k what the (bad word) is goign on with my computer :S
I just set up my box with XP pro SP1 and I went to install my drivers
it all went fine till I had to restart I restarted then came back to my
desktop and it was liek the drivers didnt even install but it showed in

When I attempt to go to a secure website (one with https) my machine
answers that "The connection was refused when attempting to contact
www.sitename.com
My laptop can connect just fine, but this is a new problem that just

I have successfully mapped the LPT1 port to a network printer using the Net
Use command (persistent:yes) and it works great for me.  My users, however,
don't have local administrative rights and it doesn't work for them.  Is
there a way to map map that printer so that it's mapped ...

my security centre is not available but even if i go to "services msc", there
is no security centre folder or icon so I can't enable as suggested for other
problems

winxp sp2. Files and folders appear to be encrypting randomly with efs. I am
not applying the encryption myself. I am able to remove the encrpytion but it
is getting very inconvenient and chewing up a lot of cpu cycles. I have not
identified a pattern yet. Sometimes it happens ...

I've exercised a number of cleaners, concentrating mostly on Trend-Micro
tools.  But no matter what I do, I cannot seem to detect or correct this
behavior.
Here's what is happening:

hi, i`ve read in a few places that if u restart in safe mode u can set
the security of cd drives, but on my xp sp2 mashine the security tab is
not showing ( this is only for the cd, for the ntfs disk partition its ok)

I hope someone can shed some light on a perplexing problem.
Our company has been developing and selling software for several years.
In the last two weeks, we have had several reports from long time users that
our software no longer runs.

I'm having a fight with encryption . . . I have the certificate and matching
key for the encrypted files. I select a file, right-click 'properties', click
'advanced', unselect 'encrypt', and get an "Error 5" message.
Initially I was getting a message telling me that the certificate ...

Is there a way to install a Windows service from the command prompt and at
the same time set the "Startup type" to automatic?

I'm setting up a "media box" and want to stop any atempt to tamper with the
system. Running XP with Meedio as shell. The only thing I can't find in LGPO
is how to disable ctrl-alt-del. I'm looking for a way to disable the overall
functionality of ctrl-alt-del. I would simply like ...

Yea my Automatic Updates have been turned off for a while now and i can
get them to turn back on. Even when i turn it to Automatic under Manag
Security Settings. When i try to download updates from the microsof
website i get the following error.

Recieved the following error while trying to access my user accounts from the
Control Panel
"Wrong number of arguments or invalid property assignment"
Is there anything I can do?????

Since there is no mmc for security policy in XP Home edition, is there a set
of registry entries associated with them?
Thanks in advance

As more and more new PCs have no floppy drives, a few questions arise:
1.  What would be an alternative to the diskette for the password reset
disk?
2. If I need to have an external USB floppy drive, can I use a USB flash