Are computer registry cleaners reliable?

August 18, 2009

CCleaners seems to be highly recommended while others do not advise it. Is there anyway to know which is best?

Can I upgrade my windows xp home to pro without doing a clean install using a full xp pro cd?

August 17, 2009

I got an full version of xp professional from our University’s MSDAA (Microsoft Developers Academic Alience). I currently have xp home on my machine and I want to upgrade it to pro but I need to keep all my files and programs that are installed. I have many programs to which I no longer have the cd for and therefore I cant afford to lose them. This cd I got from the school is a full cd, not an upgrade cd. I popped it in and try to install it but i get an error message saying it couldnt install it due to a "third party kernell" being installed (the home edition kernell im assuming). So I tried booting from the cd and installing from there, but it didnt give me an option to upgrade. Instead I ended up with 2 versions of xp installed in my machine. Now when the pc starts, it asks me which OS i wanna load (pro or home). Again my question is, is there a way to just upgrade my home edition to pro using a full cd without losing anything? Thank you very much.

Dell computer reformattiing?

August 17, 2009

I reformatted my computer like a year ago, and i want to reformatted again and i forgot how u do it. I’ve currently reformatted my computer using the operating system CD, when i did that, i found a lot of things missing, like the sound. I’ve look through all my CDs and found Drivers and Utilities Cd that says reinstalling Device Driver and using diagnostics, utilities and online documentation and another one that also says Drivers and Utilities but it said reinstalling conexant 56K Data/Fax Modem Software for Microsoft Window. Do I insert one of them when i reformat my computer?

what does disk clean up do on the computer does it make the net fast does it remove anything?

August 17, 2009

when i click on my computer then i right click it and it says properties which tell u how much memory have u used and how much memory is left at the bottom it says disk clean up what does disk clean up do does it make the internet does it remove alll u things?

windows vista failed to start recent Hwarware or OS change might be the cause?

August 17, 2009

i just bought a dell xps m1330 it runs on vista after using it for 4 days with internet it doesn’t start up.. it say’s Windows failed to start. A recent hardware or software change might be the cause.
ive been givin options i chose Click "repair your computer"
after that all i see is a black screen.. how do i fix this ? i also insertes the OS nothing happened.