I have Windows XP Professional SP3, with Micorosft Security Essentials as the
Antivirus
When I start/restart my computer, it takes too long (2 to 3 mins) to detect
firewall is ON.

Does anyone know if/when Windows 7 and Steadystate will become compatible?  

I apparently changed my account type from Administrator to Limited Access
user and now I can't seem get back to the administrator type.  I am the owner
and my son and spouse are just users. Everytime I try to create new user or
try to do anything to change my status, all I get is ...

I was wondering is there a way I can have users PCs turn the firewall on or
off depending if they are in the office or not?
We have Windows XP laptops in a Windows domain and we want the firewall off
when in the office and off when they are anywhere outside the domain/office.

so a month ago, i know i've been lazy, i notice the security center poping up
saying i had no anti virus programs installed. so i though, maybe avg stopped
running. i checked out avg and it was running just fine, i made it do updates
and it said it was up to date. i have since ...

On an XP box, how can I see what shares and files are currently being
access by other users?

I am running a Workgroup with one computer (my computer) storing our company
folders/files. I want to be able to allow the company Directors access to all
relevant folders. but other Staff should only have access to some of these
folders.

Hello group,
I've had some viruses of some sort which forced me to reformat my drives.
Before reformating I transfered all my stuff to an external backup hard
drive.

I never received this error message, until I went to IE 8. The only site it
affects is the site for my college. I haven't changed anything except that
web browser. I went through the steps, twice to fix this, but it still won't
let me get to the part of the site I need. How do I ...

Every evening durring the powering down of my XP based PC, I get the message
that updates will be installed. After 10 days in a row (now 20 plus days) I
realized something is wrong. Looking out on MS update a Power Point update is
ready but it just wont update. I removed the ...

I have a Limited Account on my home computer, and I want to do things
that require an Administrator Account. I have asked if I can have an
Administrator Account, and the answer is no. So, I have to resort to
trickery.

This is my first post on this forum.  I am having a whale of a tim
setting up Mandatory Profiles on my network.  
I have 2 DC, one running 2008, the other running 2003.  I hav
computers running Xp and Vista.

I'm trying to get a my documents redirect to move from
Server1\redirect$\username to \\server02\staff\username.  I've implemented
this with group policy.
I can still see the old server1 referenced in synchronization settings on

I have loaded a first-use OEM version of XP Pro SP3 onto my iMac using Boot
Camp 2.0. When installation completed Windows confirmed that the software had
been validated. I then loaded the Boot Camp drivers as instructed, then ran
Windows Update to install the outstanding updates ...

I am having huge problems trying to uninstall windows defender on my other
laptop so that I can use norton 360 on it. Laptop is XP Home edition with
SP3. Each time I uninstall it norton claims it is still there... but darned
if I can find it.