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   wheb UAC is on change computer name access denied api failed I am using vista os , the flag UAC is on. I am trying to change computer name by loading the dll Kernel32.dll and call the function SetComputerNameEx. under xp this works fine. under vista I get ERROE_ACCESS_CONTROL only if I disable the UAC i can change the computer name in vista. Is there another way maybe to prompt the dialog box and change the UAC for the computer? thanks oz ... 3 02.05.2007 07:45:01 Problem with manifest file Hi, I'm getting my feet wet with Vista. Some of our users are running vista home basic. I've looked at some posts and come up with a manifest file to give our app Administrator privilages at run time. The app seems to work okay if we check the "run as administrator" checkbox in the exe's compatibility tab. But we don't want our users to have to do that, hence the desire to distribute th... 2 02.05.2007 04:39:00 Security Cetner does not show my installed antivirus and firewall. I'm running a Acer E380 (AMD-64 X2 4200+) system with the Vista Home Premium that was preinstalled on the system. I installed the Trend Micro Internet Security -2007 package to have a Vista certified firewall and antivirus. Security Center does nto recognize the that there is a firewall and AV installed I had to set Security Center to the 'I will montiro my software' options. Trend M... 1 02.05.2007 03:17:00 joe vs. the volcano i would really appreciate some help from anyone! I have Vista basic - with Spyware Blaster, AVG and PC Tools firewall. A "conflict with firewall program" is preventing me from seaching for web updates for Spyware Blaster. It says to check the connection as well as firewall configuration. My connection is fine. My firewall had been blocking AVG, but I changed it. Any ideas? Thanks lo... 2 02.05.2007 02:34:40 How to get simple folder encryption in Vista Home Premium? In Windows XP you could get simple encryption of your files by compressing them into a zip folder and applying a password. You could carry these files around on a CD or a USB stick and be confident that you could decrypt them on pretty much any Windows system you visited. Microsoft has provided industrial-strength encryption for the high-end versions of Vista, but for some reason seem t... 4 01.05.2007 16:34:02 Windows Firewall Issues Windows Firewall will not enable. Here is what is going on: Windows Firewall - "Windows Firewall is not using the recommended setting to protect your computer." "Windows Firewall was unable to make the requested updates." Security Center - "Windows Firewall is turned off." "Security Center can’t turn on Windows Firewall." Services - There is no Windows Firewall Service I hav... 4 01.05.2007 07:11:24 Driver Signing I'm trying to install VMWare v 1.0.3-44356 on Vista x64 but keep getting an error that windows requires a signed driver. I've tried restarting and selecting Disable Driver Signing option, tried Bcdedit.exe /set nointegritychecks ON, and gpedit changing the Code Signing for drivers drivers setting to enabled/ignore. None of these have worked, and I still get a error when installing VMW... 8 01.05.2007 04:35:47 Windows Defender crashes windows defender crashes while trying to clean Trojan Downloader:Win32 /zlob Them my whole system crashes I have to shut dwn from tower and cold boot... 2 01.05.2007 03:54:33 Password reset disk - CD not recognized Windows Vista Home Premium, Dell XPS M1210 notebook: Microsoft and third-party documentation of the Password Reset feature indicates that removable media that can be used for the Password Reset Disk include floppy disks, USB drives, and CDs. In creating a Password Reset Disk, however, I find that only my USB drive is recognized as a possible destination, even though I have a recordable ... 2 30.04.2007 23:30:48 virus seem to have a virus called about blank advised xsoft spyse scan is the way to fix it is this a real scan or a con how do I remove about blank costing heaps in usage... 2 30.04.2007 21:27:15 public access vista PC I am setting up a public access Vista computer and was wondering weather anyone could recommended a program which will restore the hard drive to a preset state after a restart, at this time we are using Fortress Grand's clean slate but the program doesn't work on vista. Any suggestions for a program with similar functionality would be greatly appreciated. the clean slate web page is ht... 1 30.04.2007 14:46:03 Why was my question deleted? I want to know how to get into Services so I can block wireless access. With Windows XP, I'd use the Run command, typing in services.msc. Also, how do I disable Remote Access? ... 