I'm trying to hide the control panel on several local stand alone XP
Pro PC's in the office.  All the user accounts are set up as Power
Users.  After a lot of reading, it looks like the best way to do this
is to use group policies.  I set this up on my test system and it works

I was using my computer off-line when the phone rang and through my speakers
I heard the modem pick-up & a computer/fax signal.
(I have a Dell Win. XP SP-2, with a dial-up connection and CA eTrust
Personal Firewall.)  

I'm using Windows XP Pro (SP2) and I'd like to encrypt a folder using
the tool cipher.exe but using the credentials of a particular user
different than the user logged in.
I'm trying it impersonating the user first with the API Advapi32 /

I have XP Pro SP2.  I want to limit my children from the ability to save
music files and movie files on any of the drives on a local computer.  
However, I would like to allow read the files.  How could I create a user
account to restrict the permissions?

I administer a Win2K3 network with XP Pro workstations. For security
reasons, I have had all the users change their passwords.  Now, from time to
time, I need access to the users' machine and their associated profile. Is
there a way for an Domain administrator who has ...

When I logged into my administrator account in my Dell Inspiron 9100,
it gave me the error message "your account has been temporarily
disabled".
One time when i was able to logon, it showed C: (tats the only drive I

Does anyone have any experience using the
"optional-file-permissions" security template included with the
Windows XP Security Guide?
(http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/prodtech/windowsxp/secwinxp/default.mspx)

I have a workgroup set up for my office, which is part of a larger network.  
How can I restrict who can join the workgroup?

   I just want to know how to start remote desktop as a startup service.
Also I want to know why when trying to log in remotely using a user other
than the administrator user, I get a security error?What option in the local
security policy allows and denies a user for remote ...

We run Win Server 2003 on 3 servers (1 for our domain
controller/file/print/etc, the other 2 are Citrix).  I’m having a bit of a
security issue in the company and was hoping someone could give me a quick
solution.  Is there a way to see a log of all users who have accessed certain

I used to be internet-free. Now I have been on-line for a little over a year
and I never had any anti-anything. My computer started getting retarted and I
downloaded and installed the EZ anti-everything offered with my ISP. It
seemed to only slow things down and didn't protect me ...

I have a Win XP SP 2 machine that is part of a domain.  I am an end
user (not a sys admin).  I am also a software developer and am having
problems because periodically the powers that be that control our
network will push down new security restrictions or possibly new group

does anyone know how to remove the SpyAxe program from Windows XP? I think
its a worm.

For some reason I can't explain the Security Center service gets disabled and
with it the Windows update is turned off (altough the Automatic Update
service remains with status started). I go into the services admin tool, set
Security Center to automatic, press apply then start ...

My Drive C (in Sony laptop VGN-A190 which has large capacity D drive but
small capacity C drive) is a mess and although there is now more than 25%
free (I have it compacted) it is impossible to do a thorough defrag with many
files remaining "scattered". Is this because of the ...