Occasionally when I close down my PC I am told that another user is logged on
a closing down will cause them to lose work.   This happens when no-one else
is logged into their profile.
What couold eb causing this?

This is a mixed issue but it deeply concerns the security of Hotmail. I
thank Microsoft for having the 'alternative email' address field in
Setup/Options. Otherwise I wouldn't have got my Hotmail back ever!
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When I goto the Overview writeup on "Microsoft Windows AntiSpyware"  
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=321cd7a2-6a57-4c57-a8bd
-dbf62eda9671&displaylang=en
 , about the fourth paragragh down it says "The user must be an
administrator to install this ...

We have a family computer at home (we share it), and we have always worked
with the profile that came by default; no problem so far, So, like a week
before I feel the need to protect some info so I create a new user profile
with administrative rights; and I move all my files to ...

Hi, I'm a new user, I've had my computer for about 8 months, and I am
concerned about what my son is doing on the computer before I get home, I
disconnect the internet, I take the modem with me, but I can't afford that
expensive software to track, someone at work told me about a ...

i have recently installed the new antivirus from microsoft,all was well
untill i connected a router for my daughters laptop,now her antivirus has
taken priority over my comp.i can no longer update my antivirus,all the FAQS
come up with is do a manual download,but i cant find a ...

Is there anyway that i can rescrict access to the internet for only one
account out of three, using IE, i want to stop a child accessing anything
under a certain age group

Is a process running under NT-authority\SYSTEM account allowed to do
anything, or can I restrict even processes that run as SYSTEM -
especially with regard to user-privileges?
hope someone can shed light on this,

When the screen saver came on, it used to go back to the
welcome screen for the password.  Now to enter the password
out of the screen saver, a dialog box comes up the says
"Your computer is locked", and then I enter the password.

After reinstalling windows I am back with service pack 1, automatic updates
tried to install some of the security patches but my system did not accept
it, I noticed that I had this service patch allready installed. The complete
servicepac 2 tried to install but stopped in the ...

I am trying to install a program on my XP, but when I try, it says admin
policies prohibit this. What can I do to fix this. I have not set any such
policies. it is XP home edition.

I've got a work group with 2 XP Pro machines and one Home, I'd like to
secure the files on the two
Pro machines from the Home machine but still have Home on the network, is
there any way that the

After installing SP2 my printer quit working and i cannot seem to get it to
be reconized by the status monitor. Can anyone help?

Is there a way to password protect a single file (i.e: pw.bmp) without
it putting it in a zipped file?  I can do this in my word processor
but haven't been able to figure out how to do it in Windows XP Pro
SP2.

I have installed Spyware Beta and when I try to run it, a message is
displayed reading critical error 101.  I have tried to uninstall and
reinstall, but that does not work.
Any help would be appreciated; however, please share information on a 4th