MS service pack 2

XP brought with it all the "work" that you used to see in Windows NT and 2000. It's not a "click here" OS.

The answer to "Why?" is this. Windows NT/2000/XP/2003 has the concept of permissions, rights and more that you may have to, as the administrator grant rights to the user account via (too many) control panels and consoles.

A limited user by definition should have limited rights and in my opinion nothing was broke but some will have issues because... the security levels were tightened in SP2.

Bob

Joey,

A couple of possibilities:

First, try making your wife a "Power User" instead of normal "User". It gives a little more "freedom" in the permissions area but will stop the user from making program installations that cause system file changes. As the admin, it's your choice. On WinXP PRO, it can be done in the Control Panel-Administrative Tools-Computer Management-Users and Groups, by selecting Groups and adding your wife's user to the "Power Users" group. If you're using WinXP HOME, click on Start-Run, type "CONTROL Userpasswords2", then click on OK. When the screen loads, click on the "Group Membership" tab, highlight your wife's user, then click on "Properties". Select "Standard User (Power User)"..If you make any changes, click on "Apply", then OK.

If that doesn't help, there is a new SP2 update at the link below. I'm not sure that it will fix your issue,(no guarantees) but it does deal with "internet loop back" problems on some computers. It may help:

WindowsXP SP2-KB884020-Hotfix

Hope this helps.

Grif