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Hi, Ive been trying to protect my computer so that other people can't use it. I tried setting up a password, and then using the welcome screen, so that people need to enter a password to get it. This did not work. The computer did not show the start up screen, and just logged straight in. So I tried using the startup option of having to type in your username and password. This also did not work. I can use the Windows button + L to lock the computer, but all it takes to get in is for someone to press the restart button, and then the computer will restart, bypassing the password protection. Please help, I've looked everywhere and don't know what to do!

RE: windows installer trying to find a program I have spent the whole day trying to fix the same problem. I am unable to access my HP Image Zone and I cannot get the durn thing to go away! I too tried to find a file named Photo Gallery to delete it without having any success finding the file. I had purchased and installed a new program called Reg Cure this morning. It scanned my computer files and found more than 1000 errors on my computer After I hit fix errors this monster (Photo Gallery) showed up on my screen. I have written to be reimbursed for that program as I removed it from my computer. It is really working on my last nerve. Have you found a …

I have a partitioned drive that was allocated by an idiot, so it's a major pain to keep the smaller (c:) partition small enough to be in a condition where it's possible to run a defrag. It would help quite a bit if I could move my pagefile to the second of the two partitions. Is that a simple change in the Registry and a re-boot? Thanks, Bill

How can I boot my PC (Win XP SP3) so that I can see a listing of activities as they occur during the booting process, instead of seeing the Windows logo? -- John

Hi all. In "My Documents" and all folders under it, I want to display the 'Detail' view showing Name, Size, Date Modified etc. However, I don't want to use this view on any other folder, e.g. C:\Windows. Is this possible? TIA Duncs

I currently have a laptop with Windows XP Home SP3 installed. I need to install a software package that does not support Windows XP Home or Vista. I need to upgrade to Windows XP Pro but not sure what to buy. I tried a copy of XP Pro version 2002 but got an error message that stated the version on the computer was newer than on the CD and that I should restart the computer and install as a new installation. I would prefer not to format the hard drive as I have a large number of software packages (programming type & AutoCad) and files on the system that I cannot afford to lose. In my computer under the Help Tab/About Windows, I have version 5.1 (Build …

Is there a way to make the user's desktop read-only upon login? Is this even a good idea? I just hate when users start saving all their docs to the desktop...so I figure if they can't save to the desktop this will force them save to their my docs or public folder. - anthonyx26

Since few hours ago when I open my computer folder and then close it (either click on X or file close option) I will get Windows explorer error and I can still work but some features are slow or non available I have Tablet XP on Samsung Q1 Many thanks

I am quite surprised Microsoft hasn't come up with a reliable piece of software to power off workstations at night. I have tried using both shutdown.exe (no ability to cancel) and beyond2exec (errors out on the server) with no real luck. I am looking for a reliable but inexpensive way to shut computers off at night that gives some type of logging. I have 300 computers and need to make sure they are shutting down without check each and everyone's event viewer. I see lots of batch file type utilities but they seem to rely on Scheduled Tasks to run. If Scheduled Tasks was reliable it would be fine, but unfortunately it isn't. I don't care if there …

Re: XP Pro Will not recognize "D" drive Forwarded to WinXP General via crosspost. Always state your full Windows version (e.g., WinXP SP3) when posting to MS newsgroups, please. -- ~Robear Dyer (PA Bear) MS MVP-IE, Mail, Security, Windows Desktop Experience - since 2002 AumHa VSOP & Admin http://aumha.net DTS-L http://dts-l.net/ Briandp wrote: > Two days ago, the 25th I had just finished doing an update to my computer > and after that had to restart the computer. It went into the restart and > then stoppped with a notification that windows was installing an upgrade > and would auto shut down when it was completed. This was the auto u…

I have a laptop and recently loaded a bunch of music into the media center. It copied everything from My Documents. I started deleting everything that wasn't a music file until I read the entire question which asked if I wanted to delete this from my "PC". I thought it was deleting from the media folder with the music. I've had trouble since then. Maybe this is related. When I type on the keyboard it appears backwards if I type "Kate" it shows up "etak". The letters are not backwards, just the words. I've managed to get good at typing backwards but it's time to fix it. Any thoughts? Thanks - Kate

Hello, I recently built a new system with Windows XP Pro 64bit with Service Pack 2 Operating System included. So far, I have had no success in getting audio working for my system. The problem lies within drivers for my audio hardware. When trying to install these drivers, I receive and error message saying: "HDA Audio Bus required". I have searched the internet for days looking for a way to fix this problem and have come across many different supposed solutions, none of which have worked. http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=901105 This is the link that I have been referred to the most, containing the hotfix kb901105 for windows xp64. However, when …

hi all, it has been difficult finding any info or guides on how to set up my server for game hosting, so i hope someone here can help! Let me start out by saying the hardware and bandwidth are more than adequate to run a dedicated server here. I am running windows server 2003 enterprise edition x64, and i would like to know what role to run for a server that will be used only for hosting a dedicated gaming server, and any management or setup tweaks, bandwidth and security tips would also be helpful, i dont need game specific help, i have that covered , the server can run the dedicated mode now, but i have not really finished setting it up properly, just ou…

