Threads Replies Last Post 22 Pages: 1  2  3  4  5  6  7  8  9  10  11  12  13  14  15  16  17  18  19  20  21  22   No write-access from Vista to files created by XP on external driv I have an NTFS formatted USB external hard-drive, which from an XP machine I have written files to. Now connecting this drive to a Vista Home Premium machine, I can read all of the files, but have no write-access to them. I am logged-in as an administrator to Vista, and if I look at the files (or hard drive itself) with Properties->Security, it says that Administrators have full cont... 1 13.07.2007 10:42:01 This Requested Operation Needs Elevation i get this message saying "This Requested Operation Needs Elevation" when i try downloading a .zip file off of a website. also, i dont want to disable UAC at all. how do i get the "This Requested Operation Needs Elevation" to go away without disabling UAC. p.s i tried running Command prompt as admin and didnt work.... 2 13.07.2007 08:56:01 I forgot my password and now I can't log on to my computer I misplaced my log-on password and now I can't access my computer. I don't have the option of reinstalling my windows xp software because I need the information in the computer. I down loaded a password re-set program but when I boot the computer it doesn;t come on to allow me to reset my password. I really need help...... 2 13.07.2007 08:44:01 Restore a user profile. Hi all i am trying to find out if i can restore a user profile i have deleted by mistake any helpw would be great as i have alot of files within that user. thanks... 4 13.07.2007 08:40:00 Are Windows Vista Accounts and Passwords Safe? I was told by some of my friends that the password login system in Windows Vista is not secure and that anyone could hack in and take remote control of my PC. Is this true? They also told me that this is impossible in this new product they call Linux or something. These guys have a web site at www.lobby4linux.com. I'm thinking about using Vista but I'm not sure.... 6 13.07.2007 06:50:12 Visa administration queston. Hi, I got a new computer with Vista pre-installed. I have a few administration-related questons. 1. I have an admin account with a password. Can a user set up a password? How? 2. I wish to install programs in the computer that only some users need. I dont want to clutter the desktop of other users with the icons of these programs. Ideally, I would like to install the program as the ad... 4 13.07.2007 03:37:22 How do I tell User control to allow my program to run without aski My email program runs a program several times a day to retrieve email messages. Each time User Control asks for permission to run it. How can I avoid this?... 2 12.07.2007 23:56:50 "Check your user account settings" In order to get rid of the irritating check window that comes up so often, on a single-user machine I have eliminated my user account, just staying as the administrator. That works fine but now I get a window opening at every startup saying "Check your User Account Settings." One irritation has been replaced by another. Can I get rid of this new one?... 4 12.07.2007 23:46:04 How can i access another users files? I'm setup with 2 user accounts, me being the admin. I want to access another users program files to view a log. I have trillian installed on my computer and it stores logs, i can access my own logs but the other user seems to have another set of files for trillian. I want to know how to access there files from my admin account. How can i view the other set of program files for the othe... 3 12.07.2007 23:36:01 Cannot login as administrator with Ctrl-Alt-Del ? In Windows XP we could type CTRL-ALT-DEL twice at the 'Welcome' screen and then use the classic login dialog to access the default ADMINISTRATOR account. This feature has apparently been removed from Windows Vista. How to we access the ADMINISTRATOR account, or any other hidden account, from the 'Welcome' screen? ... 2 12.07.2007 23:28:03 Logging in I setup my new computer last night. I logged in twice last night with no problem. When I try to log in this morning the error message reads username or password incorrect. There's a reset password wizard but it requires that I have already created a reset password disk. I just got the darn thing. No I don't have a reset password disk. How in the heck to I log in when I've already t... 2 12.07.2007 23:26:00 over ride administrator password please help me!! i need to over ride the admin password... i created the account but i did not make a password recovery disc.. and i really cant remb the pass word. PLEASE HELP!!!!! i need to protect comp from viruses and i cant download any programs with out the admin password..... so c my delima... help thanks so much -- swtrckymt.grl... 1 12.07.2007 22:30:01 Change user account type to admin Greetings- I am in a situation where I need full admin privileges to change a system filename (mapi32.dll, so I can get outlook 2003 to work in Vista, which is another story but I'm on the right track there...). Anyway, though my user account is designated as "Administrator" when I view the account type I am listed as a standard user and I am unable to change the account type to admin... 