It sounds to me like the particular Windows CD you have is an upgrade version. That is why it is asking for a Windows installation CD. If you have an older version of Windows laying around, pop that...

Uh, not sure if you read the post or not, but he cant log in to Windows. It logs him right out.

I believe I ran into this problem a while back and it turned out to be that a virus had gotten into...

Why is that always the answer? It wasn't a virus, the machine was brand new, never been on the internet. It turned out to be a missing registry key, as far as I could tell. Didn't know what else was...

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I am having a heck of a time with this one. I cannot double click any icons on my desktop, nor can I highlight them and press enter. When I do it just sits there and stares at me blankly. I...

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I am an experienced computer user who is now looking at getting into software design. My problem is this: I can't figure out what language to start with! I have hunted around the internet...

Are you able to get to the menu that offers you Safe Mode, Safe Mode with networking and all that stuff? If so, do you see an option that says "Disable automatic restart on failure" or something to...

If you (or a buddy) have a regular desktop keyboard, plug it in to the PS2 port (or USB port if thats your flavor) and see if it works like that. It is very possible that it is hardware, given the...

Technically he needs to download the drivers for his SATA controller on his motherboard. Generally these are seperate, but some have the controller built into the southbridge.

Marceta: You arent...

Oh the things that come out of the mouths of Microsoft CSRs. :rolleyes:

No worries dude!

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Hate to say it but that is absolutely NOT TRUE. CDs are not writeable...there is know way for the CD to 'recognize' how many times it has been used to install Windows. The 'security measure' that...

Right click on the desktop, click Properties... go to Themes, pick the Windows XP theme and click apply. See what happens.

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Try uninstalling Norton and see what happens. I see more problems caused by the background processes that Norton puts in to place...I'd be willing to bet it's one of those doing it. If uninstalling...

Is that a SATA hard drive?

Hey all,
I am getting this error at startup:

The procedure entry point SHRegGetValueW could not be located in the dynamic link library SHLWAPI.dll

I get this error multiple times on startup,...

I would be careful when recommending that problems can be fixed by flashing the BIOS...problems can also be introduced by the same, as you've experienced.

When the menu to load into Safe Mode...