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   vista common incident. is it a problem? 32 bit vista home premium. control panel>problem reports and solutions. "Service Admin Works Agent X8 hung on starting" is a common incident. 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 server did not allow me to attac... 1 23.04.2007 01:09:16 firewall keps switching itself off!!! I'm using Vista's own firewall, but it keeps switchin iself off, usually after I've rebooted or put it to sleep, are there any issues known about this? Is there anything I can do to stop it. thanks... 12 22.04.2007 21:59:10 windows firewall and onecare package I subscribed to the 90-day trial period of ms onecare. I understand that windows firewall is NOT part of this package, but rather is an integral part of vista (home premium, in my case) but this understanding may be wrong! if it is, please apprise. I am confused as to the relation between windows defender and windows firewall. anyway, windows firewall has a proclivity to shut itself of... 4 22.04.2007 21:58:23 2nd backup, not 1st (again) I purchased a new laptop with Vista Home Premium, moved my files from my old XP Pro to it, installed the programs I use, then did a backup to DVD (more than one - not a quick process). Now when I tried to do another backup, it said this is the first time so it will back up everything (again???). Why won't it just figure out what changed since the first time I did a backup, a few weeks ... 7 22.04.2007 19:13:42 "Windows Firewall with Advanced Security Snap-in failed to load" Newbie, fooling around with Home Premium, came across an option labeled, "Windows Firewall with Advanced security" Upon activation, popup reads, "Windows Firewall with Advanced Security Snap-in failed to load. Restart the Windows Firewall Service on the computer that you are managing. Error code: 0x6D9" -- /s/ Neal Weissman (212) 591-1531 ... 6 22.04.2007 15:13:51 Seeking an MVP to be a Remote Assistant I am looking for an MVP who is willing to be my Remote Assistant partner. Anyone...? -- /s/ Neal Weissman (212) 591-1531... 5 22.04.2007 15:11:05 Use bitlocker to encrypt different parrtition Is it possible to use bitlocker to encrypt an other partition than the windows Vista systempartition (for example encrypt D: rather than C:)? Regards, Rob... 11 22.04.2007 09:16:30 Mobile RDP Sessions Does anyone know how to connect to an NLA Enabled Vista (RDP 6) computer from a Mobile 5 PPC ? -- Or Tsemah YSIDE ... 1 21.04.2007 15:29:44 Firewall blocks ALL outgoing traffic though rules for passing exis I've asked this question some months ago. I still haven't found a solution. What should be done? In Microsoft's firewall all software can pass their traffic out to the internet. This is very dangerous (e.g. keyloggers). Only software that was allowed to should be able for outgoing traffic! What have I done? In extended configuration I blocked outgoing traffing for all profiles. I set... 2 21.04.2007 00:04:02 Vista Firewall I have just upgraded my Acer notebook from XP Pro to Vista Business now every time I reboot I have to start Vista Firewall Manually. I cant find a setting to change to make sure it loads at boot time rather than me loading it manually. Any help on this problem?. Thanks... 8 20.04.2007 22:21:52 Parental Controls vs. proxies Hello all... I am a little bewildered at the moment reagarding Vista's parental controls, and am curious how other people have handled this. I set up PC on my girlfriend's computer last weekend, to keep her god-daughter off of i.e., myspace.com. Then her god-daughter actually admitted to getting around her school's filters. So i asked a few friends about this (i am more a software gu... 3 20.04.2007 20:56:40 If your in need of a virus checker for vista x86 or x64 Please let me know if your in need of an antivirus solution for Vista, as I know one of the few virus checkers that work for it, plus I would recomend it to anyone who is looking for a antivirus solution. Again, I will standby and wait for your emails to pour in so I can answer your questions and help out. Sincerely, Jonathan -Wollin Computer Services ... 9 20.04.2007 19:58:39 Confused - OneCare with ad-aware Hi, I have a new computer and purchased One Care. I was told that is all I need. A friend sent me a ad-aware to download and said I should be using additional sercurity downloads like ad-aware. I'm new to all of this, do I need to run additional security checks? Is ad-aware compatible. If so, it would have to be easy (ie. download and hit run). If I'm required to turn stuff ... 