What is the IPC$ Share in Computer Management:Shared Folders:Shares?
No sharing is turned on and Remote Access is off, yet it is still there.
Concerned it is a security risk.

All,
Running XP Pro SP2, with all updates.
Have five users on PC.  Do not use ctrl+alt+del to log on.
Recently, we went to log on, and the computer kept saying that we had forgot

IS scvhost.exe good or bad?
Some internet site indicate it's bad.  I have anNywhere from 4 to 7
scvhost.exe's listed in Task Manager as running at one time.
If bad, how do I remove them/it?

I'm experimenting with network sharing and permission setting, users, etc in
a workgroup LAN. This experiment is very slow to do because sometimes after
changing an account password, I have to reboot thisPC with the shared folder
in order for otherPC to access the folder. ...

Recently my computer was infected by a worm that ate up my system resources.  
I was not able to restore the system back to a previous state, nor was I able
to back-up my documents, so I was forced to reinstall Windows XP Professional
version 2002 and all of my other applications. ...

I need to give several users the ability to change their TCP/IP settings
without putting them in either of the local Administrators or Power Users
groups.  Does anyone know how to do that.  I'm running a W2K3S AD domain
with WXPP clients.

I am working on 2 XP computers.  I switched one to Guest and now can not get
out of it as it has been so long since we used a login that we have forgotten
passwords. Any way out of this?

Fresh install of XP Pro with SP2 Volume License Edition.
I go get the latest updates. I enable a few settings in gpedit such as:
Remove Desktop Wizard
Turn off personalized menus

I dont know if this is the right place to put this question, but anyway:
I have a brand new Dell Latitude. I think that Windows XP servicepack 2 is
making some problem. The bigger problem is that I cant uninstall it. I have
tried through Control Panel, and the tips Microsoft gives ...

Please be nice to me as I am new here.  I have been wrestling with my PC for
a couple of months ago.  I am scientist by degree and profiession so my need
to "understand what is happening" might be my own udoing when it comes to XP.
At the urging of my Girl friend I finally took ...

I keep seeing references to the ability to password restrict compressed files
in XP.  How does one do this?

My brother got the msg other users logged on - are u sure u want to shut
down, when he had only logged on via his limited user account.  Is it
possible for a remote user to have hijacked his pc on a limited user account?
Is there any way of checking if this is the case or is it ...

Is it possible to allow a user access to stop/start a service on a
Windows 2000 server (while blocking their access to all other services
on the server).  I believe this is possible over Telnet.  Can SC.exe do
this?  Any help would be greatly appreciated?

   Using XPPro I'm trying to change the IE security level for each
zone (Internet, intranet, etc) without success. Everytime I set a level
below "high" in Internet, XP shows me a warning message and goes back
to high. For some reason, other coworkers have the "medium" level by

If this should be posted in another group, please advise.
I downloaded AdAware SE Personal and then 1.06r1.   All appear to be
functioning  AOK.  The problem is, I can no longer use the link provided to
get to the support forums.   It just takes me to a generic home page which