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Windows Defender by Feather[_2_]
Hi, Can anyone help me? I have Vista Home Premium 32 bit OS and am having problems with Windows Defender shutting itself off without me doing anything to it. I have read things about Windows Live Care Safety Scanner causing problems but this doesn't sort out my query as this scanner does not work with my IE8 browser and so have not got it installed. Does anyone have ideas why my Windows...
November 16th 09 08:59 PM
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NORTON 360 Live Update by Justin
I bought norton 360 and hade it for about 2 years and had no problems but up until recently i got the GREEN AV in my system and it would not come out so i went into the regestry and got rid of it and through the system and got rid of that so it does not pop up any more when i turn on the system but now when ever i use live update on norton 360 it says opperation failed and will not update...
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November 15th 09 07:23 PM
by ashvin Go to last post
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Windows Defender by Feather[_2_]
Hi, Can anyone help me? I have Vista Home Premium 32 bit OS and am having problems with Windows Defender shutting itself off without me doing anything to it. I have read things about Windows Live Care Safety Scanner causing problems but this doesn't sort out my query as this scanner does not work with my IE8 browser and so have not got it installed. Does anyone have ideas why my Windows...
November 14th 09 02:01 PM
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Task Sheduler doesnot permit to create task with no user login by kbrajesh
Dear Friends .. I am using windows vista 32 bit enterprise edition. I need to configure a scheduled task even if no user is logged in. I tried to make a task but when i select "Run whether user is logged on or not", it asked to input the Computername\username and password. I logged in as local administrator and i have keyed in the samew credentials. But i am getting an error message at this...
November 13th 09 11:16 AM
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Task Sheduler doesnot permit to create task with no user login by kbrajesh
Dear Friends .. I am using windows vista 32 bit enterprise edition. I need to configure a scheduled task even if no user is logged in. I tried to make a task but when i select "Run whether user is logged on or not", it asked to input the Computername\username and password. I logged in as local administrator and i have keyed in the samew credentials. But i am getting an error message at this...
November 13th 09 11:16 AM
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error 1606 could not access... by Justin
error 1606 could not access network location %APPDATA%\ when ever i try to uninstall live update
November 13th 09 02:13 AM
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error 1606 could not access... by Justin
error 1606 could not access network location %APPDATA%\ when ever i try to uninstall live update
November 13th 09 01:01 AM
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Vista recently has been loosened? by Octavio
I have Vista Ultimate. Recently I have noticed that my Weborook Antispyware has been catching more things, including one virus today, and I wonder if it is because I now have att email (I used to have MSN dialup before) or if it is due to the new updates made to it after Windows 7 was released, which might have loosened its security or added new ways for spyware or malware to get in? Please...
November 12th 09 09:59 PM
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Windows Defender Keeps Turning Itself Off - How do I fix this? by popalong
Not running scheduled scans either. Acer Aspire 5735-6694 Vista Home Premium 64 - soon to be upgraded to W7 Premium MSE Spybot v 1.6.2.0
November 12th 09 07:43 PM
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Windows Defender Keeps Turning Itself Off - How do I fix this? by popalong
Not running scheduled scans either. Acer Aspire 5735-6694 Vista Home Premium 64 - soon to be upgraded to W7 Premium MSE Spybot v 1.6.2.0
November 12th 09 05:33 PM
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Can't delete file in hidden folder even after changing owner by Petrarch
I restored my vista OS using a system image utility provided by Alienware. It created a backup folder on the c drive with all the old files in it, including user profiles. I changed the owner of all files and folders back to my account and tried to delete it, but got the UAC messages that I need to allow administrator rights to do so. After clicking yes, I got a message that permission...
November 12th 09 04:41 PM
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Vista recently has been loosened? by Octavio
I have Vista Ultimate. Recently I have noticed that my Weborook Antispyware has been catching more things, including one virus today, and I wonder if it is because I now have att email (I used to have MSN dialup before) or if it is due to the new updates made to it after Windows 7 was released, which might have loosened its security or added new ways for spyware or malware to get in? Please...
November 12th 09 03:50 PM
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Return ICMP port unreachable on nonlistening socket by Petr Pisar
Hello, common TCP/IP implemetations return ICMP port unreachable error packet when somobody send packet to port where no server is listening. This was true even in Windows XP. However Windows Vista Business SP2 behaves differently. It drops the packet silently even if given port is allowed for incoming communication in Advanced firewall settings. (And yes, I'm pretty sure it's really allowed...
November 12th 09 02:37 PM
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REGISTRY MECHANIC....Maniac!! by Gloria J. Brouse
After attempting to install the Service Pac 2, regMech totally shutts down the MS One Care fireall, &WILL Not allow the BTS to remain ON. This happened on this VISTA/VIAO platform only. Our PC, with XP can run REG MECH and get AUTO UPDATES without shutting down anything. REG MECH is totally gone form OS now. There's $29.95 gone to cyber space!! recently, I went back and 'hid' the last 2...
November 11th 09 02:15 PM
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Windows Defender Switching off. by muffet
Hi, I run Vista Premium using Word 2003 and Norton Internet security: Since updating Last months updates and the various ones since, every time I start up my computer it tells me that Windows Defender is not turned on; this is getting a bit much having to turn it on every time I start up my computer. This never uses to happen, so if anyone can tell me how to overcome this I would appreciate...
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November 11th 09 03:14 AM
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REGISTRY MECHANIC....Maniac!! by Gloria J. Brouse
After attempting to install the Service Pac 2, regMech totally shutts down the MS One Care fireall, &WILL Not allow the BTS to remain ON. This happened on this VISTA/VIAO platform only. Our PC, with XP can run REG MECH and get AUTO UPDATES without shutting down anything. REG MECH is totally gone form OS now. There's $29.95 gone to cyber space!! recently, I went back and 'hid' the last 2...
November 11th 09 03:08 AM
by Gloria J. Brouse Go to last post
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Denied permission to access folders by c1steady[_2_]
To all the expert for help, I try To take ownership a folder as below but failed. " Right-click the folder that you want to take ownership of, and then click Properties. LI class=stepClick the Security tab, click Advanced, and then click the Owner tab. LI class=stepClick Edit....
November 8th 09 12:31 AM
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"DT GWY" in my Startup Item by Octavio
I have the following question, if this is not the Newsgroup to post it, can you advise where I can post it?: Today I noticed that after I got to my startup programs (thru msconfig) as have as one of my items "DT GWY" and under the Manufacturer it says "Unknown" and under Location it says "HKLM/Software/Microsoft/Windows/Current Version/Run" I have Windows Vista Ultimate.
November 7th 09 10:22 AM
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"DT GWY" in my Startup Item by Octavio
I have the following question, if this is not the Newsgroup to post it, can you advise where I can post it?: Today I noticed that after I got to my startup programs (thru msconfig) as have as one of my items "DT GWY" and under the Manufacturer it says "Unknown" and under Location it says "HKLM/Software/Microsoft/Windows/Current Version/Run" I have Windows Vista Ultimate.
November 6th 09 09:55 PM
by Octavio Go to last post
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Run DLL, Module not Found, C:\USER\dc54~1\aPPdATA\Local\Temp\iifdefda.dll by Alon civier
Hi, i m using vista premium ome and i get the following error message everytime I start my computer. I just close it and continue, but my system is very slow and encounter unplanned closures and many performence problems. I tried to check google for this DLL and it does not exist. Can anybody help me in solving this issue, what should I do?
November 4th 09 04:55 PM
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