I recently moved a hard drive from one desktop system to
a new desktop system.  I then attempted to copy the
folders from the secondary drive onto the primary.  
However, copy failed due to a permissions problem on my

how can i put a password to a workgroup?

After a hard disk crash, I re-installed Windows XP Pro.  I am not sure how the "Run As
feature became activated on this installation (I never saw it before when I ran under the previous installation), but it has taken over my machine. When I log into my account, I have several ...

On reinstalling windows XP my son very cleaverly setup
the administrator password up in the installation
process, unfortunatly he cannot remember this now.
Is there anyway i can get to this and reset it or change

when i connect to internet , after sometimes , suddenly the a popup comes , that rpc service suddenly failed , so machine will be rebooted . a countdown starts and the machine reboots . please help .

I hope i have posed this in the right area. I have had to
re install my XP pro onto a new hard drive. but now when
i try and access my old profile on my old hard drive it
says access denied and i cannot get into my old profile

My computer is booting fine, and brings up the login
screen for accounts (of which i only have one).
However, if i select to log on to the account.  I
see "loading settings" quickly followed by saving

i editted my default user profile and now i cannot create
a new user how can i get the original default user
profile back system restore does not make changes to this
so a restore is useless. any help would be greatly

I hv one XP PRO as a gateway and a Win2K Server as PDC and several XP and
Win2K clients...
Three XPs are configured to be accessed from outside via the gateway...I hv
a fixed IP address and I configured the NIC to the FIXED IP as follows:

Whenever I hit ctrl-alt-del, a window pops up that
says "Task Manager has been disabled by your
administrator."  I am on the owner account, and have
searched and searched but cannot find out how to reenable

I've had a problem with my original windows
installation...  Eventually had to install a new copy of
XP.  Now I want to retrieve my files under the
directory 'documents and Settings' which includes a

ok so i know i am an idiot but having grounded my son from
the computer i changed the password so he couldnt use it
while i was out i now have absolutely no recolection of
what i used as the pass word and i didnt set a hint either

How do I turn off blocking automatic picture downloads in
Outlook Express?
The instructions provided in Microsoft Office Assistance
do not cover my version of Outlook Express. (instruction

can you create a domain in xp pro for a peer to peer network?

Each time I log on to the web I start to down load a exe
file from ftpav.ca.com I stop it only till I open the web
again. Please help Email colibrimonopol@aol.com