Hi Alright my copy of Norton Antivirus isn't up for renewal yet; the subscription runs out on the 28th June. Can anyone recommend DECENT software, as Norton has been a pigging pain in the behind! It...

when i try to open windows firewall i get a message saying due to unidentified problem windows cannot open firewall settings

I'm trying to block myspace.com from my daughter. I've tried entering the entire website in to the restricted zone on IPs several times. It still allows me in. I must be missing something??? Is...

The user profile as sole administrator for my laptop has disappeared. The files are still in "Documents and Settings" under the original User Profile name. The current user profile name looks like...

I'm trying to block myspace.com from my daughter. I've tried entering the entire website in to the restricted zone on IPs several times. It still allows me in. I must be missing something???

i want users in my network beside the administrators group to just see only inetrnet explorer whenever they log in, i´ve tried so many ways but at the end of the day, all the restrictions apply to...

I recently built a new machine, and loaded xp pro. For the past month now I noticed the AUTO SECURITY UPDATE icon . everytime I turn my cmputer on it prompts me for the same SECURITY...

I cant add a user from another computer to my security tab Group or user names box, why might this be? This computer and the other computer are both part of a workgroup. Ive follewed the following...

Giving up on Norton Within the past year, three computers in the family have been messed up by installation of Norton products. Now, I've tried Norton SystemWorks 2006 and things are so bad that...

I have a set of 3 systems which I use for testing that are connect to a switch but not the internet. I want to use a blank Admin password but then I can't access these devices (shares don't like...

Hello, I have just noticed a problem with the security centre. It is not switched on. It says that the security centre is currently unavailable because the security centre has not been started. I...

I have tried hard to find the information I need to be ready to encrypt my files on my laptop. I’m know able to do basic thing but not confident enough to use it. The reason is that I have made...

When i'm trying to acces the "Local Security Policy" from the control panel or directly run GPedit.msc, I always get a Group Policy Error: "You do not have permission to perform this operation. Acces...

Hi, I work for a PC repair shop and am having problems with the MMC in Win XP Home. The customer un-installed Zone Alarm and now I am unable to get into the MMC (either as a user or admin in either...

In explorer, one can set it so you see if a file / folder is encrypted by the color. from script or command how would one find out? I am in the midst of migrating data from an old PC to another...

I am trying to learn to use ASP.NET programming, and to do so I need to be able to access databases that are hosted on my computer. The book I am using suggest this approach to adding users and...

I have two XP Pro machines (PC1 & PC2) in a WORKGROUP environment - No Domain. I logged on locally to PC1 and encrypted some files. I try to access those files from PC2 through a shared folder (on...

Hello Everyone Task manager finally sorted out thanks for the help on that one. I mentioned before that when I go into yahoo search for a particular subject and the results page appears and I...

I tried to do an upgrade instalation of Windows and it failed and went into a infinate loop of crashes, so I was forced to format and re-install from scratch Windows Media Centre 2004. No problem...

i'm getting the message .. that my local profile cannot be found...so i am only able to sign on with a "temporay profile"... How do i get back my "local profile" ?!?!?! any help would be greatly...