Originally posted by: harobikes333
1) Ok well I've got about 10GB+of stuff to burn on CDs then.
10GB of essential data? Wow :Q
2)I have DSL unto which I have a visionnet box
Maybe the VisionNet box has a NAT firewall. If you want to be sure that you have firewall protection, then don't plug the computer into the VisionNet box until after you have the computer patched with Service Pack 2 from a CD. When Service Pack 2 is installed, it enables the Windows Firewall and makes it easier to get to, and it also closes a lot of security vulnerabilities.
3)Well seeing that I'm not at home all the time I can't really prevent it. Also she checks email with IE, etc.
Oh yes you can prevent it :evil: If each user of the computer, includng you, uses a Limited user account normally, and the Administrator-class accounts are password-protected and the password is secret, and the Windows Firewall is turned on and set to
Do Not Allow Exceptions, then the problem is basically solved. If she did download Limewire, she could not install it to the \Program Files directory. If she installs it elsewhere and tries to run it, the Windows Firewall should refuse to allow it to accept inbound connections without an Adminstrator's say-so. Checkmate. :evil:
4)She tried using Quicken and she basicly wasted about 400 bucks because she couldn't figure out how to work it. And she prefers doing everything on paper:[/quote]Ok.
5)I have the one cd that came with the xp home. Its got the hologram stamp on it.
Excellent
🙂 What about any other programs that you need to install, like Office or Works or whatever?
6) It has a cdwriter thats really old and doesn't burn very fast but it still burns audio cds so ya
Good deal.
EDIT: Also if it is a virus wouldn't any of the programs I'm using pick it up?
Besides if it is or not a virus I still don't get why my computer is actin like this...
If you run a car into a wall at 20mph, and then put it into Reverse and back up, does the car uncrumple?
😉 You can delete the viruses and still be left with a damaged installation of Windows in the aftermath.
What all should I make on cds to intall on my computer right away if I reinstall the OS
I would get the
full Service Pack 2 installer and if it were me I'd get a
30-day trial version of Kaspersky Antivirus Personal 5.
1) Before you start reinstalling WindowsXP, ensure that the network cable is unplugged. Then install WindowsXP. During installation, create accounts named
Admin,
Mom, one each for you and your sister, and one named
Visitors.
2) Log on as
Admin. Next thing right after you reach the desktop for the very first time: leave the network cable unplugged and install Service Pack 2 from the CD you burned it to. Then reboot as prompted. At the reboot, enable Automatic Updates when you see the prompt screen.
3) Keep logging on as
Admin. Go to Control Panel > User Accounts and open each account, then reduce each one (including the one that'll be yours) to a Limited account, not Computer Administrator. Leave
Admin as a Computer Administrator, and set a password on
Admin's account. Make it something like your AT username, that's a good one
🙂
4) Find out the "secret" administrator account's name and set a password on it too. To find it, click
Start > Run and put
cmd into the box, then click OK. Now you have a command prompt. Use the command
net localgroup administrators to list all the Admin-class accounts. You'll see
Admin (which you made) and one other one. Let's say the other one's name is
Administrator. Run the command
net user Administrator harobikes333 to set that account's password.
5) Go to Control Panel > Security Center and click on Windows Firewall. Set it to
Don't allow exceptions, like in this pic:
no exceptions!
6) Now install your motherboard drivers and reboot the system.
7) After mobo drivers, install your video drivers and reboot the system.
8) Now you can install drivers for anything else you need, reboot, take a snack break, etc.
9) Install the Kaspersky antivirus software, if that's what you decided to go with.
10) Now connect the network cable and update the antivirus software, then reboot. After the reboot, if it's Kaspersky, configure as shown in
this video clip I made. This cranks it up to max protection.
11) Run the system through Windows Update manually, repeatedly, until it comes up clean.
12) If you have Office, install it and run the system through
Office Update repeatedly until it comes up clean there, too.
13) Start using your own Limited-class account for all daily-driver purposes. Password-protect it if you like. Visitors and friends can use the Visitors account, leave that one without a password so it is available to them. NEVAR use the Admin account EXCEPT when you actually NEED Admin powers (to install a printer, to install a legit piece of software, etc) and then immediately log out of Admin again so it doesn't get abused behind your back.
Sounds like tough love, but it works sweet for keeping people out of trouble
🙂 You can play fast & loose with the other system when you get one, try to remember this is Mom's livelihood here and that you might have to sacrifice some convenience in deference to that.
