Help..... every once in a while the anti-virus and or firewall just shut off
by themselves and it won't let me turn it back on, right now the anti-virus
is turned off and it won't let me turn it back on, luckily i've got norton as
a back up but the Norton has been in this system ...

I would like to see if there is a way through scripting ,programming to query
the status of the Security Center in  XP, ie check to see if the firewall is
on, antivirus up to date, etc when a computer connects to the network via
vpn. I am capable of scripting, programming, etc ...

I have a DSL connection, windows says the firewall is on but it is not.  I
keep getting this error message whenever I try to install it.  "Windows
Firewall settings can't be displayed because the associated service isn't
running, do you want to start the Windows Firewall/Internet ...

I have very strange issue in few PCs of my network.We have Windows 2000
domian and Windows XP with SP1.On  few windows xp computers when user log on
to the domain he is getting the ACL Permissions of other user and if you go
to files server and see the sessions it is showing - ...

I installed a new HP printer 3 weeks ago, and immediately,  there were
changes in my notebook's system.  It forced me to choose user account from
Windows Logon screen once the 'screen saver' kicked in, where prior to
installing the printer,  I would just touch the touchpad and ...

I've tried to shut the XP Firewall off.  In the Security section of Control
Panel, the XP Firewall button is in the off position but the staus light
shows it as still on.  Is there another way to disable XP Firewall?

I am unable to use the View / Remote Computer... option in msinfo32.exe to
view information on remote computers with the Windows Firewall turned on.  It
looks like the firewall is blocking traffic on ports 137 and 138, among other
things.

I just discovered some files which I never noticed before. I submitted them
to VirusTotal but the scans did not find anything.
I also performed a scan with HijackThis v1.99.1 and had the log file
submitted and analyzed. The result of the log file was okay.

Computer could not start because of corrupted system files.  Computer had
identity " ? ".    I used XP restore disk .. Repair feature would not work so
I used "Set up XP" feature.  Worked fine.
    Computer's identity is now "B" because I didn't know old identity.  Old

Overview
During brief time at windows startup, it appears
my DSL connection often has no protection.  I want
to control startup of software and windows components

Which IP Protocols are active on an out-of-the-box Windows XP Pro
installation ?
I'm asking from the perspective of identifying which protocols I should
block on my outer firewall.

will this affect the internet guest account?  Can I change the name of the
internet guest account to IUSR_<servername>?

I have tried for months to install the SP2 for my Windows XP.  I even ordered
the CD to try to install it that way.  No matter what I try, including
printing out all the help steps and doing them, it seems to be about to the
half way point when I get a message that says 'Access ...

Hello, I am in the process of cleaning spyware off of a computer and
have almost completely cleaned it.  However, one registry key remains
that just will not go away.  The key is
HKLM\Software\ShudderLTD\PSGuard.  I have tried to use regedt32 and

What do I need to allow for remote assistance so it isn't blocked. I have
W2k AD network with many XP sp2 clients. I have set in group policy enable
offer remote assistance. On the desktops I have enabled, allow users to
connect remotely. It is still being blocked by the firewall ...