4 12.07.2007 21:39:40 Permissions and access for program On this one computer, several users play an internet game. I cannot get the program set up to run for all users and allow changes in data files accociated with the program. I have tried various permission and security settings for all accounts. I have deleted and reinstalled the program to try to start over on permissions. I had it working on one user account but not the main one, then m... 5 12.07.2007 21:27:25 Administrator account has disappeared Hi I am hoping someone can help me - its appears that the administrator account has disappeared - My husband and I both have our accounts but neither of us seem to be the administrators Initially when i set this up I am sure that I was the one with the administrator access - now neither of us seems to have it Because of this neither of us can access the user accounts and we can not ... 8 12.07.2007 21:23:15 my mail password's stolen my mail is hacked. how can i get to back my password or my email account ??? -- marsa el brega... 2 12.07.2007 17:11:35 Set rights with Icacls Hi there, I'd like to change the rights for a folder in c:\program files\... with the command Icacls. But I always get the result permission denied. What parameter should I use? Any help will be appreciated.... 4 12.07.2007 16:16:22 Rights on c:\program files\... Hi I'd like to change rights for a folder in c:\program files\... Therefore I use the commandline. The command "Icacls" doesn't work here in Vista - I allways get permission denied. In Win XP it works properly. Thanks for your help. Beat... 3 12.07.2007 15:04:11 Dear Microsoft - UAC (.png & wmp) issues should be addressed. I have been reading posts here for months and have noticed an increasing number of Vista users that are having problems with .png files and Windows Media Player. This is a suggestion to Microsoft to review the UAC for some issues it has been causing. A few months ago, my New HP/Compaq with Vista Home Premium lost it's ability to view .png files in IE. Running IE as Admin or turning ... 12 12.07.2007 05:49:19 HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT Permissions I am using Windows Vista Home Premium and have noticed that there are no permissions set for HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT. The following message is displayed. No permissions have been assigned for this object. Warning: this is a potential security risk because anyone who can access this object can take ownership of it. The object’s owner should assign permissions as soon as possible. I don't... 6 12.07.2007 03:00:00 Limiting website access by time I want my son to be able to use my Vista Premium PC for access to allow him to do homework, but I want to limit access to sites such as Myspace, facebook etc for a period of time each day so that he is not distracted. How can I do this?... 7 12.07.2007 02:56:11 Vista: Task Scheduler Problem I would like to schedule a task (bat program with shutdown command) that runs weekly (Sun-Sat). It should start at 11:00 PM, run every 1 minute for 8 hours. The task (batch job) should not run from 7:01AM-10:59PM. I was able to set the scheduled task using XP; however, under Vista the task keeps on running after the 8 hours. Thanks ... 2 11.07.2007 22:42:00 accounts ive the main admin account which everything is fine and have 2 other accounts that when i log out the settings are lost such as my pictures folder disappears and desktop item arent there any suggestions -- evertonian... 3 11.07.2007 22:34:01 My Application Crash while run as admin My Applicatoin cause blue screen crash when run as administrator. It does not crash in non Admin mode. Please help me. ... 2 11.07.2007 22:31:44 Crash reported Description A problem caused this program to stop interacting with Windows. Problem signature Problem Event Name: AppHangB1 Application Name: PatMob.exe Application Version: 9.1.0.0 Application Timestamp: 45dcbe36 Hang Signature: f299 Hang Type: 0 OS Version: 6.0.6000.2.0.0.256.6 Locale ID: 1033 Additional Hang Signature 1: 1df1652e79c28c7cace93bac3392db2f Additional Hang Signature 2: ... 2 11.07.2007 22:31:11 22 Pages: 1  2  3  4  5  6  7  8  9  10  11  12  13  14  15  16  17  18  19  20  21  22