Okay, I've got a problem with a computer that a friend owns. I installed AVG and Spybot, but as he didn't want his computer to run slow, I didn't get a firewall for him. Last night, the computer was working fine and this morning, a game of his stopped working due to a problem with DirectX (Or so it said). I reinstalled DirectX drivers and his video card drivers. Unfortunately, the computer crashed while it was installing and restarted and continued to restart in normal mode. I've got it working in Safe Mode, but it is extremely wonky.

I will try the reinstall again...


...other info: When I ran AVG, it found a HOSTS file among the drivers. It's up to date... would that cause the drivers to malfunction? What should I do if it continues not to work right?