My laptop data is encrypted by Bitlocker. As an FYI, the laptop does not have a TPM chip so I store the key on a flash drive. I wish to backup the data on a WD My Book. I understand that a standard back up will not be encrypted. So at the moment, the backup drives are the weak link in my data security plan. I think I prefer that my backup data also be encrypted by Bitlocker and ideally,...

Trying to install Bitlocker on my Dell XPS M1530. It doesn't have TPM so I plan to store the Bitlocker Key on a USB device. Dell Support tells me my 8 in 1 memory card reader is a USB device. I mention that because I want to save the Bitlocker Key to an SD Card. Easy to pop in / out and easy to carry. Unfortunately, the Bitlocker setup only recognizes a USB thumb drive. Curiously, I can use an...

I am about to purchase a Dell M1330, which doesnt offer a TPM module. I also don't want to deal with plugging in a USB Flash drive every time I boot up (which could get stolen with a laptop). I have the following questions regarding Bitlocker #1 Can I still use the Bitlocker feature of Windows Vista with a TPM module or USB flash drive? #2 Are there any articles that document how secure...

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I have a requirement to set up a firewall rule, so that all access to the internet is forced via a VPN connection, such that it goes via a managed proxy. I'm struggling to work of the settings for this! Can someone point me in the right direction please? To elaborate further:

With registration of a program that I got through internet I received a register key to make the use of the program possible. After clicking on it I got the message that Vista would not allow opening it since it extension .reg is considered a possible risk. I have been using the program with WindowsXP though without any problems. How do I unlock this key? I have tried the program Unlocker,...

I would like to run Spybot Search&Destroy tool automatically on my Vista system. I have tried to create a basic task using the Task Scheduler but it does not seem to be doing that task. If you have implemented this setup then please let me know how you did it. Thank you in advance. NJ

Hello everyone My OS is Windows Vista Premium Home Edition 32 Bits. I'm working with this OS since I have bought my recent PC, about one year ago. Besides a good antivirus and firewall always updated and activated, my Windows is also updated. Same thing to Windows Defender. About 15-20 days from now, when I log to my PC as an administrator, it appears, a few minutes later, a message in my...

Hello, I use Vista home premium + IE7. Whenever I install MS update of KB958215 my IE stops accessing the internet. Any ideas ? Thanks Dudi

I have used Mantech's mdd_1.3 and win32dd to capture RAM on my laptop. The output file sizes are different. In real world, how do we decide which tools to use to capture volatile memory? In my test case now, I don't know which tool I should rely on. One other question, what tools are used to analyze volatile images? NJ

Could anyone advise me on how to get rid of a annoying message which happens every time on start up. RunDll/error loading C:/users/NAME~1/AppData/local/temp/ssqQgDtr.dll module not found Now everything else on my laptop is working wonderfully loving my vista

I have Vista Home Premium SP1. Over the past 2 weeks or so I have noticed that several of my applications (e.g. Sibelius, MS Money) have begun to show problems with accessing files, and in the case of MS Money it actually deletes its file on exiting the application. I experimentally tried using "run as administrator" which eliminated a lot (but not all) of these problems, so it seems to be...

I am getting a c0000005 (Access is denied) error from a console program after the console program executes. The error dialog appears to be blaming the CLI (the .Net CLI I presume). More specifically, I am trying to use the Netbeans IDE (programming environment) for PHP scripting. It is not a programming problem, however. I am trying to use the option to use PHP as a command-line script. The...

NETCOP-DISCLAIMER: yea, sorry I posted in .general first Have run into a strange behavior and am trying to figure out what is happening. If I reboot a home vista 64 system from my office over RDP, the nVidia coprocessor (CUDA object) is no longer recognized and tasks that are supposed to run on it will not start. I have to go home and cycle the power. This does not happen if I am at home and...

Good afternoon everyone, I'm looking for a good book recommendation : I am a beginning admin and have just learned (and am "playing" with) TCP, UDP, IP,ICMP,CIDR, the OSI model, ect. Is there a good book that will show a person like me how to set up, maintain, and test the Windows Vista firewall ? Thanks

I have a Vista Ultimate on my system. I want to defrag some specific directories/files, so I have downloaded "Contig" (sysinternals toolset) from the Microsoft site. When I try to run this tool as normal user I got "Access Denied" message. I have logged in as the System Administrator and got the same "Access Denied" message. How can I run the "Contig" tool on Vista? What are the proper...

I had a strange thing happen to me yesterday that got me to investigating. One of my game programs, which I had just finished playing with a couple hours before, refused to start telling me that I did not have permission to start that program. I went to the program files folder to look at the security tab. It was true, my User Id (an Administrator) was not in the list of user names. I was...

Hello all, I am new here so I'll explain as well as I can. I am administrator using admin account/. I have locked several drives from the guest account using security tab in properties. I installed family safety and windows live was set to auto complete the

Hi I was using Windows Live One for virus and security and it worked fine but trying to save the $60 I let it expire and had been using Windows Defender instead. It was working ok at least it came on when I turned it on but now it dosen't want to run at all. If I could get it running is this program good enough for virus and malware etc. or could you recomend something better to use. Dan I am...

Brand new Vista Ultimate 64 bit user. I try to open the C: Docs and Settings folder, so I can tweak and edit the Start Programs layout. I get an "access denied" message. I'm the sole user on the machine. I was given to understand that this is an AUC problem. I went to the Security Center, and I thought succeeded in turning off AUC. But after a restart, I'm still locked out of Docs and...