Somehow a virus attacked my system. I am running Windows XP Home Edition. I
no longer have any access rights. I cannot downloan, install or view any
security settings. The message "This operation has been cancelled due to
restrictions in effecr on this computer. Please contact ...

When i try to delete files on samba file share (with all permissions) some
files will not gets deleted till i restart the samba service.
This problem is observed only with windows XP-sp2 and windows Vista.
This problem is not observed for the OS priror to windows XP.

Hello everybody, I stored some my important data in an encrypted text
file. Two months ago I gave my PC to my mother and just got a new pc
for me. Before I gave my pc I copied all my data to another HD. What
happened is that my encrypted folder also remained encrypted on the

We have a small XP network on a peer-to-peer basis that is going to be used
as an open access suite. I want to lock down these machines (such as
removing access to the control panel and restricting access to the C drive)
which I thought could be fairly simply done using the Local ...

I suspect someone may have gone on to my computer in my user name while I was
not at home. (They knew my password, which I have now changed). Is there a
log within xp sp2 with details of who has logged in and when?

For no apparent reason, I now receive an error message when accessing the
Admin. User account.  Upon slection, I receive a message saying "Account not
recognized..".  I have no access to system changes, updates, program changes,
etc...

isorecorder.alexfeinman.com/isorecorder.htm is referenced in a Microsoft.com
article.  Note it is a malicious website that upon visiting immediately loads
the Trojan Horse virus PE_TRATS.A-O
PE_TRATS is identified by Trend Micro and Symantec/Norton as an especially

The Add/Edit Buttons on the Advanced Settings Tab for the Network Connection
Settings are grayed out.
Here is how to reach that window
Control Panel->Window Firewall->Advanced Tab->Select LAN Connection and

just got a laptop from ebay,when i switch it on the ex log on box appears and
say user in top box and password in bottom,problem is a password did not come
with it anyone help me to open xp

Is there a way to limit a user from logging onto a computer (in a domain)
that doesn’t meet a base minimum of patches installed?  Example, if someone
didn’t have service pack 2 installed then no one could logon to the domain
until it is installed.  

I get the following errors saying it can't find windows/system32/ddcc.exe
start up error.
i have run the virus checker/spyware checker/registry cleaner but it is
still appearing on start up

My PC runs XP with all the latest critical updates. I have it set to
notify me when Windows updates are available but to let me install them
manually.
I recently installed the 2007 version of TurboTax and as part of its

After updates (9 of them) on my XP Pro, a Microsoftware engineer worked on
my machine remotely several hours this afternoon fixing malware etc.  Now, I
have several critical problems.
a) All the datasources connecting to MS SQL Server 2000/2005 and Access db

I don't know how this come but suddenly I can't access the regedit, I got a message :"Regestry editing has been disabled by your administrator", but I am the only one using my PC and my account is an administrator level. I need to access the regedit to remove some spyware using ...

I had a virus on my computer, which I managed to remove. Since then I can
not turn Windows Explorer view option to see "Hidden Files & Folders".
Can anyone help???