I have 2 hard drives in a windowx xp box and they are shared by defaut (even when I turn off sharing it turns back on after reboot) they are shared with names like C$. This seems creepy to me and I'm concerned I have a worm or something which is forcing sharing to be turned on. ...

Need MS03-26 update on the computer but need to download
onto a floppy so I can use it at home as unable to
download off internet at home as keeps shutting me down.

My computer is constantly crashing and I am getting a blue
screen with the message Kernal_stalk_inpage_error  I have
no clue as to what this is  or why - perhaps I have a
virus. The message Stop: problem has been detected

Don't even know what category this topic should be in.
But here it goes:
First TrendMicro found 2 viruses.....fixed one and had to
delete they said TROJ DYFUCA.M.

I received the following email from a trusted source.  Is
this legit, or should I just ignore it?  Is it a real
virus?
     I was notified today by someone whose address book

Hello, I'm having an annoying little problem and I was
wondering if anyone can help me out. When I start XP I
get an error message stating that 'Windows explorer has
encountered an error and needs to close' In additioin, on

Hi
I have the following problem and hope this is the right
newsgroup to send to.
THE PROBLEM :

Our teenage son got bored and used my password to make
himself the administrator and then forgot his own
password.  We cannot do anything now.
How can I reclaim the Administrator

I set up my computer with accounts, and I made myself an administrator (since it is my computer) and gave my brother, sister, and mom and dad limited accounts. Well I logged in and saw a new user in there called DerMeister (Which I believe is German for "The Master"). Apparently, ...

Hope someone can help. Ive recently upgraded to broadband
with wanadoo, Since the upgrade every time that I need to
be transferred to a separate window to input personal
data or log onto an account that I have set up with HSBC

Windows XP SP2-RC2 has now been posted for your download pleasure  (-:

Please help send answer to redtriplesixx@yahoo.com    
I set a new password to log into my computer so my
brothers kids can't get in and look up my porn videos,and
Since I do not normally have a password,I've forgot what

Windows XP Pro, Service Pack 2; Logged on as Administrator.
After installing SP2 I have been unable to access the firewall settings an error appears "Due to an unidentified problem, Windows cannot display windows firewall settings" This happens no matter which method I attempt to ...

hi, i was wondering how, if possible, i could password protect a folder on my computer
i understand permissions could do the same, however if i am logged in and someone else came to the computer they could access my files
any help is much aprecciated
Regards, Jon Levett

I have a somewhat complicated situation so please bear with me as I explain this problem. I am working with XP Pro and have 2 HDDs, a 40gig & a 160giger. In the 160 giger I have data etc where some of it was encrypted. I had made the decision to do a clean install of XP on the ...