", and then the Windows Live Messenger was acting strangely, like It’ll close by itself automatically for a few minutes, but when I try to open it again, It won’t open; I have to restart the computer to sign on. Then, Second: I tried to Uninstall the "MSN Plus!", but nothing changed, so I tried to Repairing the Windows Live Messenger, but nothing changed as well. So I had to Unstall the Windows Live Messenger, but it says It doesn’t exist, when I go to Add/Remove Programs, The Windows Live Messenger Icon is there, but the software isn’t. Finally, I tried to install it again, but it tells me that you already have Windows Live Messenger installed, then I tried to install the Beta Version of Windows Live Messenger, and tells me the same thing. I don’t know what to do. This is the first time happening, and I don’t want to restart the whole harddrive just because of a software. So Please Help. Thank You

How to clean a virus/malware/trojan that seems to generate “memory could not be” read/written error on all?

November 12, 2009

If I login into XP the regular way, every program generates an application error of the genre "memory could not be written" or "memory could not be read".
If I login through the recovery console, this does not occur. All programs and executable work as normal.
Every virus, spyware, malware, trojan scan says the system is clean. I also ran a registry cleaner.
How do I fix this problem without formatting and reinstalling XP?