I have Winodws One Crae and thought I was covered... but I kept getting
Firewall alerts aboout a program that was wanting to access the internet, but
the Firewall blocked it.  I would select "keep blocking'.. the dialog box
would appear again 30 seconds later... and would ...

Im running WinXP Pro, and im pretty sure I disabled the firewall last time.
Problem is, I cant re-enable it due to "Group Policy."  I have NO clue how to
reset it so that windows firewall automatically turns on, or even turns on at
all. I wish I could remember what I did to turn ...

I have a file which I can't access on my XP client PC when logged in as user
"daniel" (server 2003). When I log in as any other user I can access the file
OK. When logged in as user "daniel" right clicking on the file does not
provide a security tab, but there is a security tab ...

Everytime I restart i get a bubble on taskbar telling me my AntiVirus is
turned off. I have set it tostart with startup but ???????

This problem annoy me a lot:
After Windows XP installed, I install my programs and it works fine in the
beginning. However, at some point I install many programs later (I forget
which program is the last one), the login screen does not display and it just

(If this is in the wrong forum, please let me know)
Info: I'm running Windows XP Pro with Tiny Firewall 2005
My firewall occasionally reports that Internet Explorer (iexplore.exe)
starts and accesses MAPMEM service and then subsequently starts instw32.exe.

I have just upgraded from XP Home SP2 to XP Professional SP2 and can no
longer execute Disk Defragmenter using my normal user account.
I get the error message "MMC cannot open the file
C:\Windows\system32\dfrg.msc. This may be because the file does not exist,

So I would like to have the ability to remotely shut down one of the
computers on my home network.  This is a Windows XP Home machine,
though, and I'm not sure if that's possible without XP Pro.  As it is,
when I run 'shutdown -s -m \\machinename -t 0' from my XP Pro machine,

when my automatic windows update runs it says updates were unable to be
successfully installed  the following updates were not installed
windows xp Service Pack 2. in researching further it says my  product code
is invalled.  I have owned this PC for over 3 years what is up with ...

Can any one help please. i am unable to turn on windows firewall i have read
through some of the previouse questions to see if if any cover my request.
i keep getting the following message
"Due to an unidentified problem.Windows

does anyone know where i can find an overview of the local policies
with ther explenation?
Thx

hi. im just trying to find out if you can put passwords on documents and word
pads ect.. please could someone tell me if this is possible or be a star and
tell me how.
thank's in advanced.

My XP Pro sp2 machine is doing double duty as a file server for a small
workgroup.  No domains are involved.  I have created a local user that is
used when I map the shared drive from the other machines but have two
questions:

I'm using windows XP home edition with sp2. a pop up message is coming
everytime i launch IE telling me that a security scan is required. I ran
yahoo anti spyware and it removes some files. but the pop up keeps coming.
any help?

why do some games (particullarly older ones) only work when being played as
an addministrator and not a limited account? and how do you fix this problem
so that both account types can play the game?