hello, I 'd like to permit users to add device on there machine.
I'm the network admin of a 2003 domain and my users have just user access.
when they are moving in customer office, they need to plug customers
printers.

If this apears twice I appologise.
I have a fault concerning the firewall that is enabled by default under SP2
I keep geting an error message saying that the Firewall Configuration Utility
has encountered a problem and needs to close etc..Is there a solution to this?

I cannot access the Windows Onecare Live Full Service Scan. When I click on
the Full Service Scan button, an information bar pops up and says that
internat explorer has blocked this site from using an ActiveX control in an
unsafe manner and as a result, this page may not display ...

I have a user with a roaming profile who is losing images, and
sometimes the entire header, of Word documents. Other users logged in
to the same computer can see the images. When this user logs into a
different computer, she cannot see the images.

Why is msconfig telling me " access dnied error was reported when trying to
change the service, try logging on with administrator rights." even in safe
mode, using the Admin. account, or any other account for that matter. I just
did a format, and fresh install, and I keep getting ...

In NT, it was easy to check the member's name belonging to a user
group but in XP I couldn't figure out how to view the member's name.
I'm trying to find out if a certain person has the correct permission
which he needs to be part of a certain group. So I'm trying to view

Should I block MsiEXEC.exe from my user so they can not run it?
Thanks,

Well you know how you can use remote desktop on a network.  You just
type in the computer name and login.  But you can also type in an IP
address when you are not on that network.  Does the same apply for
shared folders?  If it did that would be awesome. Also, if this is

I just bought this used computer that has xp pro on it and every time that I
try to get auto updates I get a message that I am denied due to an
administrative setting. Iwent through the disable in gpedit but still
nothing. I've dropped the level of security on the windows ...

On starting Windows XP 2d I am now getting the following message on startup
Error at Startup Message 000D.
Anyone have a clue?  Why have error messages that make no sense?  That is a
rhetorical question aimed at the genusis at Microsoft.

Hibernation works great on all the computers I've ever used...but whether on
a network or just home PC, I of course have username and passwords, they let
me into my account (duh).  And to my Encrypted data.  EFS works fine, but If
I use a diskette with the system key, then logon, ...

My employer recently closed their office in my city and offered me the
possibility to work remotely, instead of relocating to the remaining
office in the next state. I use a laptop running Windows XP Pro for my
work.

 There is a new PC installed with Windows XP (SP2). But there is no way to
enforce a user to login with password. I have tried to user the command
"control userpassword2"  but there is no popup appears and no error message
(also no error message in eventvwr).

I have a problem with my Dell notebook ( dell Latitude 110L),
I did install mcafee 8.0i, and after word I get alot of messages that I have
virus on my PC, when I looked at the messages closly I sow that macfee see
all of the .exe's from diffrent programs as virus (e.g. c:\program

Hello. I have already done a registry trick to hide the default (or last user
to use the computer) user account name from showing up at the Windows Logon
dialog box (the old fashioned one). That way, I have to manually type my user
name and password in.