hi im logged on by administrator but when im trying to open task manager thats is inactived .and i will see this message ..your task manager is inactived by your administator ..how can i reactive task manager my thanks

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Hi Is there someone who knowns how to trace the profile load/unload process on Vista. On W2K and XP to trace those problems i always used userenv.log to see what happens. To turn on verbose logging, HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\WindowsNT\CurrentVersion\Winlogon\UserEnvDebugLevel can be set to 10002 (Hex). Now in Vista, Userenv.log does not exist anymore and i was unable to find a...

I have a laptop with windows vista home premium set up on a wireless home network. I also have a windows 98 desktop on the network that i am using as the print server. I have successfully installed my HP Photosmart 7550 printer and can print fine when logged into my profile on the laptop. When my wife logs on to her profile, she can not print. The printer is visible and selected as the...

hello sir, sir i am using windows vista business in my sony vaio laptop. nd i made some of my files encrypted during normal use with the help of fingerprint sensor without providing the password , only swiping the finger on sensor could unlock those files but it can not be unlocked by a password bcoz i didnt provide it at the time of encryption. nd then recently i formatted my windows vista...

I am running vista for the first time How do I set up vista for one user... Me. Do I need an admin log in and normale user log in or do I just need one log in as admin/Me?

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I tried to download software in an administrator account and it started downloading for a little bit but then said "you do not have sufficient rights please sign into an administrator account". I tried downloading different software to make sure it wasn't the software and It said the same thing as I stated before. I tried restarting my computer a few times and the problem stayed persistant....

Can anyone help resolve this? I'm running Vista Ultimate on a 73GB SCSI HardDrive w/ 50 GB still free. I downloaded MSFT's SteadyState 2.5 beta and two other utilities. All three use Windows Installer. None offer the option of installing as "Administrator". When I right click to "Install", I get the message: "The Temp Folder is on a drive that is full or is inaccesible. Free up space on...

My user acount appears twice, same name, on the log in page. Vista says the password is wrong. In the user acount manage, it only appears once. Where can I delete this "phatom account" in the registry?

Task Manager changed and I no longer have access. followed Windows help: Click to open Registry Editor.* If you are prompted for an administrator password or confirmation, type the password or provide confirmation. Navigate to the following location: HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies Double-click System, double-click DisableTaskMgr, change Value data...

I am able to receive mail but I'm not able to send, can someone HELP me???

I just bought a laptop with windows vista for my daughter. She needs to print off a document she did in microsoft office. She transferred it to our home computer, windows xp, and it shows up as a bunch of squares. Help! As you can probably tell I don't know much about computers and she needs this for school tomorrow. -- watsup

I am trying to login to my profile on Windows Vista Home Premium Ed. and it gives me the prompt of "User profile service error" which pretty much means that it cant load my profile. I am the only one that uses my computer but I have it set up with a password to ward off my roommates from using it. Very frustrating because I cant logon to my own computer. Please help.

Hello, On my WinVista laptop, for some reason, my user account on the logon screen shows up twice? I don't understand, I don't have 2 accounts. I thought I might have screwed something up, so I restored the laptop. and my account still shows up twice? Thanks in advance!! Sonic 1992

Installshield gives message 1607 "unable to install Installshield scripting runtime" . I tried some of the fixes at http://consumer.installshield.com/kb.asp?id=Q108340, but the problem continues.. The instructions there are oriented to Windows XP, so I could not do fix 1. I did do fixes 2 and 3. Other install files work on this computer and the install program also works properly on an XP...

whenever i do something that needs admin privaleges i get the user user account control box (this is normal) but for some strange reason it always asks for a password for my user account even though im the only user account with admin privelages.] there is another post on here about the same problem in vista buissness but tried running gpedit.msc and the file doesnt exist in system32. please...

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I have multiple users setup. Everytime I try and log off and then log on with another user it hangs. I have to restart just to log on with another user. Odd if you ask me. Does anyone have a fix?

I was setting up my new laptop last night and was trying to transfer my iTunes from my old computer to my new one. At one point, per the directions, I had to move the iTunes folder to the desktop. When I tried doing this, I kept getting an error message that said that I couldn't do it because I needed administrator permission to do so, even though I was already logged in as the...