I have windows XP. I have noticed that the windows firewall
gets disabled everytime the machine is restarted. I turn on firewall.
The next time I restart, again the firewall has been turned off.
Is there some setting or a virus? Please help.

I am running Windows XP and I am not able to open a .jar file on my computer
- however I  can open the file on other computers in the office running
Windows XP no problem.  When I attempt to open it on mine I am redirected to
the website for windows Window and to the sites with ...

slow machine only 1100mz
I want to change the primary hard[C] to the sec hard drice[D]
[C] holds Xp pro info
what I do to change them over

After I updated my copy of WinXP Pro with sp3, I began experiencing a series
of problems that seem to be related to running Excel, in that they only occur
when Excel is open.  These problems include: delayed screen refreshes, slower
performance, occasional system freezes, ...

Once in XP I came across a setting that allowed the data copied or written to
be "checked" or verified something like that in some general preference box.
Even at the risk of slowing down any copying function, I would prefer this.
Can any one help me with this--sorry to be so vague. ...

Just the other day i was working on the Group Policy Editor accessed by
typing 'gpedit.msc' into the run command and before the fact my standby
option was avalable.  After I left Group Policy and restarted my computer the
standby option was missing from all areas on my Windows XP ...

I want to get rid of stuff that I think is intrusive on my XP
mahhine.  For example, NETMEETING.  I don't need it, I don't want it.
When I go to control panel> add/remove software > Netmeeting does not
show up.  Can't find it in add/remove Windows components either.  when

When I start my computer I get the message that pctsTray.exe failed to start
because sdinfo.sdp was not found.  What is this and how do I repair it?
Thanks.

Ciao,
in my notebook XPprofessional sp2,
I have recently observed a locked file in c/windows/temp with the name
"hlktmp" (without extension).

I replaced my old file server (Windows 2000 Pro Desktop!) by a SBS2003 R2.
I moved all data to the new SBS2003 server and created identical shares,
removed shares from old Win2K file serer and turned it off.
Now, on a WinXP Pro desktop when starting Windows Explorer or IE6,

    I am getting meessages like this in several programs
c:\Program Files\spybot-search e destroy\spybotSD.exe is not a valid
Win32 application
         Samething happened when instaliing NOD 32

I am considering an upgrade from XP Home to XP Pro and have already installed
SP2 on my Home version.  
The only review listed on the MS MarketPlace page for XP Pro upgrades says,
" XP Home to XP Professional

I have been using illegal OEM copy of XP pro. I have purchased a legal non
OEM CD and Product key.
What steps do you take to put the legal copy on the computer?  I prefer not
to have to do a clean restore.

i hav a wi-fi connection. how to create a password to this wi-fi
connection so that others around me can't misuse my connection.

i think my computer is infected. i'm using google.com as my homepage but
everytime i click on intrernet explorer, it always goes to a certain website
which is forcing me to use it, well i tried it but it didn't work. spyware is
still there. i've tried using another spyware ...