I would like to allow some users of computers in my home network to access
certain folders and to deny other uses.
I have 6 Xp based machines that use wired and wireless connections.  I have
a workgroup called MSHOME, my router is dlink DSL G604T.

Myself and others are having an issue on another Microsoft newsgroup with
the "New Question"'s  "Notify me of replies" feature. We are not getting
notified.
A moderator in that group asked if I could post to another newsgroup and see

I'm on the journey to learn about doing a WinXP full install.  I've actually
done this once (without choice) on my laptop when attempting to upgrade from
XP Home to XP Pro.
As I've been doing research on the web, it appears doing a periodic full

I have a strange problem - after some time my Virtual PC 2007's (version
6.0.156.0) keyboard stops responding in windowed mode. I have to switch to
fullscreen mode where the keyboard responds again. Switching back to windowed
mode stops it responding again and vice versa. The ...

I have Win XP Pro in an OEM version that came with my current system.
I'm thinking about replacing the motherboard to get increased system
performance, which would require a reactivation of Windows.
As I understand it, an OEM version of Windows is tied to the original system

For an unknown reason to me, my computer see a USB drive as a CD drive.  How
can I change this?

I'm not able to write to my CD drive but I can view and read from it.  I'm
using WIN XP.  I ran trouble shoot and it says everything is OK.  What should
I do?

Hi ppl, I was wondering if anyone knows if I can use any xp cd if I have the
windows key sticker on computer. The original xp home cd got broke but I have
one (xp home) from my other computer, but the key is being used.   The
harddrive was replaced so I'm just dealing with a ...

I am fixing a friends laptop that has xp pro. I put a mini wireless pci card
in it. He has forgotten his username/password to log in . He used it on a
network so if I try to click cancel it doesn't bypass the log in screen. I
have tried safemode and windows but can't get past the ...

After establishing a VPN connection to a remote computer I clicked on view
Workgroup Computers.  It did not appear so I enter \\edb on the address line
and  was able to access the computer.
I'm sure the remore computer is configured to be part of the work group.

I cannot print documents from XP programs (Word converted from WordPerfect);
and the document freezes up (not responding message) and I have to close it.  
It's not the printer; i've reinstalled the driver and did a test page and it
worked.  I also had printed stuff before it ...

I have noticed lately that after i have closed some programs that they are
still running according to the task manager. this has only been noticed last
month or so. i have two users set up .i noticed slow down and checked task
manager. under my girlfriends account there was say ...

On a customer's system the second "cpu"does not show although:
+ CPU supports hyperthreading,
+ BIOS has hyperthreading enabled
+ ACPI 2.0 enabled.

I am considering changing the OS from 32 to 64 bit.
I have heard that XP Pro will only use 3.5GB of 4GB memory and I would like
to make use of every MB I can.
What are the pitfalls of changing over to 64 bit and is there a program that

Up until the other day I could remote into my desktop.
I'm running xp pro.
I checked and remote access is enabled and my user is allowed. I check
and no apparently firewall is running on my desktop... though not 100%