Application vendor tells me that application user does not
have to be an administrator, but DOES have to have
read/write access to system registry.  This is documented
in their knowledge base, but their support people do not

I have been installing the updates, however when I go to
check for more, the old ones are still wanting to be
installed. My Installation log shows that all the updates
have been done, yet the site wants to install them again.

Ciao a tutti, ho windows XP guardando il netstat -n ho visto che sul pc ci
sono troppe connessioni in ascolto sulla porta 135 da parte dello stesso
range di IP... guardate qui, aperto solo messenger, scheda di rete in
ascolto e forum di html.it (che sono le ultime righe):

I have Windows XP Service Pack 1.
I am trying to create 2 levels of user access:
1. Administrator. He would have unlimited access to this
PC.

Hello, my problem is this : All my folders are readonly
and when i click archive on the properties box.. and then
press ok.. its still readonly.. i installed norton anti-
virus to check but its made no difference.. is there a

I seem to be having a problem with the administrator
function.  The initial administrator function has been
deleted and a new user that has administrator functions on
my laptop does not seem to have total administrator

I was hacked about a week ago, and my registry was
exported and some icons were moved around. I looked at the
service logs and saw that there is a registry checker
starting up. Here is the message that is in the

Logon after using control userpasswords2.
I cannot logon Windows XP Home after unchecking
the "users must supply a user name and password to use
this computer" How do I go back in time and get rid of

I can't figure this out....   When I try to open Internet
Options from IE, I get an error that I don't have
administrative rights.  The user profile shows me with
admin rights and I can open Internet options from the

how do i hide the registry from prying eyes?
running xp pro in an NT environment.  on our NT machines
the registry cannot be seen by those without local admin
rights, can this be done in XP?

Due to my newly installed ADSL connection, I installed
Zone Alarm with very high security settings. Once my PC
started (and connection is automatically established) I
always get the question: "Do you want to

when winXP starts to load, the system reboots and goes
into a menu to boot into safe modes or rollback to a
previous setting.
None of these options will boot into XP and just loops

Is there a way to restore files deleted along with the My
Documents folder after the corresponding account is
deleted?

I have been directed recently to disable the use of USB
mass storage devices; mostly so "memory pens".
Is there a way I can implement a group policy to
enable/disable the use of these devices by user? We would

I'm confused.  I've seen a statement that Microsoft will
stop supplying security updates for the Home edition of
Windows XP in 2006.  Yet it seems that a new version of
Windows won't be available until that year.  Does that