hi hope someone can help plz
i have a new laptop with winXPhome installed,but the software i need for
work requires XPpro installed,I have a genuine xppro disk and fancy sticker
with serial no. etc but when i try to install xppro over home it says hme

I use MSN to get files and If the files are not zipped I cannot see them.
I am not an expert in PC and I have set the security to minimum, disabled
the firewall but I still cannot see these files unless they are zipped.
I just received one i need to open fast but the person forgot ...

Win Fix has been partly installed on my PC and is causing me problems. I have
tried many things to delete it but to no avail. Can anyone help?

I uninstalled the w32 chod virus but the MS Security Center comman
"Change the way SC alerts me" is greyed out and short of reinstallin
XP (recomemnded by the help desk) has anyone run across this proble
with solution

Does anybody know anything about a trogen called lovpod.  I seem to have one
in
c;WIN\SYSTEM32\LOVPED\WINSP3.EXE
Has anybody any ideas please.  AVG does not seem to be able to clear it.

Is there any way to limit the size of a certain folder in windows xp
professional (service pack 2). I dont want the properties of the folder to
say that it has the entire hard drive free space as the folders free space.
AII want to limit a folder to like 100 MB. Is this possible?

Hello, when I go to log in to my hotmail account I enter email address
and password as usual, but it then asks me to enter email address again
and type in 8 characters which are displayed on the screen in distorted
form. I do this but it just goes back and asks me again. So I keep

I am running XP professional and have a virus called trojan horse 16.AG
it is located in my systemvolumeinformationrestore file and I can't find
this file or cannot remove (Fix) this virus.  Any help would be greatly
appreciated.

I know I can put icons on "all users" desktops by creating shortcuts in the
desktop folder of "all users".  However, I want "My Computer," "My Network
Places," "Internet Explorer," and "My Documents" to be on the default
desktop.  I've looked through the registry, group policy, ...

i am almost positive i have a serious virus. i have already downloaded
microsoft antispware and ad-aware SE personal, but nothing is working. PLEASE
HELP!
here is an entire list of problems:

Is there a way to enforce Windows to Logoff Automatically for all users who
use a particular PC? Other than going into everyones individual account and
going to display properties/screensaver.  Is there a simple registry edit?  
Please send any helpful information my way.

Norton Security recently blocked 70.50.208.80, and I really wanted to see
what website it is. Is there anyway to identify this URL? Thanks in advance
for whoever helps me.

How can I turn off the msg command on winxp and win2k clients?

The router has a built in firewall on the hardware.  Is it safe enough not
installing another firewall but with just the window SP2 firewall?  Does
adding a 3rd party fire wall provide better protection?
If the computer is left on to receive fax and the brower is not opened, will

Update for Windows XP (KB897663)
Install this update to ensure that a firewall exception created via the
registry is listed in the Windows Firewall interface the same as if the
exception was created in the interface itself. After you install this update,