I posted this in general section but i thought it might be security related
problem so im posting it here too. I have a folder with several word files i
have uses a macro to change company's name  in those file , now all names
have changed to a new name but when i use windows ...

My Laptop got the blue screen of death doing bootup right after the windows
XP splash screen.  I did everything to repair the installation but it didn't
work.  i figure i'd do a parallel installation and then backup my data and
reformatt the hard drive and start fresh.  

If I have a hardware SPI firewall, does that prevent my computers from
becoming a zombie or part of a botnet? In other words, can a firewall block
commands from reaching botnets bots?

Bit of a problem, I inherited a an 2003 AD domain that has users set up with
spaces in the names, e.g. joe bloggs
anyway I need to get rid of the spaces, e.g. joebloggs as the new NAS we
have will only accept non space names. I know how to change the user name in

SOMEONE KNOWS WHAT KIND OF STRUCTURE, FORMAT, TYPE OF FILE, CIPHER OF
PASSWORDS IN WINDOWS
THANKS.

We have an XP pro sp2 pc that has had the local policies altered so no one
can get into the system and the local administrator account has been
disabled.  I can log on through network admin account, however, unable to
make any changes.  Willing to do a complete wipe and reload, ...

How can you setup an automatic shutdown when a PC has been logged out and
inactive for a certain period of time (eg 2 hours)? Is there a registry
setting? Thanks

Im working with a small town police station. They brought me 9 working
laptops that were bought from the local troop of State Patrol. These laptops
were formatted when sold to them but the coa license is still stuck on the
back.

I try to be the administrator of a small office with several PCs in a
peer-to-peer network with Windows XP Pro.  I am trying to set up a backup
system for each workstation.  It does not act friendly.  I have the same
Windows profile and password on all computers.  I went to one ...

There are two clients out of 500 at our university who are having a
problem of opening files from their my documents folder from within
Office 2003 applications (Word, Outlook, Excel and Power Point). You
can browse to My Documents in Windows Explorer just fine. Files will

I have a user, that when he logs on to the network, his desktop is bare, but
if i go to documents and settings\username\desktop\ i see all his files,
shortcuts and exe's
this is the second time this has happened to him, and i have fixed it both

When trying to transmit my taxes to Turbotax, get the message "error in
secure channel support"  Intuit says its not thier problem.

Does any one have a tool or know of a way to scan workstations in an
enterprise environment to find out who is a member of the local
administrators group on each of those workstations

I am having a problem with the subject update seemingly installing
successfully, but continuing to be downloaded and re-installed.... over and
over????
I am running XP home edition XP2 with all other required updates installed.  

I would like ot know if anyone can help me understand why after I log on to
my computer it decided to not request my password after it leave it for a
while. The monitor turns off but when I move my mouse, my system comes right
back to where I was left and I need it to ask for the ...