The instructions are not quite clear. I set up bitlocker to be sure it would work on my system, the after reboot it automagically encrypted the disk. I wanted to use a pin. Are there specific instructions for doing this? Thank you.

Hello, I have moved to Windows Vista Business recently and am facing an issue with installng my networks cetiicate in the trusted root authority. on clicking on install certificate, i select the store where the certificat should be stored, which is Trusted Root Authorities--Local Computer In XP. but in Vista i am not getting the Option to store on Local Computer. instead i only get Registry...

I need to add in DLLs, and the system isn't letting me. It isn't giving me the option, it's just stopping me from putting the DLL in the file completely. Look, it's my computer, I'm an adult, and I can take calculated risks with my machine - I even back up first! I want to know how to disable these "security" measures that are only keeping me from what I want to do with the machine. ...

I am running vista on my pc. I have been trying to add a plugin to my adobe plugin folder. (cut and paste) It keeps telling me i ned permission, but does not tell me how to get it. Ihave searched all the help files and have found nothing. I am the admin of this computer so I should have permission?

I have to start IE7 as (runas adminstrator) adminstrator to be able to add Links to the links field otherwise I get a "Access Denied" popup. I'm local administrator on the computer. Is it suppose to be like this? Hope not! I'm running Vista Ultimate and IE 7.0.6000.16386 Thanks

Hello, i have studied CNG for adding new crypto algorithm. In Beta SDK Ver., there're functions for adding new crypto alg. (BcryptRegistered Provider(), BcryptAddContextFunctionProvider(), and etc). But, present SDK Ver. hasn't these functions. Moreover, there aren't related contents (Adding new crypto alg.) in MSDN.

I am dual booting 32-bit XP and 64-bit Vi$ta. I wanna create a folder that's readable by an account of the same name from both XP and Vista. How should I do it when I boot Vi$ta? I think I had possibly asked the same question before but I forgot.... -- @~@ Might, Courage, Vision, SINCERITY. / v \ Simplicity is Beauty! May the Force and Farce be with you!

Can anyone guide me on how to set addtional firewall in vista? Apparently defender being in beta stage additional protection wont be a bad idea;)

An earlier thread mentioned the Conficker worm, how it is affecting Vista, and that the threat has changed. I have two symptoms of the worm - Windows Update no longer works (when I load it goes to a blank windows explorer screen, which I have force quit through Task Manager), and Windows Defender no longer works. I have used multiple Conficker removal tools (BD, F Smart, MS Removal) and none...

On my Vista machine which has Admin Approval mode enabled for administrators, the Behavior of UAC prompt is set to Prompt for credentials. I'm using a Domain Administrator account. When accessing the Registry locally, the UAC prompt for credentials, pops up before I can access the Registry. When connecting to the Vista registry remotely from a non-Vista machine, are the same registry keys &...

I have two user accounts on Vista Home Pro. One is a standard, limited user account (password protected) and the other is my admin account (obviously with admin privileges and password protected). I am not sure when this started happening but I am unable to launch control panel under my admin account. I get a pop-up of "Windows cannot access the specified device, path, or file. You may not...

After setting up my new Vista Ultimate PC and getting tired of the UAC prompts I turned it off. I have been an administrator on this system from day one. After turnuing UAC off and rebooting the computer I can no longer access My Microsoft Money file, when I turned on UAC I can agian access the Money file. The sames happens with some "Real Arcade games that were downloaded. I running the...

disabling "run all administrators in admin approval mode" is same as turning off UAC. Can someone here who has been following the history of UAC development point me why the policy setting is not named much better for the end user like "Turn off UAC" ? -- Vipin Aravind http://blogs.explorewindows.com

Basically put my young daughter changed the Admin password and forgot it "just to get past the stupid change password prompt". Now I cannot login as Admin. Needless to say this brings about several others issues updates etc. Is there any way to have the password reset or I can login with another ID and change the Admin password? We can login to other users just not the Admin. Thanks...

I have just upgraded from windows xp to windows vista home premium 32 ..There is some kind of issue whenever I try to access a folder.It asks for permissions and in some cases even with the permission it still won't allow access.Is there a way that I can correct the admin. rights for all files and folders?I am the Adm. but for some reason the computer doesn't know this. :( Thanks for...

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...

I wonder if I am missing something in how the new security is designed in Vista. When I installed Vista it asked for my logon on name and set me up as an administator account. It asked no questions about the type of account or if any other users were to be added. When I trigger an event that requires admin level permissions I get the dialog box that asks for confirmation, but no request for...

Hello, I'm currently trying to save a powershell global profile on a Vista SP1 machine and getting a failure, I would appreciate anybody's help with understanding this failure Some background I have a domain account that is a member of a domain local group who in turn is a member of the local administrators role on the machine. I would expect this to allow me to act with full administrative...

I just bought a new computer that is running Vista Ultimate. I am the only person using this machine and no one else had access to it. I need to know three (3) things: (1) How do I log in as "admin" on the machine? The initial screen that comes up only shows my name as a user, it does not show a button for "admin" or "administrator"? (2) How can I verify that my user name (the only user...

I am getting the error: iexplore.exe assert in lsp......and some of the answers say to type winsock reset in the CMD menu, but it tells me it needs "elevation". How do I give myself admin rights so I can try this:confused: -- klee