I have a client running a workstation - XP Prof, that has 15 accounts on
the box, he wants to keep 8 (User Accounts) of them from accessing the
internet completely. The machine must still perform Windows Updates and
other AV updates, and still allow the other 7 (Administrator

I used the Microsoft Baseline Security program recently and I was floored to
see what I found. The most important and critical issue is the fact that I
have more than 2 admins on this PC. To my knowledge I should only have one.
O.K. here's my question... how do I get rid of the ...

I'm Running XP Home.
Just installed Combat Flight Sim. by Microsoft (CFS3)
When I try to load the program from any of three Icons,  I get the
message "Log On With Administrator Privleges".

I'm running a small network of ten PC's (XP SP1 & SP2) on a network from
a SBS 2003 server.
I'm trying to change some security authoritise for files/folders on the
PC's. On the 'Select Users or Groups' screen the location shown is the

I hope I'm in the right forum!  I have quite a few processes running on my
computer.  I run AdAware and Spybot frequently but I was still concerned. I
Googled several of the processes and read that the file should only appear in
a specific folder; if it didn't it could be sypware ...

In a corporate environment, which ports do you need to have open on an XP
Pro machine with sp2 to allow you to remotely manage that PC?

I have Windows XP. The Xp got corrupted and I had to reinstall the copy.
before i do that i copy some EFS files to a FAT32 drive using NTFS reader.
Now I have that data on FAT 32 drive. I haven't formatted the XP (NTFS )
harddisk and I used  the Advanced EFS Data recovery ...

I need to restrict completely the access to services and option to stop them
for some users.
What I did:
1. Disable snap-in Services by local and domain policies

I have a Toshiba Satellite.  XP Home Edition, Service Pack 1. When logged on,
with account set for Administrator, whenever I Ctrl-Alt-Del, Task Manager
won't come up, instead I get the message in the above subject.  Right-click
on toolbar, and Task Manager is greyed out.  Also, ...

I am using SMS to install critical patches.  Because of a corporate firewall,
I must download the cab file for SMS manually from location
http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=23130.  I have downloaded and
installed all the applicable updates using the MBSA tool.  However, when

Ive been looking for awhile for a way to password protect certain folders in
my computer. Ive seen it done with excel files but does anyone know how i
could make it so to access anything in a folder one needed a password?

When i am logging, the 802.1X dialog box open and i enter the correct login
password, then i'm connected on the good VLAN by the Radius Server.
But when i log off, and i want to relog on with on other login, i stay on
the old vlan.

I recently downloaded and installed MS Antispyware.  I also have Ad-Aware
and Spybot installed on my computer.  Whenever I run MS Antispyware it
discovers a Registry Key for Cydoor, then hangs there and subsequently eats
up my ram until I crash.  I tried to go into the Registry ...

Good Day!
I have one PC with Windows XP Home OS which is commonly used by 3 users. And
they want to protect their folder or document. Is there a way on how to
protect specific folder from other users using windows xp home?

   As I visit a webpage, there always pop-up a alert and said
something like "access to the port number given has been disabled for
security reasons"
   what is wrong?