I recently downloaded Spybot. When I first immunized my system, it said that everything was immunized. When I checked it now, it said that over 700 files were unprotected. When I tried to immunize again, it said that I didn't have administrative rights. The Spybot help menu advised me to right click Spybot on the start menu and click "Run as Administrator". I did this, but it didn't...

I am trying to take Read-only off of a folder and all sub files and folders in the Properties area I deselect Read-only (I don't even know why it was set to that to begin with) and click Apply then select Apply changes to this folder, subfolders and files and click ok. It goes through the process of making those changes and I click to close properties, but when I go back into properties the...

Dell forward a bunch of updates from Microsoft yesterday. One was Security Update KB950759. After this was installed I couldn't access the internet. After I uninstalled it everything worked. Again today it was sent by Dell and installed-same thing, couldn't access internet until I uninstalled it. Any suggestions? I don't want to have to do this everyday. Thanks, Tom Berry

::I have a program that scans your computer for viruses and other stuff( its not an antivirus) and it uses SOPHOS antivirus to find viruses. It found one virus on my computer called \" W32/autorun-FF \" and I downloaded the 30-day trial of Sophos antivirus but it is not finding the W32/autorun-FF Virus . Is there a way I could remove it manually ? :: :::: ::PS. when I go to the registry and...

I leave my pc running to allow various programs to run during the course of the day; however, other users manage to shutdown the system without any thought for my login "at work". -Does anybody know of a "Shutdown Password" facility I can use which prevents this from happening?- I know I'm still at risk from the power supply being switched off - but this measure will certainly help. Any...

When my security system updates and restarts my computer, it turns off my wallpaper and screensaver. Occasionally, I can re-click Apply and it resets itself, but now it doesn't. What can I do to prevent this?

Can I run, or am I supposed to run Windows Defender if I am using the Live Care One Firewall already?

I have been using bitlocker on a Sony Vaio - with TPM. Yesterday someone used my PC to check an XP installation CD. They booted from the CD and when they reached the setup screen, they exited. After that I had to enter my key as I booted the PC - indicating that bitlocker had detected a change. The way to stop having to do that is to turn bitlocker off and then on again. I turned bitlocker...

Hi everybody, a friend of mine has a problem which I can't seem to get fixed by myself. So I'll try my luck here. At startup she gets a security warning from ehsched.exe. She gets the possibility to execute it or to cancel. Problem is that she gets this message every time she turns on her computer. This is very annoying. Anyone know how to fix this?

Hi there, I have a Lexmark printer which prints fine from my login as I am the admin. Normal users get the message "cannot communicate with printer" when they try to print. How do I fix this?

Vista Ulitimate.On installing a program I am confronted with a message."could not open key Hkey_local_machine\software etc.. Verify that you have sufficient access to that key. I have waded through security for this software to change permission. I have achieved changing ownership to administrator but have lost the thread at changing permission for the object in this case the Program that...

I have an external drive on my vista machine that has gives "Users" full control. I just found out that the guest account is part of the "Users" group. Is there a group that does not include the guest account? Basically I don't want to have my backup drive accessible to the guest account. Is that possible without replacing "Users" with each individual account? Thanks, Mike

Hi, We are soon moving to Vista SP1. Our computers have a C, D and an S partition, which is the bootable one. We are going to enable BitLocker on both C and D, and we want to use TPM + PIN. AD schema is extended and a GPO which enables the PIN option is in place. Can we use manage-bde.wsf to enable BitLocker the way we want? Or is it any better way to do this?

I have Avast Home Edition on my Vista laptop. I ran a scan yesterday but this morning the Defender bottom righthand icon had an exclamation mark in it and I'd thought, from using 3 other AV programs before, that Defender doesn't nag if you have other software doing scans? Or do I need to set it to do nothing? Also, when I run the Avast scan, it says in its display (above Type of Current Scan...

Today I switched on Windows Defender (for the first time) and ran a quick scan which was fine, but I've noticed a new icon in the systems tray with a green circle and a tick in it. When I hover the pointer over it, it says "Safely Remove Hardware". I've looked everywhere for an explanation but can't find any info anywhere. Can someone tell me what it means please. Also, do I need Defender on...

Hi, I installed Windows Vista Home Editition and avast antivirus home edition. Windows gives me a problem report for a problem cause by Bitdefender Antivirus, but I didn't install that (I think). It's not in the list of software where you can remove software (control panel), it's not in my start menu and there's no Bitdefender folder in my program files. Why does Windows Vista seem to think that...

I want know how to change the color of telnet client program. I tried to change the color by using the command color f0. But the color f0 command change only the cmd windows, that is dos prompt window. By the command color f0, the colsole color changed. But when I connected telnet server in the colsole, the color of it did not change.

HP Desktop (1 year old) Vista Home Premium 32 bit SP1. Had AVG 7.5 for about six months (with email scan disabled). AVG offerred Version 8 and I allowed it to download and install. Big mistake!! Gave me nothing but trouble. When I tried to uninstall it, I realized it wasn't listed in Install/Uninstall. But I saw that AVG had an Uninstall as part of their program....so I used it. (My...

I have two vista home premium machines. I was unable to browse between the two on my home lan. I found the kb article: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/313222 As it says I ran: secedit /configure /cfg %windir%\inf\defltbase.inf /db defltbase.sdb /verbose One machine completes fine, the other does not.

Recently, I accidently quarantined a program-now, my Windows Defender in Vista will not allow me to redtore it. I keep getting an error code (0X80508014) HELP! I need this program back!