Dear Helper,
Thank you for your time and assistance.
It seems that my pc is permanently attacked by this
address 255.255.255.255 which is blocked by my Norton

Hi, I have just read in issue 35 of 'Windows made easy'
magazine that firewalls should be disabled before
downloading the windows security updates. This does not
sound right to me. Any advice?

Well I am researching proactive practices to protect Security of our Xp and Symantec says to take out the FTP Serve
or the WEB server or Telnet...How do I know if I have them...and how to get rid of them? THANK YOU..Paula

A buddy of mine bought a new Dell Inspirion 5100 with the
XP OS and didn't hear about the update process being
important. Guess what he got Sasser. I removed it the
first time and was in the process of updating his OS when

I have a computer question for you.  Do you know how to
password protect a computer when you are not using it so
others don't use it?  There has been a problem with
family wanting to use the computer and it keeps running

I have just worked my butt off trying to get rid of a problem created by a friend who thought it to be a good idea to go to MSConfig and not use the "normal" start up and simply shed all of those items.  NOt long after that, I lost total control over my system, got a new toolbar ...

Does anyone know if I can use seperate Window logins
to keep my kids from loading new programs?
Thank you faor any help provided.

H
My error message  is"your browser doesn't trust this site. can not log in"  What can I do about this.  Hel
Bill

I have recently been unable to download almost anything
at all using IE6. everytime I try to do so nothing seems
to happen for about 20 seconds and then the @Microsoft
Help and Support Centre' dialogue box appears telling me

i keep getting the message regestry editing has been
diasbled by my administrator, but as i am the only user i
havnt done it, can anyone help with a fix or any info on
this problem please.

I am trying to send files via msn messenger to a mate, but it fails when i
send.
If i turn off the firewall i can recieve from him.
Using Win xp pro, and latest msn messenger, NAV2004.

I need help with this:   I have replaced a disk with WinXP Home because of
registery problems. I?ve installed XP Home on a new disk, and got aksess to
the old
disk as a slave.

I did a scan with NAV and a virus was detected. I then followed the
instructions.
If any files are detected as Adware.WinFavorites, click delete. If it cannot
delete the file then use windows explorer to locate and delete.(Which I had

does anyone know what tasks should be running in the
background when you have just booted up? is there a
default list for the xp tasks?

Trend penicillin screwed up and now it will not let me
delete it to reinstall it from the cd.  any tips