Can anyone tell me how I can access raw devices in vista. Currently vista is stopping me doing legitimate work on my PC that I could do with ease under windows XP. The things I am trying to do is. Use syslinux to make a USB attached compact flash card bootable. Access the said USB stick through vmware as a raw physical disk.

Hi I wanted to know what the error 0x80501001 is and why is it when I go to remove something that Windows defender detects that I get this message with the following error. I then rescan (did that at least 3 times) like it suggested and yet it doesn't get rid of the file. Would quarentine be a better option that remove all? Please help!

I am using Windows Vista Premium and IE7. I can no longer click on my banks login link. I have two other banks and can click on their login with no problem. After many hours I know it is not a IE7 problem but something in my computer. Has anyone heard of this happening and how to fix it? Also, can't connect to Quicken to download transactions and I think the two problems are connected. I...

Is There any disable applications poping up Open File Security Warning programatically

I had my wife's account set up as Administrator. I set it back to standard user. Since then, whenever we download a file through IE7, it seems to work (downloads to 100%), then the dialog disappears, and the file is not in the target location. It seems like it gets moved, since if I download to the Desktop, I see an icon, that then disappears. Restoring the account to Administrator did...

Given the option,which of these two would YOU run on your computer with vista home premium installed,2gb of ram,core duo processor.i welcome reports from any-one who has f-secure 2008 internet security suite installed as i would like feedback on it to know if it has any drawbacks. thank-you.

hi i have windows vista basic, it came with norton preinstalled 1 month trial i removed and installed avast on line. All was ok but now i cant download anything, i have tried to save to locations but nothing. i even removed avast to see if that was the problem, which made no difference, and now i cant reinstall it. is this a security problem? ie windows defender. any suggestions gratefully...

Microsoft released the following security bulletins today: 4 Critical MS07-055 - Vulnerability in Kodak Image Viewer Could Allow Remote Code Execution (923810) http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/bulletin/ms07-055.mspx MS07-056 - Security Update for Outlook Express and Windows Mail (941202) http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/bulletin/ms07-056.mspx MS07-057 - Cumulative Security...

I get the message "Your current security setting do not permit you to download this file". It is a pdf file, a bulletin from a church. Why is it being blocked and how do I stop it from occurring. I get no option to override it.

I share an internet connection with some renters in my house. I want to know whether there's any chance that they could hack into my computer through our shared internet and see some of the websites I've accessed. I've sent confidential information online (i.e. credit card info) and I don't want them (or anyone) to be able to see that. I've got windows vista, and updated anti-virus and...

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I have already downloaded the latest Java program. The error message pops up in pogo that says cannot connect to the server: The following error has occurred: Unable to Connect to Server Explanation: In order to play, the Java applet must open a network connection to our servers. The applet was unable to open this connection. This could occur if you are trying to connect through your...

The registry value HKLM\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Internet Settings\Zones\1 is set to 0xdb. When a user, who is a local admin, logs on for the first time on a vista computer, his local profile get created and the flags registry value get changed from 0xdb to 0x1db. Any ideas why this is happening? Thanks.

Hi all, I have a Windows Vista Ultimate laptop part of our domain. Everytime I try to go into Windows Firewall to change any settings, it just will not launch. I get the following error:- Due to an unidentified problem windows cannot display windows firewall settings. Any ideas?

The Base Filtering Engine service terminated with the following error: The specified procedure could not be found. The above error is causing all dependant services to fail. I have tried Dean-Dean's ideas of rebuilding the repository even from scratch. No luck. I've searched around on the forums to no avail. The executable "svchost.exe" is present in the appropriate directory. This is a...

is there any way to add directories to the list that vista virtualizes (as per a technote somewhere that suggests it will only virtualize %ProgramFiles%, %Systemdir% and something else. I have a legacy program which I've had to install on drive D because there ain't enough space on drive C, and the virtualisation doesn't happen, which is a trifle annoying at times

Hello, I tried to google, but was unable to find any instructions that tell someone how to disable the MS-Vista internet connection. I would like my Vista machine to be able to access the other computers in the LAN only. How can one do this? I am about to spend some quality time with my router, to see if I can accomplish this via router settings. If anyone has any suggestions on this, I...

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This is an advance notification of seven security bulletins that Microsoft is intending to release on October 9, 2007. Security Updates 4 Updates with maximum severity rating as Critical that affects Windows, Microsoft Office. Other items that is affected are the components of Windows such as Internet Explorer, Outlook Express and Windows Mail. 3 Updates with maximum severity rating as...

i just installed vista home premium, installed quickbooks, when i go to use i get this message.. " your user account for windows was created with restricted access to system resources. this will prevent quickbooks from operating properly. please contact your system administrator and ask him or her to grant you standard user rights." i am only user and my account is administrator. please...