I have some scheduled by myself tasks.  Today I discovered that I have also
something like
User_Feed_Synchronization-{B675BB44-7EBB-4...-4A4D-907E8197-81971EDAA4F6}
(periods mark charcters I didn't catch).  It has a remark "multiple

Apart from the options given by the Genuine Advantage Icon for rectifying an
alledgedly dodgy copy of XP Pro,
can I purchase an upgrade copy of XP Pro (I have Win98 Full licence
somewhere) to become 'legitimate' ?

I tried to post this earlier but I received an error message when I clicked
post. So I am sending this again. Apologies if somewhat two similar posts
appeared from me.
Windows XP Pro SP2

At this moment I have no domain controller (AD), but will have probably
somewhere in the coming months. This means I need to create a local user (for
working purposes) on my laptop. This same user will also be used for eg
Outlook email.

I just got a new computer with Windows XP Media Center edition.  It
also came pre-installed with Mcafee Security Center / antivirus /
spyware protection / whatever.  Due to enourmous problems I had which
apparantly came from Mcaffee being installed, I uninstalled it.  (I had

Hi, Is there a way of keeping a note of the times that my pc is shut down and
started. I need to know when it is started and closed down.

I have tried CriticalUpdates.wsf and WindowsUpdates.vbs, having them
run when you shutdown a computer and it grabs all the updates, it's
just on reboot WDP is erasing it of course.
I was wondering how WDP works to download the updates and save changes.

       I have WinXP SP 2 installed on my System, Whenever I start the
WSCSVC service on my system, the following error occurs
Could not Start the Security Center service on Local Computer
Error 123: the filename, directory name, or volume label syntax is incorrect.

This is my second posting for this problem.  I can't access the microsoft
Update site now.  So cannot get updates from Microsoft site, system sometimes
hangs on turn off (have to cut power supply), can only access web if
attempted as part of

There already are a couple user accounts on this PC, and these accounts are
working OK.
A while ago I removed all inherited folder permissions from Shared Documents
folder and replaced them with <non-inherited> permissions sufficient for the

Some malware or virus has shut off my firewall; start.., all programs...,
accessories..., system tools..., security center.  The firewall is "checked"
off, not on which is recommended (and how I have it set).  But somthing
turned it off.  I almost have the viruses and malware ...

Whilst you can use Group Policy to prevent access to cmd.exe, you can't
prevent access to command.com as it is a 16-bit application.
Is there any other way to prevent access to command.com? Will deleting
command.com render the system unusable?

OK- Im new and still learning.  I have a pc that I am playing around with -
It is not connected to a Domain/Active Directory etc.  Its a standalone
machine with Cable access which I remote to from my location.
I noticed that files/folders under user profiles give that user the

This afternoon my computer started to get really sluggish and froze (just
froze on desktop, no BSOD). So I hit the reboot button. Then I had to
download/install a program (totally clean/legit) but I coulnd't save or
immediately run it because I kept getting a "disk-protected ...

I am trying to get the default domain group policy to control settings
for Windows XP SP2 Firewall. I have followed the procedure at
http://www.microsoft.com/technet/prodtechnol/winxppro/deploy/depfwset/wfsp2wgp.mspx
but it all stops at point 13.