anyone can teach , if i want to block or denny MSN FILES TRANSFER in my
office
how can i do ? which port i need to denny
i try to denny ( TCP¡G6891to6900), in msn 7.5 seem not work ?

In trying to tighten up security for file sharing two WinXP-ProSP2 systems in
a Workgroup (not Domain), I reset NTFS Special Permissions on overall hard
drives; I have since discovered this was a big mistake!  Should I use
SECEDIT as described in KBID313222 to restore defaults in ...

I bought a 2nd hand computer and when I turn it on it displays a screen that
apologises for windows xp not starting and gives me options to start (eg.
normal, safet mode etc.,) When I press enter on any of theses options it
comes up with a blue screen that says:

I've just noticed that my local user profile is 2.86GB. I checked this
because I always get the 1517 error:
Windows saved user ************* registry while an application or service
was still using the registry during log off. The memory used by the user's

To start off normally I do not turn off or restart my XP Pro machine.
The other day I had restarted it for something and when I went to log
into my user account which has admin rights it said my password was
incorrect. I tried two other admin level accounts that were set up on

I'm wondering how can allow my limited account to save their work.  For some
reason my system says they do not have the right to save their documents.  Is
there any way to change these settings.    Thanks for any info I can get for
this.

I am running windows XP Pro and can only log into an account if it is an
administrator account. As soon as I change the account to a User or Power
User, I can no longer log in. The account is still there, but the password
is not accepted. If I change it back to an Administrator ...

Shouldn't I of had this when I downloaded Windows XP  SP2? Why am I getting
failed when windows try to update this? When I go to download it, it says it
can't be found on my computer. Do I have to redownload WindowXP SP2 again? I
see people are having allot of problems with this. ...

I have been reading much about the use of the hosts file to block out
potential bugs and ads.  Some say it's quite useful, others say it's
obsolete.  I need some expert opinions on using one as a security feature.
My current security looks like this:

I'm hoping somebody here can point me in the right direction. I work at a
small nonprofit where we manage our IT needs with the equivalent know-how of
chewing gum and duct tape.
A couple months ago, someone in our office encrypted a bunch of Excel

I had a mirrored drive with windows XP and wanted to upgrade the drives,
so replaced both of them one at a time, rebuilding the mirror, so that I
ended up with a mirrored drive that would have much bigger capacity.
Unfortunately, the mirror card (SIL 0680) doesn't automatically ...

i scanned my pc with panda activescan and i came up with a load of spyware
(courtesy of Altnet) which it didnt remove. however, i have done most of it
myself and am now down to a few files.    I dont want to just delete them as
they are part of my system.  I have pasted them here ...

I removed an old named account and left the original administrator on my
system. I changed the password and then closed the computer down.
When I rebooted the welcome message tells you to select a user but there are
none shown. I press CRT ALT Del twice and it recognises the ...

Please can someone help with this problem.
I have two computers running Windows XP Professional and for backup reasons
I need to access computer two - program files.
Itr keeps coming up I do not have access to program files etc, Drive C is

What thoughts do people have on efs encrypting the documents and
settings root so that all new user profiles are EFS encryped . Is this
feasible/reliable?
Thanks