How does one restrict users from changing the sustem clock in Windows XP?
I have installed McAffe Privacy Service to restrict the hours users have to
access the internet.  The problem is that users change the system clock to
get around the restricted internet access hours.

Can anybody tell me why Windows XP (and Windows 2003) do the following:
If I try to install either on a 300GB S-ATA drive I get a message like:
To Install Windows on the partition you selected. Setup must write some
startup files to the following disk:

I have Windows XP Home Edition. I have Microsoft Virtual Machine installed.
Do I also need to download the Java Virtual Machine? Thank you.

My XP Pro system is defaulting on the M/dd/yyyy date format, despite having
the regional settings set to UK. I log on with admin rights and despite
selecting the option under 'customise' for dd/MM/yy, the system simply will
not accept this change and constantly reverts to the ...

I set my desktop appearance  via the control panel to Windows XP style, Color
scheme silver and normal size fonts.  Within 5 minutes my computer gets a
mind of its own and alwasy adjust the screen back to a blue background with
color scheme green in large fonts.  I have done this ...

I am installing XP from CD and I would like the last piece of install to
automatically log in (WITHOUT the Welcome to XP) - withou having to ask me
if I want to register or connect to internet, etc...
How do I do this?

First post to this newsgroup. Hello to all and thanks for any help which can
be provided.
The Background: When I was running Windows 98 and 98SE, I could periodically
do a backup, wipe my hard drive clean, F Disk, Format, and reinstall

I have just completed a new XP Pro install on the same HD running W2K Pro.  
Both OS's run fine.  I installed my MS Office apps. under W2K.  Is there any
way to "re-point" MS Office to now run under the XP install, or must I
re-install Office?

I have Windows XP home on my computer and I have been
getting an error message during boot-up then will go no
further. Once in a while I can boot into Win XP and it
seems to be fine once it is started.

I am trying to install XP home on a fresh build. All goes well until I get
the XP Home loading screen. The three blue squares go by twice, the third
time they stop at the right side and thats that. Nothing. I've deleted and
reinstalled only to get the same results. Any ...

my current OS (win 98SE) seeems to be corrupted so i've purchased an OEM
full install of XP Pro. My question is: should I format the C: drive and
wipe out my 98 before I attempt to run the XP disc or will the XP disc format
the drive and erase

After re-installing Windows XP and immediatelly installing SP2, I faced many
problems in displaying Unicode characters. In web browsing I see many Greek
characters (my language), especialy the titles above text in strange
characters (like [][][] ). Also, I dont have Unicode ...

I bought a used computer from a company out of business but couldn't get past
the administrater password to log on to Windows Professional so i couldn't
use it. I solved the problem by installing XP home at the start up phase
using "run cd " but it still has Professional on there ...

E: doe not show up when my flash drive is installed and I look in Explore.  I
have to type e:\ in the address bar for it to appear.  Everything works but I
don't understand why Explore dosen't recognize it automatically.
If  I enter 'Map Network Drive', I see drives B F,G, etc., ...

I have setup an wireless network with Server2003, IAS and WindowsXP SP2
clients. All according to the MS Guide "Securing Wireless LANs with PEAP and
Passwords" Everytihin is working fine expet for one thing.
When the client is starting up, and shows the screen "Applying computer