I'm running XP-Professional-SP2, and am trying to fix some things..
One of them is this blasted firewall.  Whenever I try to open Windows
Firewall, I get this error message:
"Due to an unknown error, Windows cannot display Windows Firewall

When I open the Security Center, it tells me that the "Security Center"
service has not started or was stopped. How do I open Security Center
service?

My problem is this. I was in the process of switching a user over to our
activity domain but noticed he did not have admin rights so I logged on as
the local administrator account.  The local administrator does not have
administrator either, even though the both the user and ...

KB313580 installed by auto update, on reboot windows firewall turned off and
can't turn it back on, can't uninstall update from add/remove programs,
system restore hangs on shutdown. Any ideas? Thanks

Everytime I atttempt to open the Control Panel on my Windows XP Home Edition,
I, for some unknown reason, get a box popping up all the time instructing me
that,
"ERROR! To enable the advanced sound effectfor gaming, please make sure the

A PC here does not display the Favorites. Nor can one Organize Favorites or
Add to Favorites.
Export-Import to Favorites does not work either.
The only even prior to this was that a user clicked on "Block" for a

I configured 2 XP machines to use ipsec.
On the trace I get 6 ISAKMP main mode  and 4 IKAKMP
quik mode messages, then communication stops.
preshared keys are configured.

One of our new clients has various XP Professional, XP Home and Windows 98
PCs. They are all on a workgroup. They access the internet through a
broadband router which apparently has no firewall capability and each PC has
a static public ip address assigned. There are around 14 ...

I am quite new to file encryption.  I am setting up EFS in a
winxp/sbs2003 environment.  The process of encrypting then giving other
users access appears simple, however i can't get it to work.  After
encrypting a file and importing another users certificate to the file

ive lost my sticker with my cd key the windows is still installed but needs
repairing is there anyway i can find my key in my pc?

Recently I adjusted my internet settings for the purpose of blocking and
filtering unwanted internet material.  Consequently, now I am getting a
content advisor pop-up with a key which blocks  every web page and I find
myself typing in the password over and over.  I did a file ...

some time back, windows XP SP2 started saying my copy of windows was not
genuine. i hadn't re-installed windows or anything at the time, and this is
the windows that my computer came with. i'm not sure what provoked this. I've
run antivirus and anti-ad/spyware without success. is ...

I am trying to install real player and it says I don't have administrative
access to the computer.  I created another user id and attemptedinstalling it
while logged into that one and got the same error.  I have also recreated my
administrator access with my regular user profile. ...

I have a VAIO that won't let me install drivers or updates from Sony unless
the model matches the original value from their restore DVD's.  I have
reinstalled XP MCE from a set of vanilla CD's, so the model just shows
"Reserved"

when I try to save in Word or using pdf writer folder icons are no longer
automatically in alphabetical order.  To change I have to right click in each
folder and sub-folder.  How can I change the default?