Is it possible with XP Home, to have one dialup
connection available to an Administrator, and another
available only to a User Profile....
Case in point:

Hey all, at our company we use a genaric user ID with a
blank password to logon to an application server.  After
setting up some shortcuts on this profile and rebooting,
we found that the shortcuts didn't stay!  I've been told

what is NT Authority what is RPC? Why can i not stay on
line because of it.

Is there a way to get which CD Key my machine is using.
Our office has 30 licenses and I'm about to do a
format/install and our sysAdmin never wrote down which
machine is using which key. If I could a way to determine

In an attempt to block unwanted "popup" webpages (porn
etc.) when surfing the net, I tried to install a firewall
in XP. One result is that for practically any webpage you
try to open, it is necessary to type in a password. Now I

Is there any way to tell if you have SP1a installed by
looking at some files or settings etc..

Hello,
does anybody know how to log on into Windows XP?
It tells me the password expired and must be changed, but
when i try to change it it tells me "the User name or old

My files and folders are a mess. I was going to do a
System Restore with the recovery cd however my computer
just ejects it and says "remove all cd's and discs and
restart your computer". I really don't want to run a

Received the following error at the beginning of the
install (never gets started):
 1608:  Unable to create InstallDriver instance
I know that the this is related to the security setting

How does someone get to use my email address to send
loads of pornographic ads all over the world...which then
don't get "delivered" and are returned to my box as
undeliverd,filling up my mailbox since last Friday.

I am using Windows XP on a network in my home. I am trying to set up
security to allow file-sharing to various machines on network.
Is there any guide avasilable to advise what the settigs should be?
R o b e r t E F i n e Robert E Fine refine13@adelphia.net "Knowledge is of

When I try to run an .exe off our server, it asks if you
want to open the file, and says exe's can contain malicious
code.  Thats great to know, but this is any app off my
internal network, and the option to "always ask.." is

Note: I previously posted this question in the "New
Users" forum on 11/14/2003   11:38:46, however I only
received one response that, although somewhat helpful,
left me a little uncertain.

I've been watching the install progress of windows update,
for just a couple patches just CRAWL.  It has, now, just
gotten all the way tot he right side, but has still not
finished.

I think someone was messing with my son's laptop at
college and now he can not logon to WindowsXP Home.  
After entering the window's password (blank) an error
screen comes up saying "the local policy of this system