I use Automatic Update.  I was notified about SP3 and installed it without
any problems.  My daughter's machine is the same configuration as mine
(except she has not installed IE7 yet) but she hasn't received any notice
about SP3.  For what it's worth, the Microsoft Update ...

since installing SP3  in XP Pro, when I shut down I now get an update
shield in the shutdown window that says it will install the latest
updates in the shut down window; how to get rid of that?

I have a HP computer with a Pentium II (800 HZ) processor running Win XP
Pro and I was given a Dell with a Pentium IV (2.4 GHz) processor running Win
XP Home. I put the Hard drive from the HP into the Dell to use the faster
processor and the info on the Hard drive. I set the BIOS ...

Twice for the "SYSTEM" user name.
Twice for the "LOCAL SERVICE" user name.
Twice for the "NETWORK SERVICE" user name.
Also:

Hey all,
Is there a way to enable Windows Desktop Search to *only* search in
outlook (and outlook public folders)?  I want to exclude the folders
and files on my computer from the search.  Is this possible?

In my Windows System32 folder there are a bunch of files that start out
$NTUninstall----- and KB-----.What are these and can they be deleted? Also in
the main directory can I safely delete temp internet files,and the recent
documents folder?Where is the temp. internet folder ...

Looks like this newsgroup should be re-named WindowsXP SP3.
John.

Just found out that Win XP SP3 final release is out and available for
download. The file is almost like 400mb and this might not be practicable
with the kind of download speeds available where I am at.
Just want to figure out when Microsooft will make this update will be

Regarding Win XP Back-up Utility.
It is it a reliable backup? Is my data safe to be recovered (assuming I back
up to a safe place?)
If the file is too big, will the utility span multiple DVD's?

If you wanted to be certain that a Windows computer was not infected
with any viruses/spyware/trojans/etc, which scanners would you use?

I believe that I have a problem and I wanted to run System Restore to go back
to a point before I started noticing the problem.  Every time I launch System
Restore, it tells me that my computer cannot be restored to that restore
point.  I have tried every one and none of them ...

A friend recently formatted his HD and re installed XP Pro, there are
only about 20 or less processes running. Yet when he boots up, it
takes a long time for the icons on the desktop to fill in and the
taskbar is all blue. Finally after the icons fill in, then the taskbar

8/May/2008 6:50
This was asked before to no avail.
Other than the creation date that is printed on a webpage by the developer,
is there a way to determine the chronological date of a webpage?

I was hoping someone in here could help me with a problem I've been
having with my computer crashing.
I'm not ~exactly~ sure when this all started, but it was well over a
year ago (my computer is about 4 years old). About every 30 days or so

This is like a relative not caring about the whereabouts of another
close relative.   It took several days before someone actually realized
Castlecops had problems:
http://www.wilderssecurity.com/showthread.php?t=209232