My rating doesn´t go up with every comment I make.....

For 2 days now if I give two quality responses, my rating will only go up once and not twice.
Do you know why?

Have you got a Firewall installed?

Did you install a firewall on your computer. If so, which one?

Is it safe to just install free antivirus programs on your computer?

I´ve recently had my computer fixed and the technician said that free antivirus programs can damage the system in the long run. I had the free version of "avast" installed and it worked fine. When I...

Urgent, please help. My computer smells strange.

No joke. As soon as I've been on the computer for more than 15 minutes it starts to smell very strong, I don't know how to describe this very well. It smells of metal or something similar.
If the PC...

Have you upgraded to SP3 for Windows XP? Is it really more secure than SP2?

I'm currently using Service Pack 2 for Windows XP Professional. A friend has told me that I should upgrade to SP3 stating that this upgrade absolutely necessary because it's much more secure than...