In addition to Administrator accounts, I have a PC with 2 User accounts, 1 of
which I want to setup so there is minimal access to programs; applets; no
access to files/folders in Windows Explorer, other than from My Documents for
that account; disable the right button on the ...

does anyone have an explanation for the following behaviour, which I
have observed on 2 different Windows XP (SP-2) machines, which are not
(and never have been) a member of a domain, and (as far as one can
tell) are mostly on their installation defaults:

How to remove this virus? pls help.
thank you all guys

Recently I got the service pack 2 cd for windows XP home ed.  My question
concerns a download I did when I reinstalled my XP OS. The service pack 2
download I used was one from a Microsoft Windows IT professional site that I
saved on an alternate hard drive.  The link for that ...

Is there any way to have the firewall icon displayed on the system tray when
the firewall is 'on'. I have encountered the situation where the firewall
was turned off along with the notification which led to viruses and the like
being allowed on the system.

Hi. We keep our data files on a server and have workstations to access the
data. I would like to arrange security so that staff can access the files
with the applications they need to work on the data. But I would like to
prevent the staff from copying the files to a USB drive or ...

Environment: Two PCs on my home network both running WinXP SP2 and joined to
a workgroup:
PCs
firstpc

I have 3 user accounts on my pc.  One is mine, one is my wifes and one for
the kids.  The wife and I both belong to the administrators group, the kids
belong to the users group.
The "twist" is that my account works normally, and the other two accounts

Is there a way to password protect a folder

I would like to turn on auditing so it logs the software being installed and
who is installing it. Even if an administrator is installing. Is there a way
of doing this?
I am trying to do this in a domain environment. I would think a method would

It appears that by default, XP profesional folder settings have "Use Simple File Sharing" enabled. But this is preventing $ADMIN shares from working from other computers.
I can see this by using "xcmd" to run \ "systeminfo" command remotely on an XP workstation in a workgroups. ...

Would appreciate help on following problem in XP.
I think I have XP SP1.  I am the adminatrator on the desktop computer.  
However, I am now getting messages that I can run recently installed programs
even though I installed them in my account which is an administrator account.

Fellow Computers,
How do I uninstall Windows Security Center?  I think we all know that it is
not listed in Control Panel, Add/Remove Programs nor is an "Uninstall" on the
Start, All Programs, Accessories, System Tools, Security Center.  

I would like to know how I go about disabling or uninstalling  the window
security center. Can anyone help me?

How to you remove the SP2 Security and Administration Center shield icon from
the systray? I couldn't find an entry in msconfig or startup. I must have
missed an option on install; I removed it from another computer a few weeks
ago, but can't remember how I did it. Thanks.