I suspect that this message is the result of a recent virus on my PC. Whilst the virus is now cleaned from my PC, I suspect that its legacy remains, ? in the...

I'm very novice with computers so here is my question. An icon popped up on my toolbar that changes from a red circle with a white "x" to the microsoft symbol...

I would rather lockdown our xp clients according to the NSA guidelines with a gpo managed by the AD then by using a script, anyone do this before?

Hi. Does anyone know of a group policy/security setting that limits/stops winpcap from accessing the NIC's in the client machines? ie I want to stop winpcap...

In System Configuration UtilityStartup, there is an item called NvCpl. I learned that this is a worm and that I need to address it immediately. I was...

i have been experimenting with the account policy, and i have accidently denied the built in administrator access. can anyone help me??

I HAVE A WINDOWS SECURITY ALERT IN MY TASK BAR SAYING MY ANTIVIRUS IS OUTDATED. I CHECKED McAFEE FOR UPDATES AND THEY SAY I HAVE MOST RECENT FILES AND AM...

Until recently my computer was not downloading or installing Windows Updates and in the process of finally finding the solution (in these threads) I...

I set my screen saver so that it will ask for a password before resuming back to my desktop; however, even though it said my screen saver password would be the...

Hello All, Does anybody know how to allow/restrict users to start/stop some services? Is there a possibilty to do it? I checked GP and couldnt find...

hello, When i start my computer and everything loads i go to click on aim, internet explorer, norton antivirus, my computer and so on , i can't acess any of...

Sergio wrote: Hello, I had Win XP pro on my laptop with a normal password (i remember it). My laptop broke and so I bought an enclosure for my hard drive...

holy crap i fixed it. nevermind then. "Phil" wrote: In gpedit.msc I keep getting the message: "The Group Policy security settings that apply to this...

I desperately need help.......... As the Windows XP Sp2 suggested I added my application to the Exceptions list which means my application is now authorized...

I have used Lavasoft Ad-aware SE personal (version 1.05) in the past and on many occasions the software has detected adware/spyware in my registry. From what...

I recently installed a second hard drive on my computer. When I tried to make a folder on the drive private, the check box wasn't available. The drive works...

I have an XP Pro machine that has three partitions. The C drive is the system drive with Windows and programs. The other 2 partitions are just for data. There...

is it good practice on xp to drasticly limit user rights? i mean, *everything* on the system, except user's "doc & sett" folder to be just *read_only* it...

Hi, I need to set up the security on a few local pc's in a network. Some of the users on the network may not store files on the local pc. Is there a way...

I am the one and only computer administrator of my computer. I do not have a hint or reset disk. The only help online for this says to check the hint, use...