Could anyone help me? I run Windows XP Home Edition. Even though I use
SpyBot together with SpywareBlaster, recently, a couple of spywares managed
to slip through. I have now cleaned up (I think) the mild mess these
programs did, but in the process, I noticed that the following file ...

Will Service Pack 2 try to automatically download if Windows Update set to automatically download updates?

does anybody know how i can get cookies on my computer,
or how i can get the to work?

I have been trying to use the group poloicy snap-in in
windows xp for group policies in windows 2000.
According to Microsoft Knowledge base article 307900 it
should be a straight-forward operation using microsoft

OK I remember installing something from this site so I
can have AD and XP working together - well now that my
machine needed to be reimaged I can't seem to find where
the DOWNLOAD is!

I ran Norton antivirus recently and it saw a Trojan on
the winsock 2.2 exe file.  I deleted the file, but now
everytime I open Windows, it sends out a message looking
for this file.

Interesting while reading comments from those who also use Pc=cillin
antivirus
and the programs Firewall - that it asks permission for whatever tries
to access

I was just working on a research paper in Word and was
accessing a file on the internet and suddenly a screen
pops up and says a malicious script has been detected do
I want to stop opening the file I click 'yes' and

My user base is primarily members of the authenticated users group
within my domain. As such, they are unable to install fonts on their
local machines. I also tried the power users group and it also denys
them the ability to install fonts. Is there a group policy that

i am unable to use some shortcuts on my desktop. this
message appears every time i click on icon "windows
cannnot access the specified device, path, or file. you
may not have the appropriate permission to access the

When others in the household log on, my Norton firewall
always loads in the disabled mode. I am the system
administrator and when I sign on, the Norton Firewall
always starts in the enabled mode.I am told that there is

A couple of weeks ago my hard drive crashed. Since then I
have replaced it and now everyone in the house has to be
logged on as administrator in order to get online. Prior
to the crash I was the only administrator and everyone

i used to know how to find out the original filename by
looking at the properties or somtin, im not sure. i want
to know how so i can detect viruses and such easily (aka
the original filename would be somtin liek server.exe)

Is it possible for a (non-admin) user to somehow retrieve the
environment variables of a running process? (either a service or a
program in use by another user).
I'm mainly concerned about passwords.

Since Windows 98 it has been available as an update for Windows.  I
notice that more and more programs (some freeware, some commercial)
are requiring this now even though it's been around for a few years.
Its even shown as an update for Windows XP.  My two questions are: