Threads Replies Last Post 25 Pages: 1  2  3  4  5  6  7  8  9  10  11  12  13  14  15  16  17  18  19  20  21  22  23  24  25   Login error When I try to log in with the Ethernet cable connected I receive an error message which reads; 'Your logon has been disabled. Please contact your system administrator.' But if I disconnect the cable it logs in just fine. I connect to the internet through a network. The only way to logon to the computer is to disconnect the network cable. I'm afraid to connect wirelessly because I don't w... 1 10/23/2008 5:57:08 PM How to tell vista to automatically detect available updates? My Vista box shows a (at least to me) somewhat irritating behavior: When I open Control Panel => Windows Update the dialog appearing at the top always greets me with "Your Windows is up to date". It does so, without even checking for new updates. Only if I manually trigger "Check for updates" it goes off and actually searches the server for new updates (and e.g. this morning it brough... 8 10/21/2008 9:50:56 PM user accounts In Vista Ultimate I deleted a user account and saved the files. Now my email files are gone and they are not in the folder that was saved to the desktop. What happened?... 7 10/21/2008 8:57:27 PM Perental Controls thing poping up I am on my admin acount for my laptop and i had perental controld for my computer befor but now I no longer do put still on my admin and the thing pops up about perental controls activity report but i no longer have perental controls how can i stop it from poping up????? HELp :D Sorry if i spelt something wrong im bad with grammer :huh: -- Pie Hill... 2 10/20/2008 4:29:08 AM .VOB won't delete I have about 8GB's of .vob files on my computer that I can't seem to delete. When I try to send them to the trash I get a popup saying I need to authorize it, so I click authorize only for the popup to come up again and again and again....Basically it tells me over and over that I need permission in order to delete them. I'm the administrator and only user on my computer, why is it telling my ... 3 10/19/2008 11:14:00 AM Domain Password Expiration Notice Does Vista offer the the same ability as XP when a user's domain password is about to expire? All I have noticed is the balloon popup but no pop up window stating the password will expire in x days and asking the user if they want to change it. I let my password expire and after my machine locked due to inactivity I could no longer log back on without changing my password on the DC fir... 2 10/19/2008 12:37:12 AM Remote logins using 2x XP Pro, 1x XP home, 1x Vista home premium Hello The situation: I maintain an office, where they now got a computer with Vista. There are 4 computers, all connected via lan and the idea is that all documents are shared to everyone. There are 2 computers with XP Professional, one with XP Home and now one with Vista Home Premium. Sharing works in all cases, all computers can access "my documents" on all other computer (though on V... 2 10/17/2008 11:46:47 AM ScreenSaver Activation Is there a way to activate the screensaver instantly? Also, in doing so can I guarantee it will return the login/password screen when terminated? Thanks!... 4 10/17/2008 11:40:31 AM Installation problem for non-admin users Hello, I guess I am facing an administrative privileges issue with Vista. I have a custom application which is sent out to the users as an .msi file. I am not able to install this .msi file on Vista for non – admin users. I get the following error Error 1303. The installer has insufficient privileges to access this directory: <Folder Path>. The installation cannot continue. ... 2 10/16/2008 11:19:01 PM Use built-in administrator account or create new one? If I understand it correctly, for security reasons it's best to have a separate administrator account and a standard user account, even on one-user PCs (as in my case). However, which of the following two is the better option: 1. Enable the built-in administrator account and "downgrade" the account that was created when Vista was installed to that of a standard user; 2. Continue using ... 6 10/15/2008 11:41:44 PM Remove password Hello I would like to remove my password that opens my Desk Top. I would like to just enter to open DT How can I do this? Thanks Bulldog32 -- Bulldog32 Posted via http://www.vistaheads.com ... 3 10/15/2008 7:07:49 PM Strange behaviour! I have 3 computers: (A) XP Pro SP3 (B) XP Pro SP3 (C) Vista HP SP1 Connecting (C) with (A) by Ethernet cable everything works, while with (B) there's something wrong, that is: - (A) can see/ping/access shared folders and use shared Internet connection of (C), and vice versa: this is good - (B) can access shared folders of (C) but if I try vice versa, that is (C) accesses shar... 7 10/13/2008 12:07:18 PM Former User Account After my computer froze up I retured it to its original factory settings. I also upgraded at this time to Windows Vista Service Pack 1. I then set up my user account and attempted to restore the files and settings I backed up on an external hard drive. In attemting to restore my files I get this message, " The files you are retoring have security permissions for a user account which could not... 4 10/8/2008 9:40:25 PM Password lock - language is different I set up my computer to use Arabic for password to log in, while the default language is english. When I logged out, I expected to have the icon for changing the language to use on the log in screen in order that I change the language and then enter the password. However, the unlike my other computer, the icon does not show on the log in page. Now, I am in a fix, my password is in a language ot... 2 10/7/2008 8:05:30 PM Parental Controls / Wildcards / MySpace I'm using Windows Vista Home Premium on the PC that my children use. I want to be able to use Parental Controls, but I want to allow MySpace. The problem is that no matter what categories I choose to block or allow, MySpace is blocked. I can add the domain of myspace.com but with the way MySpace works, there are so many subdomians for images and friends that 1/2 of the site is still b... 1 10/6/2008 12:12:00 PM Local account is looking for domain controller?!?!? I am attempting to congifure a laptop for one of our executives. The laptop is loaded with Vista Business and is joined to our corporate domain for purposes of inventory/management. I created a local account for the person so that he can log in from outside the building. However, when I attempt to authenticate locally with this account, I am receiving the following message. .. . ---... 3 10/3/2008 11:43:01 AM 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 7/13/2007 10:42:01 AM 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 7/13/2007 8:56:01 AM 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 7/13/2007 8:44:01 AM 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 7/13/2007 8:40:00 AM 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 7/13/2007 6:50:12 AM 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 7/13/2007 3:37:22 AM 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 7/12/2007 11:56:50 PM "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 7/12/2007 11:46:04 PM 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 7/12/2007 11:36:01 PM 25 Pages: 1  2  3  4  5  6  7  8  9  10  11  12  13  14  15  16  17  18  19  20  21  22  23  24  25