Was wondering if anyone can help me my home computer is not very well
when i sign in i get a message that windows has to close so my computer does not get damaged and then restarts so it's in a loop

My mum's had that problem before... I could help in a weeks time when she's back from hols cos she could tell you what to do, but u'll have got help before then

Right so you cant even got on it to do a system restore? How old is the computer and or the hard drive?

It's a 6 year old xp
HP computer

Time to let it go Time for a new one

6 years IS a long time lol, I mean we need a new (it's so slow!) and we've had ours for 4 years and a bit

I reckon trying starting up in safe mode and doing virus scans might help

Average lifetime for a hard drive is 5 years. Might not be a complete new pc - just a new hard drive unless you can seek out a virus in safe mode as scorpio suggests.

This link might help you Andy if you dont know how to get into safe mode. Safe Mode

ill sell you a new one
xx

This happened to my son's computer a couple of weeks ago. Safe Mode made no difference in his case, the computer just looped exactly the same. I fixed it by doing a re-format. It was a software problem and not related to hardware at all... the result of his visiting too many dodgy sites in my opinion.

If Safe Mode and virus checks don't help, I'd probably recommend a re-format for you too but you'd lose all your files on the drive... I guess it depends whether or not you've got everything backed up.

Six years is a long time in terms of computers but it all depends what you use it for. If it's mostly just browsing the Internet then you won't particularly see any benefits by upgrading, the speed is related more to your connection. But if you wanted to do video editing or play the latest games etc then it would be worth considering, you'd notice a difference when editing your pictures too. So the question is, other than the latest problem, were you happy with the way your computer was working before?

Andy

awwww your so mean!

Says you

That was me told sorry boss

Dodgy as in downloads, cracks and cheats... the kind of site buried under 3 million tons of adverts, each one leaving a tracking cookie in it's wake. And of course that reference was made about my son's surfing habits, not Andrew's.

THAT SIG IS ACE I WANT I WANT LOL

I know You're right though, not clearing cookies and spyware etc can really clog up the pc

OK where do i start i've not had a chance today will try tomorrow morning
i got my letter from the hospital today i'll be in on sunday the 6th july get out 8th july
my wive has to come with me i don't no why that is
that reminds me i better tell the court i won't be able to attend

If you wanna try reformatting, like Helium said then maybe this might help

that is still on my mind fall down the stairs might work

hitting things always works doesn't it
I'd hit the monitor then the computer then id unplug the elctrics n throw it out the window lol

I was just replying in the Comp 10 topic when it disappeared... don't know what happened.

I'll post here instead.


You could try HijackThis... the linked site has a quick start guide to help you use it.

I wouldn't know which of the programs it finds you should delete, but I'd go to one of those forums and ask for help. I first saw it on one of the MSN Groups... that was a few years ago though so I can't be certain.

It's a shame you've got to miss this comp, but hopefully you can be up and running for the next one.