Ebay Bought PC w/WinXP pro-CanNot Uninstall!!!!

[way_angel]

FIRST PROBLEM:
About 6 months ago,we bought this PC through Ebay... It
came with WinXP Pro installed along with a plythera of
other very cool programs. Problem: No Installation disk
and when we tried to "Uninstall" it says it's missing
files and can't. But we have just been limping along
through all it's problems since. (Its our second PC in the
house)
SECOND PROBLEM:
"HE" did not listen to me about doing "Windows Updates"
nor did he ever get the free "Spyware remover" I told him
about. Now, it won't stay on line long enough to download
the up-dates. The "Bullgaurd" anti-virus we added to his
PC under my account, won't finish scanning before it
freezes up the system. And the half it does get scanned
informs us he has "several" (5 - 7) Trojan.Downloaders of
a few various kinds infecting his system, and Bullgaurd
says, "Disinfection failed" and then "move failed" for all
the ones it shows.

There are numerous OTHER PROBLEMS and reasons why I think
we should just dump this XP Pro version and install my
98SE that I already own into it... PLEASE HELP ME FIGURE
OUT HOW TO REMOVE THE XP?!?!?!
Thankx in advance,

DESPERATE TO GET MY PC BACK TO MYSELF...~Angel

 

[Jupiter Jones [MVP]]

Angel;
Try this to go to a previous OS:
http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=303661
Otherwise if that option is not available:
http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=314052

Freezing issues can have many hardware and software causes.
See if you can follow this list:
http://www3.telus.net/dandemar/slowcom.htm

 

[Rocket J. Squirrel]

1. Buy a copy of Windows XP (upgrade version).

2. "Performing a Clean Install of Windows XP"
http://www.microsoft.com/WindowsXP/expertzone/columns/honeycutt/02october07.asp

- and -

"Windows XP Clean Install (Interactive Setup)"
http://www.winsupersite.com/showcase/windowsxp_sg_clean.asp

3. "Protect Your PC"
http://www.microsoft.com/security/protect/default.asp

4. Ad-aware by Lavasoft
www.lavasoftusa.com

Rocky

 

[Guest]

If you are going to reinstall 98se you can not be using it
on another system at the same time, this violates the
eula. One computer = one operating system.

 

[Lester Stiefel]

FIRST PROBLEM:
About 6 months ago,we bought this PC through Ebay... It
came with WinXP Pro installed along with a plythera of
other very cool programs. Problem: No Installation disk
and when we tried to "Uninstall" it says it's missing
files and can't. But we have just been limping along
through all it's problems since. (Its our second PC in the
house)
SECOND PROBLEM:
"HE" did not listen to me about doing "Windows Updates"
nor did he ever get the free "Spyware remover" I told him
about. Now, it won't stay on line long enough to download
the up-dates. The "Bullgaurd" anti-virus we added to his
PC under my account, won't finish scanning before it
freezes up the system. And the half it does get scanned
informs us he has "several" (5 - 7) Trojan.Downloaders of
a few various kinds infecting his system, and Bullgaurd
says, "Disinfection failed" and then "move failed" for all
the ones it shows.

There are numerous OTHER PROBLEMS and reasons why I think
we should just dump this XP Pro version and install my
98SE that I already own into it... PLEASE HELP ME FIGURE
OUT HOW TO REMOVE THE XP?!?!?!
Thankx in advance,

DESPERATE TO GET MY PC BACK TO MYSELF...~Angel

First off, the bullguard is the problem. This cannot exist with other
protection software. See if it can be removed. If not then do the clean
install mentioned earlier.