I'm simply trying to turn off the User Account Control under User Accounts. I just now noticed that the link to turn it off as well as every other administrative-required (denoted by the little shield) are utterly unresponsive when I click on them. The problem is solely in under the User Accounts portion of the control pannal. I was wondering if this was a known bug? *note* I am the...

Please help me. I have a problem where a program in Windows Vista freezes up and the task bar doesn't unfreeze it. In addition, I am unable to shutdown or restart properly. I have Vista home premiums and 3 gb of RAM. My computer is only 2 years old. Thanks Roses

Today when I try to log into my account which is the administrator account I got this message: "The User Profile Service service failed to logon. User profile can not be loaded." what is this about? Someone PLEASE Help me. Also I notice that the graphic looks like they are expanded... The Icons look bigger than normal.

When I change to Administrator from Standard User and then click on 'change account type' i default back to standard user. I cannot install,uninstall,restore or use acer recovery or access other activities. I am the sole user of the pc and i have always had full access without a password, this is now being asked for and i do not have one Can this situation be recovered without reinstalling...

Any option but "show e-mail address" is ignored. Should I give up trying and simply change my password to "123456"

I WISH TO SIGN IN WITH ONE CLICK, but every time I select the first option I am studiously ignored. What am I doing wrong.

I deleted a user without backing up her Outlook data PST file. Is there still a way to restore or retrieve this?

I wish the problem were as simple as my subject line and i hope i am not completely alone on this. this happened really fast recently. OK here we go #1 in the beginning there were 3 profiles, 2 standard and my admin. One day i logged in and noticed that my network status icon said i wasnt connected to the internet. I just knew i was so i rebooted several times. still had a red "x" going...

Hello. I've had my laptop for a little over a year now, at for the first couple months, everything worked fine..But now it seems I have no more administrative powers. I'm the only account on the laptop however, and I've never made any other accounts. Whenever I try to start a new program or do anything with the administrator symbol on it, a message with the dreaded red X pops up saying "The...

Ugh... I accidentally set my only administrator account to a different setting, and now I can't change it back. I have already read several ways to access an administrator account. I do not have the hidden admin account enabled, nor do I have my vista cd. There are no other administrator accounts on my computer. Is there any possible way that I can get administrative privileges back?

I am forever being told that I cannot do something (like use Adobe Flash) because I have the wrong version of it. When I access Internet as Administrator, I don't have this problem. How do I equate my signon with that of the administrator (which was never given a specific definition by me when setting up Vista)? -- Ralph

Like many of you I am new to Vista (Business). I am trying to delete a file and the system tells me I do not have the correct permissions. I am the Administrator. What is the process to give myself the correct permission level; i.e. start with control panel/user accounts/account name/etc. I cannot find within help the simple steps required to help myself. Help. I look forward to your...

Does anyone know the registry setting to retain the run history when you go to Start Run? It is clearing itself and I want to make sure it retains the history. I know how to do it in the GUI, what I need is the registry key for this. Thanks, JM

Is there anyway a pc could be connected directly to another pc on the network via RDP from the Welcome screen...as if it was just another account on the pc? ----------------- Scott

Before I use to have like 4 partitions all with windows vista. One for gaming, one for projects, one for testing/downloads, and one for regular use. Then I realize I can just make separate user accounts. But, how do I do this. When i want to install a program on one account, not make it install on all the other user accounts? Lets say I installed Microsoft Word on my regular account, I dont...

How does one formulate a query for help? For instance, I would like to find if there is information on the task manager page display, CPU useage. Normally (as in google/yahoo) I would type in : "Task Manager" +"CPU usage" and get a search, but the quotes and everything else doesn't seem to get recognized. It seems only to recognize single words. What is the syntax?

Here is the situation: Mother got daughter laptop Mother put in her name/password (presumably) upon initial boot Laptop turned on/off (cold) several times with no problems Daughter changes the name -does nothing with password Now upon startup she is asked for a password (never happened before) and the password that her mother initially used is not working. Machine is asking for a password for...

I bought 2 copies for 2 computers of Vista. I put the same license key for both, by mistake, and they both registered, how do I go back in and change one?

Hi, I am using vista ultimate 64 bit . Today when I tried to change the view settings of my folders , I found the folder options icon missing from the control panel . Even after searching 'folder options' in the start menu , no result . Also the folder and search options in organize menu in windows explorer is grayed . I am not sure when these things happened . I cldnt restore my system as...