I cannot enable the firewall on my PC. Whenever I log on I get a re
balloon in the taskbar telling me that the firewall is not enabled
When I try to enable it, I get the message "Windows cannot start th
Windows Firewall/Internet Connection Sharing (ICS) service".

I have a kid who is set up as a User on an XP (home) machine. He is not
Admin to avoid download and install of games/spyware/RATs etc. He does not
know the Admin password.
One game requires him to be Admin to run. Won't work as a User.

I've been using the Windows XP SP2 Firewall, but after I installed
eDonkey2000 it was turned off after I rebooted.  Additionally, after the
eDonkey setup some spyware was installed and I removed them by using the
Microsoft AntiSpyware program and Add/Remove Programs in Control ...

So I downloaded service pack 2 for XP PRO and it shutdown my Norton  auto
protect for anti virus.  When I try to enable, a window pops up stating a
script error.  And asks if I want to debug or not.  Well I tried and it did
not do anything.

I have a simple question and one that Ishould know the answer to.  Does
anyone know how to block users from logging into multiple machines at the
same time?  I have Windows XP Pro clients and Windows 2000 servers in an
active directory environment.

My laptop is a Windows XP Home machine.
Every month, I make a backup of the files on my laptop to a DAT tape drive
on a Windows 2003 server.  I am running the Microsoft backup program on the
server under the administrator account.

I may have contracted a virus/worm similar to Blaster.  The System Shutdown
notice says that it was initiated by NTAuthority\System.  It further says,
"Win must now shutdown because the Remote Procedure Call (RPC) service
terminated unexpectantly."  I have attempted to run Norton ...

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I have a client that is running a 2000 server w/ sp4 installed, they have 5
workstation running XP-Pro logged on to the sever. When I try to install
XP-SP2 on any of the workstations from a cd-XP-Pro sp2. It starts the

Dear all...
Bought myself a new computer last week. I took out my entire 'old' harddisk,
and put this one in my new system.
No problems thus far; every folder is accessible,

I downloaded service pack 2 for xp pro.  It disabled Norton Anivirus
autoprotect.  When I try to enable, a new window appears saying script error
and asking me if I want to debug or not.  I tried it and nothing happened.
The version of Norton I am using is System Works 2002 and ...

Well, i've got a few xp pro machines and now i'm workgrouping them up.  So
i've got a couple users on each of them, and they each have they're own my
documents folders etc. So when i run the network setup wizard, i configure it
so everything is working right, etc. Now when they're ...

after a quite serious invasion by a worm/ IE pirate that several diferent
cleanup programs couild not remove, I re-installed win-Xp.
To my frustration I can no longer gety to my old files, because windows has
created new accounts an folders with .<computer name> added.

I have XP Pro on my home computer and I have set up various accounts for my
family. I am an administrator and my family have restricted accounts.
My problem is that for some reason, when I click on a link in Outlook 2003 I
get the following message:

I'm currently working
to troubleshoot an apparently
valid application that merely
creates a very large number of files

I am on Windows XP, connect to the internet via high speed cable modum, and
use windows internet explorer. Today I have run my spyware program and
deleted a number of adware files. Then I restart my computer, go to the
internet, and the next thing I know, the files come back. ...