Windows XP Repair - Comments Page 2

My Webroot will not accept updates because MS Silverlight is damaged. I belierve that it is also affecting my Adobe as updates are not being accepted their.

I cannot uninstall Silverlight or reinstall it.

Problem may have started when my home browser, Firefox, was removed by windows bing and I tried to follow some online directions to get rid of bing as it continued to replace itself. HELP

I reinstalled windows xp (couldn't repair) on my laptop do to a major boot issue. None of my previous programs are listed in "all programs" but are listed when I "explore" the C drive, same story with "my documents". How do I get them linked to the new install.

I brought our Windows XP computer to a dealer to fix a problem where the cursor had turned into an icon sized square and it was no longer possible to click on stuff reliably! Apparently this happened because the "free" AVG system had gone out of date.

That dealer was not reliable and after paying over $100, I found that though he had put on antivirus software, the cursor problem had not been fixed, but also the large secondary hard drive in the system was no longer recognized so I couldn't even back up the latest data! I have no way of even knowing whether that drive is still in there! There are lots of old photos I've scanned into that drive and would like to recover them. Suggestions?

(After that event, we bought another computer to surf the internet, but want some guidance on this problem.)

EDITOR'S NOTE: Shut down, unplug, open the system unit case and take a look. It's no more scary than popping the hood on your car. Perhaps one of the cables connected to the hard drive has come loose. Pop them off, then back on (both ends) and see what happens. If still no go, remove the hard drive from the computer, and try to connect it via USB with an external drive kit.