i have a laptop that once was networked through my fiancee. Now Windows NT has taken over my computer--I think
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Check to see if your computer will support running Windows XP Professional. \nRecommended by Microsoft:\n300 MHz CPU *\n128 MB of RAM *\n1.5 GB of available hard disk space *\nSuper VGA (800 x 600) or higher-resolution video adapter with at least 8 MB of video RAM and monitor\nCD-ROM or DVD drive\nNetwork adapter\nSound card and speakers\nKeyboard and Microsoft Mouse or compatible pointing device\n* I recommend a minimum 450MHz CPU, 8GB HDD, 256MB of RAM\n\nthen Purchase an OEM license of Windows XP and replace your current outdated operating system.\nYou can find stores on eBay who sell windows XP OEM version for under $150.
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Fair enough.  You could try to access the router and change the values or reset the router altogether (of course, your folks would find out you did this).  Chances are if they're smart enough to filter stuff through the router, they're also monitoring your activity on the PC.. You could also try to bypass the router on your PC and make a "direct" connect to the cable or DSL modem (you'd have to change it back again to avoid having your parents figuring that out too).  You could try checking the websites out the "round-about way" and go to http://www.archive.org.  Otherwise, the sure-fire way is to "borrow" a remote window into a friend's computer using remote desktop, VNC, etc.
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More details. Are you both on the same network already? Are you both at home, within the distance reachable by a LAN cable? Are you both using the same Operating System?
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Go to system32 folder->drivers->etc and open a file called hosts. This file might have www.cnet.com 127.0.0.0 as an entry. Delete that. It might work. And dont forgetto make the file readonly. This worked on windows 2000 fr me.
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It will be much better to simply reinstall the system: otherwise there's no way to be sure you got rid of everything unwanted. This is =especially= true when you've bought a used compter from someone else! It's almost certainly riddled with cookies, bots, adware, malware and even a virus or two for good measure!\n\nStart fresh!!!
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someone else is using your computer.
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I would really recommend using NTPassword, it can be found as an ISO.  If you need to remove the drive, then do that if you must.
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You might check your hosts file to see if things are amuck in there.  It's located at:\nC:&#92;Windows&#92;System32&#92;drivers&#92;etc\n\nJust open it in notepad.
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download http://www.ccleaner.com/  and run a scan and delete all the crap it finds. It should delete the NTuser files. Though I am not sure why you have so many copies. The ntuser files are based on your local windows login.
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Unfortunately there is no way to do this. \n\nThey probably monitor all of your activity anyway. I would wait until you can use another computer.
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You have some problems.\nConsult a friend that has some knowledge about computer maintenance. Sounds like to me that you've been hijacked.
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This one was a real pain to get rid of when my wife ran across it. The article I'm linking to at the bottom was a big help.\n\nYou will need to download the files they recommend, reboot in safe mode, run their tools and possibly (as I had to do) delete several dll's by hand (or rename them if you can't delete) then run ad-aware, spybot, windows startup inspector reboot in normal mode and run an online virus scanner (such as pandsoftware.com).\n\nVery frustrating but I think that just about did it.\n\nGood luck.
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Yes I have 2 workgroups here on my network - Home and Workgroup, however if you mix versions of Windows, you often have to do a 'Search' in XP before a Win 95/98 PC will see the rest of the network
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You could stop using kerberos security.  That would be one change.  Or you could remove or add a device to your network that would be another change.  You could move from Novell to Microsoft another change.  You need to add more details to your question.
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USE SYSTEM REstore control panel...very hot window feature...thats y i luv my laptop,..mail me bjpumpindogg@yahoo.com
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Go get Spybot.\n\nhttp://www.safer-networking.org/
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If you have access to a laptop which you believed to be hers - and assuming that the hard drive had not been completely cleared - you could probably find sufficient evidence to prove to yourselves that you had found the right machine.  I suspect it unlikely that this would come anywhere near a legal proof.  \nThe only thing which is retained would be the MAC address of integrated NIC on the motherboard.  Even if you knew what that was - I doubt that you could prove it - and it will not be visible on-line.\nIf my works laptop were missing, but was used within my works network, then it's possible that it could be identified by network administrators - if they had previously reserved a particular IP for that MAC address.\nSorry - no good news...