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If they will reside in your home until they are able to move into their
own, I highly suggest you Password protect your XP and it's account/s. If
your son-in-law setup something to share once, he may very well do it again.
Lock him OUT.
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Brian A.
Conflicts start where information lacks.
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"jcamper" <jcamper@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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>I uninstalled all updates, removed all virus, trijans ect. Installed fire
> wall, virus, spyware removal ect. Made a back up. Ran ccleaner. Now I will
> run updates. Thanks for your help. I have xp and when I went back to 98 I
> was
> a little confused. I also plan on posting a highjack this log on another
> forum to make sure I removed all the virus from that computer. My computer
> is
> pretty tight. As long as son inlaw stays off. He had me sharing something
> and
> I removed those files. Ran security check all was good. Thanks to all. I
> have
> learned alot from several forums on the internet on computer safety.
>
> "Brian A." wrote:
>
>> If you really meant "I deleted all updates" rather than Uninstalled, you
>> may run into problems. Deletion should only be done for leftovers after
>> uninstalling or app that did not use an install.
>> Furthermore, you didn't need to remove all updates, you only needed to
>> uninstall KB891711.
>>
>> Your machine should be fine setup as it is and as Haggis mentioned, NO
>> file
>> sharing. If you access the net now by other means than wireless, don't
>> bother with it, stick with what you have. Still, take no chances and get
>> the
>> protection on theirs before accessing the net.
>>
>> --
>>
>> Brian A.
>>
>> Conflicts start where information lacks.
>>
http://www.dts-l.org/goodpost.htm
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> "jcamper" <jcamper@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
>> news:B39AB969-F87B-4A73-909C-BF1EBD887368@microsoft.com...
>> >I deleted all updates will redo new updates. Will not add kb891711.
>> >Thank
>> >so
>> > much. It's my son inlaws computer. They have a new one but this is
>> > where
>> > he
>> > plays his games. One more question if you can help. They are staying at
>> > our
>> > house until their house is ready to move into. They installed a
>> > wireless
>> > so
>> > they can get internet. This computer has no firewall, virus....I will
>> > install
>> > the free ones that I know are safe. My question is how do I keep my
>> > computer
>> > safe. I haven't set up my wireless connection. I have firewall, virus,
>> > spyware ect on my windows xp. I don't know alot about computers just
>> > enough
>> > to keep my own computer safe. When they run off my internet can they
>> > infect
>> > my computer . Thank you for your help.
>> >
>> > "Alan Edwards" wrote:
>> >
>> >> You can't restore a backup unless you created one.
>> >> Uninstall or disable the one that seems to cause the most problems,
>> >> KB891711
>> >> Start-Run-MSCONFIG-Startup tab
>> >>
>> >> ....Alan
>> >>
>> >> --
>> >> Alan Edwards, MS MVP W95/98 Systems
>> >>
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>> >>
>> >> In microsoft.public.win98.gen_discussion, "jcamper"
>> >> <jcamper@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:
>> >>
>> >> >After downloading the last 2 updates I get errors. Can't get on the
>> >> >internet.
>> >> >Can I just go into dos and restore a backup . Thanks to all who
>> >> >replies
>> >>
>> >>
>>
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