i have vista home premium with all latest updates installed. after some time, defender disables itself (exclamation mark next to "defender castle icon' appears in task tray, saying defender is not running), after some waiting also the tray icon disappears. None of the users have administrator rights, but still it gets disabled.

A list of programs that might not work after the update : http://support.microsoft.com/kb/935796

Can Microsoft delete files on my computer through VISTA without my consent? If so, what files can be deleted? Can files be accessed by them the same way? Again, if so, does anyone have a link to website documenting this? Cheers, Iguana

i have installed this about a million times and have tried everything it downloads fine and then i start the computer, it gets about 66% and then it configures errors an sets back to old setting, what is going on? -- David E, Yep thats me!!!

I've tried and tried, please I hope you can help me. I have a Toshiba A215-4817 laptop with Vista Home Premium 32bit. My troubles began when my cd/dvd was not operating properly. Toshiba support said my operating system was corrupt. I didn't believe that just because the cd/dvd wasn't working properly that the os is corrupt, maybe they were right. I have extremely important info on my hd as...

Hello All, In our product we have its three diffrent executable modules. During execution it was giving error and i made it run as adminitrator then it was working fine. For this i have created manifest file and given "requireAdministrator" ExecutionLevel. This time my login is adminstrator. When I login through standard user. While executing application or installing...

On automatic updates today, my computer could not reboot and went into Startup Repair V2. It reported: Problem Signature 01 Auto Failover Problem Signature 05 Bad Driver Problem Signature 06 Bad Driver I ended up doing a system restore and got it to reboot. I turned off automatic updates as it immediately wanted to update probably the same that shut it down. I'm running...

This morning, my Vista machine reported receiving a group of Microsoft updates, including two Security updates. I then found that connecting to the internet was virtually impossible. My XP machine had no trouble making the connection, but the Vista machine appeared to be hgaving a hard time, taking minutes to even reach the home page. I uninstalled the two security updates, and restored my...

I just came across this in Wikipedia - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Computer_virus "If your system is a Microsoft product and you have your 20 digit registration number, you can go to the Microsoft web site, and they will do a free scan and most likely remove any known virus such as Trojan win32.murlo." Is this true, and where would I find my 20 digit registration # and what is the web...

http://www.microsoft.com/protect/computer/updates/bulletins/200802.mspx -- Regards, Hank Arnold Microsoft MVP Windows Server - Directory Services

i am new to computing an am trying to sort my security out. is windows security center all the security i need? becuse my mate downloaded virgin broadband pc guard on my comp and to me they both av the same protection. wat is the difference? can i use just the windows security?av u any useful info on security. -- rockonjimmy

everytime I try to install something I get a message that says "the system administrator has set policies to prevent installation" :mad: this is windows vista home basic, can someone tell me how to fix this issue. i have already to tryed to run as admin, the program is made for xp/vista.

Unable to turn off Password protection in file sharing Message reads paremeter not correct unable to change as admin

Please could someone recommend a program for vista like SteadyState from MS. I would like to restrict my limited accounts on my PC more and unfortunately SteadyState isn't vista compatible. If there aren't programs available where exactly should to configure desktop restriction in vista.

when i display windows version information i see " JamBanMuV2" "Die!Die!Die" i search in google and alot says that its a virus so anyone knows how can i remove it ? or if anyone know more info about Jam plz tell me

How do I "change the write privileges" on a destination file that I am trying to download adobe illustrator into? I keep getting an error message that tells me that I need to change the write privileges of the destination folder.

This is a scary sight... One place where you can get the default passwords for just about any hardware. If there was any doubt that not changing the default passwords on a router is bad, it should be gone now.... :-( -- Regards, Hank Arnold Microsoft MVP Windows Server - Directory Services

How did that happen ?? I bought a new Laptop with Vista bundled installed, my son used it over the weekend and now it says my windows are fradualnt ????

i cant use IE or firefox. get the page not displayed error. but i can use instant messaging so i know its not my wireless connection. i surmise it might be something with vista security settings. im new to Vista. can anyone help

Hi all, read the following negative about bitlocker. Can anyone confirm these and even point me towards an official MS document confirming these 1. non-Microsoft software updates will require you to completely disable BitLocker before you start 2. System upgrades will require you to decrypt the volume 3. Only volume containing OS and system files will be encrypted. Other volumes are nto...