I have desktop & laptop connected to router.  The desktop can get into all sites.  The laptop cannot get into any secure sites were I have to enter personal info(SSN#, Banking, etc.).  Is this a XP security thing or is this something in Internet Explorer?  In either case...help??

I am constantly being asked if I wish to install this
update even though I have loaded it all ready.

not sure why the patch will close itself when running it.
and when being scanned for sasser worms, they reported
none, but i'm very sure that the computer has sasser
worm. can anyone help with this?

Brand new laptop, set up limited acct's for kids and kept
admin. acct for me.  Input my password, retyped it for
accuracy in the next box, did the clue thing.  After
shutting down and restart, the login will not recognize my

I understand in Win2k pro that u can sync. internet and files. Is there a
way to do that on winxp home. thnx

My home page has been changed to a different site which
keeps poping up new windows, how do I get rid of the "takeover" homepage
Yours Harri

My IE has something in it that makes every word "book" "advanta" "discover", and possibly others, into links to different companies (amazon, among others)
Originally I had the Google taskbar but now I've un-installed it and the problem still remains
Anyone can offer a hand? Thanks ...

sometimes a process called HelpSVC.exe (or something like this) runs on my pc
it slows down my computer so much, that it is impossible to do something els
is it collecting some information and sending to Microsoft
can i disable this

In XP Pro, is there any setting that will automatically clear the temp and
history folders when the user logs off?
The only thing I have found was a setting that clears the recent documents
folder...

I am opening an internet cafe type of business that will
have Windows XP Home and Office XP on them. There will be
about 5 PCs in total.
What I need to know or be pointed in the right direction

I purchased a new PC and hooked up the primary HD from my old PC to the new one as a secondary HD.  When I try to go to the "[x]:\Documents and Settings\[user name]" of my old HD to retrieve some files, Windows displays the following msg
[x]:\Documents and Settings\[user name] is ...

My home page has been changed to a different site which
keeps poping up new windows

We are considering having laptop users encrypt their MyDocuments folder
(right-click on folder, properties, choose encrypt, include sub-folders).
These issues have been raised:
1 - When a single file from an encrypted folder is copied by a user to

When I attempt to open some web sites I receive a "cannot display"message
We are also unable to enter sites to conduct secure financial transaction
We have adjusted the security settings and enabled active scripting ect..
The majority of web sites will open

On the 1/5/04 we found out that i have received a virus
called Isass.exe, we have noticed that the computer has
been shutting down all the time. I have found the main
Location to the " Virus "