when i step away from my computer for 5 minutes i come back and there's a message from microsoft saying,"this computer is in use and locked."this just started happening suddenly and i did not lock it...

I am trying to receive a pic from my boyfriend and I can't because of a firewall I have on my computer. What can I do.

I am a home user. We have one PC in the house, running Windows XP Pro SP2. I have 2 kids that like to surf the net too much. Right now there is only 1 user account which everyone uses. I want to...

I have a user that is getting an access denied when trying to rename a folder. The user has full control over a folder, but when we look at the properties of the folder it is marked as RO. I uncheck...

I am running WinXP Pro SP2 in a Win2k Server Active Directory domain. I recently installed a certain new application. When I tried to open the app when logged on as a domain user it failed. I...

As far as I can tell, normal permissions for a root directory (C:\) are: BUILTIN\Administrators:(OI)(CI)F NT AUTHORITY\SYSTEM:(OI)(CI)F CREATOR...

I run windows XP and got what i think is a sypware infection it has taken over my desktop with a black back ground and a message about the importance of being able to delete from your hard drive some...

I'm trying to clean a PC that has some of the Spyaxe symptoms. I have the red X in the systray that states windows has detected the PC is infected with spyware. Click here to download the latest...

Hello, I have a serious problem. I was tinkering with some security policies and locked myself , the administrator as well as the other users out of my laptop. No one can open any program including...

I have recently found numerous computers with spyware and adware related to these known spyware programs. The symptons I have observed include: Internet Explorer will open and immediately...

I used to be able to automatically logon when I turned my computer on, however after running a windows update I can no longer auto login (I am required to click on the username to login). I don;t...

I have SP2. How do I stop the "security center" from notifying me of an available security update? I don't use Outlook and it continues to inform me of a security update for Outlook junk e-mail...

When rebuilding a PC that has had a S/W or H/W problem, I reset the computer account in the AD to rejoin the domain. I have noticed a duplicate computer account show up on our Windows Service Update...

I was running the scan and it located three viruses. The issue is that there is no next button to remove the virus. Any help is greatly appreciated. PS There is actually no next button on any of the...

I cannot download this package. There's not any components on my computer and it will not download.

Hi there, We have a couple of public computers running on Windows XP.I'm wondering how to move the whole user profiles to other location instead of C:\Documents and Settings, for example,...

Hi, I have a Windows XP Pro machine that will not let me logon with any credentials supplied. When I attempt to use a domain account (administrator or user) the machine tells me that the specified...

i'm receiving this error script everytime i try to log in my windows "you are using a non-standard version of Win NT. Contact your LAN administrator to be upgraded". error comes from...

Is there a way to install a net share on another computer remotely... 1. with admin rights?? 2. without admin rights?? thanks

I have Windows XP with SP 2 and Norton Internet Security 2005. I have disabled NIS firewall and enabled Windows firewall because of connection issues. The problem is that everytime I logoff for the...