I can't find these infected files on my hard drive, but
they are showing to be in my Registry and Startup. They
are files that start with HKLM and HKCU if that means
something to anyone. I don't know how to access my

I just saw this but don't know how to activate it;
<<Microsoft is urging home users to turn on a function that
allows Microsoft to automatically download security
updates, so they are set to receive Service Pack 2 as soon

I have two HDD, I encrypted some files in one of my
drives, the i had some problems with my main HDD and I
had to format it and install windows xp again.  Now when
I try to open the encrypted files in the old drive i'm

My computer is on, I'm not using it, and not connected to
the Internet (I have DSL).  I go to shut down and a
message comes up saying, "other people are logged on to
this computer.  Shutting down Windows might cause them to

I have the following installed:
Norton Antivirus 2002
Spy Sweeper 3.21
Spybot - S&D v1.3

I run Windows XP Home Edition. I have Norton AV 2004, Ad-
Aware and SpySweeper. On top of thses lines of defence is
it recommended to use available downloadable software
to "clean the registry"?

I installed Windows XP Pro and am the only user on my computer. I can't install my printer, update drivers, use Device Manager, or do anything! It says that access is denied and to contact the administrator. There is no other visible way to log on, so I can't see if my original ...

Hello I have a problem since a week ago, all my antivirus has detected on my
computer (win XP pro) 3 diferent kind of virus 2 Adware and 1 Trojan, the
problem is that when I scan the folder they dont found anything.
I have been triying to get in to the folder to manually delete the ...

I think I blew it but maybe not?
I am on a working vacation with my family, about a 2 hour drive from
my office.  I took with me a disk image (Drive Image) of important
work.  Unfortunately, one of the folders is encrypted using Windows

I'm looking for some enlightenment.
First off I'm NOT a computer guy, I run the Engineering Dept. of a large
facility that uses a computer controlled energy management system (HVAC,
lighting). We used the corporate XP server network to connect 2 XP computer

Hello. Iam new here so i dont know what iam gonna
expected. Right as norton says they can help in any
issues and solve it. Yes they do but also they dont you
have to phone them for a price. I dont need that.

I have a about 200 machines set up on my LAN. Some are
Win XP but most are WIN2K. I have noticed that I can get
into the WIN2K machines by going to the Run command and
typing \\MachName\c$. When I do this on the WINXP

Can anyone advise if there is a freeware pacakage out
there that can monitor which pages a person visits on the
net without them knowing.?

i want to rest the way that i log onto web pages at
present if i type in the first letter of an user name a
drop down list appears with all of my user names i want
to stop this from happening also want to turn of the

Hi and thanks for your time;
I have over a long period of time noticed that a data
minner constantly keeps appearing in my registry,
I just wonder if anyone can tell me where this data minner