I've left the Win98se/Gateway era and now have an
XP/Dell.  It came loaded with corporate hacking software.  
Added to this you have to lower the security in order to
update, etc.

My company is looking to push down critical updates using
a scripting program. I want to know if any knows whether
the following critical updates are really worth the push
down. Any advice would gladly appreciated.

I'm running a Windows 2003 Network with XP clients. The problem is that
whenever the clients are not logged in - they go into power saving mode
after 20 minutes.
Does anyone know how to completely switch this off?

Any recommendations for reliable, honest ...and
inexpensive ad/spy-ware removal & prevention?

I have tried for over a year now (off and on) to update my WinXP Pro with SP1 and it has consistantly failed to load everytime.  It downloads fine, but  when installing, it gets all the way to the end of the line (fills the area totally with blue bars) then it stops there and ...

I understand that IM sessions are logged somewhere on my
system (xp operating system), but where?

I am running Windows XP Home Editio
I have ibviously written down the incorrect password for powering o
Is there a way around this?

I need help understanding and using the Automated System
Recovery. The documentation stated that when using the
ASR backup wizard, data files are not backed up. When I
used it, all of the data files in the current partition

Occasionaly when I turn off my machine, I sometimes get
the message "3 users loogged in, you will lose unsaved
data". Who are these users? Is it possible that someone
else is logged onto my machine remotely? How can I find

Twice now I have had to reload Windows XP(Home Edition).
Both events have begun with rundill32.exe being
corrupted.  When I ran the set-up disk to repair the
problem I was confrunted with the messsage 'One of the

I have received 2 emails to my hotmail account,both
containing an attachment which I have not opened. Both
state that they have been returned from Mail Delivery
Subsystem <MAILER-DAEMON@aol.com>.However I never sent

My WinXP and NAV are up to date within a couple of days. Symptoms are: 1)
Trying to use dial-up connection causes re-boot. 2) My USB scanner
disappears while I'm using it and has to re-installed.
I've run a full Norton scan and removal tools for Blaster, Netsky, Mydoom,

I am trying to install PaperPort 9 and a TIFF/PDF creator
to my WinXP Prof machine. The TIFF driver won't show and
PaperPort gives me an error telling me it cannot install
the Print Driver because of not having administrative

I'm running XP Home edition and cannot log on to the owner account. Is there a default password I can use to get in? Thank you for your time.

XP Pro SP1 workstation in domain, changed password, then encrypted files not accessible
IE Tools - InternetOptions - Content - Certificates shows multiple certificates for EFS
How do I choose the correct one for accessing an encrypted folder/file?