A customer of mine has a problem with file permissions. The machine in
question is running XP Pro with all the updates except SP2. It is being
used as a file server on a small network.
There is a specific directory that is shared (read/write) among all users,

Just attempted to install latest Windows update feature.
However during the initial download of the the update I
chickened out and cancelled the download. After reviewing
the Windows update feature I decided to give it another

After I downloaded a critical security update from
microsoft yeasterday, when I tried to restart my laptop
Which has window XP home edition, it stop at the beginning
and tells me :

I keep un-checking the Firewall Security alert but the
system keeps re-checking it every time I re-start my
computer. I've un-checked my ISP in network connections.
Any suggestions on how to get this to quit happening?

Hi ! I would like to know if there is a way to disable
the Security Information Bar. I run SP2 on Win XP Pro.
I would like to get rid of it cause it's troublesome to
keep on clicking on 'allow content view' each time i want

I have an activex control displayed as an object in an html page.  IE6 now
prompts before displaying the control.  Can the control or html page (the
html page is a file on the local machine, not from a webserver) be marked to
allow it to show?

I wish to be able add a site to the Trusted Sites list
without going thru a long menu and typing the site in.
I am looking for a toolbar button or easy top-level
menu pick that says

My daughter bought an education copy of Microsoft office
XP when she was in High School and installed it on her
laptop. Now she has gone off to college and has a new
desktop. She wants to deinstall it on the laptop and

Im unable to download programs from sites such as cnet,
zdnet and tucows, too name a few.
However, this problem has only just appeared after using
sp2 rc2, and now the final release of sp2.

We have many applications that are installed to the local hard drive and use
IE. After installing SP2, active content such as Flash files are blocked by
default (the information Bar appears each time the content is loaded). Why is
this happening?

I can't install sp2 on my laptop because I don't have
enough disk space. Can I install it on an external hard
drive?

Is there a way to disable the security alert balloon. I know I have turned
off the firewall. I did that on purpose. So I do not want this annoying
balloon all the time.
Thanks,

I have tried to set up a firewall with my ISP and
Microsoft but I just get a message that it can't be done
because Windows Management Instrumentation is not
working. Can I fix this myself or do I need to contact my

How can I get rid of this trojan as it is an application
extention. Can any one help me?

After about an hour running received message "procedural
entry point GetIUMS could not be located in the dynamic
link library MSDART,Dill". How does one locate and  
correct this problem?