I have had a number of issues come up that seem to be
related.  1st - I don't have the System Restore tab when
I right-click My Computer and select Properties.  Then I
have about 3 or 4 updates from Windows Update that won't

My housemate uses my computer as well and he's always
logging off my computer instead of shutting it down. This
causes it to think it's on a network and starts asking me
to click on my user button at startup.

  I need to set a few computers with access to two
programs and limited internet access.I tied of having to
fdisk and reinstall to get rid of all the crap users
download or install.Any guides or pointers to solving

I use Win xp and ZoneAlarm Pro 4.
I received an e-mail from a friend and ZA promptly renamed it to .zlt and
quarantined it. The.zlt extension is used by ZA to replace the original .url
extension.

I have Norton Antivirus and it detected the virus
W32.Spybot.worm on my machine however it can not fix,
clean, or delete the file. The file it has corrupted is
windows\system32\winsock.exe. I tried their fix and I can

I am having an issue with Windows XP Professional SP1a
sitting on a W2K domain.
I have a user who's password is set to never expire in
AD, but still gets the notice that their password is set

When I run the Liveupdate feature, the Virus Definitions
works but no Internet Security Updates come down. The
error message refers to Parental Security being ebabled.
There is no Parental Security in this program.

I need to uninstall the anti virus program that does not
work after conversion from ME. I have to sign on as the
administrator, but I do not remember setting up the admin
sign. Is there a way to reset the password without losing

The clock of my computer doesn't work any more (count 50s
every minute...)
In there a known virus that can cause that?
Where can it come from?

I am running xp home ed and iI recieved a PPS file form a
friend, I tried to open it but it wouldn't!  I know it
should work as my friend is running the same system and
it ran for her no problem!  Can anyone help me get the

Help
is there any way without reloading windows of bypassing
passords - kids have changed them and now cant remember!!

has anyones home page been violated, deleted and a
approved link type deal steals the page with a different
search engine?

A file named ~ (no extension) and length 342Kb suddenly
appears on my desktop.
Even though it is put in the recycle bin and deleted it
reappears a few days later.

When I try to open an index.dat file I am told it is
locked for editing by 'another user'. There are no other
users on my system.

I'm looking for a Microsoft tool that will clean and
reindex my XP registery.  I have found third party tools
but would rather use one from Microsoft.  Does anyone
know of a Microsoft utility?