I am trying to prevent a user on my machine from using it at certain times of
the day.  I haven't found a setting that will allow me to do this.

My automatic update setting gets chaned to disabled.  I am able to restart it
but it continues to be disabled.

I've got a very strange error with my windows Xp SP2 and ftp dos command line.
To use ftp.exe, I need to disable the Firewall so that FTP can connect to
server.
If I enable the Firewall, I only got the connexion string and the prompt for

after 2 weeks from buying my laptop, i discovered that the username is not
the default "owner" but a name Matthew.
i can change the name of the adminirstrator at user accounts to owner but
wherever i see, the username is still "matthew" -- e.g. in task manager, the

can anyone teach me how to see when windows xp was first started and used?

when i try to open my email a small box pops up and ask me if i want this
info. coppied to my clipboard. it has a lock and key on the left side and a
blue question mark. when this pops up it freezes my computer. i can't make
the box go away so i have to mannuely cut my computer ...

Good day!
We  can't  access the server, the former administrator resigned and he's now
working abroad. How can i reset the password.
Any help will be highly appreciated, thanks in advance and more power.

When my computer is idle for more than a couple of hours, it locks me out. It
says to enter my password.....I didn't even know I had a password for
windows? Please help. The only way I can get into anything is to restart my
computer....this is becoming a pain.

My daughter's computer (Win XP) just started doing this in the last week. She
obviously can't ask the question because her computer won't work. What can
she do to freeze it up as it is trying to come on? I made a boot disk. Can I
try this and hit F-8 and go into safe mode to try ...

I run several programs, such as DirMS-S Degragmentation Utility, that require
a connection to the internet.  Does that mean that the info in my pc is being
spied upon, monitored, etc, when I run the programs?
Denise

Can anyone help with the following.
I have cleaned out temp directory but services.msc shows two services
loaded from temp directory unknown if they were spyware or what.
The following service names

norton I S 2005 isup for renewal on 01/09/06,i have downloaded
avg71free_394a752.how easy is it to uninstall norton and install avg.are
there any pitfalls???

Have just installed Norton 2006 and it recommends that I switch "off" the
WINXP Firewall so as to get optimum protection from Norton.
Which is best?  Follow the recommendation or let the two "on" at the same
time?

I need to dump the application event log to a file from the command
line. Is there a way to do this?
TIA.

I installed AOL firewall and had to uninstall Microsoft firewall.  When I
restarted WindowsXP, it asked me for my user name and password.  I never
created a password.  I've tried restart & cold start.  How do I open my
computer?