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    Carey Frisch Monday, March 4, 2013 5:25 AM
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    • Security flaws signal early death of Windows Gadgets
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    registry handles leaked from

    Windows Vista IT Pro
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    + System     & ...
    Answered | 5 Replies | 78623 Views | Created by a13th_Panther - Saturday, June 11, 2011 12:24 PM | Last reply by Kim Crosser - Monday, February 11, 2019 6:30 PM
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    Disable or quiet UAC without reboot from command line

    Windows Vista IT Pro
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    Windows Vista Security
    I need to be able Disable or quiet UAC without reboot from command line without user confirmation as local system   We use LANDesk and I want to ...
    Answered | 10 Replies | 88637 Views | Created by BDC1 - Wednesday, April 21, 2010 12:36 PM | Last reply by Photubias - Sunday, January 6, 2019 12:01 PM
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    microsoft charging 50p

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    Why do I need to pay 50p just to confirm that I have a parents permission for it, could you please stop sending me these. Were not going to pay for it, why should other people do so?
    Answered | 3 Replies | 538 Views | Created by FellFrisk - Wednesday, November 7, 2018 8:31 PM | Last reply by Carey Frisch - Friday, December 28, 2018 8:03 AM
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    No access to Admin account, Loss of important folders!

    Windows Vista IT Pro
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    Windows Vista Security
    When I try to logon a dialog comes up "User Profile Service Failed The Logon" and when on my other account (which has parental controls) I attempt to give admin permission to open windows ...
    Answered | 1 Replies | 512 Views | Created by DeanLJ4 - Saturday, September 22, 2018 9:53 PM | Last reply by Carey Frisch - Sunday, September 23, 2018 6:45 AM
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    disable "This file comes from another computer"

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    Windows Vista Security
    Hi, on all my adobe forms when i click on the properties, I see the message    "This file came from another computer and might be blocked to help protect this computer" ever ...
    Answered | 26 Replies | 168508 Views | Created by sukr - Saturday, October 10, 2009 11:23 AM | Last reply by Curepute - Wednesday, September 12, 2018 10:37 PM
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    location is not available c:\ is not accessible access is denied

    Windows Vista IT Pro
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    Windows Vista Security
     Hi all,   I am facing the problem  location is not available c:\ is not accessible  access is  denied. I can not delete the file from my desktop too.  ...
    Discussion | 5 Replies | 45285 Views | Created by Chudamani Pandey - Wednesday, April 15, 2009 2:59 PM | Last reply by Become a good man - Tuesday, August 28, 2018 9:44 AM
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    Re: Cannot create a Restore Point or Restore to a previous one

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     Hi .... When I try and manually create a restore point in Vista I get the following error message:   Could not create the scheduled task for ...
    Answered | 12 Replies | 45115 Views | Created by VistaRay - Friday, December 5, 2008 10:02 PM | Last reply by JoesGarage - Wednesday, August 8, 2018 10:56 PM
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    Force software to always run as admin without exposing admin password

    Windows Vista IT Pro
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    Windows Vista Security
    I have some software that only functions right if the person has administrative permissions on the machine.  I don't want to give my users the admin passwords so they can do a Run As for obvious ...
    Proposed | 30 Replies | 177928 Views | Created by RJO22 - Monday, January 17, 2011 10:52 PM | Last reply by MatthiasekV - Friday, July 13, 2018 8:49 AM
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    Data Exceution Prevention settings greyed out

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    Windows Vista Security
      Running Windows Vista Business x86 and x64, this occurs on both platforms.   When I go to the "Data Execution Prevention" ...
    Answered | 5 Replies | 51804 Views | Created by JigSawsReject - Saturday, May 19, 2007 7:00 PM | Last reply by SilkroadOnline - Monday, July 9, 2018 5:33 AM
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    Security Center service is turned off, Error 1068

