Is there anyway one can determine if the hosts file is being bypassed?
Today one of my scanners reported 17 spyware cookies, all of which are
listed in my hosts file.

The latest statistics have shown that about 96% of computers have
partially corrupted and other unsafe files on their hard drives which
is the primary cause of operating system errors. You see, basically
whenever you add and remove software from your computer your windows

I open H&S with Windows+F1, then type in my search "registry" (no
quotes). The client area goes completely white and H&S becomes non-
responsive; I have to kill it with Task Manager. This is repeatable:
H&S comes up normally, but dies when I try to do a search.

The last couple of nights, contrary to my usual habit, I have been putting
my HP Pavilion notebook computer on standby at night. This morning, I notice
that the system tray clock says 9:37 p.m., when it's actually 7:37 a.m.
What's up with that?

Hai i am very much intrested to learn about windows registrykeys
functions and how to manipulat it.Plz any one can help me iam looking
for good articles for this.

I have recently started to get a new error message in Windows XP Pro SP2.  It
occurs if I click Start->All Programs->highlight any folder in the start
menu->right click and select either "open" or "explore".  A box pops up labeled
"error" and contains the message "called by app".  ...

           Many years ago I created a bootable CD which pretends to be A:\
drive at the bootup (it boots to A:\ prompt).
It was working great for all these years.
Now, I have a new computer with DVD drive (DVD +/-RW / CD-R/W) in it and my

I have unused partition on my drive C: and I need to format it in FAT32.
XP Disk Management offers only NTSF format.
I know I can do that when booting to A:\ command prompt but I really would
like to do that from within Windows XP.

I'm trying to use my pc as a dvd player to record on my component dvd
recorder, but haven't found info on how to do this or most importantly, what
i need to connect to the component.

I am running Windows XP SP2
We have some legacy apps running on our network that are started up from a
batch file.
When I start up the app, a dialog box appears saying (translated from

Just recently, whenever I reboot, Windows Explorer opens on start-up, and
shows the content of the system32 directory.
It is not in my start-up folder, and I cannot see anything in MSConfig to
make it do this. Does it indicate an infection of some kind on the PC? Norton

We have LAN for access to our file servers and dial up to access
internet.
I am facing a peculer problem.
As and when I start dial up connection for internet, all my LAN

Anyone know the approximate cost for ink and paper per page is?
Black & White
Color
I'm not splitting any atoms here; some years ago it was anywhere from 40¢ to

What are the service packs for. I have sp2 and was wondering if sp3 is a
needed upgrade or is it for a diffrent os.

How many browsers can I install on Win XP SP2? I have IE 6, Firefox 2 and
Opera 9.