I have several XP Pro machines in my domain where groups
of users are added to the local Guests group to make sure
no profiles are retained (and recreated from the Default
User every time they login)

My computer continues to freez-up and not allow me to get to the internet.   I'am continuesly told that my modem is busy and being used, " I have shut down every program in or on my computer" and I still get these error messages that my computer is in use.  I can't get to my on ...

hi i know this may sound totally thick but i have just
bought a new computer on my old one i was running win 98
and had installed a firewall zonealarm. i have now got
win xp and activated its firewall. am i safe not to

Outlook Express is always removing my attachmants from my
email. Can someone tell me where I change this?

Help!
I have a directory that cannot be deleted.  The directory is C:\WINDOWS\BDE.
It was installed by Kazaa and cannot be deleted in the usual way.  Kazaa has
been uninstalled, Ad-Aware won't get rid of it, and there are no

Does Anyone know how to hide the Start Menu in XP? I know you can go to Local Security and remove items off the menu one by one, but I just want the computer to not access the whole thing to keep students out.
If so, how do you get back in to turn it off
Thanks

One of the kids has messed around with the computer and
now each time the computer starts up windows XP prompts
us to choose a User Account and then a Password.  Of
course, we have no idea what the password could be.  How

In Windows Pro what local security group does a user have
to be a member of in order to install Windows Critical
Updates without being able to install programs on their
machines?  

During upgrade of a computer from '98 to XP Pro I was unable to access the XP system password.  I attempted to log on as administrator but didn't have the correct password.  I tried some of the workarounds such as no password and cntl+alt+del but still could not log on.  I tried ...

I cant get my computer to update. I go to the windows
update site & it says "update now" I click it & it loops
back to "update now" over & over.
Any suggestions on how to fix this...easily...

Where can I download this patch??  The Windows catalog
server no longer lists it.  I assume it did before and
must have been pulled or recalled.
Does anyone know where I can download this hotfix for

Hello and thank you for your interest Torgeir,
I'm new in DBA Administration (SQL Server) and since I
can't find the user whose currently logged on through
SQL, I want to use a system stored preocedure to read the

Hey Folks,
I have several IBM ThinkPad Laptops that we just got all
running Windows XP Professional. These Laptops have
limited accounts setup for all their primary users, as to

I want to define a new group policy similar to Power
Users but with a few restrictions such as disabling
Control Panel.  The Group Policy snap-in for MMC allows
me to edit policies for Local Computer (which affects all

 I am the administrator for 5 accounts, my children.  I
have access to the internet they don`t.  Am at my whits
end trying to figure out what I did for that to happen.  
Can anyone help????