I recently installed Windows defender Beta 2.  Each time I start the computer
there is a comment line in Event Viewer:system,as follows:
WinDefend found possible malware and references ISLNDIS5.sys.
I can't find anything harmful there, is this significant?

 Every so often I have to go to security centre because my Windows security
firewall changes to off & I have to put it back to on !! I do have SP1 & SP2
so I don,t understand why this is going on, I also have a separate antivirus  
Trend Micro, & Zone Alarm firewall!  Can someone ...

I was wondering if as an Administrator, can you restrict users from
modifying or gaining access to certain areas of the OS, such as the task
bar, wallpaper, sceensaver, etc.?
Thaks for your help?

I have a small network (workgroup) at home: an XPSP2 workstation, an XPSP1
notebook, and one computer with W98. This is my own network and nobody else
uses it.
From the workstation, I cannot access the 'programs' and 'windows' folders

After getting an "administrator permission" notice when atrtempting to import
favourites, I decided to create a new account on my brand new pc.  This
completely changed my desktop, changed themes, deleted MDG icons (point of
sale links), reported new hardware had been installed, ...

When importing favourites from a CD, a dialogue box appears informing me I
must seek permission from the administrator to download to this folder.  how
do I seek this permission?

How can I set the system to forego a sign in screen before my desktop appears
upon startup?

spyware detected on your pc. Windows did not find spyware protection on this
computer.
This is the message that is continually coming up on my computer. I actually
have 2 spyware programs, but neither seem to be what this program wants me to

Goodday,
I have two computers running XP Pro SP1
They are in the same workgroup and connected via a Netgear Router with
RJ45

Hello experts,
I installed a Windows Server 2003 Active Directory and configured the GPO
for the netword (It's not so big so i created one GPO for the entire Domain).
The problem is that i can't connect internet explorer from my computer using

Sort of along the same lines as "Read Shared File from Other PC"
post, but I didn't want to hijack his.  Windows XP Pro multiple
machines.  Simple file sharing turned off.  Trying to figure out
how to let ANYBODY read a folder.  I have read the resource

in this continued saga, unfortunately, I still can't apply security update
to an XP Pro 32 bit running on Athlon 64.
Secured website surfing is no longer a problem. neither is running signed
application.  I had to go through a long list of deleting/renaming  some

I need to set the logon account and password of an installed service on
large number of computers. is there some automatic way of doing this?
ie a batch that is run or some utility which can remotely change the
logon account and password on a bunch of machines?

Everytime I click windows firewall, the error message comes up saying
"Windows cannot start the Firewall/Internet Connection Sharing (ICS)
service". I have tried everything listed in the article about it in support
section of microsoft.com but that did not work. Does anyone know ...

My Windows Firewall automatically turns off every time i reboot. Is this
because Norton Antivirus has its own internal firewall? If it is because of
Norton, is it ok to leave the Windows Firewall turned off? I'm concerned that
my computer isn't adequately secured. Thanks