my pc crashed & i had to start it up again using my xp disc( windows xp home
edition)  i am now being asked for an administrators password - which i
cannot ever remember doing....when i put my disc back in nothing happens it
keeps on going to the screen asking for the password .. ...

I have a home PC (XP Home Edition SP2) which 2 other users have access to.
Currently I just have open access to everything, and no log on hassles.
However, since the other 2 users have started using my machine to download
various things, I want to change their settings to allow ...

I have a user, who does have local admin and has managed to unjoin his laptop
from the domain and put into his own workgroup. Should he have been able to
unjoin from the domain without knowing a user name and password for someone
with domain admin security group membership?

User A has login to (exchange 2003) outlook 2003 using his credential.
After user A logout, outlook still remembers the last login name.
User B tries to login to his outlook profile, click "cancel" on the password
prompt a few times with user A credential, this got User A account ...

This info is great. Thank You.

What is the latest information on SP3 for windows XP?  Last I heard it is
scheduled for the end of 2007.
Thanks,

Last night my homepage changed from Google to safetyhompeage.com, which
notifyes me of spyware on my pc and takes me to a link to purchse their
software. I have run ad-aware which identified and deleted some risks.
However, I cant get rid of this new homepage. Google is still set ...

Whenever I plug in the broadband cable, and every 15 mins or so after that, a
virus program tries to launch from my temporary internet files folder {I'm
not neccessarily browsing the web with any program when this happens}.  It
can only be deleted manually after my av software ...

I am suddenly being brought to my attention in the task bar "You may be a
victim of software counterfeiting", when I click on it it takes me to a page
that says something about the License not being validated? Can anyone help me
to know why this is doing this and how to get rid ...

After getting a missing file and won't boot message, I proceeded to try to
fix by booting from my windows pro cd. Everything loaded and came back to
Windows start up. When I enter my password it says " The specified domain
either does not exist or could not be contacted". I then ...

No, I haven't forgotten mine but I thought that at one time I came across a
window somewhere, accidentally, and it showed me what my information was for
my user account. I have a problem, well actually my Mother-In-Law does, where
she has someone living in her home that wants to ...

I am using Windows XP Pro SP2.  My workstation is part of a local network and
the Administrator "user name" is password protected.  I use the classic view.
When I boot my computer or change users, it comes back up with a "Log on to
Windows" screen, asking for a user name and a ...

Is there a way to force XP Pro to change the permissions on files that are
moved into a folder as they are copied/moved?
I have a temp folder where I place photos to be sorted.  Once I've selected
the ones I want I move them into a folder shared within the workgroup, but

I had a virus and manually deleted it as EZ antivirus would not. Now I am
left with pop ups and security warnings. I am using windows xp home. I have
run windows defender, spybot and lavasoft to no avail. Any one know how to
fix this?

I recenlty added an old hard drive to my new computer.  I wanted to access
documents from the old hard drive and move them to the new one.  However,
when I try to access the my documents folder it will not let me.  I get a
message saying that access is denied.  The documents I ...