Windows XP problems on my new computer

[Jim Muhlker]

I just bought a computer with Windows XP Home edition installed on it.
I've been installing other programs onto my computer and have come
across a few problems with Windows. One of them is that I cannot run
the file search feature that allows me to locate files on my computer.
Also, I cannot run system restore. Windows Media Player is also
giving me a message saying "An internal application error has
occurred". I'm not sure what caused these problems to happen. Can
anybody make any suggestions on how to solve these problems? THANKS!

Jim

 

[Wendy\(v-2wends\)]

Were these problems occurring before you started installing these programs?
If so, then it could be a possibility of a bad image on the drive of your
windows xp.
If not, then it could be a incompatibility with the program you are trying
to install and xp.

 

[cimex]

Jim, if you believe that there is a point in time when some piece of new
software caused these problems, try a System Restore. It will "roll back"
your software configuration to a date you select. Settings and data do not
change. Updates and other software added after this Restore Point date will
have to be reinstalled, preferably one at a time, in order to determine the
trouble-maker.

To run System Restore, look it up in Help and Support, and follow the
Wizard.

Be warned that MS Updates can cause various compatibility problems. While
you need all the critical/security updates, be sure you actually require any
of the other updates before you install them.

 

[Joh N.]

Jim, if you believe that there is a point in time when some piece of new
software caused these problems, try a System Restore. It will "roll back"
your software configuration to a date you select. Settings and data do not
change. Updates and other software added after this Restore Point date will
have to be reinstalled, preferably one at a time, in order to determine the
trouble-maker.

To run System Restore, look it up in Help and Support, and follow the
Wizard.

Be warned that MS Updates can cause various compatibility problems. While
you need all the critical/security updates, be sure you actually require any
of the other updates before you install them.

Did you even bother to read the OP? You couldn't have...you replied to
*Wendy's* reply. Your skills as an psychic *suck*!

Joh N.