I gave my users a "User Level" account.  How do I give them elevated
privileges for doing certain things without bumping them up to a power user,
etc...

I have a user on Windows Vista that Live OncCare is reporting quarantine
failed on 'Worm:Win32/Mydoom.O@mm" and "Virus:VBS/Bagle.Z.dr"  
When I click on eitherNo information is provided at the website I'm
redirected to.

Hello,
I have a small problem that is driving me nuts; I hope somebody has a
solution. Here it is: Windows Updates Keep Failing After upgrade from XP Home
SP2 to XP Pro SP2 and the only up grade that is showing is Windows Installer

Looks like my XP Pro box got hacked a couple of days ago. Not quite sure
how, but anyway, my question concerns the following:
The attacker managed to set my normal admin account to Limited, and turn my
limited account to Admin. But they also disabled all actual management

I recently deployed Adobe Reader 8 to users at my location. The installation
was successful except that the users do not like the open or save this file
message that displays when they open a .pdf on a webpage.
I have informed them that unchecking the box ,always ask before ...

I like to know how I can view all ports in a PC having OS "Windows Xp" and to
open and close any desired port.
If not possible in xp, any particular 3rd party application / tool.

Whenever i try to open my "C" Drive it says "Choose the programe you want to
use to open this file". Why does Windows Xp thinks my "C" drive is not a
drivve but a file?
Thanks

Our company insurers have recently issued an edict that all computers not
connected to an UPS must be turned off at night.   This leads to users
spending time each morning starting their systems and logging and filtering
the overnight spam.  

Hello, I have some problems with the GPO for opening up remote admin ports to
clients and since GPO-troubleshooting is rather timeconsuming I intended to
settle for a quick solution and instead use
"netsh firewall set service remoteadmin enable custom 10.0.0.0/255.0.0.0

When I start my computer I get a message from the Windows Security Centre
saying my firewall is off.  Can it be set it so it automatically comes on and
stays on?  
I also use Zone Alarm Security Program which also has a firewall that

When I run spybot on my pc it shows the following message: Microsoft.
WindowsSecurityCenter_disabled. Do I need to enable it and if so how do I do
it?

Hi I am analyzing my network activity and I have found a port that opened up
for UDP connection.  I am trying to figure out what has opened up this port
and I cannot.
I installed FPort and it did not list the port being mapped to an

I have two networked PC's running XP pro sp2.  I have the same user id on
both.  I look at the other computer in Windows Explorer - \...\workgroup
name\computer name\documents and settings\myusername.  When I try to open the
folder I get a message saying access is denied and I ...

In case of loss/theft of a computer, to what extent does the password (the
one when you start the pc and the one when you log onto xp) protect the data?
i.e. how difficult is it for someone who does not have the passowrd to access
the data on the harddisk?

ok... I just recently got a virus.  I took it to someone to fix it.  It is a
new virus that the guy never heard of it.  he downloaded SmitfraudFix and it
got rid of most of the crap.  however, i think it  is still there.  
Something still is turning off my Windows Security Center ...