I'm trying to find a simple way, tool or by way of a script, to extract
logon/logoff events from the XP security log, count them and print them to a
file.
Has anyone done this before?

Is there a way to setup a Windows XP Pro system that will force all users to
have a screen saver that will have a password?
Currently, if 3 users share a computer I have to make each one signon and
set this up manually under the display properties for each user which is a

Question 1) I am a very novice defacto administrator of a small 4 pc WinXP
pro network. I've disabled simpplified file sharing across the network. I
wish to, for example, give (limited) User2 on PC2 access to let's say
FolderX on PC1. I've shared FolderX but have not set ...

A local agency has a machine that on reboot or logoff immediately logs back
in as administrator, without getting the CTRL+ALT+DEL screen.  It is set in
local security policy to require CTRL+ALT+DEL.  I need to keep it from loggin
in automatically.  The administrator account ...

Does anyone know of a simple solution to only allow web access to a few
specific web sites? Parental controls seems to do ok but I have to list
all sites I want to block. What I want to do is block all sites except
for the ones I tell it to allow. Am I not understanding how this ...

in "local security settings" i set "minimum password length" to 5,
however, i was still able to log in the system using "Admin" account
without password.
how is that possible, should the system enforce "minimum password

I recieve 10- 15 emails a day of unwanted junk. Usually about stock alerts.
Each one comes in and without opening it I immediately put it on block
senders list and delete it. However the same email will come back again under
a different name. How can I get rid of these emails for ...

how do i create a group which will have read/write access to certain
folder, also it will be able to run certain applications such as
regedit.exe to create and delete the keys
Thanks

We have a set of Tablet PCs that are going to be deployed to a remote site
(No possible connection to our domain). The PCs are going to be used by
multiple factory workers and we have to have them use a generic account to
log into the PCs, but we do not want them to be able to ...

we're on windows server 2003 in a domain. im a newbie to this. a user on
windows xp forgot his password. i logged onto his machine as the
administrator and changed his password using compmgst.msc. and rebooted.
logging in as him, it doesnt take the new password.

Hello Microsoft,
Is there a way to create and configure a local account on windows XP or
Server 2003 to never lockout?
We want to disable the local built-in admin account, and create another

after install Windows XP Pro, it created 2 users "Admin" and
"Administrator", what is the difference between those 2 accounts??
thanks

how do I change my network connection so that it is secured?  Right now it
says unsecured so anyone within 300 ft of my home can use my internet
services.  I have looked at all the settings and can't figure it out.  The
product is a Belkin wireless G travel router

Hi! I've been developing a locked down system for public usage via group
policy objects and I have everything nearly prefecto. Perfect except for one
little thing. When a user goes to save a document to either a thumb drive or
floppy, initially they will get a "This operation has ...

Three days ago I created a second user account with administrative rights.
The computer turned off for an automatic update, and when it turned back on,
my original user account was missing. All of my docs are gone along with my
Outlook profile and journals. I am running XP sp2 ...