I just downloaded Ad-Aware and McAfee Virus Scan last night and got rid of
over 1000 spywares and 300 viruses. Everything is running so smoothly now.
The only problem that I'm having is that everytime I try to sign on AIM, it
closes out on me. The same happens with FTP and IE. I ...

I have a number of employees in my business that use our computer network
(server and two workstations) on a routine basis. For several reasons, I
would like to restrict their access to the control panel without hindering
their access and use of software and files stored on the ...

Is this a phishing scam? I receivec it via E-mail
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Hello Microsoft user,
We here at Microsoft would like you to still receive your normal computer

Frustrated!
Problem: Security between workgroups
I am running 6 computers on 2 workgroups (4 + 2)on a star network. Each
workgroup are linked to their own swith, then to D-Link router and then to a

OK we have a client who uses SMS, joined to a domain, they use there unit on
the road for doctors to sign documents (fujitsu p1120) anyway we set a policy
that when the lid is closed it goes into standby and prompts user for pw, and
the policy doesnt allow them to change that. ...

My Norton Anti Virus found 5 viruses , but only deleted 2 of them.  There
are still 3 left (AT RISK).
They are 127021 , 127021.dlr , and dloader.exe
all three are labeled DIALER.TIBS and AT RISK.

I've been trying to find out what the technical differences are between
the two user groups; specifically what is the setting difference that
would DISALLOW a normal user from accessing a System ODBC connection.
The reason I am asking is that so far we have had to resort to adding

How do i find out if the window critical security update is truly installed
techically?
because when i had hp media center 2004/sp2 and all the critical update and
when I upgraded it to HP media center 2005 upgrade cd, i went to add/remove

My roomate set up a user password before he moved out and put himself as the
administrator. Can I change that and keep all of the information on the
computer.(XP PRO)

I know you can't join a domain with home edition, but I'm wondering if you
can map a drive like you could with 2000 server. It worked because 2000
server checked the username/password and you could access the drives, but I
think that changed with 2003 server. Does anyone know ...

i recently put password on my administrator account and recently im getting
tired of typing password everytime window start. are there any way i can
erase password or change it so i wouldn't have to type password everytime it
start?

I am using EFS on Windows XP. When I copy or move the encrypted files
from the local drive to the network share or floppy drive, I get the
prompt sayings "The files cannot be copied or moved without losing
its encryption. You can choose to ignore this error and continue, or

If you can spare a few minutes I would love to find out if your organization
is using the XP SP2 Windows Firewall, and what (if any) kinds of
improvements you might like to see in the future. As we make plans for the
Windows Firewall we would like to see if customer deployments, ...

See also my 1/31/05 post titled "Restrict file/folder/program access."
I have 2 XP (v5.1) User accounts on my home PC: Administrator, and Guest.  
Administrator can connect to the internet, but Guest cannot.  The internet
connection is on the Start menu for guest, but is gray font ...

Is there any way the local admin password for a systems be changed when the
HDD is set as a slave to another system?