I need to take ownership of a folder on my PC. I have all
the necessary instructions but I don't know how to start
XP in safe mode. Windows help says to press F8 when I get
the 'Please select the operating system to start'. I

ok, heres the problem.....
I run XP and my computer sort of crashed, and then was re-
booted, all of my files are still on the computer in my
old user acount file which is now just a folder

HOW CAN I STOP XXX POP UPS FROM COMING ONTO MY SCREEN AND
DESKTOP?

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We are in the middle of planning XP instalation in a large enviroment where LAN is protected by Cisco FW against "the dangerous" Internet
The customer IT Security guys want to ena ICF on the desktop PC and the labtops and also disable unnecessary services
What i can read at MS ...

I keep getting a message that tells me that all but
Millenium are affected by a breach and that I need to type
www.windowspatch.info. Click go and then click ok, to get
the pop up to disapear. It claims that a patch I need for

I need to enable XP Pro's built-in firewalling on a fileserver but in doing so the shared folders can no longer be accessed. Which service or setting do I need to add/enable to be able to still access shared folders?
thanx!

I have a trojan virus in my system volume information and i can not figure out how to delete it.  I am set up as an admin with is computer and i still can not delete that file.  It says i do not have permissions.   HOW DO I GET PERMISSION
I use this computer for my office and with ...

I received two of the same e-mail from Microsoft
yesterday, Jan. 26, that said to download a "patch" and
that my system was at risk.  It said 500,000 had already
been hit.  Did anyone else receive this and is it for

I got a popup warning from microsoft, saying they had
detected a tracking program on my machine.  Asked me
toclick on a link for a free scanner to download, to
remove spyware.  Was this legitimate?  I did not click.  

I had to do a parallel install of windows so that I could
back-up information before I reformat my hard drive and
do a full install.  My problem is that I made "my
documents" private so that other user could not view

I have a .mp3 file on my computer that was changed
today.  Is there anyway I can find out who changed this
file?  The change would have been made on another
computer, that I believe tapped into my network today.  

I have Windows XP Pro and I want to restrict the guest
account. Here is a list of some of the restrictions:
Not be able to access the Display Properties from the
desktop

I have noticed that "Power Users" are not able to get
automatic updates of windows software.  I had them set to
download the updates automatically, then prompt for
installation.  The only way the Automatic Update seems to

windows xp used to give me the options of clicking on my
user name or guest. Now the screen says"to begin click on
user name ----the little square and my user name, as well
as "guest have disappeared"! All I can do is turn off the

We are deploying laptops with WinXP that will not have a
connection to our network or to the internet.  Each laptop
will have Norton AntiVirus installed.  We plan on updating
virus definitions via CD-ROM.  Updating the virus