Threads Replies Last Post 30 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  26  27  28  29  30   What's a good security suite for Vista 64 home premium? Windows Live™ OneCare™ , Norton 360? or ??? Any thoughts or comparisons welcome. Thanks, Chas... 10 12/30/2008 9:28:11 AM KB9554430 I am trying to figure out why I keep getting prompted I need to d/l this Security Update. I have d/l'ed and installed it several times. It is not showing as an installed d/l I can remove. But looking at d/l'ed updates it is there a # of times. Any help is much appreciated. ... 6 12/30/2008 1:59:52 AM adware, threat level Hello everyone, I had recently downloaded some animated Smiles. My AV programs found adware in the Smiley program, namely MyWebSearch and Fun Web Products. The threat level ( scale 1- 10 ) is 1. I am not sure if I should or should not keep the Smiley program. Please advise. Thank you. ... 7 12/29/2008 6:39:20 PM Not remembering log in details Hi guys :huh: I am using a HP laptop with Vista premium . My problem is that every time i visit a site i have to put in my log in details. The computer never remembers them. What do i need to do to get it to remember ? -- arry... 1 12/29/2008 2:45:51 PM Disk Encryption with TrueCrypt and Backups Most companies these days are using disk encryption on their laptops. I am planning to use TrueCrypt for my laptop. The question I have now is about backups and the system restore procedures. I do my backups to an external disk and am assuming that the complete system backup is also going to be an encrypted image. My main concern is about the restore session. If I do have to restore my ... 5 12/29/2008 9:10:25 AM Cannot run "Contig" (defrag tool) as Admin on Vista I have a Vista Ultimate on my system. I want to defrag some specific directories/files, so I have downloaded "Contig" (sysinternals toolset) from the Microsoft site. When I try to run this tool as normal user I got "Access Denied" message. I have logged in as the System Administrator and got the same "Access Denied" message. How can I run the "Contig" tool on Vista? What are the proper ... 5 12/27/2008 2:19:21 PM McAfee Malware Not Recognized Just got a new laptop and I keep getting an alert from Windows Security saying no malware protection.....I have McAfee and don't know how to get the alert to stop or to get it recognized. Help! Please! -- Barbwire... 4 12/27/2008 1:25:02 PM Need Advice to form outbound rule -Vista, WindowsMail and Symantec I need help forming an outbound rule for the firewall in vista home premium 32 bit. I am using Windows Mail, and the Windows firewall, and Norton internet security 2008. I don't use the Norton Firewall. I have turned on the outbound firewall and have been creating rules for Firefox, Skype etc. this works ok. But Windows Mail is being blocked, because the virus scanner in Norton is not allowed ... 4 12/27/2008 1:00:20 AM Turn off welcome screen. How turn off welcome screen and turn on old logon screen. -- Best regards Wojciech Nestorowicz www.chipset.c0.pl... 4 12/26/2008 7:45:55 PM parental controll hii wen u acess something on vista u are shown a lil menu and are asked hether u want to continue and now when i get that menu it says enter password due to parental control.1st of all there is no text box so i cant enter nothing and 2ndly i did not activate parental control..so i think there is some sort of error on my vista and i reaallly need helpp... please i am begging anybody please help me... 13 12/26/2008 6:03:41 PM What is the alternative to XP's GINA in Vista? Hi, I would like to know is there any way to find username and password for a standard user in vista. In XP we have GINA by which we can get these credentials. Thanks. -- SNI... 3 12/26/2008 10:38:29 AM VLC Media Player Security Vulnerability Bonn, Germany - A security hole has been discovered in the VLC Media Player, the German Federal Agency for Security in Information Technology (BSI) in Bonn reported. Attackers can exploit this vulnerability using rigged Real Media files (file ending with "rm") to install malicious software onto the user's computer. The victim has just to open the manipulated multimedia file. VLC Media... 2 12/26/2008 5:42:02 AM Antivirus plus I was on my myspace the other day then it started freezing and it wouldnt let me get back on internet explorer. A thing called Antivirus Plus poped uo on my screen telling me i have a trojan virus. I recently have heard about this trojan virus and it infects your hole system is what i heard so stupid me i downloaded the antivirus plus to get rid of the trojan virus. Now I found out from ... 5 12/24/2008 11:24:01 PM ActiveX EXE in Vista Hello Can you help me please if you have a solution I have problem with ActiceX Exe (2 Software) in Vista I can open just on, I can't opened the other, I have the error "Unexpected error; quitting" which is the same error I get when running MyExe.exe /RegServer from the Start | Run. I must resolve the problem before 2009 Thank's Adam -- Adam Posted via http://www.vistaheads.com ... 