Hi Guys, I have read all previous posts and replies. Wow I have learned more
in these few posts than I have from searching net and my ISP tech sup. Right
now I am on my 8 yr old pc with my 2 month old Dell sitting right next to me.
Have not enjoyed a minute on it yet. From the ...

 Someone keep changing my admin account password(XP and Im the only
Admin user).Apparently I have to ask this smarty everytime after he
changes this password if I want to login.
Please help! How can I prevent this from happening?

 Someone keep changing my admin account password(XP and Im the only
Admin user).Apparently I have to ask this smarty everytime after he
changes this password if I want to login.
Please help! How can I prevent this from happening?

When I created a password for the administrative account I got this message:
" Do you want to make your files and folders private? Even with a password
on your account, other people using this computer can still see your
documents. To prevent this, Windows can make your files and ...

Can anyone please explain to me how i give one of my computers on LAN network
access to controll the other, shutdown. logoff ect...
both computers run Windows XP professional.

in a work group enviroment wihtout domain controller,  what are  the
benefits and dangers  between enabling "microsoft file sharing and printing"
vs adding "peer to peer newtorking " windows component?
thank you for your time.

I am currently downlading hacks for a game i play and i tryed to open a
compressed file and it wont let me because the program has blocked it. It
says u can unblock but u cant unblock compressed files. Can someone help me
find and delete this program?

I am now in charge of the computer systems in a volunteer organization. We
have five Windows XP Pro systems. I am mainly from a Linux/Unix/WIndows 2000
environment. There are a few things which I am trying to do to secure the
computers, but am having problems with:

I can't get the firewall to run, followed all the relevant threads, tried all
the methods suggested ie, thru services.msc., cmd.exe etc
1. services. msc.   - Could not start Windows Firewall/Internet Connection
Sharing (ICS) service on Local Computer. Error1075: The dependancy ...

I'm trying to set up the SP2 firewall to block pretty much everything on a
system apart from web browsing and email. Even with the most restrictive
setting, however (no exceptions), the PC can still download files from an ftp
server, connect to yahoo launch and stream music, etc. ...

I need to find out how to shut off access to the internet to one user on my
computer, while allowing others that log on full access.
I have a son who has bad grades, he spends too much time surfing.  I use the
same machine, and I need full access.  Is there a way of shutting off ...

I bought Win XP Pro and Office 2003 software and Volume licenses, How can I
tell if thay are realy volume Product keys

Ive been trying to subscribe to things like msn chats and filling out the
credit card info page but it is always coming back to me as req fields
missing the numbr sec code on back of card  etc even though filled all those
fields out.  Ive been searching high and low for where do ...

I have a similar issue to rocknroll's post from 3-9.  We purchased a cheaper
computer for our 5 year old son that included XP Home edition.  He somehow
got into the controll pannel and assigned a password to the XP Welcome screen
and has no idea what he entered in there.  I am ...

Is it possible to setup Windows Firewall to block suspicious outbound
traffic?
I want to use it as last line of defense against Trojans which have got
around my av scanner and are trying to dial out.