Manually cleaning-up Windows XP #3?

October 15, 2009

I recently acquired my brother’s old laptop as he bought a new one, he has a lot of his old files & stuff on here, but doesn’t have the start-up disks. I could wipe out the hard drive but then I’d be stuck using Vista and if I’m as computer illiterate with Vista as I am with XP, then that’s a whole other can of worms.

Anyway, I’ve actually got two questions this time around.

1.) He has two folders marked as My Backup w/ the created date following them. I’ve tried to delete these files completely but to no avail. There is nothing in them that he needs that he doesn’t already have, so any advice on how to get rid of them in their entirety?

2.) What is this file: regedit cache.reg ?
Answer #1: The link you gave, the downloaded file doesn’t work.

Answer #2: I’ve already ran CCleaner.

I just need to know how to get rid of the backup folders & if it is safe to delete the regedit file.

I need a program to clean up my computer?

October 1, 2009

I have a new desktop gaming computer and I would like to know of a good program that I could get that would fix errors and keep my computer fast and working like new. On my old laptop I used System Mechanic but I was wondering if there were any better programs. Thanks.

Best Software to Repair Windows XP?

September 23, 2009

I need a software to repair everything in my windows xp ranging from usb driver to registry. Do you know what the best software for this matter is?
FYI, i lose my xp installation disc and the windows that i want to repair is on my really old laptop which dvd drive is broken.

Getting files and operating system from dead laptop?

July 14, 2009

My first Toshiba Satellite laptop won’t boot. The power light & fan switch on but the screen stays blank. It was my only computer & I didn’t have time to wait for it to be serviced & I thought it might be the motherboard, so I bought another. They don’t make that model anymore, so I bought a low-end new Satellite, but it has Windows Vista. Can I get the XP from the old laptop? If I can do that, can I put the old hard drive in the new comp to retrieve the programs that were installed? Both computers have 2 512m ram, so how do I accomplish getting the info from the old computer? It seems to make sense to me that I can do this, but I’m afraid of frying the new laptop so I need the advice of people who really know what they’re doing. Plus, do you have any idea what might be wrong with the original laptop? Are there any simple ways for me to try to diagnose the problem myself? Is there diagnostic software available so that I could connect the new to the old & use it to diagnose the problem?

Do I need to uninstall the free virus protection in order install the virus I have?

June 19, 2009

I just got a new laptop which came with a free trial of anti-virus protection. I already purchased virus protection from another company when I had my old laptop. Do I need to uninstall the free anti-virus program before I install the virus protection I own. If yes, how would I uninstall it.