I am aware that SpyFalcon (an unsolicited) program has been installed on my
computer.  I have deleted the program a number of times, but it still keeps
loading up.  I delete it again and it pops up again.  I have updated my XP,
my Spybot and NOD32 (anti virus) programs, but the ...

Is there a simple way of switching users in an office over to Microsoft
Update from Windows Update without having to visit their workstations? (SMS
has not been setup to deploy updates from an internal server yet, bigger
fish to fry)

Hey Everyone,
I hope you can help me.  I just had to reformat my computer, and I have
AOL's safety and security center.  I installed that before I installed SP2
and everything was fine.  Then I went to install SP2 and it added the windows

Hi, I am having problems with my home network. I have a small peer to peer
network of around four computers but two of them are out of action, the other
two run on Xp home and professional with both of them updated with service
packs. The problem i am having is that I can't ...

I like to run a tight ship and have taken some security measures to
help keep my system more secure. One topic I've never seen discussed
before is what measures the OS takes if it detects multiple guesses of
the administrators password via the internet-which is likely an

I am an administrator for a computer running XP.  I want to add some
software for only myself.  Can I install it so that it doesn't show up in
everyone else's account?  I installed it earlier from the cd, but it showed
up on the desktops of the other users.

is thre some advice to *not* use ntfs on removable media under xp?
is ntfs removable drive protected with accaunts accessible on other computer
[not the one formated it]?
what if other computer is or is not memeber of same domain like first?

It's about time for yet another security update, so I went over to the
microsoft.com downloads page.  I click on the "download SP2 now" link...
and it tries to install and run Windows Update.  In fact, half the
options I click on take me to Windows Update.

Everytime I run Defender Beta 2 it finds 3 objects which, when I try to
remove, comes up with this message:
"Windows Defender encountered an error: 0x80501001. One or more actions
could not be completed sucessfully. the files are:

In HpM370n Mce2005 Control Panel's  Security Center, Internet and Automatic
update settings can be varied, but Windows Firewall exceptions are set to Off
and I am unable to change it to On with Don't allow exceptions as used to be
the case. I see the options but their lettering ...

Hi, I have been asked by a friend why port 1036 is open.  He is using
ZoneAlarm firewall.  When running a port scan (using www.grc.com), the port
is open.  He was able to close it, but the port is not in stealth mode.  I
have done a search on NSSTP and haven't come up with any ...

I'm in the process of going through all the Windows systems
on the network here to check the expiration dates on the
antivirus protection, so that we can schedule any needed
upgrades and whatnot.  In the process of doing so, I

In the last two days I have received six mailer-daemon e mails informing me
that I sent an infected attachment to a friend at AOL and that it was being
returned to me. This person is in my OE Address Book, but I have not
communicated with her for a very long time.

There is one shared folder in my network which i need restricted access.
However, when I go to properties of the shared folder, I can only see
General, Sharing, and Customize, and the Security tag isn't there.
(Administrator Account)

I have a peer to peer enviroment where all wks are running XP Pro with all
patches applied. All wks have shared folders and printers and the Network
Setup Wizard has been run.
By default the "Guest" account under "User Accounts" is disabled but there