I use Lavasoft/Adaware daily. My PC recentley crashed and the tech who
repaired it told me this program may have caused it. He advised me to more
careful with my downloads. I got this spyware recommendation from Microsoft:
http://www.microsoft ...

By default, all 2-digit  year entries less than 30 (or about that) are
converted to 20th century (eg "30" --> "1930", ""25"  --> "2025")
Would like to make cutoff around 1970-2069.
After much research, still unable to  find method for changing this

We have to allows the users of our systems to be Administrators in order for
our programs to work properly.  With this being the case, is there a way or
is there a program or utility that will keep programs from being installed
even though the users had Administrative ...

Since I installed Microsoft security I'm having trouble getting Comcast home
page and playing my Internet games.  Also can't get into my bank website, I
keep getting a message Internet Explorer has encountered a problem we have to
shut down.  I restore my computer to Aug 1, then ...

I have a single computer with Internet access and XP Professional v 5.1.  I
want to allow myself full access to the computer & all programs, but allow a
limited subset of programs to the Guest account (or some other limited access
account) for use by employees.

There appears to be a 6-letter randomly named porcess in Task Manager
on a WinXP SP2 computer every time it starts  up. I've installed both
Spybot and MS Antispyware, made sure both were up-to-date and ran scans
(computer has Trend Micro Officescan as AV). Spybot cleared out a few

i have windows 64 and i just bought Norton 2006 internet security and anti
virus and i cant install because i always get the system requirements check
and says i need windows 2000 sp3 or a 32bit system.  is there anything i can
do or is norton not compatable?

I usually put the IE internet security zone setting to high and i Like to
find out wether setting IE internet security zone setting to high will effect
application that require update like Norton Antivirus liveUpdate which
download definition and other utilities that require ...

Can anyone help me please I have new wiindows xp udates to download,I have
tried various was to download them....automatic update will not download
them...any assistance would be appreciated
Fred

I do the maintenance for three computers and LAN for a small business.
My employer wants to eliminate web and email functions on one of the
machines (constant failures and error messages, too much trouble &
expense).  It is running Win XP Pro with current updates, with a

When we open a command promt and type "SET" we see this:
TEMP=C:\DOCUME~1\user\Local Settings\Temp
TMP=C:\DOCUME~1\user\Local Settings\Temp
This should be :

I became aware that UPnP, not to be confused with "Plug N Play", by default
is enabled on Windows XP systems and should be disabled.  How and where do I
check to see the current state of my systems UPnP services?
Darrell

 I have a problem when trying to use the following commande on a french
workstation:
cacls.exe  "C:\Program Files\Intelerad Medical Systems"  /T /E /G Everyone:F
It doesn't work and I have the following error translated in french:

thanks david and malke for your help regarding the removal of this pesky
virus. unfortunately your remedies were a bit to technical for a computer
novice like me!! can anyone help me get rid of this virus simply? i have
norton anti virus and when i scan it puts this virus in ...

I have a window that keeps popping up that says "180 search assistant
alert".It asks  to install it, or check all files, remind me later. Is this
for real, if so what is it? Thanks.