Thanks Optimist.
Sadly, due to being a remote user, responsible for av upgrades etc on my local session, I was given admin rights on my username though the vpn was closed at the time.
It's all a bit of a mess, I spoke to the administrator and we tried all the passwords he could think of but no joy.

Sorted

signed-in as administrator with no password...secure huh!
thanks again

Balerno, if it was administrator with no password on your companies domain, then then whoever runs your IT department should be taken out and shot !

But good to hear you have resolved your immediate problem.

Balerno

You will have to think back to when the OS was installed on the computer.

If I was setting up a new system it would ask me for an Administrator password and thenI would be offered the option of joining the domain which I would normally do. This would mean that the only local user would be "Administrator" with whatever password you entered during setup. It is possible that this is blank but that would be a huge security oversight.

Depending on the encryption level used by your domain there may be a way round this. What file system are you using?

Optimist ..he will be offered a blindfold and last ciggy first thing Tuesday morning (though I am pleased to resolve not having access over the w/e as I have some files I need access to).

Will follow your advice..ps file system Fat32

Balerno

Post if you are still in trouble in the morning.

Optimist..many thanks..appreciate that.

With Win XP how do I group my programs on the start menu into folders. I have too many programs on the start menu so I want to goup things like MS Office into their own folder.

Easiest way is to open windows explorer (richt click start button then explore) then click on the Programms Folder and create new folders for your program groups. Once you have created your groups you can drag the program shortcuts around in explorer or by right click and drag on the start menu.

Remember that the Program Menu in XP is a combination of the ALL Users shortcuts and those of your personal profile.

Thanks Optimist, worked a treat

Optomist.Good tip that.

Is it me or is everyone getting lots of windows updates recently?

Martini

I should check your update settings. The last batch that I had on XP were on 19th April

Optimist
I seem to have been getting one every two days recently. Where do I find my update settings please?
M

This is an interesting twist. It's the first time I've seen it in a virus email. The name of the attachment looks at first sight to end in .txt, thereby making it safe to open, but in fact ends in .pif, making it an executable program.


Content-Type: application/octet-stream;
name="detail3.txt .pif"

Martini

Start Button - Right Click My Computer - Select Properties then the Automatic Updates Tab.

Kayak

You could detect that with a rule that flaged long attachment names. So far as I know Outlook does not do this but do you know if it could be done by running a script when an attachment arrives?

Don't know optimist. I rely on looking at the raw text of the email before opening any with an attachment. Virus scanners are for wimps :-) This one fooled me long enough to open the email, but I realised before opening the attachment itself. Mind you I should have got a grey warning box if I had done that.

Sorry to be a nuisance, computer probs and using other computer.

How do I get a new window up each time I open up internet explorer? It is grabbing an already open window and using that

2Abbey

Try Tools/Internet Options, click on the advanced tab and make sure the option "Reusue windows for launching shortcuts" (under browsing) is unchecked.

Thanks Optimist, I thought that was it.

It is unchecked, does it require a restart?