My daughter put a password on her Windows XP boot-up screen and has promptly
forgot it making her computer useless.
How can I go in and override this password protection?  I have tried going
into set-up when the computer first boots up but there is nothing as an

I have Windows XP sp2 Home edition. It comes with three user account types,
administrator, restricted user, and guest. There are a few games my kids have
that pop up a window requiring the user to have administrator rights to run
the software. I really do not want to give the ...

When i logged into my pc today i noticed that my msn messanger was not
signing in,after repeated attempts i got a message suggesting that i did a
virus scan, which i did. It turned out that i have 4 infected files all
adware. How do i find out whether i need these files? I Have ...

When I tried to install Service Pack 2 an error message said Service Pack 2
could not back up registry key.  What should I do?

This may be a duplicate question....
I log in as administrator and Windows XP PRO accepts my logon without problem.
However I find that I am using the profile for TEMP. I have received no
message of corruption in the profile.

I've had a shiny new computer built, had it a week and having troubles
already. I've got installed Norton AntiVirus 2004, Spybot Search and Destroy,
and AdAware.  All updated with the latest releases.
I had the W32.Spybot.Worm virus, and Norton seems to have removed most of

i keep getting pop-ups on my computer that say they are from "windows" to
"user" - they say things like "x has detected spyware on your computer - go
to updatepatch.info to download x" - they also direct me to eantispy.com,
antieye.com, and fix-comp.com

I have donwloaded both adaware and spybot and I have Norton Antivirus +
Firewall on my PC - but since yesterday evening a small pop up box appears
for half a second or so then disappears - looks like a black dos prompt box,
but it dissapears so quickly I do not see what it is.  ...

I am receiving urllogic popups and they are driving me crazy.  I am running
System Mechanics and Norton Antivirus.  How do I stop these 'urllogic'
popups?  Pls. help.

When a user creates a file who is a member of the administrators group, thet
administrators group becomes the owner of the file. Why isn't it the actually
user account? Is there anyway to change it the way it works for power users,
where, if a user is a member of the power users ...

I have a question with administrators and power users. In my company, we use
various applications including some custom based. At the same time, we assign
a unique IP address to each machine.
Now the problem is : I do not want to give administrator privileges because