Hi, can you help?
Pc"A" has a service running and Joe bloggs is logged in as Administrator.
This service is running as a "system" service.
Joe Bloggs can log-in to the program behind this service.

I am using Windows XP Professional and have enabled software restriction
policies, as I wanted to see if if it was a suitable tool to implement in my
current working environment. I now no longer wish to use software
restricition policies is there a way I can turn this feature off ...

I'm deploying XP SP2 to a large community, and the build image is configured
to use the 'Classic' start-menu. I have things pretty well locked down now,
but the users can still launch Explorer by double clicking on
Start->Programs.

Hi i visited a pc today where the user was using a network account, but the
pc was no longer attached to the network. the question is i tried to give
his account access to some local files which he had no access but when i
tried to add him i could not add his account as it was a ...

my xp firewall is grayed out and says controled by group policy
i have 1 computer
MSHOME
with internet, No server no group policy

i have 2 computers on a MSHOME network, the computers are caller Roger1 and
Roger2. The Usernames are called Roger on each, they are also adminof the
computers
Each computer has a seccond drive Called Backup and are shared out with

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 ...

        I tried to install "Windows Live Safety Center Component" ActiveX
for Installing Scanner on Windows XP SP2, but it could not be installed and
retry installation page was displayed. I even tried to keep it as a trusted
site and kept settings to low, but nothing happened. ...

I've googled around for this but can't really find a meaningful answer, so
I hope someone here will be able to help...
Is there some way of querying the Security Center for it's current status?
Perhaps via WMI or some registry keys?  What I'd like to do is to `ask` the

I am having trouble with other people seeing my computer or connecting to me.
All firewalls are disabled.  The IP I see in games I create or in the
network adapter properties (the adapter with the internet connection) is not
my acual IP address.  The address I'm getting (192.168 ...

how do I delete the file removeit.hta ? It is protected?

Hi i need to hcange a serial number for a windows xp computer but
every time i do the next system restart it cumes back with the old s/n
please help
Matthew Lynch

I wonder if anyone has run into this one before, and point me towards
some information on how to fix it.
Here at work, one of my computers with Windows XP Pro is not letting
me log in and claims it can not reach a domain when I try. There is no

I can't start Windows Explorer via RUNAS from the command window. After I
enter password, the "attempting to start..." message appears for several
seconds, then back to the DOS prompt. Other programs start OK. There's
nothing in the Event Log. Same behavior on Windows XP Pro and ...

Can anyone tell me if there is a way of limiting the access to som
programs on one user account?
Let me explain why.....
I have 2 children who both have their own log-in, as well as myself an