I recently purchased an upgrade from 2000 to XP Pro. I
just now got around to installing it. I found out I am no
longer an administrator on my system. I lost both CDroms
and cannot reinstall them because I am not an

i don't know where to go, but my computer just restarted
and now it gives me an error saying windows could not
start because the following file is missing or corrupt.
windows\system32\config\system. could that have been

Does anyone know of a way to remove Windows XP Service Pack 2 from the list
of updates on a SUS server?  I am looking for a way to prevent XP SP2 from
accidently getting depoyed.

I have changed the property of my a folder under my
document folder. Now every thing have become read only
and I can't write, save, save as, ......
I tried to change it, but it does not work, would you

am no longer able to scan my local computer.
error is unable to find computer.
tried my computer by name.
tried by IP address.

i performed a mc afee free scan and it detected 5 virus`s
back door-axj.htm,w32/sasser.worm!
ftp,w32/sdbot.worm,w32/sdbotworm.qen.i,w32/sdbot.worm.qen!
when i ran my norton anti-virus scan it did not detect

I've noticed, while installing some programs, you have the option to "install
for yourself", or "all users on this computer". Other programs do not have
this option and install for all users. Is there a way i can change
accessibility so that a program is only installed on my ...

I was using windows xp as an admin, then created another
user account (as an admin too). when I restarted my
computer I was redirected automatically to the new user
account. did not find a way to log on as the main previous

I've got too much in my sys tray at start-up as it is.
I've got my own passive security already in place that's
been working fine already. Why didn't I get the option to
say -no- to it in the first place? Or is this all there is

My computer is about 3 months old and is running under
Windows XP. I wished to have the system upgraded so I
obtained a copy of SP2. Inserted it in the drive, clicked
the appropriate buttons until the screen "Extracting

Is there a way to dump the WINS cache on an XP system?

I installed service pack 2, it caused my machine to go
slow, I uninstalled it and office 2003 would not work so
I flattened my C: drive, and re-instlalled win xp. Now I
cannot access my docs on the D: drive because it is NTFS

Old boss got fired, New boss takes over. New boss can't
use Co. computer because of old boss password. what next?

My XP system, with and without SP2, seemed to become
infected with something.  The main symptoms were a
significant drop in performance and the upload and download
lights being permanently on with typically many millions of

I had downloaded and installed the SP2 and have since
uninstalled it.  I found it to be too obtrusive to my
system.  I have a satisfactory firewall soulution and
virus scanner, hence don't feel SP2 is necessary.