Hi, If I start DCOMCNFG.EXE on Vista and then navigate down to "DCOM Config", it shows a list of all COM servers on the machine. Some of them allow their properties to be adjusted, but many of them are grayed out. e.g. Wordpad - can change properties Windows Update Agent - can NOT change properties I need to be able to change properties of all of them. A) When

Does anyone know how to connect to an NLA Enabled Vista (RDP 6) computer from a Mobile 5 PPC ? -- Or Tsemah YSIDE

I'm facing the same problem on Windows Vista Permium. Did you got any solution. If you have any then let me know plz. -- manfun

I have to start IE7 as (runas adminstrator) adminstrator to be able to add Links to the links field otherwise I get a "Access Denied" popup. I'm local administrator on the computer. Is it suppose to be like this? Hope not! I'm running Vista Ultimate and IE 7.0.6000.16386 Thanks

Is it possible to use bitlocker to encrypt an other partition than the windows Vista systempartition (for example encrypt D: rather than C:)? Regards, Rob

I am looking for an MVP who is willing to be my Remote Assistant partner. Anyone...? -- /s/ Neal Weissman (212) 591-1531

Newbie, fooling around with Home Premium, came across an option labeled, "Windows Firewall with Advanced security" Upon activation, popup reads, "Windows Firewall with Advanced Security Snap-in failed to load. Restart the Windows Firewall Service on the computer that you are managing. Error code: 0x6D9" --

I purchased a new laptop with Vista Home Premium, moved my files from my old XP Pro to it, installed the programs I use, then did a backup to DVD (more than one - not a quick process). Now when I tried to do another backup, it said this is the first time so it will back up everything (again???). Why won't it just figure out what changed since the first time I did a backup, a few weeks ago....

I'm using Vista's own firewall, but it keeps switchin iself off, usually after I've rebooted or put it to sleep, are there any issues known about this? Is there anything I can do to stop it. thanks

32 bit vista home premium. control panelproblem reports and solutions. "Service Admin Works Agent X8 hung on starting" is a common incident. notwithstanding that I have no idea what awServ.exe is, to what extent might this cause a problem -- might it indicate an infection? be the cause for onecare firewall's unceremonious cessation?

I am an original subscriber to Windows OneCare, which I've always used with it's Firewall ON. Upon installation of an upgrade from XP to Vista, I cannot access the internet or Windows Messanger with the OneCare Firewall on - only when I shut it off. Is there a problem, do I have settings wrong somewhere, or what should I do??? -- Dale

http://targets1.schtuff.com/ - I must be popular - this is all the people that are amped up about my purchase of Vista... -Chris Bradley

32 bit vista home premium. control panelproblem reports and solutions. "Service Admin Works Agent X8 hung on starting" is a common incident., and has been so for 5 weeks. notwithstanding that I have no idea what awServ.exe is, to what extent might this cause a problem -- might it indicate an infection? be the cause for the unceremonious cessation of onecare's firewall, or windows defender...

Is my network secure just through having it WEP enabled?

32 bit vista home premium. control panelproblem reports and solutions. "Service Admin Works Agent X8 hung on starting" is a common incident., and has been so for 5 weeks. notwithstanding that I have no idea what awServ.exe is, to what extent might this cause a problem -- might it indicate an infection? be the cause for the unceremonious cessation of onecare's firewall, or windows defender...

I am Using Windows Vista and I can only Ping my gateway. When I try to Ping another PC in my network I am unable to ping. This is working fine with Windows XP. I have even turned the firewall off on my Vista Machine and I am still having no luck. Any suggestions to correct this issue would be appreciated.

Upon startup, Windows Sidebar fails to start with a message that it is closing due to an error. When I click to find more info the DEP explanation box pops up implying that Sidebar triggered a DEP event. What's going on with that? I am using Home Premium preloaded on a new Dell Dimension E520.

The instructions are not quite clear. I set up bitlocker to be sure it would work on my system, the after reboot it automagically encrypted the disk. I wanted to use a pin. Are there specific instructions for doing this? Thank you.

Hi, I just bought a notebook with windows vista business installed. It has a 120GB hard disk with one primary partition of 120GB. I would like to create 3 partitions of 40GB each one. Is there a way to do this with the disk management of windows vista?, if it's possible, how do I do this? In advance thanks for your help. Edmundo J. Davila

Hi! I have a question in vista. I am trying to set up IPsec policy on vista to create a VPN connection. I had seted up IPsec policy on WinXP successfully. But that same set up on vista, result is failure. I had tried to create a tunnel on windows firewall. I try to ping the node in the VPN but it reply Negotiating IP Security. What's the problem?