ARRRRGGGHHH!!! Can Someone Please Help Me???

Everytime I atttempt to open the Control Panel on my Windows XP Home Edition,
I, for some unknown reason, get a box popping up all the time instructing me
that,

"ERROR! To enable the advanced sound effectfor gaming, please make sure the
setting of Hardware Acceleration is 'full'. The directory is as below:
Control Panel -> Multimedia(Win98)/Sound & Multimedia(Win200,Me)/Sound &
Audio Device(Win XP) -> Audio -> Playback/Advance... -> Performance ->
Hardware Acceleration."

It also has an "Okay" button to press to remove the box. But no matter how
many times I press this "Okay" button, it keeps on returning until the
Control Panel has fully started up.

I have attempted to follow these instructions, but nothing I do removes, or
makes any difference to the Hardware Accelerator, or removes this annoying
pop-up box.

I am also unable to start up my Windows Firewall anymore either. Whenever I
attempt to start it up it now says that,

"Windows Firewall. Due to an unidentified problem, Windows cannot display
Windows Firewall settings.",

with the same "Okay" button to remove this message.

My mate told me that he could try and help me to check my system by using
the Remote Assistance programme. But my system will not allow me to start
this programme up for him to connect to me for some reason when it used to
work before.

I have tried to check my system for any kind of virus using McAfee
Virusscan, but it comes back all clear. I have also tried to do a system
check with Windows Registry Report Pro, but again no problems were found to
remove these problems.

The only things I have downloaded, that I know of, is the recommended,
"Windows Updates", that I recieve from Windows.

Does anyone know how I have managed to get these problems, and also know of
any fixes that can help me to repair my system, and without advicing me to
reformat and then reload an entire new Windows XP system???

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Thanks For The Advice

Re problem 1, the Hardware Acceleration issue, you might try this:

http://forums.g4tv.com/messageview.c...hreadid=608541

As for problem 2, the Windows Firewall issue, you might try this:

http://windowsxp.mvps.org/sharedaccess.htm

Hope that helps,

MzM

"AMateToTalkTo" wrote:

> Everytime I atttempt to open the Control Panel on my Windows XP Home Edition,
> I, for some unknown reason, get a box popping up all the time instructing me
> that,
>
> "ERROR! To enable the advanced sound effectfor gaming, please make sure the
> setting of Hardware Acceleration is 'full'. The directory is as below:
> Control Panel -> Multimedia(Win98)/Sound & Multimedia(Win200,Me)/Sound &
> Audio Device(Win XP) -> Audio -> Playback/Advance... -> Performance ->
> Hardware Acceleration."
>
> It also has an "Okay" button to press to remove the box. But no matter how
> many times I press this "Okay" button, it keeps on returning until the
> Control Panel has fully started up.
>
> I have attempted to follow these instructions, but nothing I do removes, or
> makes any difference to the Hardware Accelerator, or removes this annoying
> pop-up box.
>
> I am also unable to start up my Windows Firewall anymore either. Whenever I
> attempt to start it up it now says that,
>
> "Windows Firewall. Due to an unidentified problem, Windows cannot display
> Windows Firewall settings.",
>
> with the same "Okay" button to remove this message.
>
> My mate told me that he could try and help me to check my system by using
> the Remote Assistance programme. But my system will not allow me to start
> this programme up for him to connect to me for some reason when it used to
> work before.
>
> I have tried to check my system for any kind of virus using McAfee
> Virusscan, but it comes back all clear. I have also tried to do a system
> check with Windows Registry Report Pro, but again no problems were found to
> remove these problems.
>
> The only things I have downloaded, that I know of, is the recommended,
> "Windows Updates", that I recieve from Windows.
>
> Does anyone know how I have managed to get these problems, and also know of
> any fixes that can help me to repair my system, and without advicing me to
> reformat and then reload an entire new Windows XP system???
>
> --
> Thanks For The Advice