Norton's scheduled scans are not working on WinXP.  Can this group help?
Thanks, Mon

dear friends
i installed  a pc with win xp pro 2 month ago
i enter some password
but i forget that password

I keep getting errors in my application log Event ID 1202 and Event ID 1085,
I have read every article I can find on how to fix this and cant seem to
clear it up.
Everytime I to a GPUPDATE, these two errors occur again, now after 3 years

How can I easily set the Local Security Settings for multiple PCs in a
workgroup wihtout AD?  

When it comes to Scripting or macros I am almost 100% ignorant, but what I
think I know is that scripting is writing steps to be taken when it is run.  
So is there a way to make your script run a program, such as a security scan
and updates for you? Ideally all you would have to ...

Can anybody point me to a good resource that will help me secure our
systems from installs, but otherwise, give users full access to the
system and to customize the look and feel etc? Thanks!
Mick

I am a teacher, not an Admin, but most of my Admin guys are Novell guys and
CLAIM they don't know how to change this.
Setup: Some sort of Novell back end/Windows XP Client w/ SP-1.
Scenario: User can not change any display options when she right clicks on

Can't validate. XpPro
Multiple shop repair yields following: current to oldest.
No update when put on-line long time after repair behind hardware firewalled
network while typing on another system.

I am a bit confused about removing the subject tool.   A Google Group search
produces, to me,  conflicting answers.  Some discussions say that the tool
is never installed on my computer if run from the web site and others say
that MRT.EXE is left in the System32 folder.  Sure ...

Everything (just about) works fine.  This machine is a member of our only
domain and can access the domain shares.  The full domain can be browsed in
"My Network Places".
The problem is that this is the only machine on the network that cannot see

My windows XP home edition service pack two will not start the firewall
(Could not start the Windows Firewall/Internet Connection Sharing (ICS)
service on local computer. Error 1068: The dependency service or group failed
to start.

I have a single XP Pro machine that will be used by several users. The
machine is not networked. I would like to establish policies (using Group
Policy Editor [gpedit.msc])for the various users and eventually, groups of
users, that will be using this machine. I am the sole ...

I downloaded The Chronicles of Riddick yesterday, and  although I was using  
a limited  account on this  computer, I tried to install it.
Well,  IT INSTALLED alright!! And it's running even after  rebooting, which
surprised me  deeply. How  can a game override the XP Sp2 limited ...

How can I prevent users from installing software on a standalone computer?

Is there a command line tool that will allow you to extract .zip files. I
have a zip file that is on a cd that I need to use a batch file to extact to
a workstation temp file, run the programs within the zip file, then delete
the temp folder. thanks for your help!