I have windows XP and I set a password on the welcome screen for my account.
Unfortunately I cannot now remember the password and I am the only account
that has administrator access. As I am a complete fool, I never made a disc
incase I forgot the password. What I would like to ...

I keep getting this web page pop up and an alert on the bottom of my screen
that says computer at risk download free spyware now (ect) Also my home page
keeps reseting to that annoying "download free spyware". Any help...... Thank
you

why can't a normal user use the command " shutdown -r " to restart the
computer, even if it has the power user privilege?
is this command only used for administrator user?

Hi - can I get an update to WGA (Windows Genuine Advantage) once it's
verified that I'm not a pirate? I don't like being treated like a suspect day
after day.

I have some computers on the network and they keep talking 1063 outbond-  i
assumed it is a trojan or some such thing and i am trying to kill it but it
is spreading slowly.   I think i have contained it for now.  mostly it tries
to go to the internet but we have stoped that i ...

Hi and I've never posted here before so I hope I don't do anything to offend
anyone. I don't know what else to do, and would appreciate any help you can
give me.
When I install service pack 2 on my computer it crashes. It won't even start

I'm working on implementing EFS in our Windows 2003 domain. Our current EFS
File Recovery certificate has expired. It appears that the default cert that
was created when the domain was created over 3 years ago was the only one
listed. I've created on for myself but would like to ...

How do I check program permissions? I want to make sure some programs
permission settings are "Authenticated Users->Read" only, but where should I
look? I've tried Control Panel->Administrative Services but nothing there
seems appropriate.

I am a administrator, but it only gives me the rights as a limited account.
It says permission denied when i try to create, change administrator to limit
and limit to administrator, and quotes  You do not have the permision to use
"add/remove Windows componets. Ask a computer ...

hello People,
I hope some of you kind people can help me solve this small problem!
I require to disable the shutdown button on two of my local win xp pro
computers.  The Computers are not connected to a server, they are

First of all I get a message stating a problem with
C:\PROGRA~1\NEWDOT~1\NEWDOT~1.DLL    Then I can't access the internet.  I
also get a message saying that my windows firewall is off.  When i go to the
security center and try to turn it on, it doesn't let me.  All of this

I have a strange issue going on here...
We have a Windows 2000 SBS domain in our company. I have some OU's set up
and some policies are applied. However, nowhere do I have a policy set to
not allow access to control panel appletss for domain users of any OU -

Since 6/9/06, everytime I try and launch Internet Explorer from the desktop,
it goes to an address "about blank" and says there's a security warning about
viruses.  Then, periodically,  a pop up comes on in the lower right corner of
the screen, with different messages about ...

I am the administrator of my computer. Unfortunately, I forgot my password
to log onto the computer. Due to that I could not log onto my computer.
However, from a safe mood, I created a new administrator name. It could log
onto my computer. But, I have no more access to my ...

When I press "control+alt+delete" a message pops up saying that my "task
manager has been turned off by administrator" Considering that I am on the
administrative and only account, and am the only user and have not touched
any setting on this computer in months, it must be some ...