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actually, its a folder. When I use unlocker it says no program is blocking it and unlocker can delete it, when I press delete, it still gives the acces denied error...

I want to delete a bunch of files, but it says I don't have acces to them, tho I'm administrator and have no limits to the computer usage. How can I delete these? Thx! EDIT: I tried in dos with rmdir etc... didn't work either...

thanks guys, now I know all I need to know

I bought a pc in a store, it already had winxp Home installed on it, now I was wondering, if I format and reinstall with the cd brought with the new pc, is it still legit? thx!

so, what would be best then? Repair install or something else?

I did,I ran a virus scan, spyware/adware scan, I even checked with microsoft's tool for deleting malware. They all give nothing bad.

well, it can't be a user problem, beacause all users have it. Now I can only boot in safe boot, if I start windows normally, nothing will open :s

I had that problem with Bit Defender 9.0, just uninstalled it and everything was back to normal

Windows XP isn't working quite properly anymore, sometimes when I boot, I see no errors but nothing will start, like ie, MSN, and other apps. Other times it works just like it should. Now, I was thinking of doing a repair installation and I was wondering if it removes all documents and settings/installed apps? thx! Title edited -- Please, use [TAGS] in your topic's title. Please follow XP Forum Rules from now on. --Sonic

thanks. I cant see the boot.ini file but I can run it when I type c:\boot.ini. I'm also viewing hidden files/folders and when I try to save a boot.ini file to my c:\ disk it says it exists but I can't see it, so i cant edit the read-only options :s nvmd, I got it

I got it. It was a broken sound registry. I fixed it with K-lite codec pack tools... thx anyway

Is there a way to reset the boot.ini file? I downloaded stylexp and that kinda messed up my boot.ini file. Now I have 2 bootmodes which are identicly the same. I kinda wanna reset it thx.

the value is .current

well, it's been a while I think because you don't instantly notice it. I don't have any malware/spyware/viruses, just ran a check for that. I'm admin, like other users...

well, that didn't work...

ok

It's just the windows alert sounds (critical error, MSN, new email,...) that don't work because I have music from WMP and games

I don't have sound schemes :s. Windows XP standard is turned on in the audio tab (control panel). Normally you can test the sounds by clicking a play button, the play button is disabled and I can't click it. This is very annoying because I also don't have sounds for MSN and stuff like that. The strange thing is that other users on this pc DO have sounds Could anyone help me?