Hello, I installed ulitmate 64 sp1 (msdn download) about 10 days ago. Each time I check to see if updates are available, it says that none are. I'm not sure if this is correct. Is there a way to check what where my machine is and where it should be? -- Thanks in advance, sck10

Hi On a brand new vista bunnies pc, how can I login as Administrator? It doesn't give me the option at the login screen. Many Thanks Regards

I got a windows vista with an existing admin account - OwnerPC my little sister created a user account (Mickey) and assigned a password in it. Now everytime i try to install something or run windows updates, it prompts the user password for Mickey (Enter user password for Mickey)

Hi all, I'm totally confused and wondering if I got this wrong or, after 2 decades of NT its still microsoft that's got this wrong. - I figure that better than UAC would be to run as Power User, and use the "Run As Administrator" when needed - which is often - Visual Studio, Event Viewer, IIS, SQL Server, etc. - so I enabled the Administrator id, turn off UAC (after all, won't need it anymore...

About OneCare Activation Impossible from CH - Microsoft onecare ENG international shipping Hello, In May our family got each(4) a computer, and I did straight on install on them the trial version of One care (best of all antiviruses for my tase and experience); with intend to update on begining of August (then 12 days left) by buying 2 of these, in ENGLISH from...

Vista 64 SP1, fully patched. When UAC kicks in, it's a real pain. Not that it kicks in but the way it kicks in. The screen dims and the system is unresponsive for a couple of seconds - just long enough for me to notice and then a bit longer. Then the UAC prompt comes up. I'd like to remove the screen dimming and change it to the sort of warning prompt you get when you try to run an ActiveX...

help someone played with my computer and disabled windows security centre and now i dont know how to turn it back on can someone please help urgently??? -- LigerKing

On a Vista machine, IE and Firefox both are not being allowed to show video from a lorex cctv server. It is a java applet i believe for this particular video app. the video shows just fine on XP machines with IE 7 or Firefox but not on Vista. We allowed java scripts on both browsers but that didn't help. We turned off the Vista firewall wall too but that didn't help is this particular case. ...

Hello, this is my first posting on this very informative site. I find the information quit in depth and useful. I was looking through my msconfig settings earlier and noticed this smhelper enabled on start up. I tried to see if in fact it was a malicious type program and could not find any viable information regarding this entry. Would it be possible if someone could shed some light on this...

Hello, I am trying to install my application on windows vista ultimate and I am having lots of issues with users permissions. My application has different pieces, a windows service, a desktop application and another windows application that runs a the service manager. The application and the service communicate between each other using Pipes and I use the service manager to start and stop the...

Hi All! I have a HP nx6320notebook installed with Vista. Due to company policy, I'm required to install a pre boot authentication full HDD encryption security software before I use it. It's similiar to Bitlocker where by I need to create a primary FAT32 partition first before install the software.

Hi I used to start VISTA, log in and it would stay logged in. It is on an SBS network As of last update session it a) makes me log in if I leave the machine unattended. b) doen't let the automatic anti-virus downnloads happen when unattended c) Asks me to confrim I want to run the dos net login script to get on the SBS network

In order to allow standard users in Vista to install ActiveX AxIS feature must be installed and correspondig GP set. The problem is that this does not work when UAC is disabled. Any idea/workourond to allow a standard user to install ActiveX controls? Thanks.

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have home premium 32bit. When trying to download 15 day trial from www.itsyourplane.com iget the pop up widow to allow however the file listed is dfsvc.exe and not the program file. The program owner and I have tried to find the error but can't. Have scaneed withe AVG,Spybot and a couple of online programs and all say no threat. Using regedit I can't find this dfsvc file. To see if this...

Where did they go? I cannot find anymore. I see "User Accounts" but no where to set Group Membership and groups? thnx jaytman

I installed BitLocker using MS "BitLocker Preparation Tool". Now S: is my system partition and I cannot change this drive letter. Since we use software that wants some data being located on S: I need to change this letter. I found no 'regular' way to do this. Would it help if I disable BitLocker, use letter S: for example CD-ROM or something and then (when S: would not be available any more)...

could some one please tell me how can I find what folder the form data (form password) are stored in ? THANKS

I need help figuring out permissions in Vista. When attempting to copy a file to a new folder on the Vista C drive from a different drive, the following message is displayed: "You ll need to provide administrator permission to copy to this file." "continue" button is pressed and the screen goes momentarily blank. Another box appears with the message: