I have 2 kids (9 yrs & 14 yrs old) who I allow to use my computer.  They
have started to try and install software, create directories, folders, files,
and print stuff.
I want to setup restrictions that prevent them from doing everything that I

In Active Dircetory the software allow list does not let you use a pathe so
that only that application such iexplore, only runs from C:\Program
Files\Internet Explorer. User know that if you change firefoxsetup.exe to
iexplore.exe the setup program will install. Once it install, ...

I have a workstation that will not log on using any of the known passwords. I
have tried to log on locally in safe mode with the administrator logon but it
too fails to log on. Any help?

This is a "Windows XP Pro", private machine.
I belong to the Administrators group, I never had to log in as Administrator.
As a result, I have forgotten Administrator's password.
Can I, as a user, reset Administrator's password?

Understand Workstation Service
What I have?
A standalone pc with Win Xp Pro.
A Administrator and some users

I currently have a wireless, where the software that runs it needs ADMIN
rights. Therefore when you boot the PC up as a Limited user the Network
cannot be found. I need the Limited Profile/Policy edited for these accounts
to be able to run this program to repair/find the network, ...

i disabled an acc on my laptop which belongs to the administrative group.n
that account happens to be the account i use in loggin onto my computer.now i
cant logon.it saying my account has been disabled n i should c my admin

I have EFS problem with XP / XP SP1 & XP SP2. I don't have Active Directory
setup in the office and all XP are standalone workstations. I would like to
enable EFS on laptops. I understand XP does not have DRA setup by default so
I login as admin, create the .CER file and use MMC ...

We frequently use VPN's however I have a quick question that i'm sure
someone can answer in 2 secs.  We can with no problem at all establish
an L2TP over IPSec VPN from a 2K/XP Pro client to a 2K/2K3 Server.  Now
it is our practice to incorporate 2 certificates 1x User + 1x Computer

I am rolling out 6 or 8 new Windows XP clients to a small site which uses
roaming profiles.  One particular user when she logs on finds that her My
Documents folder which points to a folder on a network share has been made
available offline.  She didn't enable this and I can't ...

I had to do a full reinstall of XP Home. There are several users all with
their own documents etc.
I need to get at the old "my documents" folders to copy the users data
across but on one users the access is denigned (guess he made his files

Is there anyway to preconfigure the installation of SP2 to selectively turn
on/off individual components of the default SP2 install?
For example: lets say I don't want DEP to be installed and turned on as
default because I've previously identifed compatability issues with some

             something happened to my PC over the last few days that made
it act as though someone had turned up all the security settings to max.
The firewall was turned on, even though it should be off as we have a
network firewall here.  50% of web sites were unavailable.  I ...

I have enabled Guest Accout on my XP Pro machine to let my inlaws use my
computer while they babysit my daughter. How do I make a D: drive (a second
physical Hard Drive) completly invisible form within Guest Account? I have 2
other administrative accounts on this system and I ...

i keep getting a pop up window that says my computer has
a virus infection. it's says trojan-
downloader.win32.targetsoft.b. but spyware or virus
protection can't get rid of this can anyone help?