Hi, I can find many advices on the web on how to secure an XP box, but what I would like to find is a more _systematic_ approach: what are the steps that one...

-----Original Message----- Jack is right, First you buy a server. Make it a domain controller. then come back here and well help you with the...

-----Original Message----- I get continual pop-ups from that say I can go to http://www.stopads.net/ to buy software to stop them. The web site says it is...

I am running xp home and caught a worm/virus that causes my computer to reboot before I can login to windows get to my desktop (including safe mode). I have...

When you set up your new profile, did you use the identical logon information? If not, you're (effectively) not the owner of that data. If you put that drive...

Randy, I'm not 100% certain, but if you have everyone logging in under their own profile, then each such individual will have access to most information on the...

I have a Blue screen of death that says registry error that won't allow me to get into the system at all. I tried booting from the XP disk to enter the...

Whenever I try to download Service Pack and Critical Updates for my Windows XP Home Addition, I get the following message: "Setup could not verify the...

The pop ups are driving me mad! They interfere with pages opening, they block the screen when I am writing, and now I am finding programs in my Control Panel...

I'm a bit of a neophyte at this so forgive me if I am in the wrong location to pose this question. I am running Windows XP Home with Version 6.0 of O.E. I am...

For days now my automatic update keeps trying to download and install critical updates. Everything seems fine, except I finally realized it was the same update...

This is indeed a virus. Check NAI.Com for more information. See W32.Dumaru virus -----Original Message----- The message says : Dear friend , use this...

How can I find individual daily history on a computer that is used by 3 different family members. Need information such as time, date and activity. ...

Check the Microsoft site for the White Paper on Software Update Services. In the white paper, there is registry settings that will allow you to miss a...

i'm facing a problem wit 6 files of the extention from *.001 to *.006 that created on the year 1996 run under windows 3.1, i believe they r compressed file, i...

The site seems to be working now. -----Original Message----- even though I have cookies enabled thru IE 6 and Norton Security, whenever I access the...

Does Microsoft recommend any good firewalls to use? I know it has the built-in firewall, but I have a LAN and using it will block file and printer sharing so I...

Somehow our computer administrator was assigned to "Guest", yet when we log on as "guest" it will not allow us to make any changes. When we go back and log...

I would apprecite help with the following questions: 1. How can I allow users that do not have Admin priv to install software while logged-in under their own...

This is a pretty complicated and quite strange set of circumstances. Please allow me to furnish you a quick summary, then more background information on the...