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achokshi
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_ 		25. January 2009 @ 00:04 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
Ok I am not that much of a noob at computers and I am usually able to fix any sort of virus infected comp within a short period of time, however, my father's Dell laptop is a complete hassle (Again I am very new to Vista only use XP on all my personal comps). It is a Dell Vostro 1000 not really sure of all the specs, but all I know is it was bombarded with viruses mainly Security Guard or System Guard something like that (a fake virus scanner that is a virus). It is running 32-bit vista and I am having trouble doing anything on it. I try installing AVG Anti-Virus and after trying to run it it gives me an error of "side-by-side configuration is incorrect." I try Adaware SE Personal and it won't install. I have to usb all these items from a working computer because I can not connect to the internet on the laptop due to "the dependency service or group failed to start." I can not run any sfc/scannow in command prompt because it says "windows Resource Protection could not start the repair service." I can really only run the computer in safe mode because if i try normal startup within 10 minutes I see a blue screen (of possible death!) with horizontal white lines that blink a lot and then it reboots. I am completely frustrated with this and really don't want to go through reinstalling the OS. Please help :(
^ If that is the only way to fix this just tell me its fine but I really want to fix it without re installing OS.
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