I have an XPproSp2(nowSp3) w/all updates, that was locking up for no apparent reason. It started with SP2, so I updated all critical updates w/Sp3 and I still have the issues. I've shut down all programs in 'msconfig' startup and services (non-msoft) and I get a lot of HDD activity after rebooting, for about an hour or so (I haven't really been able to time it). When I go into 'task manager' the performance tab says cpu is using 30% +/- 3 or 4, but the processes tab doesn't reflect the cpu usage as to what's causeing the activity. I also don't see any obscure items in the processes tab. Any suggestion on how I can find out what's causing the HDD acitivity and w…

I want to find any folders on a drive that the Administrator account may not be able to access. What CACLS command should I use for this? Cheers ss.

I want to find any folders on a drive that the Administrator account may not be able to access. What CACLS command should I use for this? Cheers ss.

I want to access a computer that has no user attached to control some functions on it. I have modified two .htm files buried deep in the C:\Windows folder to enable automatic Allowing of ORAS connections and take-control requests. When I disconnect there is a dialog box that comes up on the remote computer that say I disconnected. Is there any way I can disable that dialog box?

OS: Win XP Pro SP3 Browser: IE7 Just downloaded and installed Java jre-6u10-windows-i586-p-s.exe The installation was successful. 1. In 'Add or Remove Program' panel are two (2) Java items listed viz: Java 6 Update 10 (Size 96.89MB) and Java 6 Update 7 (size 114.00MB) Is it okay to remove Java 6 Update 7 from the 'Add or Remove Program' panel? 2. In C:\Program Files\Java are two (2) folders listed viz: jre 1.6.0_07 and jre6 Is it okay to delete folder jre 1.6.0_07 ? 3. In 'Add-ons that have been used by Internet Explorer' are four (4) Java ActiveX Control items listed viz: a) Java Plug-in 1.6.0_07 File: jp2iexp.dll b) Java Plug-in 1.6.0_1…

Hello, When connected to the internal network, our users receive a proxy server configuration for internet browsing through our ISA/Surfcontrol server. Works great. When they dial-in (yes, we still have some dial-in users!), they get an IP address and can access our servers with no problem... BUT, they can also directly access the internet without routing through our ISA/Surfcontrol server. How do I force their Web browser traffic through our ISA server? I created a static route 0.0.0.0/0.0.0.0 -> ISA Server IP Address... but that didn't work either? troy

On June 15th, my ZAP log mentions some: OSFW,2008/06/15,11:04:32 -7:00 GMT,UNKNOWN(0),Microsoft Windows Malicious Software Removal Tool,C:\WINDOWS\system32\MRT.exe,PROCESS,OPENPROCESS,DST,\SystemRoot\System32\smss.exe I realise it now, looking into my ZAP logs file. Later in the summer this line multiplied dozens of times in the log and I realize that too now, but before, I started having ZAP alerts, the violet ones saying Generic Host Program for win32 services is trying to act as a server and red alerts saying LSA Shell Export Version is trying to communicate with C:\Windows\system32\Zonelabs\UpdClient.exe by opening its process, application Isass…

i am currently using Windows live hotmail and i am having problems with it....it is not sending me my messages and sending them back to the sender saying my box is full (i am currently at 1% of 5GB). I also noticed Windows live mail...i think this is a newer version of windows live hotmail. anyone have any input on this? -- Dawn

When I attempted to uninstall an application software(Pinnacle Studio), the following error message is displayed and uninstallation process was aborted: --------------------------- Warning: Windows XP Service Pack 2 is not installed on your PC. This service pack is required. Please install Service Pack 2 as soon as possible. Service Packs may be obtained via Windows Update. --------------------------- The service pack 3 has been installed. What could be wrong?

Problem Description: Error number: 0x8DDD0018 I installed windows one care, now i don't have the programs on my computer for automatic updates, when i try to activate it, it says Could automatic updates on local computer: error 1058: the services could not start because either because it is disabled or because it has no enabled devices associated with it. now I keep getting trojans. how do I reinstall the device that was removed? my computer is for home office use only Operating System: WindowsXP

Our XP (Pro) machine frequently hangs when shutting down or rebooting. After the shutting down dialogs ("closing network connections", "saving user data" etc, the screen goes blue and nothing happens.\ Its a big problem because we often access it remotely. Could somebody give me some pointers as to how to fix this?

I'm trying to implement a pair of components to handle communication over a virtual channel. I believe I have the client component done okay, and it sends a string on the virtual channel. On the server side, the second component is waiting for the read. But it never receives anything. All calls on both sides (open/write on client, and open on server side pass ok... ) So I have a few general questions, hopefully someone can help: 1. Is it okay to activate the server component manually (for test purposes)? It is currently implemented as a console app. 2. the client sends data right after VirtualChannelOpen returns okay. I do see the event coming back a…