Hi All, I am reading the book "Windows XP Inside Out" by MS Press. I am at the chapter that talks about using EFS in a workgroup setting. It states...

Hi All, Does anyone know if Win XP Pro uses a users SID when creating a digital certificate to use with EFS. Thanks in advance. Chris

First of all let me explain that I first installed win xp about 2 years ago. Then recently I updated my Bios for the motherboard and there was a flaw in it,...

I have a Compaq notebook with XP Home Edition. Out of nowhere (have had it for 14 months) it started asking me for a password on the windows login screen when...

I restored my friend's computer from a file created by the built in backup utility and it won't let me enter into the newly created directory or delete it. ...

Hello, I have just done a clean install with Win XP and SP2. Everything was going fine. Then I had a crash (restart) affect my system. I checked the "Event...

Could someone please reccomend a good (hopefully free) utility for deleting stubborn files off my system? thank you.

Right now I am using Windows XP SP2 which have its own firewall. But will it be a waste of money to buy another firewall like symantec and install it in my com?

Of course I cannot remember exactly when this started, but as of late I have no access to the network connection properties. Even as a local administrator I...

Is there a way, or is it even possible to create and assign a Local Group Policy to a specific user on a standalone XP PRO workstation and not have the policy...

I use PCAnywhere to remotely access pc's and after installing SP 2 on the target PC I cannot get connected. For testing purposes I was going to disable the XP...

Ok, here is the deal... I have XP Media Center Edition and I have lost my administrator rights. If I go into "safe" mode I see all my programs there that were...

Has anybody seen an issue where XP pro won't start the Firewall after SP2 has been loaded ? It gives an Event ID: 7023, The class is configured to run as a...

Hi, Is there a Group Policy available to disable the use of thumb drives (Small USB drives) and other remote storage devices? Only when the admin is logged on...

it took 6 hours to do an update and then it took another 1 to set up on my computer. But since then ther has been this funny icon on my toll bar and it says it...

Hello, I had to create a new installation of XP home on a new hard disk. The original load became corrupt and unavailable after an upgrade to service pack 2....

Can anyone help? For some reason I have lost task manager from my PC, which means I am unable to end task if something locks up. When I press 'ctrl-alt-del' I...

Hello, We've had some problems at work with janitors using computers for porn etc. I have passworded Windows XP, but I'm still suspicious that someone is...

Sorry if this is a stupid question but I am trying to get windows xp sp2 at the logon screen where you enter your name, then password. to stop having my user...

ok... I just recently got a virus. I took it to someone to fix it. It is a new virus that the guy never heard of it. he downloaded SmitfraudFix and it got...