I am trying to clean up a lady's computer - I've gone through a whole bunch
of tests: online scans, Sysclean, AVG, AdAware, SpyBot, etc. Gotten rid of
most infected files, but AVG still shows one that I'm not sure how to get rid
of.

For some reason, I am not able to log on with the Administrator account on my
computer (returns message indicating restriction on account). When I go to
the Computer Management app, there is no Local users and Groups entry in the
tree.

After a year of using the same password I decided to change it.  Of course I
cannot remember what the new password is now and i have no "clue".  I cannot
get into the computer except for LIMITED access accounts.  Is there a way I
can go back a week in time for XP recovery in a ...

I've used the free version of AVG for years.  Nowadays AVAST seems to have
become the favorite AV.  Is it worth switching to AVAST or is the protection
essentially equivalent to that afforded by AVG?
Can they be used together?

I am a longtime user of AVG free edition.  After seeing the evaluations on
http://www.av-comparatives.org/seiten/ergebnisse_2005_02.php
I decided to download, install, and try the free version of BitDefender
because it had a higher detection rate.

After setting up User Accounts for myself and the family, we've been happily
sharing the same pc for that past few weeks. However, today the wife tried to
log onto her account and trouble was discovered!
She entered her password at the prompt, and the desktop loaded. But instead

I know that it possible to do this but I cannot find any instructions
anywhere on the MS site that explains the process.
Does anyone here know how to do it?  I dont want to install the Service
packs just store them so that when I do a reinstall of Windows XP I have them

Microsoft Management Console 2.0. How to make it run on Window XP Home??

I have a user who is trying to logon onto a W2K domain with an alpha-numeric
p@ssword. He hits Ctrl-Alt-Del to change p@ssword and then reboots. At the
logon screen he enters the p@ssword but it will not accept the p@ssword. I
have tried the exact p@ssword on my account in W2k ...

We have a number of Windows XP PC's with Symantec Antivirus Corporate Edition
9.0.  We got a letter from Symantec saying we had an upgrade to 10.0.  I
followed the instructions, downloaded the upgrade, and installed it.  It
installed fine on every PC but one.  On this one, it ...

I am trying to track event 644 account lock out for a domain.  I have set
all the auditing on the domain controlers and GP auditing for our XP
machines but the events are not being logged to the event log.  Does
anyone have an idea how I can troubleshoot this.

Is it possible to write the permissions of a folder to file - then recreate
those permissions for a different folder using that file?
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Thanks in advance, Les Caudle

We sjust signed up to DSL and I need to get parental control added to our
computer ASAP.  How do I do that in  Internet Explorer.  We are running
Windows XP.

Is it necessary to disable DCOM with XP SP 2? And when I do will I be able to
stealth port 135 with a firewall?

XP Pro home simple home use. I have 2 accounts and neither were password
protected. 2 days ago Windows asked for a password on both. Obviously I
didn't have either. I rebooted and the password prompts went away. This
happened again so I gave the accounts passwords - to no avail. ...