What free registry software does a good job at cleaning/fixing your registry if it has mistakes in it?

September 16, 2009

I’m using windows XP. My computer is running rather slow and I’ve done all the basic cleaning as well as scan disk and defrag and that hasn’t helped much. I’ve never cleaned my registry and I imagine there are quite a few mistakes in there although I don’t know what they are. I’m looking for a good free registry cleaner that will clean it and also fix the errors it finds.

I want to wipe my hard drive without losing Windows…?

September 16, 2009

I have an older Dell Latitude & I have been having a lot of problems with it. I have WipeDrive v5, but I’m worried if I run this I will lose Windows XP. I can’t find my Windows software either. I don’t understand how these programs work, but I’m tired of my computer running slow, having network problems, etc. I’ve upgraded the memory, and there’s more than plenty available for processes. I have to use a wireless card, which is new, and I know my router/signal is fine, because my other laptop works fine. Also, there’s 2 diagonal lines of keys on my keyboard that don’t type the letters & my mouse likes to go up to the corner of the screen & when I try to move it back down, it takes off away from me again. I need some computer advice, please! I don’t have money to take it for repairs, but I don’t want to make it any worse.

How do I uninstall windows xp (without registry info) and reinstall to clean virus-laden computer?

September 15, 2009

My computer is full of viruses and I downloaded avira and zonealarm but I still get trojans every time I start up. A friend told me that I should re-install windows xp and this would fix it, however when I try to UNinstall the xp that’s on there on safemode command prompt it will not let me because I don’t not have the "registry information." However, I believe this would be impossible to obtain seeing as I bought the IBM used! I clearly don’t know very much about this but is there any other way to uninstall windows xp or can I just install it over the old one (or would the damage stick? ) ?
I don’t care about saving old info I just want a clean computer!

Tips are much appreciated 🙂

Error Message booing up a new version of Windows XP?

September 14, 2009

I formatted a 150 gig. HD and loaded Windows XP on my Compaq computer. Windows boots up properly when opened using the Compac. If i put the drive in my 2nd PC (no brand name) I get a message that Operating system cannot load, but both HD’s work fine with the Compac. The 150 g HD had worked previously on the 2nd PC running XP, which I did the same way, but it was an older version of XP. I was just doing a clean install with a newer version with SP including SP2. If I take the HD out of my Compac I get the same error message on that 2nd PC. I changed the ribbon cable and know I have the HD designated as Master and using correct cable position. Any Ideas are welcome! Thanks.

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computer repair estimate costs???

September 14, 2009

Roughly how much would it cost for a small business to get the following done to their HP laptops by a computer repair firm (11 HP laptops):

-reformat HDDs
-install windows XP
-install adobe acrobat
-install an anti-virus programme
-install MS office
-run a full diagnostic
-clean the exterior of the PCs

how much would it cost, excluding any transportation costs, and costs of buying the software?
what would be the average cost? is per PC (0 total) a good deal for buyer and seller?
i know i could do all this by myself…i am doing it for someone else…just wanted to make sure i was giving them a good deal, but not too good.

oh well, no such thing as too low of a price as long as we stay afloat.

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