I have locked a computer up through Group Policy and I
can't find a way to get back to the mmc. I used an
administrative template to shut off ALL applications. I
can't even get in with a domain administrator account.

my auto update is unavailable, I have used it to keep my
patches up to date, but for some reason it suddenly is
unavailable
any help will be appreciated

For a while now my nephew's PC has been restricted to him by him having a limited account, a program called Sleepy which shut the PC down at a certain time and restricting his accesss via the net user command. His mother has now decided to trust him and give him unrestricted use. ...

Hello group,
I hope I'm posting in the right group. If not, please tell me what
group could help with my problem.
I'm using Windows XP Pro with service pack 1.

Using XP Pro, latest updates applied from MS Update site.
I have an issue where I am getting an error 'The System
Administrator has set policies to prevent this
installation.' when I try to install software, fix

BUT IT WILL BE INSTALLED WITH MICROSOFT ADDS

I accepted one of the Windows Updates via the Windows
Update notification tool. After installation and reboot.
My XP is HOSED!! :( It totally ruined my PC now Microsoft
wants to charge me for support!! WHY?? it was their

I had been using ICF until I was infected with a trojan.
I successfully cleaned my computer, but now I'm unable to
enable ICF.  I get the following message:
"An error occurred while Internet Connection Sharing was

A NetMeter.exe screenbox appears at each sign-on
stating "This application has failed to start because
NMTracer.doo was not found. Re-installing the application
may fix this problem."

I've been searching the net (well, google at least) and
no one seems to have an answer.  Running Windows XP SP1
and found a lot of network traffic occuring.  Checked out
Norton Personal Firewall stats and came up with this

Hi, I'm running XP Pro on a FAT32 partition.
Is there any way to make a folder completely hidden so
it's not even visible when the "Show hidden files and
folders" option is checked?

Two application programs - DesktopSet Calendar and
Webshots - run fine when signed on as an Administrator.
However, when signed on as a different User ("power user"
type), the programs will not run at all. Help??

I was trying to download webjal into my computer so I can
download ringtones to my nextel phone.  When I was
installing the patcher, an error message popped up and
said "runtime error '70' ", does anyone know what that

Hi. I am trying the suggestion that I have seen on the web where you can
create a restricted group policy in the domain policy that will
automatically add "domain users" as a member of the local administrators
group of whatever machine a person logs on to so that any domain user ...

please help we went from windows xp home to xp pro upgrade
and now i cant login at the welcome screen there is no
user to click on i can only restart or shutdown!