# Center for Internet Security - CIS NG Scoring Tool - Windows XP SP2 -
SP2 Specialized Security Standalone
Have only the following registry paths that can be accessed from
another computer been configured on this system?

XP Home Edition
My computer died but the hard drive is fine.  when i slave the hard drive to
another computer i am restricted from accessing My Documents folder.  i have
access to other non-critical files but am blocked from the ones I need.  It

I have repeatedly attempted a System Restore, using highlighted dates and one
Restore Point made by me earlier on.
All the prompts seem to indicate I'm doing the right thing, except when the
computer reboots, it tells me that the system cannot restore to a previous

I'm not sure what I did.  I was trying to create a password so my daughter
can't log on to the computer when she wants.  The name is use is under a
limited account so it won't let me use system restore or anything like that.  
When I try to log on to the administrator's account it ...

Can anyone tell me what this is?

When I use EFS to encrypt data for an account in XP, I can log into another
account with admin privilages and traverse the sub-directories of the
EFS-protected parent director. Although this other account cannot open or
copy the EFS files to a different drive/partition, it can ...

I just uninstalled my Norton Internet suite (fed up with all its problems)
and want to go back to the Windows Firewall (XP Pro-SP2), supplemented with
Spyware Doctor and Trend Micro Antivirus.  I was told that the Windows
Firewall would kick in automatically after I uninstalled ...

Is it possible to set a password on a user account (e.g. for Workgroup file
sharing) but still disable the password prompt at the Welcome Screen (e.g.
for Fast User Switching)?

The help menu tells me to go into user accounts from the Control Pannel &
then select click the Advanced tab.  Once in the Advanced tab, instructions
indicate to select  the check box "Require users to press Ctrl+Alt+Delete".  
The problem,  I do not show any tabs when I go into ...

How can I clean the Temp folder?
Trying to clean the "Temporary Internet Files" from the IE options doesn't
do that?
Thanks in advance.

I am the administrator on my computer and I had unplugged it last week while
it was shutting down...now my desktop won't load.  Any suggestion?

Am developing an application in VS.
I am creating a dll library file. And I want windows to use my library file,
instead of its own. But as soon as I replace the dll file in windows/system32
with my own, it is automatically changed to its original version.

As domain and local Administrator, I tried downloading Windows updates
including IE but only a few of the updates worked but not IE 7. I had
to create a user and grant Administrator rights and then only did it
allow me to update. Also System Restore does not work under Domain and

I am the Admin for my PC.  I have other users, all of which are limited
accounts, and I have set permissions for them to read and execute only.  How
do I share encrypted files with those other users so they can open or execute
the files when they are logged in under their account ...

I got a message from DEP [data execution protection] telling me that it had
to close win exp for security reasons so as well as doing this I clicked the
link for help on this subject. It explained the steps to take if DEP takes
action and these were pretty standard security ...