Help and Support & System Restore non functioning

Since last July Help and Support opens with 'Initialization of Help Center
Failed. Report the following error number to MS Support: 2147143678" I have
scoured microsoft support for months and cannot find help. This all started
when I called for tech support from Compaq (OEM Windows ME) because my system
restore would not function. Without being rascist, just truthful, I was on
the phone with their Indian technicians for 3 days; difficulty in
understanding them and since then my ME is really fouled up. I have no
access to the Windows ME Help and support files nor is my system restore
functioning. I would gladly pay someone $100 to get me back to where I was
before last July with the Millennium OS.