Hi. I have gone into my user account to change my pic on
my welcome screen and selected the picture i want to be
displayed when i login. Unfortunately it doesnt change
when i restart my computer! My user account is set to

How am I able to make my files and folders private?
When other users of this PC log on they go enter "My
Computer" and there are all the individual users "My
Documents" files.

    I don't know if I'm at the right place for my problem or not, but maybe someone can help me out, I just so frustrated.  You know when you right click with your mouse and a little menu thing comes up that lets you paste or copy, add to favorite ect.. well mine keeps putting ...

today when i turned on my computer and went on the
internet, my java was somehow disabled. i couldnt play
over the internet, couldnt log onto my webbank and soforth.
i tried downloading java again, but it didnt help.

Today I opened up IE only to find out that my homepage had
been changed to a porn site. Well I clicked "Tools" and
then "Internet options" only to get this error:
"This operation has been cancelled due to restrictions in

why cant i open my e-mail attachments received on my
computer. i have windows xp.

I would like to update my Windows XP  - but I only have a
landline (telephone) and it will cost a fortune to run
internet from it for the hours and hours this will
require... so - is there another way of updating XP,

I'll try this again without trying to appear to be more
knowledgable than I am (see below).
When I install new software, why doesn't the new program
appear in the Program Menu on my Start button?

I'm trying to configure a small peer to peer network where
I have all the computers logging in as guests. I'm using a
work group and have one machine serving as a gateway (also
xp box). The problem that I'm having is that when logged

GOOD DAY
I AM IN NEED OF SOME HELP. i TURNED ON MY COMPUTER
YESTERDAY AND TRIED TO INSTALL A PROGRAM, AS SOON AS THE
THE INSTALL WAS ALMOST DONE, A BOX POPPED UP>> REQUIRES

I am getting the same automatic update,a security update
(KB810217)It has been downloaded EIGHT TIMES!!I dont want
to turn off automatic updates and I cannot really find a
way to tell Microsoft to stop! How can i remove 7 of

Is there any way to disable the ADS capability in WinXP?  I have been
hit with a trojan dropper that is using the ADS in my \Windows\System32
folder to hide from scanners, and I have no use for ADS anyway, so I
want to disable them from being used at all.  Is there any way to do

I am running Windows XP Professional edition. I have 2 'active' user
accounts on the box that I want/need to show up on the XP Login
screen. However, several of the applications I have installed created
dedicated accounts to run their services (Oracle, DB2 UDB, etc). I

I was installing XP pro on a system, used the product key
accidentally from a system that was already in use,
everything set up just fine until I tried to do online MS
Updates, said Product key was invalid, have a new XP Pro

I need to reload my Windows XP but my 25-digit CD key
(came with my Dell computer, DELL people suggested I
contact MS)does NOT work.  
Help!