Oh ok, do you know/did he tell you what he did to it, just out of interest?

Hi thomas, is this solved now?

Bud, look at this Microsoft Knowledge Base Article (http://support.microsoft.com/kb/307545), looks like it could be useful to you.
It basically suggests some system file and registry editing to sort...

Well done mate

Check this site http://tinyempire.com/notes/ntldrismissing.htm I think it's got what you need to fix your problem. Do let us know back here if it works.

That's what I thought would be the problem. And as an aside, you might want to have your CD Drive as your first boot device - for that day that you want to do a recovery/re-install u know?

Hey bud,

This is what Microsoft's website says:

* Use either the graphical user interface (GUI) or the shutdown command again.
* Press CTRL+ALT+DELETE, and then while pressing CTRL,...

I know your msg is a bit old but in case it's not been solved, a few things mate:

1. Try not to piggyback on to other people's thread, create your one, you'll get more help that way.

2. When...

For the K-Lite codec pack click here (http://www.majorgeeks.com/K-Lite_Codec_Pack_Standard_d4620.html). Download and run the installer. I believe you'll get the chance to select what codecs(formats)...

Ah, yea of course, get it now. Didn't realise you needed the Windows admin password to carry out a repair. Means that that backdoor method can't really work in this sort of situation surely?
...

1. Could be codec problem. To check, in iTunes try ripping to .acc format.

2. Or could be a copy protection issue, which means that the CD has been encrypted so that drives can't copy from it. You...

Note that it could also be that your screen's gone. Try to test your laptop with a separate monitor.

You should repost your thread in this forum (http://www.daniweb.com/forums/forum64.html) to get the best help.

If you have a virus, you will most likely be asked to download Malwarebytes and run a...

How about pulling the power out of the BIOS? That would remove the admin BIOS password and let him carry out the repair, and possibly utilise the backdoor information posted earlier? I know it's not...

Hey jb was that link good? I'm guessing you don't have any Windows fans who don't throw stuff away, and would have it on CD or sommink?

And just out of curiousity, what's a 21st century man like...

Might be a good idea to back up your files and folders before installing SP3 to be on the safe side.

And to run it, isn't one of the extracted files an exe that you need to run? If in doubt,...

Mate this is an old problem, and it was solved back then but I neglected to mark it solved. I will do so now though :-).

Indeed well done mate. Hopefully with detailed steps then someone else who gets this problem will know what to do.

Yea if you can't view previous emails then it probably means all the email is saved on your computer alone. Bummer! It's a shame that SCANPST.EXE didn't work either.

Is it possible that there's...

I agree with Suspishio, and indeed what everyone else has said. If all forms of repair haven't worked, a re-install is the next step, but then this is not guaranteed to fix the problem if your PST is...

Hey thomas

Have you tried copying from your removable drive to your desktop and installing from there? If that doesn't work, how about superantispyware? If the malware is preventing those as well,...

Houston is right, the file transfer estimate in Windows isn't always very accurate, simply because the programming needed to get it properly right would be quite excessive. If you can see the Send &...

That's interesting, would have thought it was spyware but apparently not. Oh well as long as it's fine now. Was it IE 8 Beta you got?

Hi,

The extent of the damage to the photos is not clear from your post, but try the following links and hopefully one of them will restore your photos

PC Inspector...

Hey Sam,

Have you tried calling the number on the activation screen? Maybe speaking to someone at MS they can stop it from what sounds like an endless and annoying loop. Sorry can't think of much...

Hi Jim,

Do you remember any thing that you've changed - new software, new hardware? I suspect that's what's causing the errors. And you will probably have to go into safe mode, maybe with select...

Or check out this page (http://windowsxp.mvps.org/driveicon.htm).

Looks more hassle free than letting the software do it for you, but you are still in charge of your PC's destiny so to speak. As...

Hey there. Try this (http://www.reimage.com/). Looks good, although I have to say I haven't used it before and so you use it at your own risk. If you do decide to try it out, do backup all your...

Lol, that's jokes, u know u shuldn't laugh (at other's misfortunes), but u can't help it!

But for bigger disasters - MoBo failure, fire, deadly virus, worm, a separate hard drive in the same computer will be as useful as dental floss in a beer-drinking contest.

Is it a laptop by any chance? Cos I was just thinking along the lines that the board might be getting quite hot quite quickly, thereby causing it to freeze. I had an old laptop with that sort of...

Good shout Chizy, that's been my practice. People don't realise the importance sadly until something goes wrong.

Do you know about application backups though, I mean if your hard drive gets wiped...

First question, did it freeze before you installed SP 3? Or did you buy it with SP 3 installed?

Do you mean that it won't boot up XP? Or that it won't POST at all? I reckon you mean the former. Also do you want to boot into Safe Mode with Command Prompt, or into proper DOS mode? Because Safe...

No problem, glad to help. It is good to always check these things, thankfully it was something small this time. Please mark the thread as solved.

I don't believe System Restore can help. Because basically System Restore has to do with system state settings, reg keys, etc, and does not undo user tasks like the creation of deletion of documents....

Hi, is the msg coming from your monitor or from Windows XP? Because if it is Windows XP then you can achieve the best settings usually by tweaking the settings in the Display Properties window. If...

I may be wrong, but I don't believe that this is possible mate, depending on how it was deleted. If it was deleted through 'User Accounts' in the Control Panel, and the documents weren't shared or...

I agree with Oly. I would say along with Laser's suggestion to disable toolbars and add-ons, go to Add/Remove Programs and try to find this "Searchsave" (or the program it came with) and remove it. ...

Just thot, I've heard of Silver Light though (though I haven't tried it out yet), any relation?