My laptop is infected with Email-Worm.Win32.Brontok.q
It has following effects on the computer
I can not perform "regedit"
"Option" command under "tools" in the Internet Explorer is gone

Hi^^
I formatted my computer today and took out my second harddrive to be
sure (i've had freak formats happen to me, don't ask how). When I put
it back after it was done re-installing winXP.

Ref:  http://support.microsoft.com/kb/837326/
The ref states applicability to Server 2003.
Is there an equivalent, and not CHKDSK, for WinXP?

I always see this error in event viewer:
Event ID: 3012
The performance strings in the Performance registry value is corrupted when
process Performance extension counter provider. BaseIndex value from

I have searched high and low for an answer to this issue with no joy.
I've found lots of ideas but nothing that has worked.
Every time I open Windows Explorer, my floppy drive does a quick
access ONCE.  Explorer works fine otherwise.

I have got a problem with windows booting up - IT WONT!!!
Message comes up saying
"Windows could not start because the following files is missing or corrupT:
<Windows Root> \ System32\Hal.dll

When I try to synchronize my computer clock with Internet Time (from
Control Panel) the following message appears:  "An error occurred
while Windows was synchronizing with time.windows.com.  The time
sample was rejected because:  The peer's stratum is less than the

On My Older Machine XP- SP 2 in the c:/windows folder there are 127
KB--------.log files (Text Files) and 107 $NtUninstallKB--------- folders. I
know what they are, is it safe to delete them .
Thanks

I just recently found out about 3-4 weeks ago that my D:drive is missing from
my computer window and when I looked in Device Manager it was also not listed
there. Tried a system restore and nothing, even went so far as to unplug the
device and try to get windows to find new ...

I have just installed Windows XP (SP2) on a new system. My PC often
hangs after logging on at the Welcome Screen.
This is what happens:
The system starts and the desktop and task bar appear.

I'm having trouble navigating sites like MSFN and the Elder Geek because of
Microsoft spam. Scrolling through a page on one of these sites is MS popup
hell. Worse than most crack and warez sites I have seen.
What is the point of providing a popup blocker in your lastest browser ...

A friend has advised me that he is unable to open a second IE 6 browser.
1st opens fine but nothing happens when trying to open a 2nd.
If he minimizes the first, then the 2nd will open, other than that, nothing
he tries works.

I have a Toshiba laptop M55 with WinXP Home SP2 . I used to be able to
display on a SamSung 930B 19 in. external, switching back and forth with the
laptop LCD screen via the Function F5 key (cycling "laptop", "external",
"both"). After connecting to a TV set to play a game, I am ...

How can i print the next web page including the diagram inside.
Link :
Http://moneycentral.msn.com/investor/charts/chartdl.aspx?Symbol=de
Thanks all

I am trying to install the latest Java update but it says the installer
cannot proceed with the current internet connection proxy settings. I don't
use proxy settings as far as I know, so what's happening?