Hello, I'll try to keep this as brief as possible. I am a new Vista Ultimate user. I acquired a laptop with it installed lastweek, and have been installing sotware and configuring ever since. I started out with a user count that had Administrator privileges, but encountered problems and switched to the Administrator account to install software. Hoever, then I noticed that when I reverted...

Hi: Which Firewall is best for Vista? Norton? Zone Alarm? Windows?

Doesn't Vista have a way of copying CD's?

Hi Vista Ultimate - fully up to date. Had been using Sidebar for several months, but now, I just can't get it to run at all. 99% of the time, I am using the default user account (3 accounts present - Admin,User and Guest - guest is 'off')

this sucks! win defender does not have the right directives to fix the problem. I loaded the newest spy bot search and destroy. 1.5 I think from filehippo.com then I had to reboot in safe mode by pushing f8 continuously. From there I ran spy bot and backed up my regestry. Run also windows defender and copy and paste the errors to the "all program" delete all files delete all IM programs in the...

My computer has been installing the security update from August 14th 2007 EVERYDAY since the update was released. How do I get it to stop? Also, after periods of non-use, my screen turns off and won't turn back on, even though I set the power options to "never turn off screen." The part that bothers me is that the screen won't turn back on so I have to restart and lose everything that I...

I made a zipfile from all my bookmarks/favourites on my old xp-system in order to be able to use them on my new vista laptop computer. But besides the fact that i am absolutely sure that the favourites are perfectly safe, my computer keeps coming up with:"these files are possibly unsafe and windows therefor blocked these files". This without giving me the option to override, since the files...

This is my last resort. Can I permit a program to run if it is not classified? If so how? I have found ways to do this but they don't work. The program I wish to run is called GoScreen and does not have a certificate. Currently Windows Defender blocks it. I am using Vista Ultimate

Using Outlook 2003 in Vista Basic. An email message (imported from pst) the links say blocked: yadayada.com. How do I turn that off so I can click them? Thanks in advance

Will I be able to back up my Vista-operated laptop using Ghost 9? Thanks

Hiya, How can Vista (no router) be configured not to use TCP/IP as transport protocol for NetBIOS, SMB and RPC, thus leaving TCP/UDP ports 135,137-139 and 445 closed. The best to my understanding is that Seconfig works with WinXP only. TIA

Today, Microsoft has released the following Security Bulletins. Please read the security bulletin for more details. You should also read the bulletins for any caveats prior installation of the update. 1. MS08-003 - Vulnerability in Active Directory Could Allow Denial of Service (946538) http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/bulletin/ms08-003.mspx 2. MS08-004 - Vulnerability in Windows...

I had posted in a couple of various threads that I was also affected by this update (KB931768) under both Vista and Windows XP. Under Vista, Windows Mail had become so slow as to be almost impossible to use. Clicking on a post in the news groups took about 2-4 seconds to show the text in the bottom. Replying to a post also took about 2-4 seconds to bring us a usable reply window. Shutting...

All of a sudden the Security Center has begunning nagging me constantly about "critical security problems". First it' telling me I have no anti-virus software, which is a lie. I have AVG which is fully updated and working fine. Then it tells me Windows Defender is turned off and prompts me to turn it on. So I click turn on and a window pops up saying it is checking for updates-then it says...

recently something attacked my NAV (I am running Vista Hoem premium) and I had to remove it and re-install it (successfully). Now my Windows Security Center keeps telling me that the computer cannot find any anti-virus software on the computer. I know that NAV is working, as I am able to get my Live Updates, conduct scans and the program is lisetd in my Programs (and the security shield is...

My logitech webcam went wierd on me today ....meaning it got stuck in a loop trying to update the drivers.... and I needed to remove it and reinstall. But i ran into the same type of errors reinstalling it. error1317. An error occured while attempting to create the directory C: \ProgramData\logitech\QuickCam I was on the logitech support line and basically it seems like a

i am trying to look at some pictures on a web page but even though i have turned off the pop up blocker i am getting a red x where the picture should be

Crossposted to Windows Update, Vista Security, Vista General, and Security newsgroups. Comodo says v3.0.15.277 fixes "the bug causing Windows Updates to fail in Windows Vista." Source: http://www.personalfirewall.comodo.com/release_notes.html Comodo users can download v3.0.15.277 from http://www.personalfirewall.comodo.com/download_firewall.html ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

I've already posted the following message in a Dell newsgroup, but perhaps some Vista wizards here might be able to help enlighten me on these subjects. If there is a better MS newsgroup for this post on Recovery and Restore functions please let me know- I looked but the best I could come up with was this Vista security group. ************************************ I've now had my Dim 9200 for...

I have noticed in my Vista Home Premium Security log that every 30 seconds or so there are two events - 1. Key file operation Cryptographic Parameters: Provider Name: Microsoft Software Key Storage Provider Algorithm Name: Not Available. Key Name: A1 Client Cert key container Key Type: Machine key.