I have a reset password CD and to use it I need to get into the bios before
the OS starts up to reset the administrators’ password. How can I get into
the bios to change the administrators password? I do not know the password
for the administrator and wish to set it to blank.

XP Pro with SP 2 installed.  No domain, no recovery agent
Using third party authentication program to sign on to the computer (rohos
welcome).  A test of the security in Rohos appears to have corrupted my
user profile....  The test was a forced change (through a different

I just redid my computer and now I get a message--windows has blocked
swflash.cab because it can't verify the publisher. I never used to get this
message. What does it mean and how to I correct it

My Windows is registered to my father and he gave me his computer, is there
anyway that I can have the computer registered to my name instead of his

Using Xp and needing to know how to lock a folder with a passwod

I have a reset password CD and to use it I need to get into the bios before
the OS starts up to reset the administrators’ password. How can I get into
the bios to change the administrators password? I do not know the password
for the administrator and wish to set it to blank.

I am having a terrible time with pop up ads. Whenever I click to go to a site
I get a pop up ad instead. The first is
http://www.overstock.com/cgi-bin/d2.cgi?siteID=sP6KmnQLSTw-8DeRQEmzqNW0X0TwWOAe1
w&cid=84845.
Then usually

how r ya? ive done a stupid thing, i only had my computer at jan i waz
buzzing looking for porn everywhere, i clicked on a web called movie land
free subscription for three days, but being a fool i forgot to cancel now
they want a fee, the pop up comes every time i click on to ...

I am trying to set folder permissions/password protect a folder on a slave
drive....Windows XP Home edition does not give me the option in folder
properties.  I have searched microsoft for the answer and all the articles
state to disable simple file sharing in the folder options ...

I have a laptop that used to belong to a specific domain.  That Domain
Controller was 'decommissioned' and shut down at a time when I was not
connected to the network.  Since then, I have been set up on a new Domain
(controller) at a different location, but my laptop still tries ...

Is there a way to take a share, say a share called home, that has hundreds of
user directories in it and dump to a spreadsheet or text file the directory
name and the user/group name that has access to that directory?

We have a group policy setup that does not allow our limited users
access to Control panel or display settings.  We need to change
settings on a laptop for the timeout features, such as hibernate,
sleep, etc. for a limited user account. Does anyone know of a work

I let someone else use my logon to access a programme because I couldn't be
bothered making it available in the guest account at the time (lesson
learned) and while they were in my admin profile I think they may have gone
for a browse through some private folders of mine. Since ...

Hi there,
I regard myself as proficient in the PC world but this one is driving
me crazy. SpywareQuake has installed itself onto my desktop. I CANNOT
GET RID OF IT. I've Avast, Spybot, Adware, Norton all on the case but

I recently formatted this computer and loaded Norton Antivirus 2002.  The
virus monitoring system in the Windows XP security center says under virus
protection, "check status" and the little warning balloon pops up from the
toolbar.  If I go into the security center and check the ...