Back to the Drawing board. I have 2 porn sites in my IE favorites list that
is tied to a search engine shortcut (about: blank) I downloaded Microsoft's
Beta utility AntiSpyware. It identified the offending start page. But, I ran
a program called AdAware SE and it changed the ...

Has anyone had any experience with f-prot antivirus? I'm considering it for a
small business. Is it a good solution or is it lacking something other than
bells and whistles? Thanks.

Hi,  I am abysmally unlucky using newsgroups.  I tend to get no reply at all.
If I do something wrong, please let me know.  I do need help.
I am getting an error trying to delete a user account on a Windows XP Home
machine which was heavily infected (virus, mal-ware, dialers, ...

I’m looking for a reliable, free, AV program. I used Avast (no
comment), currently I’m using AVG, which I feel doesn’t do a very good
detection job and when it does it has problems cleaning or even
deleting infected files.

I took over a computer and deleted the previous owners user.  Unfortunately,
I did it before she got all her files off.  How can I get them back?  
windows xp home second edition

I just installed an External Hard Drive connected via USB (Drive H).  It is
in NTFS format, same as my C Drive.  I plan to use it for backup/archiving
files.  I use Windows Explorer to copy files from C drive to H, and want to
keep the same files/folders permission settings that ...

With my very basic understanding and knowledge of puters, I shouldn't enjoy
digging deep into the settings so much !
I came across some help files     1997 !!    and wondered why would they be
in there when I have just had my hard drive "spray and wiped" cleaned by a

I recently signed on to a friends network to help him with some info.  I
picked up a virus some of his files.  I removed them with Norton, however my
computer now just doesn't seem to operate correctly.  For example many times
when I use the internet I will try to start a ...

Recently uninstalled Norton IS 2004, installed McAfee Is 2005. Since
then IE6 won't load properly. Windows media player works fine on-line,
i.e. gets track info etc. Firefox works fine (my preferred browser), as
does TBird. Any suggestions. I need IE6 for certain sites.

After The 3d Format In Windows Xp Home I Saw That There Are 2 Account
For Administrator  And The One Cannot Be Deleted.
I Tried To Make The One  Guest But That Option Was Grey.
Also The Size Of My Disk From 80gb Is Now 74   But I Never Did Any

Having corrupted or deleted some vital windows /registry files whilst
eliminating a virus, I ended up with no desktop/icons on reboot.
Decided needed to reload windows XP as it wouldn't repair from disk. To
safeguard data we renamed the documents directory (and sub-dir) using

All right, so my bta version expires on July 31.  The message suggest I
contact Microsoft.  So where do I go?  Is there going to be a fee, I assume
so but I can't find any information about it.  Anybody found the upgrade yet?

Hello all, this is going to sound like a very strange request, but it'
important to me. I hate to admit it, but I have an internet gamblin
problem. I have a pattern that I can't break, I lose money then pu
more money in just to break even then I lose that money. I think it'

hello savvy computer techies,
i'm having trouble accessing files that were on a partitioned drive.
i recently did a clean install of windows xp pro sp2 onto my c: drive, but i
cannot open the files that i was once able to access before the

I add Domain Users (2000 server domain) to the Power Users Group on the XP
local box, will Automatic updates still work? I noticed when logged on as a
domain user, you cannot do Windows update. Also I have a couple of domain
users who want to run defrag , they cannot. Is there a ...