15 30.04.2007 04:48:19 How to get the user name of a process when Vista UAC open? I can get the user name of a process in Windows XP by following code: GetCurrentProcess(); GetSecurityInfo(handle,SE_KERNEL_OBJECT,OWNER_SECURITY_INFORMATION,&pSidOwner,NULL,NULL,NULL,&pSD);LookupAccountSid(NULL, pSidOwner, lpName,&cchName,lpReferencedDomainName,&cchReferencedDomainName, &peUse);But I failed in Vista when UAC opened:if the user of the process is in administrators group, and it... 4 30.04.2007 04:07:26 User Account Control When I boot up, the UAC box asks for permission to run my netgear wireless adapter. I say continue and everything is fine. It is somewhat annoying though. Can I have this program run without it asking for permission? Someone mentioned to right click the .exe file and click run as administrator might work, but I'm afraid I might make things even worse. Like I said everything works just a ... 3 30.04.2007 03:24:01 Intel alert service Can someone tell me what intel alert service is? when I start up my pc with Vista I get a popup that says intel alert service has stopped working will find a solution at a later date... 4 29.04.2007 18:50:02 Taking Control over Remote Assistance Hi, Can someone please explain, how does an admin takes complete control over a regular user sesssion ? The problem begins when the regular user have has to enter a password for the admin to take control and the admin is blind at this stage. So, where's the catch ? -- Or Tsemah YSIDE ... 3 29.04.2007 16:48:49 Machine Authentication. I am about to try this but somebody told me Machine Authentication doesn't work with Vista. If anybody can give me some tips on how to get Machine Authentication to work on Vista that would be great. First I need to figure out how to connect to a domain with Vista. I already have a question on the domain issue.... 2 29.04.2007 04:30:45 Admin rights on Vista 1) Since I haveAdmin rights on both computers in a workgroup, why can't I access the administrative shares? It prompts me for password, which I provide and rejects. That used to work in previous versions. If I define my own administrative shares (with $), it works fine. 2) The same issue applies If I attempt to remotely administer a machine. I have no rights. What has changed with those rig... 7 28.04.2007 15:11:08 Vista does not recognize Anti-Virus software Hi, (Note: I posted this on a general vista group before I discovered this security forum. Sorry for the double post)... I'm on Vista Home Premium and I've got Norton 2007.2 Anti-Virus software installed (it's Vista compatible). I've even done a successful, full virus scan. I installed the Norton 2007 just after the Vista upgrade. For some reason, Vista does not recognize the Norton progr... 16 28.04.2007 14:13:34 common vista incident. is it causing trouble? 32 bit vista home premium. control panel>problem reports and solutions. "Service Admin Works Agent X8 hung on starting" is a common incident., and has been so for 5 weeks. notwithstanding that I have no idea what awServ.exe is, to what extent might this cause a problem -- might it indicate an infection? be the cause for onecare firewall's unceremonious cessation? windows mail ... 3 28.04.2007 12:08:32 Question about writing windows apps that write to network drives under vista/uac Hi, I am new to vista and uac. We have an app that was written under vs2003 (windows). When the app runs normally it has a problem creating and writing to network directories. I've gotten around this to some extent by having the app run as administrator by default. Of course this means that I get the UAC prompt asking if I want to allow the app to run. I'm wondering if this is th... 4 27.04.2007 22:18:45 Windows Vista Firewall I have a problem that some internet sites gets blocked by the Windows Firewall. This occurs randomly, pages like http://www.gmail.com will give the error that the page cannot be found, but other sites work fine. When I turn the firewall off... the sites work 100%. What could this be?... 2 27.04.2007 20:38:17 how to enable ICMP echo request Hi I am trying to enable ICMP echo request in the Windows Firewall with Advanced Security. I find the setting in the Core Networking: Destination Unreachable Fragmentation Needed (ICMPv4-in), however, I can't seem to be able to customize the setting as it is a predefined rule. Anyone has idea how I can achieve? Thanks... 3 27.04.2007 14:38:23 Disable Search Functionality. Hi, I have a folder which I want to be completely inaccessible by anyone but one user. There are only two users on my system, one is only in the Guest group and the other is an administrator. I disabled all functionality on this folder for the Guest group through the security tab and it worked insofar as the Guest user not being able to list, read, write, etc. However, when I use the ... 2 27.04.2007 14:27:26 Temporary Internet Files I want my to be able to copy my "Temporary Internet Files". I turned off UAC but an still denied access to the folder!!! How can I get access??? ... 5 27.04.2007 04:30:01 22 Pages: 1  2  3  4  5  6  7  8  9  10  11  12  13  14  15  16  17  18  19  20  21  22