I have a roommate who uses my computer on my guest account. I let him use it asking him to keep his time under two hours. I am positive he is abusing his priviledges and was wondering if there is any...

I have a shared computer that i set up accounts for users on. I set up an account for a new user, that was encrypted, and restriced from other users. When i deleted that accout a month later,...

Panda_man, I found the bug, and was able to work around it. Im other words I found a solution, and I was shaing it. As for know about Beta problems, I'm very well aware of them. As for my seach in...

To edit or remove a log-on from the Quick Links list you choose a quick link then click on the Hand Icon displayed in Internet Explorer and then edit or remove from the quick links list. My problem...

The program keeps telling me there are updates, downloads and installs them, but then keeps repating this process with exactly same files, ad nauseam. The icon on the tray also displays the orange...

My user accounts screen is blank & I have lost my adm. rights. Help & support centre is also not working. Please help.

I have lost my administrative access to my computer. I am the only user. My "User Accounts" screen is also not working & is blank. While uninstalling several softwares a dialog box pops up aying I...

hi How can I create a workgroup account? I have workgroup of 2 window xp and windows server 2003. Thanks a lot.

After reading a response to my post re:MSN Network Connection, I browsed tgrough some of the other questions in this group, and found an answer to the following problem. Microsoft Updates wants me to...

LI'm not sure this is the correct group to post this; if not, please point me to the correct group. I've just completed a clean re-install of XP Home with SP2. The first thing I noticed was my...

Hi Minutes ago, I wanted to shut down my computer when I was grreted by a message saying that other users were logged on. This is *not* something I expect. The security log was empty. How can I be...

Hey all, I'm running XP pro, and I'm having problems getting an Apacke web server (and the standard Microsoft FTP server) working. When those services are running, I can connect to them from the...

Requesting your help with my two problems I am emailing requesting your help with my two problems. How to set my self as the administrator with installing privileges on my stand-alone PC. Problem 1:...

where are the windows updated stored on the hard drive?

I purchased an upgrade Home XP from Win98 several years ago and I still have the key etc. About 18 months ago I upgraded several components on my PC and while it was in the shop I think that they...

I have just been informed by Windows Update my product key is invalid. I am having problem with spyware and tried to download antispyware from Microsoft. The product key that is on my disk cover is...

Hi I recently moved from a single drive PC to a RAID 1 array with new drives. I removed the old drive and did a clean install of XP Pro on the RAID array. I used the File and Settings Transfer...

I had Windows Update set to auto download but not install. I chose to install all but one update and all was well. Now, however, I have a yellow Security Centre Icon in my tray prompting me to...

To correct error 0x80072EFD, I followed "method 1," requiring me to add the "update.microsoft.com/microsoftupdate/v6/default.aspx" web site to my trusted sites in IE. When I try to add this, the...

When I try to log on to AOL, I get the following error message. "An error occurred while we tried to connect you to AOL service. (24-00-28-006). AOL has detected a firewall on your system. Please...