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System Restore
Posted on February 21st, 2006 | 3 Comments

My computer is set with restore checkpoints. When I use them I get a message saying that it has been unable to retsore to the requested date. Can anyone explain why this is and what I should...

Accessing secured hard drive as slave
Posted on February 21st, 2006 | 5 Comments

Quick story: My old hd wouldn't boot windows (unmountable_boot error) so I purchased a new hd and have it up and running. I stuck my old, unbootable hd back in so I could copy any important files...

Remote assistance issues
Posted on February 21st, 2006 | 0 Comments

The IT staff at the company I work for has been experiencing several issues with Remote Assistance. I cannot believe that we are the only ones seeing these problems. #1. Cannot connect on first...

ms firewall
Posted on February 21st, 2006 | 0 Comments

Can any one help please. i am unable to turn on windows firewall i have read through some of the previouse questions to see if if any cover my request. i keep getting the following message Due to an...

Windows Updates
Posted on February 21st, 2006 | 5 Comments

Is there a way to download Windows updates and hotfixes and burn them to a CD without using any additional software like WUS? -- Dan

html help (chm) files aren't working on xp pro sp2
Posted on February 21st, 2006 | 1 Comments

hello, I understand that a new security patch prevents automatically displaying help files (chm) from other zones but no KB article is found to help me. all of the articles tell me to "unblock" the...

Logon Types
Posted on February 21st, 2006 | 2 Comments

Can anybody explain to me what the different logon types are, as displayed in the event viewer security log. I ask because I have an anonymous user logging on to my XP home PC. I know it is probably...

Unknown Virus?
Posted on February 21st, 2006 | 1 Comments

The mouse on my WinXP sp2 PC has started acting erratically. It is super sensitive on click speed, will try to select multiple items, will close or resize windows all by itself. I've scanned in safe...

How to Make a Folder Private
Posted on February 21st, 2006 | 1 Comments

I am logged in as Computer Administrator on Windows XP; there are three other people sharing the computer with me with Limited Accts. I have some files/folders that I do not want shared or seen by...

add and remove
Posted on February 21st, 2006 | 0 Comments

my system is XP pro. when I go to into add&remove to remove a anti virus program I installed it goesthru. the process of removing it &yet it still remains there! I got rid of it on my desktop & it...

add and remove
Posted on February 21st, 2006 | 4 Comments

I still need help with this problem !!

Does OneCare need ZoneAlarm?
Posted on February 21st, 2006 | 4 Comments

After removing completetly McAffee (annoying reminder pop-ups) and reduced Spysweeper to only scan once a week otherwise shut off, OneCare and ZoneAlarm are my loyal gate keepers. But I noticed that...

SICK of winfixer...help???
Posted on February 21st, 2006 | 5 Comments

does anyone know anything aboutthiswinfixer thing? it keep closing our computer down... I have deleted the file... it keep coming back. HELP?!

my daughter downloaded a free game and now puter sooooo slow
Posted on February 21st, 2006 | 4 Comments

Help!!!!!! from the subject line you can see my problem. She unistalled the game and some kind of typing program that they have at school. I did a search and of course found two pages of garbage...

about winlogon.exe
Posted on February 21st, 2006 | 4 Comments

i was just wondering, is it normal that winlogon.exe opens several smtp ports. i used netstat and it connects to different IPs. or my computer has spyware in it?

Windows Security Center
Posted on February 21st, 2006 | 8 Comments

After erradicating a few virus's on my computer, I now cannot get the Windows Security Center to start or display the Windows Firewall. I also have a red round icon with an X in my taskbar that says...

User accounts
Posted on February 21st, 2006 | 3 Comments

Help! I had a password on my previous administrator account and i could not find a way to delete the password, so i just created a new account and set it as the administrator. Howvere, upon restart,...

Can you uninstall Windows Popup blocker?
Posted on February 21st, 2006 | 7 Comments

We use IE as an interface for an application at work and the popup blocker is causing us to have many duplicate entries. Is there any way to uninstall it?

No WPA wep choice in my network properties
Posted on February 20th, 2006 | 8 Comments

I have no WPA WEP choice in my network properties set up. Network Authentication gives two choices Open or Shared. Data Encryption choices are either (only) disabled or WEP. No WPA, or shared Key or...

I can't run Msconfig in my XP home.
Posted on February 20th, 2006 | 2 Comments

I can't run Msconfig in my XP home. It will not do anything. Everything else is working on my computer. I wanted to check my startup programs so I could boot faster. Why can't I run msconfig? Help.