We are trying to do 802.1x access control on a wired network with VLAN
assignment.  It appears the machine auth works fine but getting the user auth
to work is not working/inconsistent.  I have tried the 2 registry hacks
(authmode and supplicantmode) without success.  Typically ...

Hello sir,
Please try to help me sir.
I have big problem. On my home computer, I have Win xp sp2 with NTFS file
system installed on c drive. I have 2 users on it. Admin and User account.

Help me out here folks.
I work in a fairly large school district. We just completed a refresh of
some 1,700 computers. Starting with this refresh we are deploying Windows XP
SP2 and NTFS. The previous operating system was Win 2K with Fat32.

what should I do about this?
Event Type: Failure Audit
Event Source: Security
Event Category: Detailed Tracking

I have a user with a laptop running sp2 on a windows 2003 ad network. He
takes his laptop out of the office and I want to Easily be able to
sync/backup his data when he is about to leave the network. I have easily
done this with his my documents folder but I need for at least 3 ...

I have a group of users we want to stop surfing. Unfortunately, I need them
to surf certain sites, and we found peer guard to be somewhat
effective........However, They have gotten around this by surfing through
media player. I looked to see if i can disable it by using group ...

I am running XP Pro, up to date, two user accounts, mine as administrator
with a password and another as limited without a password. When I am logged
on and the computer screen saver is activated and I return to use the pc, I
get the welcome screen. When I click my account, the ...

Dear Forum,
How are you?
I am having a problem with DEP. It has closed a registry compactor I wanted
to use. I am directed to System ->Performance->Settings-> DEP and all the

I am using XP Pro SP2 w/all patches and updates on a Dell laptop.
I somehow have acquired an anonymous user name in my Documents and Settings
folder.  The name "Be" has a full complement of user folders.  I just found
out that the folders actually belong to user Cecil Britton Adm, ...

My software firewall asked me if I wanted to allow internet access to
"Google Toolbar Notifier".  I replied no because I was not sure what it was.
What is it notifying and to whom?  Is this spyware?
Thanks.

I am the sole owner and administrator for my laptop but recently I have lost
access to some of the actions. I am not able to set system restore, access
the run command, right click with my mouse for short cut menu. I believe I
got a virus but I cleaned and then toke to a shop for ...

Just a quick question - is it normal to see logon events for a proces
called "Advapi" in the event viewer?  they appear to be type 5 logins
(service) so I think its OK - I read alot about a virus that installs
as a file called "advapi.exe" but I am pretty sure there is a

was wondering if anyone can give me any pointers as to how to retrieve
encrypted files i have saved using the windows backup utility, as well
as some sort of basic info on the web as to how windows encryption
works.

We are having a Windows 2003 domain with Windows XP(SP1/Sp2) clients.
One user is using the EFS.
Now, the problem is that the EFS certificates for both the Domain
Administrator (who is also the Default Recovery Agent) have expired duw

I can not remove norton from my computer.  I've tried everything the norton
removal tool does not work, add and remove programs does not work and now I
can not add my cox communications soft ware because of this.  I even called
norton on the phone and 2 hours later they couldn't ...