I am unable to install the following updates.  Each one fails with error code
8007F0DA.
Security Update for Windows XP (KB896358)  
Security Update for Windows XP (KB890046)

I have and XP pro with all security updates and
a Windows ME with all security updates.
At some point my file and print sharing changed.
Before it worked perfectly.

I ve got little brother how all the time use the my pc with out my knowledge
put that not the problem. the problem is i 've got ADSL connection with
limited download range. I want to find a way to prevent any user except me of
course from downloadin anything from the web when i ...

Hi,
I want to setup a computer such that it has two users: One is admin,
the other is a "kiosk" accnt, which only loads a very specific program.
Using group policy, when I disable something, ie accessing the task

I have a backdoor prorat.16 in C:\system volume information, it is  
quarantine by ad-aware. Now i wan't to have a look at it... like where that
rat send all the information. My problem is I can't find my system volume
information folder. It should be in C:\ , but it isn't. Does ...

I am a windows XP professional user.  I have what I believe to be adware running on my PC.  It is an advertisement for a product that promises to "keep my computer safe," and it is running on top of my wallpaper on my desktop, so that only a sliver of the wallpaper is visible at ...

I have tried to open a couple of online games (starting with http). I tried
to put the URLs as a trusted site and it will not allow me to because it
doesn't start with https. Can someone help me over ride the security for this?

Perhaps a virus restored my system, tried to go back to a restore point, am
getting a message "can not restore to this point".  I've read I can turn off
the "restore" point (emptying the restore points), run a virus scan and/or
mal-ware program, then turn it on again. Question is ...

I currently have disabled MS firewall on LAN connections and enabled on
Wireless and Dialup not allowing file and print sharing or remote
desktop/assistance.  For my users it is more important to keep them secure
when not on our LAN which has a nice hardware firewall to protect ...

On a XP PRO sp2 computer I have created a user 'allan' who is in the
administrator's group.
When I login as administrator and use Explore to access the 'my documents'
of user 'allan' a message pops up 'Is not accessible. Access is denied'.

The other day, when i turned on my computer, as soon as it started to log on
(from the welcome screen), it gave me the blue screen where it wants to dump
the memory.  I have checked all of my drivers and they seem to be fine.  I
can boot up in safe mode just fine, but any other ...

I changed the user name on the administrator account and now all of my email
and all other docs and data are gone.  I can't seem to figure out how to fix.
Any help would be appreciated.

My other computer at home has xp professional without internet access.  
There are only two accounts on the computer.  My account belongs to the group
ADMINISTRATOR.   I have some files in the shared folder.  I would like to
make those files read only for my three year old.  I ...

I can't acces the documents folder of the All Users folder in documents &
settings. Though I'm installing a program and it needs to install some files
in the documents folder of All Users. How do I solve this???

I cannot open programs that I drag or copy to the shared folder in user
groups below administrator.  I have some apps that I don't want to run in the
admin group, but they will not install in the limited group even if I change
the user permissions.