Upon investigation of the Local Security Policies I receive this nasty
little massage, "The Group Policy security settings that apply to this
machine could not be determined. The error returned when trying to receive
these settings from the local security policy database

Maybe it's a coincidence, but the day after one of Microsoft's
humongous updates downloaded and installed itself, Windows Firewall
alerted me that it was turned off.  So . . . I turned it back on.  Next
restart, same thing.   I've installed no new software.  XP auto update

I want to set permissions on a folder so that my son does not get in.  I
right click on the folder and go to sharing.  However, the box to make it
private is greyed out.
I have three drives on therre and get the same problem with all three.  The

I work for a company that is in the medical environment.  We want to allow
the doctor's internet access to all website and only allow downloading of
files from two specific websites.  The rest need to be blocked.  Also, I
need to mention that they are not attaching to a domain and ...

I Have Windows XP Home with two administrators accounts(because some games
won't run in a limited account).  One is passworded.
When you log into the passworded account, and go to change the password for
that account, it asks for the old password and the new password as it

I have been having a problem with my system.  Suddenly, the entire system
shuts off and reboots.  I have the automatic restarts disabled, and if all
things are equal,I should at least be getting a "blue screen of death".  So,
I think it is NOT a Stop error.  Then when I check my ...

I run norton antivirus twice a week and update the definitions.   It scans
fine and all and finds a ton of spy/adware.  Now, when it asks me to deleted,
it tries but says delete failed for all the spy/adware it found.   Anyone
know how to fix this?  I also have Norton Personal ...

What are recommended IE settings that would promote security and not decrease
performance?

I have a HP laptop running windows XP home edition.  
There is only the one user and the account was not
password protected.  After restarting my computer one
day, it now asks for a password.  I have tried every

hi i upgraded to xp and dont like the new scurity setings on files ge
where you can chaneg permitions is there any way to get this feture
back
please help

When i attempt to use windows update I get redirected to
http://www.bestwebslinks.com/ ; I have a feeling that this is not a ms site.  
Other symptoms include a heart shaped desktop shortcut named Online Dating as
well as another icon that sports the Ghost Busters logo and titled ...

A virus scan result with McAfee scanning engine v4.4.00 (virus data file
v4553 created 08 Aug 2005) revealed the presence of a trojan or variant
Generic.ca in C:\Program Files\WordWeb\wordweb.exe\WWEB32.EXE .
I downloaded WordWeb in December 2004 which I use infrequently. Previous ...

I have a network of 20 computers with three workgroups. One workgroup (three
computers) would like to have shared folers within the workgroup that are NOT
available to Everyone outside their workgroup but on the network.
All 20 computers are on windows XP

I HAVE MICROSOFT VALID XP PRO CD WITH LEGIT. PRODUCT KEY. WHEN I GO TO
WINDOWS UPDATES I GET AN INVALID PRODUCT KEY MESSAGE. I HAVE USED THE WALK
AROUND BY GOING TO TOOLS, MANAGE ADD-ONS AND DISABLING THE WGA. IT WORKS, BUT
AS A PERSON WHO LIKES TO DO THINGS CORRECTLY , IS ...

I get an error  "INF Install Failure Unknown" when trying to install
Flashplayer 7 from Macromedia.
Active X enabled for run and download
Windows XP Home Edition