Some of you folks recognize me from my posts on various newsgroups. I am a
technician with "Geeks On Call". I have been performing IT support for about
10 years now. Nearly two-thirds of my service calls deal with spyware and
viruses. Although there are numerous articles concerning ...

While installing win-XP HOME EDITION in my system, on
entering the product key, an error message--"incorrect
product key entered" is displayed..
Probably the product key that i have for my win-XP HOME

My computer is set to remember the password for dial-up internet access. In
the DUN password box, the password is displayed as a series of *s, as
normal. What surprises me is that the number of *s is greater than the
number of characters in my password. It has all worked for the few ...

I someone would be so kind to look back in further
discussions with the title - Need Help with Memory Leaks -
that was first created on July 25. Replies have been added
on the 26th and I have added a new reply. I don't know if

I have been having alot of problems with my computer being
infected with spyware, adware, hijackers, cookies, etc. I
think I have removed alot or most - I think - and another
anti-virus, Norton's. I have also had messages reading

I am having some problems with the computer.
I click on Start, then Run, and type in MSCONFIG- but
nothing happens. I am the administrator so it's not that.
Can any one help

I inadvertently re-loaded Windows XP Pro so that now, whenever I
restart my machine, I have to scroll down to the second reference to
Windows XP Pro to ensure that it loads the one that?s already
registered. How can I:

I have lately seen near duplications of all users on my
system.  There is, for example, the user "bob" and
then "bobdf495486" ,  "Mary" then "MaryDF...".  The same
for all other users.

i recently purchased a new pc about 2 weeks ago and i
cannot remember if i activated windows or not. I know i
have 30 days to do this, is there any way i can find out
if i have done this or not please. I`ve been into system

I have been told by a friend that if I have Windows which
I do, I have Windows XP Home, that I should not use
Internet Explorer. Does anyone else agree and what other
browsers are good and not have spyware all over them.

I was told in a newsgroup that I should install Win
Patrol. I have been trying to do so under a secure
download C-Net from download.com and I am receiving the
following message:  C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM32\AUTOEXE.NT. The

My computer has given me many warnings that I have many  
software programs that have memory leaks and that this
will slow down my computer and make me have less memory on
my PC. I also need to speed up my computer. It is running

For some odd reason, I cannot delete one of the limited
user access accounts on my system. When I attempt to
delete "Craig," the message (not responding) appears in
the title bar after a minute or so of attempting to

I am trying to delete old display icons in the "Custom
Notifications" box (Start, Setting, Taskbar, Customize)
Many of those icons from the display are from old,
deleted files and software that no longer is on my

I defragmented my hard drive last night and set my computer to error check at next boot up.  After rebooting, the computer now goes to the screen displayed when a startup is interrupted...  Asking me if I want normal startup, safe mode, last good, etc.  
The problem is, none of ...