3 20.04.2007 17:00:01 Prblems with Complete-PC backup When I try to start a Complete-PC backup i get this error message: "It occurred a error which is not temporarily on the printer. If you try to run the backup again, the error probably will show again. (0x800423F4)" This is translated from the Norwegian error message, so the English error message will probably be different. I tried to back it up to my secondary hard drive. Why is this m... 1 20.04.2007 16:00:03 Hidden Admin Acount Hi Guys If you enable the hidden administrator account In Vista , How can you disable it ? I enabeled it just to check it out and see what it does compared to my regular Admin. account. How do I disable it back to the hidden state. Thanks -- Carl G ... 5 20.04.2007 04:33:42 Bypassing User Account Control dialog window User Account Control asks for permission each time I load an "unidentified program", no matter how many times I load it. Is there a way to bypass this message so the program loads normally? In other words, can Vista be instructed to trust certain programs so it doesn't need to ask permission to load them? Thank you. Barney ... 14 20.04.2007 03:23:50 GPO - Removable Storage Access (Bypass) Escenario: - Active Directory Domain - Pc whit Winddows Vista (for this example Bussiness) - Config. a GPO (Computer and User config) Administrative Templates \ System \ Removable Storage Access “Removable Disks: Deny write access” Enable - Apply the GPO in the OU for Windows Vista computers. - gpupdate /force And the configuration registry is: (1) for: HKEY_CUR... 2 20.04.2007 00:42:02 Vista 64 uninstall virus and it still listed working in security c I have tried 5 forms of virus programs and uninstalled them all but when I open the security center and most are listed as working to protect my computer even though I have uninstalled all traces of these programs.... 2 19.04.2007 13:35:58 windows defender Hi, I installed apache 2.2.4 on my vista ultimate and each time i start my computer, windows defender display ApacheMonitor among "blocked startup programs". How can i do to make ApacheMonitor not be blocked by windows defender ? thanks a lot, Al.... 1 19.04.2007 07:39:13 newbie, in new york city, seeks to become reasonably proficient in the security arena I recently came across this while wading through ms's instruction/explanation notes: ================================================================= Win32/Alcan creates a hidden folder for itself under the "Program Files" folder and copies itself there. It will set a registry key to make itself run on startup out of this folder. This hidden folder will have a name like "winupdate... 1 19.04.2007 02:14:26 UAC Police hi. I configure The policies "UAC: Run all administrator in Admin Approval Mode" Enable in a Domain controler. HOW COULD I CONFIGURE A LOCAL ADMINISTRATOR TO AVOID IT CHANGE THE USER ACCOUNT CONTROL (UAC)? ANY RECOMMENDATION?... 4 18.04.2007 20:08:01 Vista service - session 0 isolation I'm having a problem with a windows service running on a Vista client. Situation: A windows service running as LocalSystem hosts a .net remoting object. When some event raises then the service starts a process. That process is a windows forms applicatation. That process must run under the LocalSystem account because it needs some (local)admin privileges. Under XP we used the "interact wi... 3 18.04.2007 19:20:12 Code Access Security for native Apps Hi everyone, Is there a way to assign permissions to native applications in Windows? Like app x can only access this and this directories, app y cannot impersonate the remote users, etc. Something similar to the .NET Framework code access security mechanism. Regards... ... 2 18.04.2007 18:22:26 ODBC permission problem Hi, I have just recieved my new Dell PC With Vista Business installed. First I have joined our company domain, and created accounts in the user control panel that have admin rights. I have installed the ORACLE ODBC client whilst logged in as the computer administrator, and then set up the relevant system DSN. Then when I log in to my MSAccess DB it works fine, but when I log out as ... 2 18.04.2007 11:59:15 Laptop - Identity Theft Hi guys, I was thinking about how to avoid identity theft when selling a laptop on and wanted to see what others thought was the best way? (other than bitlocker) 1. Delete all personal data (temp internet files, docs etc) 2. run cipher.exe /w on your disks 3. rebuild ... 6 18.04.2007 09:15:10 22 Pages: 1  2  3  4  5  6  7  8  9  10  11  12  13  14  15  16  17  18  19  20  21  22