6 12/24/2008 4:37:52 PM Need advice on RunDll error loading problem... Could anyone advise me on how to get rid of a annoying message which happens every time on start up. RunDll/error loading C:/users/NAME~1/AppData/local/temp/ssqQgDtr.dll module not found Now everything else on my laptop is working wonderfully loving my vista experience. Have been using mac for years and can only find this as my only annoyance with vista can anybody help me, would very much ... 3 12/24/2008 9:35:01 AM Folder/Drive Permissions Hi, Ive changed my permissions on a drive. (I:\) The permissions for my current user are all set to deny. I would like to override these permissions, however i only want to do this via command line or a batch file. If anyone could let me know how this can be done, or if it can be done at all please let me know. Mvh BT. -- btsystems... 2 12/23/2008 3:17:34 PM update failure Hi, I am having my laptop with Vista Business edition, with service pack 1, when iam trying to update OS patches i get this error 80072f78 error on windows update .Pls help me how to sort out this issue Regards Alex... 3 12/23/2008 2:14:03 PM Code integrity error on tcpip.sys Sigcheck reports file as ok, sfc /scannow completes ok. Is this file ok? Thanks Mark Code integrity determined that the image hash of a file is not valid. The file could be corrupt due to unauthorized modification or the invalid hash could indicate a potential disk device error. File Name: \Device\HarddiskVolume2\Windows\System32\drivers\tcpip.sys C:\Windows\System32\dri... 11 12/23/2008 1:59:02 PM laptop HP unstable I bought a new laptop HP dv7-1020us, I uninstalled some few trial programs, the anti-virus, etc, I installed Avast free, codec pack, all the stuff I usually use, but everytime mi laptop freezes, I can't shut down, I can't empty my recycle bin, it's strange normal use but it's hangs on everytime, not responding progrmas, or folders. I don't konw, I'm using most x64 compatilbe programs but maybe Av... 9 12/23/2008 11:02:23 AM XP-VISTA Ultimate upgrade UAC Problem I have upgraded a XP machine (domain member) to Vista Ultimate (domain member) and am having problems running system utilities that require administrate or elevated rights. I think it is an issue with UAC / security. With UAC enabled many programs in the c:\windows\system32 will not run and return the "path does not exist" error that I show below when I would be expecting the UAC prompt.... 5 12/23/2008 1:54:50 AM Security Hi I was using Windows Live One for virus and security and it worked fine but trying to save the $60 I let it expire and had been using Windows Defender instead. It was working ok at least it came on when I turned it on but now it dosen't want to run at all. If I could get it running is this program good enough for virus and malware etc. or could you recomend something better to use. Dan I am us... 19 12/22/2008 12:43:58 AM Messed up with bitlocker drive encryption i had installed windows vista ultimate in my hp nc6400 laptop before. During that time i used bitlocker drive encryption to encrypt my drive. Later i installed windows xp and now i am not able to read that partition and all my important data is in that partition pls help me out how can i decrypt that partition.. i am in so big trouble.... 2 12/20/2008 5:48:03 AM Update Page missing not fully displayed I have been unable to find my answer to the update page. When I go to windows update the page comes up but it is missing a lot of icons and I am unable to control the page. Plus my updates are out of whack because I cannot review my history and check for updates that are not being installed correctly. Please help....greg... 4 12/20/2008 1:08:19 AM cant open files from old hard-drive i recently got new computer with vista home premium x64. i attached the harddrive from my old xp computer (w/external case) so i can get all the files from it, but when i try to open the files it says i dont have permission. ive managed to use the security tab to "replace owner and subcontainers on objects" while changing the owner, for some of the files (mostly mp3's) but this is very tedious. i... 8 12/19/2008 9:27:01 PM Windows Defender (Vista) keep being told to Check for new definitions I am using Vista Home Premium, SP1, with the latest updates for WU and Defender .... I think. I see the orange oval with the black exclamation mark on the Windows Defender System Tray icon and am asked to check for new definitions. I do, there are no new definitions and yet I keep seeing that exclamation mark advising me to do something. I did a scan, rebooted the computer (even tho... 5 12/19/2008 1:00:38 PM 30 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  26  27  28  29  30