i am running xp sp 2 idont know how to edit admin rights to turn on programs
that used to work but don't now
eg;run and search

Hi Guys, im not sure if im posting at the right place.
Im currently developing a program which runs report.
using Asp.net and report is generated into excel with data retrieved from
SQL DB

Using windows XP.  I recently created a new admin account that does not have
password protection.  To make a long story short, there had already existed
an admin account with password protection on the computer that had countless
files and now it has seemingly disappeared.  I ...

The Windows 200x style login dialog has an interesting security feature:
the keyboard input is piped directly to the Windows kernel and cannot be
hooked (as easily) by a Trojan Horse that manages to get installed on a
computer.   By doing this the password for an account is ...

Knowledgebase Article 884018 says that there is a hotfix to correct this
problem.
Where do I get such a hotfix?

I have a trojan on my laptop that only ewido seems to be able to locate. I'm
not comfortable running around the registry keys deleting files, so can
someone tell me how to go about removing this little beast? I know which
files it is infecting, I just don't know how to get rid of ...

I currently have two administrator accounts – the built-in account, and one
that I created.  From what I understand from Microsoft’s tutorials, having
two admin. accounts could pose a security risk.  I no longer go online with
the same account that has administrator status.  

While running TuneUp Utilities '06 it is showing in the process mgr that a
process called FamilyKeyLogger is sucking some  memory. After some research,
I've read this is considered spyware from SpyArsenal and it resides in
cisvc.exe which is a Microsoft process. I did'nt manually ...

One person at work recently upgrade from XP Pro SP1 to SP2. Everything
appeared to load fine. Then a couple of days later, we tried installing a
typical .msi package and got the error: 'Windows Installer service could not
be accessed. This can occur if you are running in safe ...

How do I add/manage user accounts remotely with Windows XP Pro?  I have
never had a problem doing this with Windows NT/2000.  I just used User
Manager for Domains.  The thing is I have one older Windows 2000 box I'm
using as a file server, and I want to manage user accounts and ...

We were recently trying to add my sons as new users to our computer. We are
running Windows XP home edition. Everytime i set up the new accounts as
limited..it will not allow them to log on. but if i log back onto our admin.
account and chane them to admin as well it works. But ...

On Xp Pro, SP2, standalone I have a user account that use the buildt in
account limited. I want to give this user the possibility to stop and start
mssqlserver.
how to do this with gpedit.msc?

I have XP Home edition (SP2 and all fixes...).  I have 2 user accounts
configured; 'Owner' and 'Kids'.  Obviously the 'Owner' has full rights and
the 'Kids' have limited rights.  The problem is with a game we installed - as
'Owner' for the 'Kids' - that puts a USER file in the ...

I'm on Windows XP Pro on an Administrator (also supposed to be owner) account.
In order to provide other users unrestricted use of software, I made two
other admin accounts, A and B.
The problem arises when I noticed that account B is able to view the

I scan my computer with the Spyware Doctor and I get a infections detected
that says Instant Access is a dialer and its links are related to
akamai.downloadv3.com. and it removes it but everytime I restart my computer
it shows up again.  Is there any way for me to get completely ...