Hi again i still have that svchost.exe error message at startup...(not at every start-up tho, occasionaly) the error where it asks you to either press ok to terminate the program or cance to debug. just recently my soundcard is working ok then a bit further on in time i open a song um in wmp and it says that my soundcard maybe corrupt or missing files windows does say this device is working properly in device manager(and i have to restart the pc for it to be detected again). and when all is workin well my video playback on any software is bad the quality is poor it looks really bright and griddy it looks like ur playing somthing in safe mode:-(......oh yeah sorry one last thing my explorer crashes alot and has to refresh by closing my desktop icons and taskbar..alot of the time when i minimize somthing like wmp its really annoying could someone please try help this forum is the ultimate for help

This could be a driver issue. Can you tell us the exact make and model number of your sound & graphics cards. Use the link in my signature for full details of your PC if needed.

ive installed all the correct drivers but recently alot of my windows files got deleted and when i install somthing windows file protection comes up and says
please insert windows xp professional cd-rom and press retry so it can repair my files i dont have that disk. but my graphix card is NVIDIA GeForce FX 5500 256MB and my sound card is Sound Blaster Live! 24-Bit Version: 243.216..........anything you can do about my explorer crashes and that svchost.exe virus i believe

Grab your XP CD and follow the System File Checker link in my signature.