Why Can't I Download Anything After Restoring Windows XP?

[smhx3]

Hello everyone.
okay so here is my situation, I restore my home computer of windows XP.
now that i have done that, it is telling me i can't download anything becuz of a .net passport from msn.
i signed up for a LIVE account for it, and i re-did the .net passport thingy, so when i
entered the screen name and password for it, it tells me its wrong
I am putting in the correct password, its not case sensitive becuz it is all lower case.
im trying to put google chrome and reinstall adobe flash/ java back on but it says i cant.
how do i disable that so i can download tose things freely.
but if i do need the .net passpord, why does it continuously saying error to continue.
when everything is correct... if I am able to disable great, oh and i don't see the firewall anywhere in the control panel, i have the windows xp home edition

 

[phyzguy]

My advice - give up on Windows. Why pay money for a bloated product when you can get a better product for free? Go to http://www.ubuntu.com/ and download a copy of Ubuntu Linux and all of these problems will vanish.