With so many problems listed, the only option I would recommend is to completely backup your hard drive, and do a full reinstall of your operating system, allowing it to reformat your hard drive. I wouldn't recommend anything else, as this would be a quick solution to your problems. -James R. Henry, Owner Morro Rock Computer www.DuoBiz.com Quoting "Janelle Vacanti" <janellevacanti@xxxxxxx>: > Hi All, > Back in April of this year, my computer got infected with vyruses > and my dad did a System Restore and fixed the problem. Then in June > of this year I think, my computer wouldn't do a System Restore. So, > I had my dad reformat my hard drive for me in I think September of > this year and even after that it still wouldn't do it. So, > yesterday, I turned off System Restore on all drives and rebooted > then turned it back on again. Then, it finally did a system restore. > Then, today, I tried to do another System Restore and now my > computer doesn't do them anymore. When I first got my computer back > in April of 2006, it used to do automatic updates. Now it won't do > them anymore. Also, when I try and listen to a song on youtube, my > computer usually starts to play them, but then stops and Internet > Explorer creates an error report which I don't send. When I try to > listen to a song on myspace on some of the myspaces my computer no > longer plays the song. In Windows Media Player, when I click on > a link to listen to a file, I now have to wait for the file to > download before I can listen, rather than having it just open up in > Windows Media Player like my computer used to do. This is the > Desktop I am talking about. However, the Laptop works in just the > opposite way. Except for the part about System Restore which I don't > know about because I have never tried it on the Laptop. Is there > anything any of you can tell me that might help me get my Desktop > running just like the Laptop does? > Any help would be greatly appreciated. > Sincerely, > Janelle ========================= The list's FAQ's can be seen by sending an email to PCWorks-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with FAQ in the subject line. To unsubscribe, subscribe, set Digest or Vacation to on or off, go to //www.freelists.org/list/pcworks . You can also send an email to PCWorks-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with Unsubscribe in the subject line. Your member list settings can be found at //www.freelists.org/cgi-bin/lsg2.cgi/l=pcworks . Once logged in, you have access to numerous other email options. The list archives are located at //www.freelists.org/archives/pcworks/ . All email posted to the list will be placed there in the event anyone needs to look for previous posts. -zxdjhu-