Hello, anyone help me please? I am runing Vista Home Premium +SP1. I have problems in that the administrator stops me downloading, or doing other tasks. I am the only user of the computer. I tried opening a standard account. Also, I d/l TweakUAC and put UAC in quiet mode. No difference. Today I am trying to d/l Piclens from Cooliris, but the message I constantly get is 'the system...

SOme of my buttnos and links don;t seem to be working. Here are some examples: -I went to user accounts and the "change account type" and "change account name". I clicked on them and NOTHING came up. -I went to change my homepage so i went to "add or change homepage" and clicked. Nothing came up. -I wanted to download the Google toolbar and i clicked "run" on the download screen and nothing...

I would ike to find how to activate my windows vista home basic edition if my pc was crashed and i replaced with some other one. Please if someone did the same thing i'll wait an answer. :)

My new laptop is for home use only. I would like to deactivate the "Password" login when I boot up my machine every day. Please provide instructions. Thank you. Lisa

I'm not sure if it is a Vista or Office problem but I definitely need help. After Cleaning my Computer with Adobe CS3Cleaner (and being stupid not backuping my registry) I now encounter the following errors: first it does not allow me to delete some files as it says I do not have admin rights, but with most it works just fine. But second and foremost I cannot access MS Office - every time I...

Hi there, I set up a Vista with a Administrator, password protected account and then set up a Standard user account but at the moment I find that the Standard user account can delete the Administrators password and account how can that be? What I would like to do is have an Administrators account and a User account with Administrator privileges but I don't want the User account to be able to...

I'm usiing Vista, and I get this when I try to install a program: "You must be logged in as an administrator when installing this program." I don't want to know why, I just want to install the dang program. This never happened under XP, of course, but I am stuck with Vista (this is not the place to express rage or disgust, esp. when I am in need of help from MS MVPs). Please tell me in...

i just installed halo for the pc and i tried to play online when a popup came up and said the i need administrator privileges can someone help? im the only one who uses my laptop so how would i get the privileges?

I have a system that dual boots XP and Vista. After some experimenting with Vista, I became frustrated and haven't touched it for months. Now that SP1 is out, I would like to try again, but I forgot the password and can't log into my user account (there is only one set up for Vista). What can I do?

Is there a way to have autocomplete turned on for usernames, but have it off for passwords? Under Internet Options / Content / Autocomplete / Settings, you can toggle "usernames and passwords on forms" and you can toggle "prompt me to save passwords". If I turn off the "usernames and passwords on forms", then autocomplete does not function for the username entry on a login (for example into...

help me to remote my pc from other location ?i m using a dchp right now.I dont have static IP address. Do you think is it possible ?

My son (not even 2 yet) leaned on my laptop and the display screen rotated a quarter turn to the left! How do I undo that?? I am getting a crick in my neck!!

Setup 2 Admin profiles have been created on Vista Business. Admin 1 was created first upon initial setup of the new computer. Admin 2 was setup from Admin 1 account. Security issues are occurring for both users in regards to settings/privacy on third party applications. Scenario - Digsby Multi-IM app - Each Admin user is setup with a unique Digsby account

We just got a new D ell XPS and my 1 5 month old son banged on some keys just as I was a bout to shut it down. Now , the key board is stuck on what I'd like to call " fast typer mode " ( which I am not THAT fast ) . The computer automa tically takes a space when ev er I pause from typing -- even for a brief second, as you can see here in ...

i have just purchased a new computer that has Vista as the OS. I would like to have a password on the "Administrator" account, but when I click on the "create password" button after typing in, confirming and "hinting" my desired password, I get a "Windows cannot change password" error. What am I doing wrong and/or how do I go about setting a password for my user account? Thanks in advance...

when configuring first time i create an account named as jaquar001 with ADMINISTRATOR rights. but i cannot see my administrator account in control panel user account list. even i cannot sign in with user name "administrator" where is my administrator account ??? pls help

I have some how or someone has changed my password on my laptop and I cannot log on at all. It tells me to put in the usb password setup thing.. I just received this laptop and I don't have what it is asking for. How do I get into my laptop to change the password?

.. to whom it may concern; when i try to email a business, it always says that i don't have an account configured , and what is my email server type. POP3, SMTP or who. i don't know -- vernedia j hart

I got the message " Problem loading user profile". It says it has launched a temporary profile and I'll loose any changes I make when I shut down thew next time.Now everything I have set up for programs such as email are gone. How do I retrieve the user profile.

I have reset the Administrator password on my laptop and forgot it. I have one other user account that belongs to my kids. It has internet access but no rights to anything. Is there anything that I can do to reset and/or delete the forgotten password? Please someone help me. I called the geek squad and they told me that Windows Vista is too new and they don't know how to get around it...