Until recently I have been running AVG free edition as my virus checker
however recently I was unable to open the management page to run the virus
scan as it closes itself straight away when I tried system restore it had
been switched off (not by any users),I switched it back on ...

I am running XP home edition and I'm looking for a way to restrict access for
some teenage users. Is it possible to setup a schedule that only allows
access for a certain period each day?

In the following article you can find a simple and effective way to create a
user account with desired right in windows XP without having administrator
right.
http://pubs.logicalexpressions.com/Pub0009/LPMArticle.asp?ID=305

I keep getting this window pop up when I hook to the internet saying I may
have a vulnerability on my system, it then tells me to go to update to find
the patch to correct this, only problem is when I do that there are no
updates needed.  Can anyone tell me how I could correct ...

I have a Point of Sale (POS) application running on a windows XP client.
This system is connected to my network. My network has internet access
through a low-end NAT router (D-link DI-604).
I do not want the POS client to be able to access the Internet, either

We have three pcs in our office.All them are xp pro.And nobody have no login
passport.
One of the pc's we must use some of folders.Yesterday when i give this to
command prompt \\pcname i saw verification screen.i wrote my friends username

I want users not to be able set a wallpaper.
I set adequate permissions on some folders. That works.
Also thru Group Policy, I enabled 'Disable wallpaper changing' via Control
Panel.

My current problem is that I don't have administrator access to the domain
but I do have Admin access to the machine I need to restrict. Bascially I
have a list of domain accounts that can access the computer. (I already know
how to restrict who can log in) What I need to do is ...

I setup a brand new XP install. Setup a new local user named Joe and logged
in as Joe .  Created a new directory and encrypted 200 files in this
directory.
Logged off and and logged in as Administrator. Created a DRA (ex: Cipher

I keep getting an error code after I copy and paste anything.. it is as
follows....IEXPLORE.EXE. application The instruction"0x08f5454d" could not be
read the program will now close.  

wondered if the firewall built into the draytek wireless router is protecting
me from access attempts? What about an access attempt from anouther computer
in my shared house? (lets pretend i'm living with a hacker!)
I have zonealarm installed but fear its just slowing my computer ...

i have a small netwofk with 8 computers all running win xp pro, (WORK GORUP)
i want local users on each computer to see  nothing but ONLY  internet
explorer on the screen, and when they hit the start button they should only
see DOCUMENTS.

I tried to set up file sharing between  a pc and my laptop both on XP pro. I
goofed and moved all my documents into the shared documents folder. Now I get
access denied trying to open them and I would like to move these files back
to my docs. I tried to disable in the folder ...

I am trying to enable 802.1x autentication for my network but when I try to
connect to the network it says "Windows could not find a certificate to log
you on".  I have set up a CA and RADIUS server and they seem to be working
fine.  I have set a computer certificate to be ...

Is there a way to prevent users from printing files that are located in one
folder? For instance I have a folder with two excel files in it- I want
people to read the files, but not print them. I don't want to have to go to
each file and restrict permissions, but the folder to ...