If you're using XP, there's a Microsoft KB article that addresses your problem.
Several dialog boxes are blank (and the WMP error)

That should get you sorted.

thanks a ton. i don't understand the bolded part though:

i assume the file i want to restore is jscript.dll (which i still have, i checked, i guess maybe its damaged then), but the rest i don't get. what is a .cab file?

Yo... I'll just say my problem's fixed:) Found some long ass list of steps to "cleanly uninstall" it, took about 40 minutes, but it worked.

A .cab file is basically a compressed archive that holds a lot of files Windows uses when it's being installed. The '.cab' refers to the file extension. Being that the .cab files are located on the Windows install CD, you'll have to insert the XP install CD in your CD drive and navigate to i386 and select the .cab file as the source from which you'll be restoring your jscript.dll file.

So:
- You'll type 'jscript.dll' in the File To Restore box
- In the Restore From box, you'll click the Browse button then navigate to your CD rom, then i386, then the .cab file. Double clicking it should put the path of the .cab file into the Restore From box.
- Continue with the rest of the instructions.

If you don't have your XP install disk, you can download jscript.dll from jscript.dll free download - DLL-files.com

If you go that route, simply place the file somewhere on your C: drive and use that location as the Restore From path.


Let me know if that sorts you out.

go to run>type in "dxdiag" minus quotes, click the display tab =]

thanks for all the help. it turns out though that there are even more problems on this computer - which is a family computer - than i thought, so we're going to do this repair thing from the XP cd that will hopefully fix it all; since it refuses to system restore.

Ouch. Any idea on what the new problems are?
I assume you mean XP's recovery console on the CD for the repairs right? Is the computer unable to start at all? Usually you'd use the recovery console only if you're not able to start up your computer via normal startup or in safe mode. Typically the things you'll use the recovery console are to replace system files with recovery system files in the windows recovery folder, or modify files in particular ways.

If you don't mind, I'd love to offer some help in regards to your problem. The least I could do is point you in the right direction. :)

@ FD, as you obviously noticed my extremely distracting, annoying Bold shoutbox font, I really need a way to get rid of this thing.

I tried clicking the [B] button, and it's obviously not the reason of the boldness, as I never clicked it, nor there's a star in it (showing that it's clicked), nor does my font get back to the standardized form when I refresh the page.

I went to the Internet Browser preferences, and the default font there isn't set to Bold. I opened the forum with a different Browser, and the Bold was gone. So it's surely a problem from here (can't use the other browser as, Safari sucks).

So is there any other reason that may cause that thing, so I can at least check?

Have you tried to change all your shoutbox font settings, testing them, then changing them back to default?
If not, try to change each option all at once... aka, enbolden, underline, italicize, change the font color, and the font face. Then write something in the shoutbox. It should reflect your changes. If it does, change everything back to default and use a font face that is not bold in form.
If it doesn't reflect those changes, then your browser simply isn't translating the shoutbox font changes anymore.
If that's the case, I'll need to know what browser you're using in order for me to troubleshoot further. And please don't say Internet Exploder.

Ok, seems like the 'bold' part is gone, but the B|I|U buttons don't work much on all fonts. Well, I'll only be using that standard normal face one, so not bothered for now.

btw I use Opera, and of course not IE.

yeah, that must've been it. wasn't my idea, i didn't even know it existed, haha.

on top of the not being able to system restore, apparently internet explorer wasn't working in specific situations. i don't use it so it didn't bug me, but still. for some reason the program media monkey refused to open for me (if i hadn't mentioned that already); i'm sure there was more but i can't recall because it wasn't happening to me.

anyhow, we backed up our **** on an external drive and just reformatted the hard drive. maybe overkill, but there was a lot of crap on it (had like 5 gb free) anyways and everything seems to be working fine now. funny thing is i'm just going to stick with using this new media player foobar2000 instead of WMP.

so it all worked out pretty well. thanks though - much appreciated!

Well I'm glad things worked out for you. Personally it sounds like a nasty virus you guys picked up, which are often times more troublesome to get rid of than reformatting anyway if you've got your important stuff backed up.
It's sorta like doing Spring Cleaning with the Incredible Hulk, but it gets the job done. A fresh clean slate is always a good thing in any regard.

Just make sure you invest in a good virus program (I vouch for AVAST, and it's free), and you should be able to do your thing without much worry.

Until recently I never had any trouble with Avast but I have to be honest I think It's missing things, My HDD health dropped like a bomb the other day and pc froze up (Fixed now) but Avast found nothing.

Maybe the trouble wasn't caused by a security risk like a virus. Are you saying Avast should do all sorts of maintenance? Not sure I agree there.

Anyways, I'd vouch for it too. It's a great program - once you disable the sound. A harmless sentence like "virus database has been updated" can be quite spooky with the right timing, like maybe sometime at night when you're in your drawers with the lights off checking just one more thing before you crawl back into bed.

we have both avast and zonealarm actually... not sure how it happened. probably from downloading music from some sketchy site or something.

^ Yea that's strange. Avast usually picks everything up right away, and even then I scan anything I download. But if the virus isn't in Avasts virus database, then.. ya know.

I have a slight problem, not a big thing (I don't think) but when I type my keyboard jumps like mid sentence and I start typing in the middle? Could you help me stop it pretty please :)?

