I have 2 domains, domain1 and domain2.  I am migrating users from domain1 to
domain2.  When I change XP to domain2 I create new user SID and end with a
new profile user.domain2 .  Most users have been a breeze and no problems
with the transfer over, but I have some users that ...

I've defined in my OU some groups to sort my computers. Each group have a
domain policy.
In this policy I've changed some values as my need says for exemple, XP
Firewall and WSUS settings.

Any know of an ADM\policy that stops games from showing un the programs in
the start menu.  This is for hundred of users\workstations.

When selecting "Log on using dial up" from the stadard Windows xp login
screen the "New..." option is greyed out. Why is this? Is it something
controlled by the local group policy and if so where?

I need to configure my computers so that a certain application gets launched
automatically when they logon and if they attempt to shut the application it
either does not close or it logs the user off the machine.  I would prefer it
prompt the user to confirm they want to do this ...

Is there any way to get information on a user's network drive mappings, from
their profile folder on the workstation? This is part of a security
investigation I am conducting into a huge number of failed logons from a
machine. If a network drive has been mapped with an ...

I'd like to perform some (what I hope is simple) functionality on the
initial Windows logon screen.  On that initial screen is it possible
to:
1. listen for a particular keystroke

I am one of the system/domain administrators and we currently have mandatory
roaming profiles setup for a portion of our domain. The profiles are stored
on a server and a not propagating to the server via Group Poilicy. How do I
make changes to a user's profile without disabling ...

Dear Sir,
We have introduced Exchange Server2003 with Active Directory and Domain
Controller.
When the user logs in with his username and password to the domain, he get

One of our salespeople owns a windwos xp home machine. Originally this
machine had been set up with a profile in teh name of 'Pat'. Our Salesperson
changed the profile name to 'Gary'. However, all of the background data all
remains under the pat profile.. i.e..  in documents and ...

I have a user who installed an application to be used by a single user
instead of all users on an XP Professional machine. The domain the account
logged on with is no longer accessible as the domain no longer exists.
Apparently there is allot involved in setting up this ...

I recently updated my machine with the MS07-041 update via automatic updates.
Despite this the 'updates for your computer...' icon keeps reappearing
prompting me to install (again) the update.
Does anyone know how I can correct this?

I run XP SP2 and IE7.  Having looked at all the forums I understand that the
Exceptions tab in Windows Firewall should have 4 pre-set entries and that
only the Remote Assistance one should be ticked/checked.  However, my PC has
a fifth entry which is ticked by default -" Network ...

I have a question regarding certificate management.  Do you have to be a
local admin on a Windows XP box to import an external certificate?  Also,
along those same lines is once it is imported do you have to be an admin to
export it to take with you to another machine?

I've been trying to run the Defragmenter on one of our PC's.  It gets about
20% of the way, then it just stops.  Anyone know why it would do that?
I haven't had access to the machine over the weekend, but I've been
wondering, if the disk had the sort of lost cluster problems ...