Does anyone know of an automated way to change registry key permissions?  There is a particular registry key to which we need to
assign full control to all users and thus far we've just been manually making the permission change using regedt32.exe.  This works
fine of course, but ...

Hello! I have just installed RC1. I wanted to get some
hands on experience in Windows Firewall before I turn
this loose on the users. Windows Firewall is turned off
and all options are grayed out. I am logged on the

I had encrypted files on a seperate partition before having a problem with
Windows XP, Simplest fix was to reimage C drive from a ghost backup that I
have that has the whole system, updates and major programs ready so that I
can refresh the computer when necessary. Problem is that ...

I downloaded MSN Explorer a few weeks back to utilize a temporary dialup connection, and now I'm getting "Cannot find server" messages whenever I try to log into any kind of secure site (i.e. Hotmail, my bank, my credit card companies, etc.).  According to customer support at my ...

I want to hide the administrator account from appearing on the scree
that the ordinary user sees to login. C'Panel->Users shows some accounts
SQLDebugger for example, that do not appear on the login screen.
What can I do to make an administrator account act the same

XP has a firewall built in?

this message appears after running nav
what does it mean?
"microsoft visual c++ runtime library runtime error
programme C:\PROGRAM FILES\NORTONANTIVIRUS\NAVW32EXER6025

   I have a need to create two administrator accounts on the machine. One I
want to boot with a normal startup environment, the other I want to boot
with no services and no startup environment.
   Now, I used msconfig.exe to create the startup environment when logged

I curently work in a large corp environment.  We are
running a combination of Windows Xp & Win2K in an Active
Directory Domain.  What is the best way to lockdown
user's desktops?  Originally, we placed users in

I have a worm. my email address is sending random emails
to people.  some are returned, thats how I know, some are
returned for reasons like" you have a worm...gen...fool"
I have Norton Antivirus but that doesn't seem to stop it

When I go into User Accounts; my User Name is a member of
2 groups: Debugger Users, and Administrator.  What
exactly are the benefits of a debugger user and what will
happen if I remove it?  Any advice would be appreciated.  

a friend of mine cannot get into his computer because of an errorcode it is 0x80090019.  how can he correct this condition without loosing all his information

There are some encrypted files on my HDD that were
encrypted by a user that no longer exists.  Obviously,
when I try to open one - Access is denied.  Is there a
way around this?

I lost my syskey disk. What should I do?

When I sign on to a WinXp machine for the first time, it
creates a "roaming" profile by default. Can I change the
default profile type, the one first created for a new
user, to local?