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I tried to do a dir *.* /s files.txt and I received an access denied message. Anyone know how to fix this? I am part of the administrator groups so privilages should not be an issue although whenever I start a new program a the user account control window pops up and asks my permission to allow the program to continue.

I just installed 5728 on a dual boot system. I also installed the Office 2007 Beta Refresh. Since I am using a dual boot configuration with office installed both on XP SP2 and Vista, I would like to share the same PST (located on my XP drive). When I try to access the PST from Vista, I am told that I do not have the permission do so. After turning UAC off, I can access the file. If I...

I recently installed the RC1 build and wanted to install F-Secure Client Security as well. The installation went fine and everything seems to be working except the update function. Vista blocks the automatic updater at startup and after that the manual wont work (obviously neither does the automatic one). It says the updater is not classified yet. Is there any way to let it run?

I don't see where anyone has mentioned MS's own AV software...WOC.Live -- barny

Does anybody know what website windows update is using with vista rc1? I am getting an error when it t?

You would think with the amount of people running 64bit processors and with the relatively close release of Vista that somebody in Microsoft would be getting themselves organised by now to port Onecare to the 64 bit platform, now that its effectively retail on 32bit (still supported) platforms. For sometime now I have been running Vista x64 on the family PC and compared with XP its a breeze and...

Loved Avast and it worked well until the latest build. I am just going to wait until they come out with a new version or fix for it. It was too good to used anything else available. I have been a long time Zone alarm user, and loved it, but until they make one for Vista, Avast is a blast! bennu

I've configured my drives correctly and set the Policy for allowing non-TPM USB Mode. but every time i try to run the System-check it reports that my USB Drive cannot be read from the BIOS. I've tried this on multiple BIOS-Updated Systems and still get the same result. I use build 5728\RC1 Ent. Edition

Hello, thank you for taking the time to explain UAC, Q: UAC is Microsoft's way of controlling my computer and preventing me from using it! A: This is 100% UNTRUE. UAC puts control of your computer IN YOUR HANDS by allowing you to prevent unwanted programs from accessing your computer. *Everything* that you can do with UAC turned off, you can do with it turned on. If this is...

I haven't seen this discussed, and may even have the wrong subject. In observation I see that apps such as Trend Micro, McAfee, Mail, Word, and Office Outlook when executed do not get the UAC dialog box. Am I correct in assuming that this is because these apps have the proper credentials to satisfy UAC when they are launched? Does this require an Authenticode certificate in signing these...

Hello: Is there a tool to view or edit the mandatory integrity control labels (System, High, Medium, Low) in the system access control lists (SACLs) of secureable objects like NTFS files? Thank You!

Hello: In earlier Vista betas, processes had two SIDs in their tokens related to mandatory access control: one had the "Integrity" flag in Process Explorer and the other had a flag like "DesktopIntegrity". SIDs with the Integrity flag still exist in build 5600, but the DesktopIntegrity flag has disappeared. What happened to it? I thought this was a special SID in the token related to...

Hello: What is the "None_ploc" user or group in the security access token of a process in Vista? Google only finds a single (useless) reference to it. It seems to be new with Vista build 5600. Thanks!

I'm trying to rename winhlp32.exe to something else so that I can replace it with XP's winhlp32.exe. I'm running as an administrator with UAC enabled and all the default UAC settings, and I've assigned ownership of winhlp32.exe to myself and granted myself all permissions, yet when I try to rename or delete it, after confirming (twice) the UAC prompts, I get a "File Access Denied" dialog box...

Our win32 app opens the Task Scheduler to enumerate tasks as follows: SC_HANDLE hSC = NULL; SC_HANDLE hSchSvc = NULL; hSC = OpenSCManager(NULL, NULL, SC_MANAGER_CONNECT); if (hSC == NULL) return GetLastError(); hSchSvc = OpenService(hSC, "Schedule", SERVICE_START | SERVICE_QUERY_STATUS);

First of all, I've had relativly few problems with Vista. I am currently running RC-1 and have an annoying problem. My Logitech mouse driver gets blocked at startup. I go to the defender screen and it says that it isn't yet classified, but I can find no way to rectify that. I really don't want to turn off UAC yet, but am getting really annoyed with the pop-up from the taskbar. Any...

Hi all. When I try to see a https web the windows vista only permit me if it have the certificate on date, the name is the same that the certificate and the certificate is of one trust company. In the last versions of IE (include IE 7 on Windows XP) you can see the page after accept a warning message but Vista Doesn't shows this message and reject the web.

Today I download RC1 and obtained a product key with the Windows Live Log on and acount activation. When I installed Vista RC1 it did not prompt me for a product key and installed. This was a fresh install onto a computer. Now when I attempt to enter a product key Windows vista rejects it, it already has a all numbers product key and I can not activate the product. Anyone have any ideas on...

Took about 6 tries... but finally got BitLocker running via TPM. PC just rebooted and drive getting encrypted as I type. Will update if it fails for any reason. This is on a Dell Latitude D820, BIOS A03. Lang