I had WinXP Pro and was running well for my home use before I upgraded to
WinXP Pro.
But that was not running well and I decided to reinstall XP Home.
When reinstalling Home,I installed as a New Installation from Win Set Up

In Windows XP Professional, do the client PCs have to
match the hosts usernames & passwords to communicate?
This would mean individuals must submit their passwords
to the host administrator to set passwords up on the

Everytime i start windows 5 icons that look like
advertisements always appear on my desktop. I delete them
an clear them from my recycle bin and they go away but
the next time i start windows they re appear. Norton

Norton Antivirus 2004 seems to be checking every file on my system,
all the time! And it's damn slow! I had 2002 previously, and just kept
getting updates. It didn't check files all the time though, only when
I was opening stuff. This new version seems to check every file every

my browser has been highjacked
from this address ;  
mk:@MSITStore:C:\WINDOWS\start.chm::/spplain.html
i am using explorer

SIR,
WE ARE USING WIN-XP-P WITH SERVICE PACK 1A AND MS OFFICE
2000. SUDDENLY WE FOUND OUR ALL MS OFFICE FILES
(DOC,XLS,PPT) ARE SHOWING WITH 0 BYTE IN THE DIRECTORY

I want to know if there is a good way to track the IP
address of someone trying to remotely get into an XP
workstation?  The logs show that there was some suspicious
activity on a system and I want to try and track where it

Help Me - How to start in safe mofe - Lost Admin. login password
To Anyone who can help !!!                                                      Operating system Win XP 200
I have used F8 to go in safe mode but it goes into a option saying " Select First Boot device ", Floppy, ...

My laptop cannot boot because the user screen is blank--
no names to click. I have the set up disks to make a
repair.  I get to the screen that asks for the
administrator's password and I don't remember what it is.

After a computer crash due to virus I need to do a Windows XP Repair Installation but I don't have a Windows XP CD since Windows XP came preinstalled on the computer. Is it possible to use any Windows XP CD for the Repair Installation? Is there any other way to make a Repair ...

I have an XP workstation on a 2000 network and the system
log is getting the 7000 and 7005 messages with Service
Control Manager as the source and the error message
of "Access is denied".

Hello *,
I have got some questions about runas:
How does it work (how do I write my own runas)?
Where get the entered login-informations saved if I use /savecred?

I have a business Windows XP PC (less than 2 months old)
that will not allow me to log in.  When I type in my
credentials (domain login or local) in either normal or
safe mode, a message comes up saying:  "A problem is

I put a rating supervisor password on my computer for
security purposes. As other family members are also using
my computer. I did that through Internet
Explorer/tools/Internet Options/Content. About 8 months

Could anyone would help me to recover the passwords for User Accounts set
for WinXP Home?
I have lost the PW and can not open my folders.
Pl help me.