Date: 08/23/06 (Computer Help)    Keywords: no keywords

Hi there,

I just got a new computer in April, it's a VAIO Intel Pentium D Processor running with Windows XP, only I think I got a lemon or something because it has been giving me problems since the beginning.

For example, I'll be in the middle of something, and it'll restart, just like that. At first I thought it the power cable that was wiggling or something, but then I tried wiggling it really violently when it was fine.

Also, I'm always getting these random system messages, like "*So and so application* has encountered a problem and has to close," and this can be with any application, but I get at least five messages like that every time I'm on the computer. My Netscape and Internet Explorer always quit unexpectedly which is, you can probably imagine, extremely annoying.

So I thought maybe I should just start over, save all my files and create a new user. But then I went into the control panel, and when I click User Accounts, I get a message that says "Invalid Argument." I pressed okay, and I'm in User Accounts, except where it says "pick an account to change" no accounts show up underneath that, it's empty. When I press back, it says "Object Required."

I know that this, among everything else, is a recent problem because a couple of months ago I changed the password to another account on the computer. Does anyone know what this means or how to fix it? Because I'm going to need to make changes to my user account, it's completely unnacceptable.

Any help on the matter would be greatly appreciated. Thank you,
~Natalie

Crossposted to computerhelp.

Source: http://community.livejournal.com/computer_help/676395.html