I want to use "route add ...." from an account that is not a member
of Administrators. But it does not work. I get "Network Access denied".
I have added all privileges that Administrators have to my account
but I still get the error.

I have this hidden parasite that can't seem to find, the first noticeable
problem was that both Explorer and svchost were accessing the Internet and
my Windows firewall was down, after checking the firewall service, I found
that it was disabled as were other services and they still ...

Just wondering if anyone can help.
My system appears to have been attacked by something that has turned off all
my pop-up stoppers (so I'm getting several hundred pop-ups per day), it also
stops me from doing a Cntrl/Alt/Delete.

After IE7 install,  my WMP 10's, will not match my licenses to my media.  It
will verify the licenses exists and even where they are located, but when I
try to utilize protected media, it automatically trys to connect to internet
to, 'obtain license'.

Hi. Everytime I log into windows, a new profile is created for me. There is
only one user on this machine (me) and i'm not on a domain. I just log on as
myself....no one else.
I have about 10 profiles and this is quite annoying. Everytime I log in I

My firewall is logging frequent attempts by programs on my computer (such as
Lotus Notes, Firefox or the Spooler SubSystem App
(c:\windows\system32\spoolsv.exe) to communicate with (seemingly random)
servers on the internet on port 53. They are not attempting to access the

Is there a location where I can download rollup updates & burn to a CD/DVD to
install on muliple computers without the need to run Windows Update on every
computer? I have searched high & low to no avail. We don't have a sever so as
far as I know - SUS is not an option. Any help ...

We have several computers networked to this one.  This one has Windows XP
home edition SP2, and a satellite internet connection that the other
computers use.  I have had this network working for years like this in the
past.  

The file i am having trouble with is called taskdir.exe. How i know
this is that when i start up my computer and connect to the net, i scan
to see what processes are using the connection and taskdir.exe comes
up. I block and terminate it using Windows defender and it ends

hey all,
when i'm logged into my domain, is there anyway i can keep everyone from
seeing a particular folder on my pc (even local administrators and domain
admins)?

I have Windows XP Pro.  I tried installing SP2 through Windows Update.  It
downloads fully, but it won't install.  I get an installation failure with
error code 0x80246008.  I went and did the suggested solutions to no avail.  
Can someone please help?

I just went to Critical Updates today and noticed a Message printed at the
top of the page which read "Get MicroSoft Update Today" - Start Now."
What does this mean? There is no explanation.
We did not want to click on the "Start Now" and find out that we were

Greetings, all!
I have a GPO linked to a test OU for Windows Firewall.  The GPO enables the
remote administration exception on all networks (*) when the computer detects
its domain.  When I place the computer inside this OU and perform a GPUPDATE

A few months ago, I noticed that when I logged off there was suddenly an
option to "switch user" and around the same time, McAfee informed me that
changes were made to my registry.  Being a relatively new user (Windows XP SP
2), I didn't think much of it, but yesterday, I found ...

Hello All was wondering if anyone out there could help lead me in the right
direction.  I have a windows xp machine that when you try to connect to the
WMI control (in management console), it gives you a error that says
"connection to wmi failed:  Access denied".  When I check my ...