I posted a question or statement as the case may be earlier today regarding
an error I got after messing with my DVD drive on and off for a couple weeks.
After the post I continued to try and find what the problem could have been
(I say been because as of yet today it has not done ...

My windows firewall is disabled and i cannot turn it back on (the text and
boxes are gray instead of black).  I tried to change it in safe mode with
networking but still couldnt. why is it like this and how do i fix it?

users without admin right, can NOT issue "route add". Is there any way I can
allow user or power user to add a route?

Last night some updates downloaded - they installed this morning when we came
in to work.  Except we keep getting prompted to install another update - and
it is Security update  for MS .NET Framework Service Pack (KB928366) - intall
completes without errors, and then the little ...

How do I disable the control panel in xp pro?
I tried the gpedit.msc and yes I was able to disable the control panel from
there. But it also disabled it for the admin also. I would only like it for
the users only.

I am using Windows XP SP2, Internet Explorer 7 and Adobe Acrobat Professional
7.  I often create Word documents containing hyperlinks and convert these to
PDF files.  On first using a hyperlink, Adobe displays a 'Security Warning'
asking whether I want to Allow or Block access to ...

I have locked down C drives using local security NTFS settings before, and
the system worked OK. I don't care if users read from the drive, I just want
them to not write to the drive.
So I am just wondering if this can be done from gpo.

hi i am running windows xp home edition and i cant find local users and
groups anywhere. I went to run and typed mmc then i clicked add/remove snap
in and then i clicked local users and groups then i recieved the following
error:This computer is running windows xp home edition ...

Be aware when searching the Internet from this site, it will infect your
computer with Trojans and malware.
gudzon.sutk.org/nasdtec.html

When I log off for the day and click on my user account to log back in the
next morning, the box for the password will appear. The problem is that I
cannot get a cursor in the box either by tab or by clicking in the field
itself, therefore I cannot log in. I have to log in to a ...

Is there a way to tell who or what accessed a particular folder or
file on my computer? The Security Event Log doesn't seem to contain
this information.
Thanks.

I've been asked to create a batch file that will copy the contents of one
folder that sits on one server to another folder that sits on another server.
This has to be done every night around 9pm.
I've never created a batch file before but so far I've found how to copy the

Hi there, I recently had to have my computer name and domain changed, however
would still like to boot up using my original computer name and domain.  Is
it possible to maintain two different sets of computer names / domains?  
Currently, I can log onto my machine using one user ...

Is there a way to delete a message in this newsgroup? Google Groups put my email
address out there for everyone to see (Thanks a lot Google).

I have put a short cut to wordpad in my task bar and on my desk top so I
could easily paste to it after clicking on print screen. This morning when I
tried that I got a game called "spider." In searching for files and folders
with spider, I get 9, 3 are at C:\i386, and 3 are at C ...