Is it possible with XP Home to share a folder with ONLY a
selected set of other computers/users on the network?  A
friend has a network with 7 XP Pro systems, and 2 XP Home
systems. He wants to share a folder on one XP Home system

I have a couple of  XP machines on my network that prompt
for file download when trying to launch a network app
through a mapped drive. I cant figure out how to
eliminate that for the life of me. I have other XP

if i encrypt a file with windows xp pro, how do i know if i have properley
exported the certificates for the encryption.  if one makes a mistake, the
files are lost if the hard drive crashes

I have a concerne that someone other then myself is able
to monitor and check my pc...such as my emails...IM's and
pretty much all that I do on this machine...how would I
be able to know for sure...and if so stop it?

Installed administrators full download of sp2 expected the
firwall to block any new programs i install from free net
access. I set "don't allow exeptions" installed pestpatrol
hit update and no blocking no message nothing. it had free

This update will not install. It says it did, but every
day at update time its back waiting to be installed and
microsoft will not even let me send them an email because
my software is oem!

I am a mortal who has been recklessly fooling with my XP professional
settings. I turned off the login requirement at startup, as I intended to
do, but for some reason now, when the computer sits idle for a short
period, it semi- shuts down. (I think it's hibernating, even though ...

some how i got the password changed and I,m unable to got
in to outlook to get my e-mail is there a way to fix this?
ken

alright, after about two hours of trying to get the
chromeless windows on my website to work - i find out
that XP actually prevents them as a security measure?!!!
anyone know if there's a way around this?

Greetings! Microsoft released the WinXP SP2 update this
week, or so I heard, so where is it? How is
Microsoft "releasing" the update, when and to whom? I log
into the Windows Update site every morning, indeed a

I'm sure someone has figured this out, as this is a common issue for alot of
people. Right now I have to run everybody's profiles on xp with administrator
access that wants to play games on the machine, because alot of the games
will not be recognized as being installed when ...

I am trying to access recovery console in xp home
edition. I am typing the correct password when prompted
for "Administrator" password. I am able to log in
in "safe mode" and change "administrator" password. It

I recently got a software firewall because certain ports were open on my
computer, I have plans to get a hardware one.  doing a port scan I noticed
that a few of my ports were still open, 4 of them attually.  And I was
wondering what ports were required by microsoft XP pro to run ...

For some obscure reason, when I log onto my computer
which runs Windows XP Pro the language defaults to French
instead of English (AZERTY keyboard instead of QWERTY).  
Changing the Regional and Language options does not seem

Hi, I am currently investigating deploying SP2 remotely
to approx. 130 laptops in the field. The users on these
laptops only have user access. After installing SP2 the
Remote Desktop function is disabled, which doesn't allow