i have the blue screen of death, im guessing, ive been reading forums for 3 hrs and it sounds like thats what i have.

i dont know anything about computers and my computer is pretty slow, so i goout to look for some advise to make it faster. i find a video that tells me 4 ways on how to make my computer faster. first was 'run' '%temp%' which i knew about, but did and deleted some stuff. next was disc cleanup, the person who made the video said it should take about 5min but it took mine 40min, when it was finished it said i needed an anti-spywear,changed my backround to saying' need anti-virus, computer at risk' and automatically downloaded an anti virus(i did the disc clean up last) b4 i did the diesc clean up i went to internet opinions and deleted all my browsing or w/e.

now i tried 3 out of the 4 and at the time they seemd to work pretty well so i look for another video this guy made, he had a video with programs to use. i tried 2 out of 4. ad-ware, good but took my internet away so i uninstalled. then avg free version. it kept having a pop-up saying 'virus' and i pressed force out or something like that because if i didnt it would continue popping up. then it said 'could crash computer' i pressed yes because otherwise it would continue popping up. then it said 'couldnt heal'. btw i also had this program pop-up stopper to stop pop-ups yet they still came through.

anyways to the problem. my computer is now all messed up. i tried to scan my computer with avg, after a min and 40sec nothing was scanned, so i decided its just time to make al lthese problems go away and system restore. i go through with it, my computer shuts down for the system restore. when i press my user ot log on and finish the system restore it says 'loading personal files' then 2secs later says 'logging off'. this happens on both user so now i cant ever get on my computer.

can someone please help me? i want to get back on my computer
i told everything that happen so you would undestand the problem or maybe it willl help more

i heard i need an XP disc to fix it, gateway never gave me any disc when they sodl me my computer, is there a way to fix it without my XP disc?

Try to get into safe mode and then first turn off system restore ..... Try installing kaspersky antivirus or an equivalent good antivirus in the safe mode and go for a scan.. i guess its some kinda malware thats into your system... scan it... if everythin goes fine then after scan is done shut down and restart and check...
Hope this may help.. but worth a try...

safe mode doesnt work. from my experience at first it would even log in, not even in safe mode. then i tired it yesterday and it let me log it, it said the system restore didnt owrk or something, then i did a scan with avg and about mid-way the blue screen came up, so system restore is no longer on it and i cant even log.

you need to boot to the winxp cd ,and go to R ,for repair and when you cet to the prompt ,type in , chkdsk /r, not there is a space between k and /

alright thanks, i dont have the disk though, i was never given one, i sent an email to gateway to see if theyd give me one so i hope they do but is there any other way? thats free?

It seems like you were tricked into downloading malware. The things you described are very indicative of it. Once you have malware, your computer is compromised. Copy all of your personal documents to a CD or external USB drive while started up in safe mode. After this I suggest you do a COMPLETE format and re-install of your system.
NEVER download software from an scetchy source. EVER. Many viruses pose as anti-virus software (often using the names of good companies). Since it seems you're susceptible to such scams, you should make an admin account with a strong password, then make a limited user account to do your main stuff with.
FYI here are some good security utilities that I have on most of my machines with exception to windows defender:
Ad-aware se
ccleaner
grifsoft avg free
spybot search and destroy
winpatrol
windows defender
You can google it for the links, these are all very popular
Never open unsolicited attachments, never trust any blogs for your software, always stay updated.

some really good programs ,you are missing one of the best new ones though!
malwarebytes.and its also free to use the scanner removal part ,real time protection in the paid version.
http://www.malwarebytes.org/

So basically,
You should either
1. buy a new computer and don't be foolish like this again or
2. Re-install the system (CLEAN FORMAT)
If you don't you may suffer identity theft or file corruption or a whole slew of other things down the road.
Once infected, always infected.

Bull Droppings.
lots of free programs to clean computer of infections safely

to caper
I guess youre addicted to posting or even better posting is addicted to you, I thought you were gone.
glad to see you still around
[sorry for the invation]