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   UAC in Vista Home Premium (hmm... no secpol.msc) From what I have read, secpol.msc does not exist in vista home premium. I would really like to set certain programs to be "elevated without prompting" so that I do not have to see the prompt every time, but all the help files point me to secpol.msc. I have read about ways to do this, but I would really like to avoid directly messing with the registry. Has Microsoft released anything to h... 14 19.06.2007 13:37:25 Kapersky firewall or windows firewall? Would it be better to use the firewall on Kapersky Internet Suite or the Windows Vista Firewall? ... 15 19.06.2007 14:17:53 Windows Media Player versus Vista Media center I have Vista Ultimate and now all my movies only play properly if you access them via Media Center. If you play them in the Windows Media Player, there will be no sound and it plays in slow motion. What happened? When I was in Vista business, all my movies play in Windows Media Player with no problem. Now that I upgraded to Vista Ultimate, this started happening thanks in advance ... 2 19.06.2007 03:08:52 User Account Control We are running Windows Vista Business. The user belongs to a Local Administrators group. However, every time she clicks on this excutable file, it prompts the User Account Control window. The message said "Don't run the program unless you know where it's from or you've used it before." Is there a way to set it up so that it will not prompt the User Account Control window when she clicks o... 6 19.06.2007 02:38:35 supervisor password i want to change the security on my computer but it is asking for the supervisors password and i dont remember what it is. is there any way of getting past that?... 3 19.06.2007 01:16:32 Which One? Now that Ad-Aware (which I consider the best in its class) will not be ready for Windows Vista until the fall, which is the second best I should install meanwhile? ... 16 19.06.2007 00:39:23 Black Hats - want to get into the Virus or Stolen Data Biz? Interesting reading! http://www.theregister.com/2007/06/13/black_hat_list/... 2 19.06.2007 00:29:49 lost user password in vista Hi I seem to have misstyped myuser password and can't now log on to vista. I've only just bought the pc and this is the first time I tried to type my passwrod to get in. Is there anything I can do? -- Jackie D... 10 18.06.2007 20:51:56 " Buttons don't work !!! " Hi there, i can not change my hompage or change it to blank cos the buttons don't work. Does someone know how to change this?? I know you can do it from the keys with regedit but i don't exactly how. Thank you in advance... 2 18.06.2007 14:17:57 test Wondering why all the Vista groups are empty on Time Warner news servers..... ... 3 18.06.2007 13:48:16 deleting windowsupdate.log how do I delete this file, I need to do this because I am running a disk cleanup utility and it crashes when it gets to certain log files. ... 2 17.06.2007 14:48:06 How to gain full control in Vista I bought a new Acer computer with Vista. After trying a week it still tells me that I do not have acces to everything. I need to access the application data folder in my personal folder. I have been trying it for a long time but everytime Vista tells me that it cannot. I am the only user with administrators rights, no password anyehere. This is my last chance otherwise I think to go back ... 12 17.06.2007 10:41:01 IP in header real vs 127.0.0.1 How come the IP in my header sometimes shows the actual IP when posting here and at other times it shows 127.0.0.1? I'm not doing anything I'm aware of that is causing this. ... 30 17.06.2007 08:16:46 Vista Premium 64, no updates yet? Hi all, purchased bits to make new PC on Saturday along with Vista Premium 64 and office 2007. All installed and working fine. A little worried though. Installed Vista, ran windows updates and it said no updates found. Installed office 2007 and sure enough it found updates for that. Today I see new security patches have been released, so I run windows update again, and one update ... 2 16.06.2007 23:25:17 Windows Updates Error Message 80072F76 I get an error on trying to get Windows updates. "Windows could not search for new updates"... 2 16.06.2007 22:28:49 sidebar gadgets When I try to add gadgets to my desktop from the sidebar all I get is a black image for a clock . Nothing else come up correctly. Other accounts can add gadgets with no problem. Please help.... 1 16.06.2007 18:48:01 Bitlocker and TMP I have a machine with a TMP 1.2 that will allow Bitlocker to be turned on. However, I would like to use only a USB to Bitlock the system partition. I enabled USB through the Group Policies, but it appears that I can only use the USB in conjunction with the TPM. I was told that there is a Registry setting that can allow me to use only the USB even though there is an enabled TPM 1.2 chip ... 7 16.06.2007 12:54:20 Can't update defender definitions Using MS Update all other updates install and run fine but I keep having a problem with defender updates. The previous one installed after about a week and several attempts. The latest is still failing after five attempts. The definition is KB915597 and the error code 80070714. Running Vista Premium - no other problems. Mark ... 5 16.06.2007 08:54:01 Defender not showing correct status In the Vista Security Center, Defender is shown as switched off even though it is running and scans normally. If I click on the Turn On Now button it looks for an update but doesn't show the On status. I have read a previous thread on this where the answer was to rename the Repository folder. I did so but unfortunately it has not cleared the fault, neither has Vista created a new Repository ... 6 16.06.2007 02:34:53 Sidebar Gadgets default user or GPO settings I want to install a sidebar gadgets and have it used by everyone who logs into the computer. Does anyone know how I can do this? Thanks Modo ... 1 16.06.2007 02:07:02 "quicken background agent" / "quicken scheduled updates" blocked in Vista Options WIth quicken 2007, the scheduled updates file gets blocked by Vista (defender).. with no real way to unblock it.. has anyone found any workarounds to this? Right now the only way around is to right click the blocked apps icon by the time and run it manually after bootup there. Cheers ... 1 16.06.2007 01:10:55 EFs I am using vista ultimate on notebook and desktop. I have same efs cert on both. Why then can't I sync the two files sets, ie docs and such. I get an error unable to copy? ... 2 15.06.2007 22:05:18 Windows Security Center not working anymore Hello, suddenly the Windows Security Center does not work for me anymore. It no longer reports that I have a virus program (and cannot recognize AVG) and it says that Windows Defender is not working (even though it is). Have I been compromised? Or is there just something wrong with the Security Center. I have just disabled it because my firewall, spyware (Defender), and virus program see... 2 15.06.2007 11:38:24 error for windows defender whenever i try and update it says error code 0x80240029... 10 15.06.2007 08:19:01 Help I may be infected! Hello everyone, I have tried to scan my computer with anti virus programs and spyware programs and nothing comes up. When ever I am surfing the internet or just idling on my favorite websites, IE opens up random pop ups and every so often it would open a string a windows and multiple tabs freezing up my computer. Just writing this message I must of had about 10 pop ups come up. Has an... 3 15.06.2007 07:05:47 22 Pages: 1  2  3  4  5  6  7  8  9  10  11  12  13  14  15  16  17  18  19  20  21  22