I lost my admin rights as the "OWNER" sometime within the last two weeks.  As
owner I am now logged in as a "guest". There is no admin account that I know
of or can see under user accounts.  Since I cannot log in as any type of
admin I cannot change anything.  This is my wife's ...

The users are in a domain environment during the day, but need to be able to
add their own home printer to XP so that they can print when home.
They get errors saying that they don't have the proper permissions to do
this.We can't make them local admins of the laptops to solve ...

I have a laptop, and on it my account I have is currently a temporary
user.
The only thing about this is that as a result, I can't change System
Time, Power Schemes or Kill programs with the Task Manager.

I am getting a little frustrated here... Is there a place to download ONLY
(for network installs LAN) of all the security/updates post sp2.
I want to download all the updates to place on a few servers that have
running, I have a few machines that are directly connected to internet ...

The folder C:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Documents is locked on my
compter to all accounts, even the Admin.  I have XP SP2.  Because of this
problem, I can't re-install Adobe Acrobat because the installer can't create
or change the folder C:\Documents and Settings\All ...

I am trying to add a network user to the permissions for a folder.  I
turned off easy file sharing and am in the basic mode where I can set
permissions.
I click permissions and then add and am presented with a box asking for

I've been setting up a workgroup environment for a small office lately.
I've installed backup software and I've been trying to schedule a task to
run the backup software.  There is a scheduler within the backup software but
that's an entirely different problem.

is there way how i can logon localy on a windows xp home edition
without booting system into safe mode. Is there any workarround
for this?
Best Regards

I was playing with the security of the pc asnd realised that the guest /
limited accounts on my pc have  full access to all files on my computer.
I've tried creating new account names as administrators but still the
documnts belonging the the admins are still accessible by any ...

My PC crashed & I had to do a full Windows reload.  After I did that and put
my files back on from my back-up CD, the files in the "Shared Documents"
folder open as "Read Only" when any non-Admin user opens them.  I check the
"Properties" for the files and the "Read Only" box is ...

I have 3 computers connected for sharing via a router. One is running Windows
2000, another Windows 95 and my main computer is using Windows XP.
I have a shared drive on Windows XP which used used to be able to be
accessed from the other 2 machines but for some reason, it now ...

When I open the Control Panel and click on User Accounts. I cannot see the
Advanced Tab... how do I get out of this "user-stupid" interface?

I'm having trouble getting a batch script to upload files to a remote server
via ftp.  We've got a small LAN with a packet filtering NAT firewall at the
perimeter that handles active and passive transfers without a problem.  I
first used IE with passive mode to upload and that ...

I have the following site save as my bookmark:
http://www.microsoft.com/security/malwareremove/default.mspx
Today I clicked on this site and then followed the instructions. It asked
whether you want to install the following software

thI use Outlook (Office XP version) for mail. If someone receiving a mail
from me wishes to reply and use the "reply" button on their email client,
they receive a "not delivered" message and I do not receive the response.
Also, in Internet Explorer, if I log onto a website using ...