Windows Vista will not start on my ASUS Gaming Series laptop. Help?

December 3, 2009

I tried turning on my laptop and it takes me to a screen which says "Windows failed to start. A recent hardware or software change might be the cause." It then gives me two options, which are "Launch Startup Repair" and "Start Windows Normally." I have tried using both, but either choice makes my computer restart and takes me to the same screen. Alt+Ctrl+Del restarts my computer as well. Escape shuts of the timer to automatic selection. I have tried running both the recovery CD and the support CD, and neither works because Windows is not operating. Do you have any suggestions as to what I should do?
I cannot give the computer any commands via mouse, and it will not respond to any keyboard commands either.

My Dell Desktop has malware. How can I wipe my PC clean and restart again?

October 10, 2009

After running several scans on my PC Dell desktop with AdAware, my PC is fully contaminated with Malware. How can I wipe out my PC clean and start fresh again? So far I’ve come across the ""Dell OS Recovery CD" and the "Driver Reset Tool" which I’ve burned from my hard drive into a CD. I am clueless as to how to get this started. Can anyone provide a step by step on how to get this started?

when I boot up my desktop w/Windows XP I get an error message "windows\system32\msgvsque.dll FILE NOT FOUND"?

October 7, 2009

any idea how to download that missing file .dll file? Can I run the Windows system cd, or will that lose files and other items on my computer? No, I dont have a recovery CD. I have run PC Tools registry repair software, I have McAfee anti-virus, malware, security software on my computer.

My computer is messed up. I don’t have the system recovery CD, so does anyone know how to clean up a computer?

September 9, 2009

My computer is messed up. I don’t have the system recovery CD, so does anyone know how to clean up a computer and basically restart it as when I just bought it?

Cryptographic services missing even after Windows 2000 reinstalled. Is it worth it to try XP OEM instead?

July 23, 2009

My girlfriend’s laptop had some viruses, and I removed most of them using some tools and tips I got off the internet. (The laptop had three-year-old virus definitions.). Windows 2000 has been corrupted: the cryptographic services are missing.

I’ve tried to reinstall Windows 2000 from the recovery CD, and it doesn’t work! I’ve tried to "repair this version of windows" and also to start with a clean install. I still get the same problems after each install: cryptographic services are missing from the Services under Administrative Tools. This prevents me from reinstalling MS Office or the software for the wireless card (which have both been corrupted as well). I’ve tried renaming the directory %systemroot%system32Catroot2, re-registering the DLLs associated with cryptography, renaming the EDB.LOG file and every other solution I’ve found on the web.

Is it worth it to pay 0 for XP OEM and try installing that, or is that $ better spent on a computer tech?