I've been having difficulties with spyware for a little while now. I just noticed that when I'm on my SBC Yahoo Dsl I'm bogged down with spyware. However, when...

Is it possible to decrypt files after a reformat and reinstallation of WIn XP Pro?

I have a few questions. I am a little confused, and am hoping that someone will help me. I understand the concept of sharing files on the same pc with other...

"Hooy" wrote: Dear GOD, my computer is infested. I've used: Panda ActiveScan, Norton AntiVirus, Spybot, and Ad-aware, but no matter what I try the damn...

Friends, I tried to use system restore on my computer, because I couldn't get windows messenger to end it's internet connection which was preventing me from...

I am unable to access the User Accounts. I have tried to open it by right clicking and hitting open, but it will not open.

If any of your other roomates have Administrator rights on their account, you can log in as one of them and go into User Accounts to change the password. Is...

i scanned my pc with norton anti virus and it seems that my pc is infected. It says that the name of the threat is Adware.Instant Access. I have installed on...

Here is a question that i have not run across yet. my task manager displays as an empty box with no tabs. Ctrl.alt.dlt. works to pull it up and i can use it to...

Hi - I get sound but NO picture with both my Windows Media Player, and Real One Player - this happened yesterday, as I also noticed that I had some Adware...

I am unable to access my user account from the control panel. Only one account is set up. Any idea of what may be locking this link. No know viruses have been...

This isn't just a system restore error, but I figure if I can get that working I can reverse any other damage. Here's the whole problem. First, while I was...

I'm new to the Users/Administrators thing and I have restricted my families access because my teenage kids ruined my last PC. Now that I have limited their...

I posted this question on the end of an old thread - didn't check the date first. As it's not going to get seen there, I'm going to repost, please forgive the...

A few days ago I picked up some adware/spyware/malware while surfing the net. Whenever I go into IE, my start-up page has the address "about:blank", and a...

Can anyone tell me how to most effectively stop these maddening pop-ups in Windows XP home edition?

I want to encrypt some files in XP but I really don't understand what it does. When I encrypt a folder it appears like it is colored green. I know this is...

When I right click on a folder or file and choose properties, the security tab is missing. I have searched thru the help topics and have tried to recover it...

i have financial data on a laptop. i need to give it to a friend of mine to repair. the data is encrypted. when he becomes an admin, can he look at my data?

Hey y'all, I am trying to turn on the firewall that I have with WIn XP Por and this is the msg I get: Windows cannot display the properties of this...