My friend's computer is slow in a certain way.  It loads web pages at a
normal speed.
But sometimes when you click on an ordinary thing - like minimizing a
window - it will do absolutely nothing for 5-15 seconds and then will

I want to share a DSL connection with guests via WiFi in a small mountain
inn.  The DSL modem is also a wireless router which protects my whole
network from the outside world.  My question is how do I protect  the two
business PC's from the guests?  Is it enough to run the XP ...

I just had a spyware problem where I had to run chkdsk or else I
couldn't run any programs.
I already have Norton AV - couldn't I upgrade that to a spyware
prevention program?

WMP comes with something called Viewpoint.  It is some kind data
collector but I'm not clear whether it's dangerous to the computer.
There is a folder and subfolders for it.  Should you just get rid of it
in Add/remove?

hi i'm hoping someone can shed a little light on my problem as a novice i
will try and explain as best i can.i scanned my friends  pc using one of the
free scan tools which came back laden with results rather than pay for it i
downloaded and ran adaware se,but the problem is ...

Once again another problem with security alert windows. I am on a site that I
want to sign up as a distributor. Everything goes fine until I get to the
bottom of the Terms & Conditions Page. I go to the bottom, click on "I Agree"
and click submit. A security alert message comes ...

Is it true that each computer virus has a name and an effect, but
spyware doesn't?  Why Spybot or AdAware found things, it just displayed
names of files or cookies.  When Norton AV finds things, they are in a
very specific list of viruses, each with a certain nature.

How do I trace where someone has logged in from? My son's account came online
while I was on Messenger. This wouldn't be a big deal except he was sitting
beside me and we only have 1 pc in the house. He does not have access to MSN  
at school and did not give his password to ...

I am getting failed to register/unregister dll errors on opth uninstall and
install.  After uninstalling, I have searched the registry for gcant and I am
finding all sorts of references to the software.
I have deleted as many refs as I could.  Now I have several left that are

Is there a WMI class where giving a provider write is potentially harmful?
--Sudhakar

My msn was hacked the hacker signed in as me he is going through all my
emails and says the only way he will give me back my password is if I give
him naked pics. I have written to msn in the customer service box and keep
getting auto responses is there a quicker way to get in ...

Do you know of any Spyware programs for Windows ME?
My friend has that and the machine is very sluggish.

We seem to be getting these events after we disabled a certain user's
account. If we re-enable (after changing password) we don't get these events.
After doing this we don't see any lockout of that account.
Oct 21 14:47:29 security[failure] 531 NT AUTHORITY\SYSTEM  Logon Failure:  ...

I'm trying to find out what is causing this to happen on several of my
machines (all XP/SP2).  Is there a known application or combination of
settings which causes this?  I consistently find that I have to reset the
security descriptor on the WUAUSERV service back to default (as ...

I guess the "shortage" of hardware for Xbox 360 is taking up too much
resources :-(
Some computer administrators are reporting issues with Microsoft's latest
security update which is designed to fix a critical flaw in Windows.