OT- Need Windows XP Login Help

2009-02-27 Thread leegold
I have trouble following the thread, my eyes are getting old...but from what I read you probably have malware happening. It's rather amazing the extent that the malware will go to to protect itself from being disinfected. The easiest way to deal with it is to boot from a cd live with NTFS read

Re: OT- Need Windows XP Login Help

2009-02-26 Thread Mark Phillips
Thanks for all your suggests...they came in so fast and it has taken so long to run the scans, that I thought single update would be most helpful. What I did: 1. Ran Microsoft Security Thingy - :// www.microsoft.com/security/malwareremove/default.mspx. Removed a couple of adware and a trojan.

RE: OT- Need Windows XP Login Help

2009-02-26 Thread Bob Elzer
...@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us] On Behalf Of Mark Phillips Sent: Thursday, February 26, 2009 11:26 AM To: Main PLUG discussion list Subject: Re: OT- Need Windows XP Login Help Thanks for all your suggests...they came in so fast and it has taken so long to run the scans, that I thought single update

Re: OT- Need Windows XP Login Help

2009-02-26 Thread Mark Phillips
:* Thursday, February 26, 2009 11:26 AM *To:* Main PLUG discussion list *Subject:* Re: OT- Need Windows XP Login Help Thanks for all your suggests...they came in so fast and it has taken so long to run the scans, that I thought single update would be most helpful. What I did: 1. Ran Microsoft

RE: OT- Need Windows XP Login Help

2009-02-26 Thread Bob Elzer
Sent: Thursday, February 26, 2009 11:26 AM To: Main PLUG discussion list Subject: Re: OT- Need Windows XP Login Help Thanks for all your suggests...they came in so fast and it has taken so long to run the scans, that I thought single update would be most helpful. What I did: 1. Ran Microsoft

Re: OT- Need Windows XP Login Help

2009-02-26 Thread Eric Cope
...@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us [mailto: plug-discuss-boun...@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us] *On Behalf Of *Mark Phillips *Sent:* Thursday, February 26, 2009 12:52 PM *To:* Main PLUG discussion list *Subject:* Re: OT- Need Windows XP Login Help On Thu, Feb 26, 2009 at 12:45 PM, Bob Elzer bob.el

RE: OT- Need Windows XP Login Help

2009-02-26 Thread Bryan O'Neal
PM To: Main PLUG discussion list Subject: Re: OT- Need Windows XP Login Help Do you have disk space? If the partition is full, it won't save new data... Its a long shot. Eric On Thu, Feb 26, 2009 at 1:11 PM, Bob Elzer bob.el...@gmail.com wrote: Group Policy Editor http

RE: OT- Need Windows XP Login Help

2009-02-26 Thread Dorian A. Monroe, II
: OT- Need Windows XP Login Help Do you have disk space? If the partition is full, it won't save new data... Its a long shot. Eric On Thu, Feb 26, 2009 at 1:11 PM, Bob Elzer bob.el...@gmail.com wrote: Group Policy Editor http://support.microsoft.com/kb/307882 _ From: plug

Re: OT- Need Windows XP Login Help

2009-02-26 Thread Mark Phillips
[mailto: plug-discuss-boun...@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us] *On Behalf Of *Mark Phillips *Sent:* Thursday, February 26, 2009 12:52 PM *To:* Main PLUG discussion list *Subject:* Re: OT- Need Windows XP Login Help On Thu, Feb 26, 2009 at 12:45 PM, Bob Elzer bob.el...@gmail.com wrote: Have you

OT- Need Windows XP Login Help

2009-02-25 Thread Mark Phillips
Sorry for posting such a non-Linux question, but I don't know of any comparable Windows user lists to plug. If there is one, please let me know and I will join it! I use Windows so infrequently that I have never searched for one. Usually all I need is google, but not this time. My problem -

RE: OT- Need Windows XP Login Help

2009-02-25 Thread Dorian A. Monroe, II
Check to see if you have any password complexity policies in place. Go to start-run and enter gpedit.msc to open the local group policy editor and go to Computer Configuration-Windows Settings-Security Settings-Password policy. Since you're there, check under Local Policies-User Rights

RE: OT- Need Windows XP Login Help

2009-02-25 Thread Lisa Kachold
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Re: OT- Need Windows XP Login Help

2009-02-25 Thread Alex Dean
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Re: OT- Need Windows XP Login Help

2009-02-25 Thread Stephen P Rufle
Windows mail list... http://peach.ease.lsoft.com/archives/winnt-l.html Snipped from Craig's email a couple of days ago. --- PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings:

Re: OT- Need Windows XP Login Help

2009-02-25 Thread Mark Phillips
Well, so far nothing works On Wed, Feb 25, 2009 at 10:34 AM, Dorian A. Monroe, II dorian.mon...@cox.net wrote: Check to see if you have any password complexity policies in place. Go to start-run and enter gpedit.msc to open the local group policy editor and go to Computer

RE: OT- Need Windows XP Login Help

2009-02-25 Thread Lisa Kachold
PLUG HACKFESTS 2nd Saturday Each mo...@noon - 3PM Date: Wed, 25 Feb 2009 14:37:21 -0700 Subject: Re: OT- Need Windows XP Login Help From: m...@phillipsmarketing.biz To: plug-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us Well, so far nothing works On Wed, Feb 25, 2009 at 10:34 AM, Dorian A. Monroe, II

RE: OT- Need Windows XP Login Help

2009-02-25 Thread Bryan O'Neal
To: Main PLUG discussion list Subject: Re: OT- Need Windows XP Login Help Well, so far nothing works On Wed, Feb 25, 2009 at 10:34 AM, Dorian A. Monroe, II dorian.mon...@cox.net wrote: Check to see if you have any password complexity policies in place. Go to start-run and enter gpedit.msc

Re: OT- Need Windows XP Login Help

2009-02-25 Thread Stephen
Technically there is no limit to the number of user accts you can have on a sinlge XP Pro Machine, however there are some bugs in this policy so you need to look into getting to SP3 at least if not more up to date. Also do an audit of user accounts on your machine, and make sure there is nothing