Many security-oriented web sites (and Microsoft) agree that it is definitely
not a good idea to be logged in as administrator all the time, especially if
you have a DSL connection and are always online. They suggest you do most
work as a limited user and only log on as ...

I have a program called "desktop search" that i cant delete of my computer.  
I keep getting error messages saying that the file is write protected or in
use.
I'm runnning Windows XP w/ SP2

I have a strange problem. When I turned on my computer today, win xp
suddently started asking for passwords to my accounts. I did not use
passwords before. Furthermore, a Guest account had suddently appeared,
which I have never created. I did absolutely nothing special to the

I downloaded Zonealarm onto my laptop and then was told that XP Service Pack
2 has a firewall with it.  I uninstalled Zonealarm only to not be able to
turn the Firewall back on with Service Pack 2.  It keeps telling me my ICF
won't work...or something like that.  How can I get it ...

Using xp sp2 have no domain.
I try to delete this folder and I get access denied. I am the only user with
admin rights.
I seached the kb and it says to change the permissions. I can't. I don't

Is it possible to delete locally stored profiles automatically?
can I set some policy in the GPO to do this and also will I need to delete
all profiles first before the Group Policy kicks in.
If this is not possible is there  3rd party software that will do this job?

I somehow changed my user capability and lost administrator capability.  How
do I reinstate this?  I have read other inputs and have not found a method
that seems to work.  Thanks in advance.

can anyone help me?
ive got a torjan keylogger virus i know theres a few ways to delete it but
oi does ne1 one have an easier ways please please help me...  i have nortaon
antivirus but its really no good.

How does one disable or prevent a user form using the taskbar notification
area icons in a limited account? Some program icons appear in the
notification area of the taskbar of users with limited account privileges.
This allows limited account users to access these programs which ...

I'm trying to run PC in diagnostic mode on Standalone PC with XPPro-sp2, and
I am getting "An Access denied error occurred while attempting to change a
service. You may need to log on to an Administrator account to make the
specified changes."  Now, I've made no changes recently ...

I recently discovered that I have isearch.com malware in my system.  
have downloaded the MS antispy beta and it finds this every mornin
and says it deletes it.  But this has been going on for weeks and i
is still there.  I did a search and found that the isearch website

I installed a program and it's in start menu. When i right click it it's
target is in C:\Documents and Settings\TEMP\Webber.exe. How do i change to
C:\Documents and Settings\LIVE\Webber.exe? I dont want to change manually by
right clicking and change the path but how can i do ...

I have a hard drive (w/ XP Pro SP2) that refused to boot into Windows
recently because the 'system' files became corrupted after I loaded the new
Norton 2005 AV. It would not boot to any restore points or any safe modes -
complained 'corrupted config/system file(s).'

I use a piece of security software that flags
winlogon.exe during the login process of an XP client in
a Windows 2000 network. Winlogon.exe attempts to modify
several dll's and some other files during this process.

When I try to turn on the Microsoft firewall through Control Panels, it tells
me the "Microsoft Firewall/ Internect Connection Sharing cannot start." What
does this mean?  I am running  Win XP SP2. I have installed Microsoft
Antispyware program as well.