cool web search i am infected and i dont even have java vm how do i get rid of this thing once and for all i have uded hijack this and fixed the offending thingys and i then used cool web search shredder but it keeps reappearing

I have the annoying Boot.malmo virus message popping up
everytime I start my WXP pro. I read that it can be
removed by running fixboot from the recovery console. Can
somebody confirm (or deny) that this is the way to get

  I am trying to set up some xp pro machines on a workgroup, no server.  I need to set up the pc's so that the users can only browse the internet(no downloading, deleting etc), however, the administrator needs to be able to do everything.  I have tried using the group policy ...

I want to create an account where the user cannot open the
start menu and cannot right click on the task bar,
background or system tray.  Does anyone know a good way to
do this?  Thank you in advance.

I'm running 2k3 server at a remote office. I can use remote desktop and
access the system fine but my computer operator, who needs to login to
perform backups cannot.
His userID is part of the backup operator group and that group is permitted

I've been using MSN Messenger 6.2 in a laptop at work. Now my laptop will be exchanged with a peer of mine and I'd like to erase my account info
Hown can I do that
Thank you very much for any help

WHEN HOTFIXES BECOME OBSALETE DOES MICROSOFT POST NEW
ONES ON THERE CRITICAL UPDATES THANX FOR ANY HELP YOU CAN
GIVE ME

Why do some (a lot) of posts just appear as rows of stars?

i have a friend who gets kernel 1400 invalid window error
when he is online.  what can he do to fix it?

Working on a former xp pro business machine that's now
used alone (not networked) for someone's personal use. I
changed from the non-existing domain it was set up on to
a standard workgroup, "HOME". Without thinking that the

This keeps downloading itself on Windows Update every day
even though I have already installed it several times.
Does anyone know why this is happening?

Where would i find the adm files to implement system
policies on an xp client participating in an nt 4.0
domain (non active domain). I have tried the files from
the windows 2000 server cd.....conf.adm, system.adm,

The Update KB282026 installed fine. The problem is, when XP
PRO operating system scans for new updates, the OS finds it
needs this update everyday. No matter how many times it is
installed it still thinks it needs this update.

I had user files that were encrypted mistakingly in
Windows XP OS, now that OS was deleted from the hard disk
and a new installation was done but I cant get to open
the encrypted files or decrypt them in the new windows

The last security update, XP KB840374, conflicts with my
anti-virus/firewall program. When the update is installed,
it prevents my firewall from loading and I cannot get
online.