Is there a way to use Group Policies to let users install a certain software
that we use for our company?  Right now, the users are in the User group.  I
don't want them to have more rights than that, except to let them install or
update a particular program.

i had 2 computers networked 1 with xp pro and 1 with xp home. The xp pr
box                                              has just blowin it
motherboard. So ive takin the hard drive from the xp pro box an set i
as slave on my xp home box. i can access all the files on the slav

i had 2 computers networked 1 with xp pro and 1 with xp home. The xp pr
box                                              has just blowin it
motherboard. So ive takin the hard drive from the xp pro box an set i
as slave on my xp home box. i can access all the files on the slav

I am using windows xp pro SP2, with all windows updates made.
I also use Kaspersky as antivirus and sygate as firewall.
Everything was working fine until i decided to apply Safexp
(http://www.theorica.net/safexp.htm) on my computer. I selected a lot of

For security reason, I change my regular account from administrator to
limited account. Now I can no longer add or delete favorites in IE. I can
still use them.
I can probably use cacls to give my limited account read/write permission to

How do I restart in safe mode in xp? turning  off the computer does not give
an option to restart in safe mode? thanks.

it seems that every year when norton internet security is nearing
renewal our computer starts having major problems.
this year i delayed renewing til five days (sept. 10th) before
expiration (sept. 15th).

Just bought a pre-owned Dell Inspiron 6000D, running XP.  On first power-up,
after what appears to be a normal boot-up, it displays a message window
headed "lsass.exe System error".  The error description says, "When trying to
update a password this return status indicates that ...

I am about to repurpose my current computer for my toddler's use.  I know
that I can go in and assign very limited permissions to general use accounts,
but is there an easier way to put the OS in a "kiosk" type mode that does not
allow access to the OS?  They seem particularly ...

In the last few days, I installed a game I download from
Downloads.com.
During installation, this product installed SecuRom's copy-protection
files to my C:\Documents and Settings\<User>\Application Data folder,

Web sites you visit can retrieve data from your clipboard depending on
your security settings. Go to this page (www.clipboard.googlemyway.com)
and see if anything shows up in the box. If you are using Firefox or
Opera you probably won't see anything. However, if you are using

Whenever my computer is on, i get random pop-ups titled "Messenger Service."  
They do not seem to cause any problems at all, but they are just a pain to X
them off.   They come at about 10 an hours.  I have anf get no virus's etc
etc.  How can I stop this?

Something has happened and I cannot enable Audomatic Updates.  I go to the
control in Control Panel, and Turn Off Automatic Updates is selected, but
everything is grayed out, and I cannot select Automatic.  The service is
started.

is it possible to remove a installed program's name from the add/remove
program list in the control panel.  i recently had an important program
removes from my system by mistake. i would like to make it im possible for
tis to happen "by mistake" again.

Hi my name is Bigval I am having trouble logging in to my computer and I
am the administrator. It's like someone has changed my password and I
need help to get back in to my computer.