How do I lockdown Internet connection settings so that a regular user cannot
make changes?  For example, I am wanting to use a proxy server connection,
but I don't want the user to be able to change the settings.  If possible, I
need an answer that applies to both standalone ...

I am setting up a exremely locked down standalone XP SP2 machine.
Restrictions are done thru GPEDIT.MSC - User Config. In order to stop the
restrictions from applying to the Administrator account, I have denied read
access to this account on the \system32\GroupPolicy folder. This ...

in win xp pro sp2
When I try to open registery editor
( start - run - regedit )
I recieve this message

How do I get rid of this virus?

I will be setting up a Windows XP Professional box for our church in the
next few weeks.  Ten plus people will be using it from anything to multimedia
presentations to creating documents.  I would rather not create individual
accounts for everyone that may have a reason to use it ...

We are in the process of replacing 50 machines on an Active Directory Domain
where all users are in the user account class. The new machines all have the
power settings set to go into suspend mode after 15 minutes. Is there any
way to make a change that will apply to all users ...

I have machines that are networked at work. How do I make drivers available
to all users who log on? Currently, every user has to install the drivers the
first time they log on.

Is there any way with windows, or with extra software, that you can password
protect files such as "My Music" So noone can access it without the password
to see the contents, without using compression software.

The administrators account is missing from log on screen and user accounts ,
but is still in computer  management.Could it be locked out somehow and if so
how can i get it back.Tried  Tried alt+tab and control userpasswords2 to no
avail.Any suggestions would be appreciated.

I am looking for a way to incorporate an auto defrag into the shutdown/logoff
via group policy. The command line is:
defrag c: -f
(forces defrag of C:\)

On my desktop, the recycle bin icon appears to indicate that there are items
in the bin.  When I go there, however, it is empty.  If I then click on
"empty recycle bin, the response "do you wamt to delete windows?" comes up.  
I checked for Viruses (McAfee) and Spyware (Webroot ...

just installed norton but it continually comes up with the above with
different ip's as the point of source it does ask if i want to allow 'the
intrusion' but as i don't know anything about the origin i just allow it to
block but could it be a legitimate communication between two ...

On my MCE PC, I want to set up a WatchTV user that only has access to MCE and
WMP. I don't want otherd to login as WatchTV, then surf the internet
downloading rogue viruses and such. Therefore, I need to block all other
applicaitons.  I have set up the user to access only ...

'The local policy of this system does not permit you to logon interactively.'
I was previously able to remote desktop to other pc's in the domain but now
I'm unable to.  OS is WinXP Pro SP2.  Here are the settings I've checked:
Local Security Policies:

How can I determine which machine accounts are left over from machines which
are no longer in an environment?  I've inherited a network where a number of
machines were replaced without removing the machine IDs from AD, and with
3000 machine accounts for 1200 desktops, manually ...