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  1. tpman3

    How do I lock down a shared PC

    That looks like what I am looking for. I am going to set that up on the PC and will see what happens. Thank you so much! I will let you know what happens!
  2. tpman3

    How do I lock down a shared PC

    Hmmm, spanking, not a bad idea. But, unfortunately, outside of my discipline possibilities. Is there nothing I can do with some registry setting that will restrict the ability to install anything, aside from the limited account that he already has. I also want to deny access to system type...
  3. tpman3

    How do I lock down a shared PC

    Ok, I have a shared family pc with multiple profiles. Win XP Pro. One of the kids is always downloading items that tend to harm the pc. I have removed the IE shortcut and have installed firefox. I have used Public Fox to limit the downloads of exe, zip, bat, rar type files, but I need a way...
  4. tpman3

    Admin Authority removed

    I know I've seen this out here before, but I can't find it anywhere. I have XP pro and have 5 user accounts. Only one account has admin authority, the others do not. I now see that the one account with admin authority no longer has admin authority. Someone clicked on something they probably...
  5. tpman3

    Wireless network setup on HP Pavilion

    IU have not been able to get back to the laptop as of yet, but will post back my results when I am able to do so. Thanks for the tips.
  6. tpman3

    Wireless network setup on HP Pavilion

    I am trying to help a friends daughter get her wireless set up on her laptop. She has an HP Pavilion, not sure if the exact model, with Vista. Her dad has a wireless router that other PC's in the house are connected to. Router is a Linksys wrt110. It supports vista and from what I have read...
  7. tpman3

    Symantec - Enable AutoProtect - won't enable

    Well, I did the reload and then locked the sucker down so none of my kids can use it. Sorry Kids, no more webkinz on dad's laptop. :-)
  8. tpman3

    Symantec - Enable AutoProtect - won't enable

    I am running XP Pro SP1 on a dell inspiron 600. I have most current updates from Symantec, but when I try to Enable Auto Protect, it dies within seconds. I have also gone out to Ewido and downloaded the AV program from there. I know I have a Trojan or something because of the pop ups I am...
  9. tpman3

    Western Digital MyBook

    I just had a post on here about mine dieing. Plugged it in and drive spins up for two seconds and the power shuts off. Can't open the thing up to see if its the drive or the enclosure that causing the problem. Plus I would like to get my data off of the drive before I send it back on RMA.
  10. tpman3

    Western Digital external harddrive

    I bought a 500 gig WD external hd and it died. I plug it in, it spins for about 5 seconds and dies. Just wondering if this is a common problem, the drive was only about 2 months old. Has anyone else had this happen?
  11. tpman3

    Lost Start->All Programs list

    I logged onto my pc and go to Start -> All Programs and there is nothing there anymore. It said Empty before I loaded some stuff. Anyone have any idea how to recover items? Ideas as to why it happened? There is nothing in my Recycle bin, so the kids didn't delete anything, at least I think...
  12. tpman3

    Make this folder private

    How can I turn this function on? I have xp pro, sp2. I can share just fine, but can't use the make folder private private option. It is grayed out. How cqan I make a directory private/password protected or even hidden?

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