I've just done a fresh install of Vista Ultimate RTM -- before which I of course did a full backup of the original Win XP system. Now I'd like to restore my data files from the backup, but the restore is failing -- apparently due to security interference. My backup is done over the network using Ultrabac backup software. I'm trying to restore a folder that lives at the top level of the C...

I have an application on Vista that calls OpenSCManager(): hSCManager = ::OpenSCManager(NULL, NULL, SC_MANAGER_CONNECT); and is returning access denied. This happens even if I am logged in as a user in the Administrators group and run the program set to "Run as Administrator" to elevate privileges. This code runs without a problem on Windows XP.

I want to setup myne****chman. It is asking me for the firewall log's name. Can someone tell me please? I can't find it by searching on *.log. Colin

if you disable the UAC you're stupid because the first virus-trojan you get will be able to destroy your computer just like happens in Windows XP. if you disable the UAC, you'll loose also the file and registry virtualization needed to work bad designed applications as standard user. PLEASE don't be stupid, don't disable the UAC and be happy to run Windows Vista as a Standard user

Crossposted to microsoft.public.windows.vista.security Microsoft has established separate newsgroups for Windows Defender support and comments. This is not one of them. See http://www.microsoft.com/athome/security/spyware/software/newsgroups/default.mspx -- ~Robear Dyer (PA Bear) MS MVP-Windows (IE, OE, Security, Shell/User)

Did you also post to microsoft.public.windows.vista.security newsgroup? (In case you didn't, I'm crossposting my reply to it.) -- ~Robear Dyer (PA Bear) MS MVP-Windows (IE, OE, Security, Shell/User) John Banghart wrote: Hello everyone, My name is John Banghart and I work for the Center for Internet Security

I'm using a HP nc6220 laptop with vista rc1. I'm trying to setup Bitlocker but accordig to windows there is no TPM module present. I'm sure there is a TPM module installed with winxp drivers, could this be the problem? Does anyone know about vista drivers for TPM? Or is this a bug in windows? Thanks for any response, R.Demandt

Hi there, I've recently installed Vista Ultimate (final version), from the MSDN subscription site. On a whole I'm quite impressed with it, few driver issues and a few other niggles one of which is that it won't let me run Remote desktop. Keep getting the message that it's been blocked by DEP (Data execution prevention) yet it won't allow me to turn off DEP for this particular

For some reason, all my files have turned into read-only, and when i try and put them right again, they just go right back to read only after i have set them back. any suggestions/ideas to help me with this problem?

I'm running Vista RTM and have UAC enabled and have checked "Enable Proteced Mode" in IE7 and yet the information bar says "Protected Mode: Off". Is this just a bug or is Protected Mode actually not running?

I'm trying to follow the steps on switching on Bitlocker for Non-TPM machines using gpedit. When I run gpedit I get the following error "Error 64 Help String specified more than once. The file cannot be loaded." in the following files: c:\windows\inf\AER_2068.ADM on line 30: c:\windows\inf\AER_3076.ADM on line 30:

The application installed fine under Vista. However, when you exit the application all state information is lost. I have tried disabling UAC and running as admin but that did not seem to correct the issue. Is there a way to determine if this is a security issue and what the violation is?

Hi, I lock my machine (using win-l), the screensaver kicks in, I move the mouse so that the screensaver stops and for a short while I am able to see the desktop background which I should not be allowed to see since I have not unlocked the machine, yet. Can anyone else reproduce this bug? Fabian

Hi, I'm wondering how to allow a DLL to self-register when running Regsvr32 in Vista. I'd like to have an elevation prompt appear when Regsvr32 is run for my DLL, but there seems to be a catch-22 invovled he If I put the self-registering behavior into a COM object, this would require that the COM object first be registered before it can be created with CoCreateInstanceAsAdmin. But...

Hello, seeing that via the GUI now all applications have the shift + right-click popup menu with a Run as administrator entry, is there any way to achieve the same from command line using good old 'runas' or with a 'sudo' that will use the same GUI confirmation prompt of the UAC instead of prompting for password? - Jan

Hi, more a "nice to know" question he After doing an upgrade from XP SP2 to Vista RTM, it seems what was previously "C:\Documents and Settings" is now C:\Users, but the folder "C:\Documents and Settings" is still there. Running cmd.exe as Administrator or normal user, "dir "C:\Documents and Settings"" just says File Not Found. NTFS messed up? Or is Documents and Settings still used by...

Hey guys. After reading various posts here, i see the Program Files shouldn't be used for writing application data to. The problem is, lots of applications which i use daily do that. (Furcadia, an online game, is the particular example i'm using now) Basically, it downloads all the map data, to C:/Program Files/Furcadia/tmp, and all logs go to C:/Program Files/Furcadia/logs - But i cant see...

Definition Update 1.14.1921.2 for Windows Defender (KB915597) Download size: 771 KB Update type: Important This one started to appear yesterday on WUS and I got it installed 5 times by now, however it still keeps appearing, although and even having defender disabled. otherwise I am on Vista Ultimate RTM.

I have Viruscan 11 and Firewall Plus 8 (along with the new Security center 7) working fine without any tweaking in Vista RC2 (5744). -- Peter Toronto, Canada XP Pro SP2 x 2 + Vista RC2 5744 P4 HT @ 3.0ghz, 700gb HDD, 2.0gb DDR Creative SB Audigy 4 Sound, ATI Radeon 9550 Graphics TS H429A + H552U CD/DVD Combi-Drives

Under Vista RC1 my ZoneAlarm is incompatible. So I fall back to MS Firewall. I leave for a while, powersave comes on - I have made some changes to it but powersave can't be turned off - and when I return Firewall is off. This is unnerving. Any ideas?