After format and reinstall, I did not even install modem, ethernet, or
anything, until it starting taking over, and within 7 minutes I was locked
out of windows completely! I went to many of the sites yall recommended, I
went to

Is there a specific adminpak.msi for XP Pro? I had it working in my system
but then had to reimage it. Now all aspects work except AD Users and
Computers. Can't remember what I did last time around. Thanks!
Jon

I just purchased McAfee Viruscan 10 and installed it using the disk. I am
unable to do a virus scan OR register the product because I only get a
partial window (i.e. the product registration window ends with "to provide
updates, you must first"). I cannot see the rest of the ...

Has anyone a solution to this trouble?
Under Win XP Pro SP1, you put your password, loads your preferences, saves
your preferences and exits again to welcome screen...
I've tryed in normal, secure and last good mode, and doesn't work anyway...

My fathers PC went unprotected and now his broswser has been hijacked. I've
tried everything to get rid of it completely (Spy Bot, SpySweeper, Hijack
This, Counterspy, Yumgo etc) but it just keeps coming back. So far I have
removed over 600 viruses from his PC but this one is a ...

Do I need Ad-Aware and Spybot both on my computer?

First, I have googled and read the great articles in TechNet.  I'm new to
encryption, so my question (I think) is pretty basic, but I'm frankly scared
to start using EFS until I'm sure I'll be able to get my data back.  ;-)
I'm running a machine with XP Pro at home in a workgroup ...

In trying to solve a problem with blocked ActiveX downloads a solution
suggested that seemed to fit my situation was to make soem adjustments at  
gpedit.msc
When I followed the instructions, Windows did not find gpedit.msc on my

on IE properties, content tab, Certificates, then personal tab, is it ok to
remove my
certificates. I decrypted all the files and folders on my harddrive and
deleted them already. is it ok to remove my certificates and create a new

Is there a way to restrict users with admin access to Windows XP Pro from
viewing certain directories?  What I want to do is restrict access to user
data while allowing admin users to install software, apply updates, etc.
Thanks.

I just started using winxp 64bit, and i can't add programs into windows
firewall exceptions now. always getting the message: "Windows Firewall
cannot add 'xxxx' to the list of exceptions. I can, however, and ports
and services into exceptions.

I am running Windows XP Home edition.  I have a dual core AMD Athlon 64 X2
4400+ processor.  I run EverQuest and have been having problems with the
game.  I called Sony support and they informed me that EverQuest is not
tuned to run on dual processor systems.  Their fix was to ...

This is an interesting case.  I Replaced the hard drive in my computer
because the old windows installation was out of function an unrepairable
(configsys file was corrupt).  I am using the old harddrive as an external
harddrive.

It seems i am infected from some virus from Google toolbar, everytime
am clicking search on google.com or googletoolbar my internet explore
hangs/freezes the system for few mins .
It also opens a pop-up on right-side of internexplorer screen.

I am the system administrator and am trying to delete the user accounts that
are no longer needed on my computer but the computer locks up every time I
click on delete account. I chose to delete all files associated with the
account. Can anyone help me troubleshoot this problem?