Need help from a computer smart person. Can you help me? I'm desperate & about to toss my computer outside!

Question

All of a sudden last night I could not sign into Y!A. I could get the site opened and other sites too but no links in the sites would work. "This page cannot be displayed". My ISP techies made me turn off my firewall, diden't help.Then they had me reinstall their program. Now I could click links just fine but I could not sign in here, ebay or hotmail. Basically not able to sign into secure pages. I called back and they had me reset my security levels everything to default.Still not fixed . I have MSN for a home page and this time when I got online I was routed to a microsoft website for updates, apparently they want me to update IE from #6 to #7. Which I should've already done. When I tried to scan for other updates I may need, I got a message in my information bar " To help protect your security, Internet explorer stopped this site from installing an Active X control on your computer" Whatever, so I try to get my update (internet explorer 7) anyway..The rest is in added details below

I can't get a validation code when I try to update. So I say forget it and just installed a Firefox browser and now I can get into secure pages and sign-in. So it was a browser problem. Should I and can I now get Internet Explorer 7? I have XP SP2. Any other tips for what I should do? Do I need my firewall turned on? I do run Ad-aware and SpyBot. I am a bad girl and let my anti-virus software expire though, so I need to fix that. What else should I do to it?

Answer 1

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no need for ie7.
install or overwrite ur xp again->upgrade frm the installation cd.
neither do u need active x controls for doing all that u want to.
u must hve manipulated a few settings.
c that u hve a gud antivirus.
if problem still persists dwnld mozrilla firefox......do not use ie.

ms is total crap
xp was built with 20000 errors in it......i've had such situations b4.....and i know how disgusting it is.

Just rem. if u hve the installation cd u can play with ur xp lik anything......so do noy worry.
All the best.

Answer 2

I think the problem is with your anti-virus program or with a program called Zone-Alarm, if you have installed it. Try disabling your anti-virus as well as Zone-Alarm & then logging into any site. Hopefully your problem will be solved. If it does, contact vendors of those programs for help on how to overcome it. If even this doesn't solve the problem, try re-installing your OS. A clean install would be preferable, directly from your CD.

Answer 3

If the laptop is desperate up so your mom's account is the only one with administrative proprieties, then except you re-deploy your working utility (which seems XP), then you actual can not do something on your account that she prevents along with her administrator account. They do sell WinZip in utility format, so which you're able to be able to desire to consistently purchase it and deploy it. you do no longer want administrative properties on your account to place in utility. Extracting the records is right away forward as quickly as you be taught the thank you to do it, and it incredibly isn't any longer all that arduous to be taught. First you should get carry of this methodology you want to place in, and save it right into a area which you will get right of entry to (i.g. My laptop, Cpersistent, laptop, and so forth.) then you actual run the Winzip application, and click on Extract records. WinZip will "zip" the records right into a compressed document to save hard-power area. as quickly because it has complete extracting the records, save the document onto your laptop, then click on that document. you should work out various distinctive records, yet you want to be finding for RUN, deploy, set up, and so forth. you need to use the hunt option on the document utilising those key words to help come across the suitable document. as quickly as you hit upon it, it may deploy the utility without difficulty. you need to save the recent utility into the comparable document the place you have the Sims, yet that's consumer-friendly as dragging and dropping the document. and additionally you in all hazard won't ought to even try this.

Answer 4

Your a nerd. You think your not but you are a computer nerd.
Way to go nerd. Your nerdyness is not enough for this problem though is it. What you need is a super nerd. Get the to a radio shack, wear a pair of daizy dukes and a halter top and they will be your super nerd slaves. You will be their nerd goddess.
Remember to only use your power for good, never for Evil.