Is there a way to restrict access to certain programs for some users (winxp
home)? I've looked in all the obvious places but found nothing helpful.
Seems like this should be a fairly simple task and I'm sure I've overlooked
something.

These files are supposed to be associated with Firefox: htm will, but html
won't. No matter what I do in file associations, deleting of iconcache.db,
uninstalling and reinstalling FF, removing every reference from the registry,
it's still a mess. At one point there were two FF ...

My system is running fine, but the icon that shows the two flashing computor
screens in the system tray is missing, likewise, the icon is also missing out
of the network connections folder, I have tried different things from the
windows knowledge base without any luck, any ideas ...

how to determine the SID of an XP Pro user ?
I need to fix up /customize his profile from admin. If I know the SID I can
use script to set his user shell  under hkey_users without logging in his
ID. even make changes the user can't make

What's the purpose of this variable anyway?  It's usually the same as
%userprofile%, but sometimes it's not set at all.  What's the logic to it?
What is dependent on it, as compared to what is dependent on %userprofile%?
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P3-1.4GHz
512M RAM
Radeon 9000pro VGA card
Sound Blaster Live!

I have 26 machines on a network (server2003). Machines are all PIV with XP
SP2. Students have mandatory profiles and staff/teachers have roaming
profiles. As an administrator, I have changed the Power Scheme settings to
Always ON and set the montor and hard disk to be Always On ...

hello, I reinstalled windows xpon a NTFS instead of the Fat partition. Now at
the end of boot up process, instead of the welcome screen. I get a black
screen that asks me do I want to start windows normally or press F8 for other
start up options? help

I can't find the 64-bit discussion group? Anyways I've been runing
XP 64-bit for months now and no problem. Now after a restart
I don't get the login screen? The post and Windows spash screen
show as normal. It just stays at the light blue screen with a small

I have XP Pro installed on my home computer with multiple users defined.  
I recently added an administrative user and demoted all the other users to
"limited" and it appears to me that only the administrative user's power
settings are used, even though the control panel for a ...

I need to extend my system volume on the above, all documentation says that
you can't, but i know that it has been done on Server 2003, is there any way
to circumvent the limitation?
It would save me a lot of time on my MCE box (on my network) in a very

When you do the 48bit thing does this have to be done before you install
windows or can you do it after it's installed?

I tried this over in the help_and_support group with no response, so I
thought I would try it here.  Hope someone can help.
I had to do a clean install of XP on my kid's computer as it had become
bogged down with adware and spyware to the point of being unusable.  I used

Hi, Here is my problem.  I have a Configuration warning at startup.
Reference error: r_pref is not defined.  Can you help me on this ?  It
doen't only happen at startup.
Thank you for your help.

Windows XP Pro SP2, fully updated.
When opening a program, the tab does not appear on the taskbar.  if you
minimize the program, it disappears.  To resume, you need to restart the
program which results in multiple copies of a program running.