I have been unable to find my answer to the update page. When I go to windows update the page comes up but it is missing a lot of icons and I am unable to control the page. Plus my updates are out of whack because I cannot review my history and check for updates that are not being installed correctly. Please help....greg

i recently got new computer with vista home premium x64. i attached the harddrive from my old xp computer (w/external case) so i can get all the files from it, but when i try to open the files it says i dont have permission. ive managed to use the security tab to "replace owner and subcontainers on objects" while changing the owner, for some of the files (mostly mp3's) but this is very tedious....

I am using Vista Home Premium, SP1, with the latest updates for WU and Defender .... I think. I see the orange oval with the black exclamation mark on the Windows Defender System Tray icon and am asked to check for new definitions. I do, there are no new definitions and yet I keep seeing that exclamation mark advising me to do something. I did a scan, rebooted the computer (even though I...

Beware of the *opt-out* behavior of Sun's java automatic updater. In the US, at least, the MSN toolbar comes PREchecked and will install along with purported java 'security' updates. Said 'security' updates are presented as the latest version of Sun's java runtime. Including crappy toolbars with security updates as an opt-out is a REALLY dumb, shortsighted decision. Shame on MS for doing...

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My vista is in virus free status , but i need to use the files in another hard disk which infected by virus and spyware by USB, how should i do to prevent my vista from virus and spyware? Thanks.

Hi, I have Vista Ultimate on my laptop. All the tools and software packages are have been installed on my system for a while and are running fine. Yesterday, I have upgraded a tool called "Quick Media Converter". I like this tool, however, everytime I invoke this program I get the "User Access Control" window prompting for the administrator's password. None of the other applications have...

cant update as this message appears, OS is vista home basic 32bit. i cant also get windows updates, thinking they might be related, help appreciated

I have been installing, using and unistalling several anti spyware, anti malware and anti virus programmes one after another in a vain attempt to get rid of "em.pc-on-internet.com" pop-unders on my standalone PC running on Vista Home Premium. I finally managed to stop the pop-unders (at least for the moment) by downloading and running a programme called ComboFix. I also followed it's...

Hi Running Windows Vista x64 SP2 beta on a HP notebook. I use BitLocker and have no problems with it. But I have yet to discover the reason for the BitLocker drive have to bee (at least?) 1500 MB in size. Looking at the properties for the drive, I can see that only about 50 MB is in use. Reasons I have thought of could be:

I connect one removable hard disk to my Vista PC by USB,I can only see one disk and another disk is missing from the system, how should I fix this problem? Thanks.

Hello I've got a problem with VISTA policy. In the VISTA user policy is the following Setting present: Remove My Document icon on the desktop. By XP this was the folder from the User Profile. I would like to hide the User's folder from the user desktop. The folder has the name from the Userprofile. Where is the correct policy Setting? Must I load a different ADMX? Is it possible with policy...

Hi, I'm trying to prevent ordinary users to save files on the Desktop, but I have some problem with Vista. The users have roaming profiles. I have made one startup script that creates a local folder C:\Desktop , and set user rights to read and execute. I have a logonscript that sets the User Shell Folder "Desktop" to C:\Desktop.

I am running Thunderbird 2.0 on Vista Ultimate. In the past versions of Thunderbird and Windows, I had Enigmail working fine. This time around I am getting some errors messages. Here are the installation details: OS - Vista Ultimate Thunderbird 2.0.0.18 - Works fine Gpg4win 1.1.3 - Works fine (can list private and public keys) Enigmail 0.95.7 - Does not work with the existing keys listed in...

In vista I use remote control to control a computer which has virus and spyware, will my vista be vulnerable to virus and spyware and how to avoid it? Thanks.

I have a small program that I to run at startup to update the system time and then exits. When I moved to Vista I discovered this program causes some kind of security issue. First I log in as an Administrator level user id. If I run the program as is I get the error that the program could not update the time. If I do a "run as administrator," then I get the UAC alert asking me if I want...

I am using windows Live Oncare. I also like to use other antispyware, usually because I have found that only one program is usually not enough to capture all spyware. However, Live Onecare reports that Adaware may interfere. I use the free version so it is not performing realtime protection, just on demand scans. Does anyone know if this is truly a problem or just Microsoft pouting about me...

My system recently changed behavior after resuming from sleep. The previous behavior was my username was remembered after resume from sleep and all I had to enter was my password. Now, when resuming from sleep, I must enter my username and password. I am on a domain, so I could have been subjected to a updated Group Policy. I do not have good access to those who control Group Policy. At...

Is there a way to stop my PC from responding to pings? I have tried enabling the rules for Echo Requests and setting them to 'Block the Connection' but with no success. Thanks Rob.

Is it just me or has the December version of MSRT yet to appear in Microsoft Update ? I didn't see it at the time and can't see it in the update history. I've downloaded and run it anyway. Regards, Tom Allen