When I connect to the internet, the Background
Intelligence Transfer Service is started.
Although I'm totally up to date at WU, I don't run auto-
updates.

Is there a way to disable Windows XP logon from
remembering the user name of the last logon? I know this
is possible in XP Professional but am having a difficult
time setting it in XP Home.

I was performing cleanup of a utility that didn't include
an uninstaller, and I ran across an entry for it in the
MUICache section of the registry.  
My question is, is it safe to remove the entry for the

I added a new machine to my home network last month; a Pentium 4 running
Windows XP Home Edition. It ties in with a Pentium 2 running WIN98SE and a
486 machine running WIN95. All are plugged into a switch which plugs to a
router that connects to a cable modem.

Please help, I had to go away from home so i went into
internet options security feature and created a password
to prevent my children going to sites they shouldn,t ,
now I,m back and can not remember the password, is there

While visiting relatives, I discovered two virus on their
home XP machine.  I ran Symantic's Antivirus and followed
its instructions to manually delete entries out of the
registry.  The virus are now eradicated but two dialog

I have tried to enable the XP internet connection
firewall using the help guide but have been
unsuccessful.My ISP is AOL 8.0. I have opened the Control
Panel, then network and internet connections, then

Anyone have any idea why my favorites seem to
automatically post porn links.  I delete them everytime I
find them, but for some reason they keep coming back.
Thanks.

anytime I right click on any folder/program in explorer -
explorer unloads and reloads desktop.

I know Win2k inside-out, but WinXP I'm lacking.  I'm
implementing stand alone XP Home PCs to customers with our
proprietary program set-up on them.  The #1 complaint is
that they accidentally close to program (needs to run

The User Accounts window doesn't appear when I double
click on it. I have the same problem when I boot in safe
mode and login as the administrator. Any ideas?

In Service Pack 2 for Windows XP, greatly needed & anticipated functionality
has been added to the Windows Firewall (ICF).  However, the Scope Option is
severly limited with only 2 choices, All or LocalSubnet.  Please allow us to
configure the scope with a Subnet Mask!!

How do I access 'Properties' through 'My Computer' in order to access 'System Restore' tab?
I have a Trojan worm.....
WHen I open 'My Computer'....with Home XP.....'Properties' is not in sight.
Thank you.

I want to remove various groups that are on my computer,
including power users, backup operators, and so on, but
the computer won't let me.  it says that changes aren't
allowed to built in groups.  Any suggestions?

Want to log in to the Admin account but it does not show
up on the users page...