I ran the Belarc Advisor on my PC and it showed two security patches that
could not be verified KB885836 and KB902400.
Is this something that I should be concerned about and if so How can I
correct it.

I'm trying to keep my sister-in-law from deleting the histor
online...she's been going to sites that my mom is blaming me for and
need to know how to keep her from deleting where she's been.  My mo
and I can't read cookies so we have no clue there.  Is there any way t

Re:  Windows Firewall not working due to Windows Firewall / Internet
Connection Sharing (ICS) service not working.
Soon after installing the beta version of Microsoft’s AntiSpyware software,
the Security Center prompted me that my Firewall was not enabled.  When I

I've found the reason why I cannot access my files, it's an ownership issue.  
I've taken ownership of the folder, and now must change ownership of each
file within the folder.
There must be a way to do this without having to change hundreds of files

We have 3 computers on our home network.  2 computers (XpPro & XpHome) have
developed the following problem on Windows loadup.  The computers boot, we
see the default WINDOWS XP loading screen, followed by a blank screen with a
rectangular box.  This box has symbols in it menu ...

I use Win XP SP1 Home edition. If I enable Internet Connection Firewall, I am
unable to visit sites starting with https://...
However, when I disable the firewall, I have no problem. How can I get
around this problem? I want to retain the firewall enabled.

I'm having problems with DEp. My PC is not X64, but simple X32. I'm usinfg
Wndows XP Professional. Some applications and Windows tools are giving me
issues with DEP.
- I can open MMC, but when I open some consoles, like gpedit.msc, I receive

Today I had to do an upgrade of xp home to pro.  Nothing worked properly for
the actual upgrade so i ended up having to format and reinstall from scratch.
I had 2 hard drives in my laptop.  The second was all my files and data and
such and the primary was the OS.  So thinking i ...

I locked a drive with the properties, security, allow or deny check when
right clicking on a drive letter.
After the required period of lock time was met I unlocked the drive and
found that all the "headers" were missing off our jpg photo collection.  The

I have 3 PCs (call them A, B & C) at my home all connected with wifi.
They all use XP Home SP2. They can all see each other. How do I set
things up so B can access a folder on A, but C is denied access to
that same folder?

This is probably basic, but I've spent hours browsing the site and can't find
information at the right level.
I'm trying to set up my lab so that users logging on to the clients via the
university's domain are quite severely restricted (e.g., no Run command,

While I was fooling around with the local security policies, I foolishly
added the administrator account to the deny log on locally user right.  The
machine is networked with a server 2003 computer, and I was trying to
override the local security policy by placing the XP computer ...

I have some entries in my registry that no account seems to be able to read.  
When I try to access them using regedit it says that I cant access the entry
but I can change the permissions.  No user is listed as having access.  When
I try to add modify the entry such that the ...