I know you can protect indivual files (like a Word doc or Excel spreadsheet,
etc) with a password.  But is there a way to make an entire folder (like My
Documents or My Pictures, etc) password protected?
Anyone know how to do that?

I'm a networking novice!
I've got a 4 workstation winxp pro peer 2 peer network no server. Lets say
my pc is called DOG and my assistant's (Jan) pc is CAT. She's got different
files in her 'Shared Documents' folder (C:\Documents and Settings\All

In order to improve security, it is possible to rename Administrator account
in an Windows XP system. But everytime a user choose "Run as.." to open an
application, the (renamed) name of the administrator is shown to her/him. Is
there a way to prevent this?

Hi we ned to "keep an eye on" our remote users.  I know windows auditing can
do part of this, but is there a piece of software that will auditin what time
users went into software, how long for etc?

I have the following environment at the parochial school I administer:
Windows 2003 Server
Windows XP Professional Workstations - 35 Users
I installed Accelerated Reader on our computer lab consisting of 20

We have an issue with 25 winXPsp2 Clients in a remote office. The admin who
installed those set the local policys to tightenanother company. The office
was bought bye us and we demanded a Windows network to be installed. He told
us he managed to do this, but he had a Novell ...

Norton has been popping up at startup telling me I have this virus
(Backyard.Graybird) and it originated here
C:\DOCUME~1\Audrey\LOCALS~1\Temp\mc22.tmp  - Also at one point instead of the
mc22.tmp it was mc24.tmp.  And it deletes it.  Well I have restarted numerous

I would like to implement the "Software Restriction Policies"
because I would like that the users use around 100 files .exe
but I don't want to have problem with the update of SUS.
What's the best way to do it?

I have a user that has win XP SP2 on a tablet we have successfully set
the AutoAdminLogin feature on when the system boots up for ease of use
in tablet form.  But when the system comes out of hibernate it still
goes through the login process.

I have an XP box with SP2 on which Automatic Update seems to hang when
loading. I.e., the services windows shows it as loading, but it never gets
loaded. I've got it turned off now, but I need to have it running to get
updates. (Apparently MS now won't let you do updates without ...

I have been informed that in order for one of my programs to communicate thru
my firewalls (Norton security & Windows XP) I must "force the ip address".
Anybody know what I need to do?
The program recognises that there is a firewall present & will not

I have a share on a windows 2003 server which contains important files that i
want to have encrypted via EFS and accessed by a only a handfull of people on
the network.
I understand the process of creating certificates for each user and then

a desktop and two laptops networked together running xp.belonging to
university students. what is the best way to protect without costing my first
born son??many many thanks from concerned dad

Does the activation code get stored somewhere (e.g. the  registry) after XP
is successfully activated?   Is there a way I can retrieve the activation
code I used to activate XP?
Any feedback will be most appreciated, thanks.

I got w32netsky.P@mm on my computer yesterday, so I ran Norton AV and it
quarantined it.  I then deleted it, but I was reading some of the info
available on it at the Symantec website and it said something about the
Registry being changed by the virus.  There is a fix tool on the ...