Are you typing on your laptop by any chance? If you are it probably jumps because your hand is hitting off the mouse pad as you type. It happens to me sometimes on my laptop. Best solution there is to turn off your mouse pad and use an ordinary USB mouse if you can.

Another thing you can do is disable the mouse clicking function on the touchpad. Typically, a touchpad has two "mouse buttons" under it that you use for clicking, but you can also just tap the touchpad to execute left button clicks. This tapping can be useful, but it often leads to unintentional clicking. If it's causing trouble, check the settings for your mouse in the control panel and see if you can turn the tap-click function off.

Or she could be dealing with a poltergeist...







Oh man where is Neapolitan when you need him.

yeah I had an exorcism carried out and its now away!


If I was so lucky. the way I type my wrists rest on either side of the touchpad, and yeah it's a laptop. I've used other peoples laptops and it seems its pretty common on them, it's just so annoying. :(

I want to send this girl a playlist I made on iTunes. I've tried winzip and rar and have tried emailing it with Gmail, and also tried to just upload and share. Please tell me I dont have to upload each song individually. Its a damn big file. 292MB

Zip up.

Free File Hosting Made Simple - MediaFire

send her the linke.

mediafire has a 200 MB limit, as does rapidshare

megaupload's limit however is 1024 MB

Either go with CC's recommendation and try using Megaupload, or try splitting it into 2 parts and uploading them separately, then sending her both links. What file sharing service are you using?

I tried megaupload, it would start the say undefined. I ended up splitting them and zipping. Thanks for the responses.

Is a 1gb netbook enough memory to hold a lot of songs on itunes my desktop hasn't enough memory to hold my songs and i need a cheap alternative.Help

Your memory (RAM) doesn't hold your songs. Your hard-drive does. The 1GB isn't referring to your hard-drive.

Um, why would you buy an entire laptop just for storage when you can simply get an external hard-drive and hook it to your desktop computer for way cheaper?

My computer is nacked and wont accept things like that.

So your USB ports don't work?

They work but the computer freezes I also think it has a problem sensing things because when I plug my ipod in it thinks it's a digital camera.

You might have some problems with your USB controller drivers, but as for the freezing, that could be a lot of things, even hardware and memory problems. You may want to consider backing up all your music and important files on a couple burnable DVD's and wiping your drive and re-installing your OS. It's ultimately going to be the least troublesome route to possibly clear up your problems without spending too much time and too much money. At least if you do that and your problems are still there, you know it's a hardware issue and then you can look at other solutions with a better reference point.

My Computer Keeps crashing and going to the Blue screen of death.

When it doesn this it says AP- Index- Mismatch, I think it cuts out before I get a chance to view it properly.

Im also having problems with firefox, after about half an hour of use it starts being really jerky and it never streams video properly. IE works fine but id rather not use it.

Videos are loading really slow on my computer, slower than usual. This goes for YouTube, Vimeo, Photobucket..everything. Anyone have any ideas?

Not to give the snotty IT dude response or anything, but did you try restarting your computer?

Is your internet connection in general a lot slower? If so might want to fix that I guess.

Give Google Chrome a try. I switched from Firefox to Chrome about 6 months ago and i've never looked back. It loads pages a lot quicker than Firefox and it hardly ever freezes.

I used Chrome for a while too (prefer it to firefox) but it started messing up for some reason, so I switched over to Opera. It's looking pretty nice so far, a little more customizable and more features than Chrome.

If you also notice that web pages load slower and music and any other downloadable thing downloads slower than normal, then it could be one, or a combination of, several things:

1) your internet connection is not operating at its previous speed/bandwidth.
Are you connected to your internet router/modem via WIFI, or are you using a LAN cable? If you're using a LAN cable, visually inspect the cable to make sure it hasn't been stepped on or rolled over too much to the point that it's damaged. Usually when that happens you'll get a lot of timeouts and slow upload/download speeds, or complete loss of connectivity if the damage is severe enough. If you're certain the cable isn't damaged due to it not being in a high traffic area and your cat or dog hasn't been nibbling at it, then:

2) Your computer may be infected with spyware and/or viruses.
If you have a virus scanner, scan your drives. If your virus scanner features a spyware scanner, use that as well. There are some free spyware programs out there on the web as well. Using at least two REPUTABLE spyware programs in conjunction with one another is usually the most beneficial.

3) Your Internet Service Provider (aka Verizon, Cox, whatever) may be having issues with your DSL line if using DSL, or Cable, respectively.
If you're using dial-up, stop reading this, cancel your dialup service, and get something faster because that's just ridiculous.
Contact your ISP and ask them if there are any issues currently affecting your service. If they say no, get a tech on the phone and let him walk you through verifying your settings on your DSL/Cable modem. If nothing comes of that, use the opportunity to grill him about your issue and get him to offer some alternative solutions. You're paying for connectivity, so you're entitled to support. To what extent they'll offer that support... you'll find that out when you talk to them.

Let me know if any of that helps at all.

P.S...
Clear your temporary internet files in your browser before you do anything mentioned above, then restart your browser and test a download.

I have an annoying problem since I installed Windows 7 on my computer. Copy & pasting text is something I do quite often, but when I do it now, I never copy the line breaks. However, I used to!

This is a problem in any text editor and web browser I think, such as IE or notepad.

I've tried to find a solution to this problem, but I can't find any. Can anyone help me?

Seems it just turns line breaks into regular spaces :(