this takes over my desktop can someone please heip

One of my colleagues has the following problem. This morning when login into
Windows (XP Professional SP2) the system does the automatic synchronization,
as usual, after that it does logoff.  
If he login again, it does the same (synchronize) and them logoff.  

I am getting this message:
Cannot find 'File:///C:/WINNT/system32/drivers/detect.htm'
Make sure the path or Internet address is correct
It started after I discovered malicious software on my computer and I fixed

We have some client / server software that is needed by everyone in the
company but not all at one time to keep cost down we have about 200 users and
30 licences. This works well when users do there job and then shut down the
client side, thing is this is not happening. I am ...

Ok, I have used a very specific title for the subject of this post, and
rightly so. The company I work for had a tech savy employee leave rather
suddenly. However there was activity on this individuals computer after her
departure. Files were accessed, not remotely as the ...

Does anyone know if you can add an IP address of a computer in the exception
list on the XP SP2 firewall.  I need to do this for my management station.
Harrison Midkiff

After running Spybot, one of the results was the following:
Microsoft.WindowsSecurityCenter.AntivirusOverride and the specifics are:
(SBI $3604910C) Settings
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Security Center\AntivirusOverride.  

I have backup files created from a previous laptop from which I want to
restore a file.  When I try restoring I only get lists of backups created
using the backup/restore utility from my current laptop.
How can I restore from the older Windows backup files (they were also

I used the Disk Cleanup in order to free up some more space in my external
hard drive. The content was about 250 GB, but after using the Disk Cleanup I
had less than 2 GB left.. Only some of the folders are left, and they are all
empty.

I just reinstalled Windows XP and set up a new Administrator account. The
install went smoothly; all of my old programs and files still seem to be
there on the hard drive. Unfortunately, there was some stuff on the desktop
of my old Admin account that I want to get at, and I ...

Posting for Windows XP Security and Administration:
There is a defect in Cumulative Security Update for Internet Explorer 6 for
Windows XP (KB942615) Date last published: 12/11/2007, because when I
installed it, it constantly gives me the error message "Internet Explorer has

My computer has been trying to install the latest updates to XP for about a
month, but the install has failed repeatedly.  Every time I shut down my
machine it prompts me to "Install Updates and Shutdown".  
I have an Application error "event" in the system event logs that says ...

In 2006 when Microsoft seems to have introduced its "Windows Genuine
Advantage" there was an outcry by the public because it was discovered
that this WGA was in fact spyware that called home to Microsoft on a
regular basis.  The outcry was such that Microsoft provided a way to

Can you safely delete old security update files from your system.  I have so
many updates and it is taking up alot of space on my computer. I would think
that when a New Update comes out that it includes the previous update
information.  Someone please help me.

We have developed an information system. User aspects of the system
depend on Windows (i.e. logon/logout, user rights, and so on).
We have recently migrated to XP, and one of the issues we are facing is
the frequent loss of the user profile, which brings one of the famous