how do i get a new cd key for my copy of windows xp

I received a e-mail message suppose to be from Microsoft
itself but it appears strange....... Subject is "Use thie
Patch Immediately"....... the it states in the body of
message........"Dear Fried, use this internet Explorer

lost registry due to this pest. have now got AVG Virus
detect and cure, but have lost registry. can anyone help
me get XP into safe mode/

i have a laptop on my network with windows xp pro, my
problem is that it is constantly gathering packets from
somewhere. the two lights in the corner by the time are
constantly lit up.  i removed all unused services and

I have recently reinstalled XP and found that I have been
locked out of the above option thus not being able to set
my home page.
How do I overcome this ? Help Please:)

WinXP sp1
I had stopped the 'Server' Service manually but left it to
start automatically at startup.  Rebooted. I go back to
services later, and there is no Server service listed.   I

Can anyone help me to get back to Google search engine.
I can get all the other Google sites (Directory, Groups,
News, etc) but CANNOT access the search engine.
The error message says <there is no website configured at

 I AM CONFUSED ABOUT MY SYSTEMS OS.  I DO NOT UNDERSTAND WHY, WHO, WHERE, WHEN...ECT THE NETWORKING THAT APPEARS TO BE LOGGING ON & INTO MY SYSTEM.  I RECEIVED THIS COMPUTER, NEW.  I AM A STAND ALONE- SINGLE USER.  THE ONLY NETWORKING I AM AWARE OF IS MY INTERNET SERVICE ...

If I look at DNS...
ipconfig /displaydns
Windows IP Configuration
        www.lycos.de

Down loaded MS security patch and now when I get an E-
mail with attachments Excel,Word,PDF) The OE removes
them. How can I get this changed back to where I recieve
attachments?

I am usually helping people out with problems but this time i have a problem. o.k any time a user in my company go to google.ca or google.com its redirected to some other page. I also deleted the cookies and empty out the temp interent files. from my resarech i found it was ...

Is Pretty Good Privacy- 8.0... compatible with Win XP Pro?
I've read older version might not be??  I need to be
HIPPA compliant and wonder if XP and Norton Internet is
enough...don't think so but am a small business maybe

I'm using XP Home and I've set the Automatic Update
option to download the updates automatically and prompt
for install.  We've got a very slow internet connection
and it takes hours to download some of the updates. Often

There is file in my downloaded Internet files that I
cannot delete.(Its called BHO.something or another) I am
running XP. I believe the file is responsible for creating
a new searchengine taskbar in explorer.(that keeps taking

Event Type:    Success Audit
Event Source:    Security
Event Category:    System Event
Event ID:    515