The symptom of my problem is Vista is telling me that my firewall is not running, but it won't start manually. Also doesn't connect to the internet (I'm using a borrowed machine here) I can see that BFE is not running and that won't start either, says a file is missing. I have tried a system restore to several different points, after quite a few minutes tells me this has failed and the...

Can anyone please help me with updating my Windows Update. I keep getting an error code 80070424 and I tried every way I can think of to fix it. Thank You:( -- sharjoyp Posted via http://www.vistaheads.com

Hello. I am using windows vista home basic 32bit OS. I clicked the security tab in the properties dialog box of a hard drive and denied access to it to all users. Later, when i opened the properties dialog box again to allow access, i cannot see the security tab in it. I cannot access this drive even being as an administrator. but the other hard disks in my computer has security tab in...

"kamma" wrote in message ... Hello. I am using windows vista home basic 32bit OS. I clicked the security tab in the properties dialog box of a hard drive and denied access to it to all users. Later, when i opened the properties dialog box again to allow access, i cannot see the security tab in it. I...

Hi all, I have an encrypted folder on my Vista-SP2-PC. From one day to the next, the files in there could not be opened anymore; I am now getting an "Access is denied"-error. Now, I know about certificates, and the need to have exactly the cert. available with which the encryption was done, and it is there, and still valid (not expired). Nothing has changed with my user account, I am still...

Hi all, I have an encrypted folder on my Vista-SP2-PC. From one day to the next, the files in there could not be opened anymore; I am now getting an "Access is denied"-error. Now, I know about certificates, and the need to have exactly the cert. available with which the encryption was done, and it is there, and still valid (not expired). Nothing has changed with my user account, I am still...

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When I try to upload pictures to Ebay Download Erroe Protection turns off Internet Explorer making it impossible to upload the pictures. I have added Ebay to the safe list with noresults. What am I doing wrong? -- William H Jackson Posted via http://www.vistaheads.com

When I try to upload pictures to Ebay Download Erroe Protection turns off Internet Explorer making it impossible to upload the pictures. I have added Ebay to the safe list with noresults. What am I doing wrong? -- William H Jackson Posted via http://www.vistaheads.com

Hi, Is it possible to interrogate the firewall? Can it be configured? Thanks. Vista 32 bit Home Premium

I'm using MS Essentials on Vista home premium. Somehow I have lost the menu item (Start or Control Panel?) to start it. Security Center reports that Essentials is running, but I cannot start a scan. All attempts at reinstalling Essentials have failed. (I used to use AVG, but after an unwanted upgrade to V9, the PC became unuseable due to AVG processes taking all the processor...

I was on my myspace the other day then it started freezing and it wouldnt let me get back on internet explorer. A thing called Antivirus Plus poped uo on my screen telling me i have a trojan virus. I recently have heard about this trojan virus and it infects your hole system is what i heard so stupid me i downloaded the antivirus plus to get rid of the trojan virus. Now I found out from one...

I'm using MS Essentials on Vista home premium. Somehow I have lost the menu item (Start or Control Panel?) to start it. Security Center reports that Essentials is running, but I cannot start a scan. All attempts at reinstalling Essentials have failed. (I used to use AVG, but after an unwanted upgrade to V9, the PC became unuseable due to AVG processes taking all the processor...

Hi, Is it possible to interrogate the firewall? Can it be configured? Thanks. Vista 32 bit Home Premium

Hello. I am using Windows vista home basic 32bit Os. I clicked the security tab in the properties dialog box of a hard drive and denied access to it for all users. Later when i opened the same, i could not find the security tab in the properties. But the properties of other hard disks have the security tab. Even being as an admin, i cannot find the security tab. Can anybody suggest me how to...

Hello. I am using Windows vista home basic 32bit Os. I clicked the security tab in the properties dialog box of a hard drive and denied access to it for all users. Later when i opened the same, i could not find the security tab in the properties. But the properties of other hard disks have the security tab. Even being as an admin, i cannot find the security tab. Can anybody suggest me how to...

I have been trying for about two months to get one last thing working with a commercial terminal emulator under Vista Business. The program works fine for everything except when trying to transfer files more than once per session. The first transfer works fine but subsequent attempts to transfer have the necessary buttons greyed out. The program works for others under Vista and Windows 7...

I use windows live onecare and it alerted me that some of the updates I needed didnt download. I went to windows update and viewed the update history and found that the windows defender didn't update. It gave me this error code: 800706BA. Does anyone know how to fix this?

I have been trying for about two months to get one last thing working with a commercial terminal emulator under Vista Business. The program works fine for everything except when trying to transfer files more than once per session. The first transfer works fine but subsequent attempts to transfer have the necessary buttons greyed out. The program works for others under Vista and Windows 7...

McAfee security centre is due to expire. I want to replace it with a good free AV programme I am looking at AVIRA MS Security Essentials AVAST I also have the following on my machine, and they will stay