I have been using the windows desktop shortcut 'shutdown -r -f -t 00' on my
daughters pc which I access through out home LAN to reboot her PC remotely.
This morning I installed the latest set of windows updates, but also a few
other programs (non of which I can imagine interfering).

I was working under "guest" type account in Win XP and
then decided to change the type to administrator (of the
local machine). Now all my documents from "My Documents"
folder are gone! IE favorites, too.

What if any is the best program to use with Windows XP to
completely stop spyware getting into my machine?

When I try to close a locked/crashed program using the
ctrl/alt/delete buttons,my computer now says that this
funtion has been disabled by an administrator. I am the
only user on this computer. I could have possibly

I used to have this feature on my XP Pro install that I really liked:
when logged in, if you waited say 10 minutes without touching
anything, it would go into some background mode ( screen would go
blank ), and upon resumption, you'd be forced to enter a login

This is a repost from my response that is buried in a long
thread.  This is in regard to a notebook computer running
XP Home that appears to be infected with something more
than the sasser worm.  A lsass error in regard to a

I want to retrieve or delete an old users file, thing is, I am the old AND
current user.
I had to make a new XP Pro(hopefully I dont step in total wrong group)
install some time ago and now i cant get hold of my old encrypted directory.

My Sister-inlaw wanted to setup a new user account for
her husband, so he would have his own desktop Icons.
Before she made a change to her computer, my sister-inlaw
and her husband would just turn on the computer and the

Recently being attacked by sasser worm I am considering starting using a
firewall. Which one is the best? "Best" means that it takes fewer resources,
give a good protection and can be configured to run manually instead of
startup if needed. Is Norton's firewall good? Or is there ...

I have used spy sweeper, cw shredder, hijack this, and still cannot get rid of a program or whatever that is holding my webpage at "about blank".  What do I need to do besides run these program all the time and it still does not work?  I am frustrated.

  is there any way to list all installed services whether
diabled or not from the command prompt?
  Thanks.

I had some problems with my system and had to format the system partition.I didn't know i will lose access to encrypted files and i didn't know that i can export the key so i can use the files later.Is there any chance that i access those files now?I am trying to do this for over ...

i can not open attachments in Outlook express or send them?

Running Xp os, and the scripts are sitting on the server with a shortcut on
the desktop. However every time these scripts are run we get a file download
message with the option to open the file and with the tick box to always ask
this question blanked out. Is there anyway to ...

I have two HDD's on my system. Primary HDD has WinXP Pro
installed. Second HDD contains all my data including My
Documents etc. also backup files for my billing system
etc.