    Windows Vista IT Pro
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    Windows Vista Security
    I have a Window Security Alert that indicates that the Security Center is turned off. When I attempt to turn it on I get the message: The Security Center service can't be ...
    Answered | 16 Replies | 62270 Views | Created by estherGSC - Saturday, August 6, 2011 6:20 PM | Last reply by Francesco Trapani - Thursday, June 14, 2018 11:30 PM
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    How to determine where SNMP packets are being generated. -

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    I had first thought the article " How to find process sending SNMP packets? - Solution: print spooler polling non-present network printers. was the exact error article that ...
    Unanswered | 0 Replies | 488 Views | Created by tmosely - Thursday, June 7, 2018 9:04 PM
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    Denied myself access to C: drive, please help!

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    Windows Vista Security
      Hello,    While I was fiddling with access permissions (because of the guest coming who would be using my computer), I seem to ...
    Answered | 16 Replies | 25124 Views | Created by lubenica - Tuesday, March 11, 2008 1:05 AM | Last reply by PGName - Saturday, June 2, 2018 1:04 AM
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    MS Anti-Virus for Vista?

    Windows Vista IT Pro
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    Windows Vista Security
    Hi I'm running Vista 32bit SP2. Defender has latest updates.  But, it seems there's no anti-virus protection in Defender on ...
    Answered | 10 Replies | 652 Views | Created by johny w - Monday, February 19, 2018 4:26 AM | Last reply by Carey Frisch - Wednesday, February 28, 2018 3:23 AM
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    Cannot Acess BIOS, Don't know the password to the admin account! Windows Vista

    Windows Vista IT Pro
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    Windows Vista Security
    This is my last resort. I've spent the last few days extremely stressed out trying to fix this thing. It's an old HP desktop with Windows Vista Ultimate. It was my moms old computer that she used for ...
    Discussion | 1 Replies | 565 Views | Created by Jordan Claypool - Thursday, January 25, 2018 5:16 AM | Last reply by Ashidacchi - Thursday, January 25, 2018 6:35 AM
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    my wife had someone install a program or two (Top password; Unlocker; tracking) onto my computers. I can't seem to uninstall/disable. What to do...

    Windows Vista IT Pro
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    Windows Vista Security
    my wife had someone install a program or two (Top password; Unlocker; tracking) onto my computers.  I can't seem to uninstall/disable.  What to do...
    Unanswered | 1 Replies | 588 Views | Created by Theastronaut group - Thursday, December 28, 2017 11:03 PM | Last reply by Ashidacchi - Friday, December 29, 2017 6:29 AM
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    Can't access parental settings.

    Windows Vista IT Pro
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    Windows Vista Security
    I recently bought the game "Forza Horizon 3" and when I tried to access user-made decals, It said that my parental restrictions did not allow it. I set up my account incorrectly so that it ...
    Unanswered | 0 Replies | 565 Views | Created by Lordbuddycat - Wednesday, December 20, 2017 11:47 PM
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    Two updates don't seem to work for me

    Windows Vista IT Pro
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    Windows Vista Security
    2 updates don't seem to work for me.  comes back saying try gain, which I have done numerous times.  Still the same.
    Answered | 1 Replies | 669 Views | Created by 2 of the updates don't upload for me. Why is this - Sunday, November 26, 2017 1:06 AM | Last reply by Luigi Bruno - Sunday, November 26, 2017 11:52 AM
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    The system administrator has set policies to prevent this installation

    Windows Vista IT Pro
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    Windows Vista Security
    I have been trying to install software on my Vista 32-bit Business. Windows Installer keeps me warning 'The system administrator has set policies to prevent this installation'. On ...
    Answered | 26 Replies | 195550 Views | Created by Pen87 - Saturday, June 7, 2008 8:03 PM | Last reply by Charulatha Suryakumar - Thursday, November 16, 2017 7:11 AM
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    MS automatic updates for Vista 32 Bit SP2,

    Windows Vista IT Pro
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    Windows Vista Security
    All is clear enough, but since August (the last of the Tuesday automatic updates) stopped and now on (Sep, Oct, and Nov), I have to manually download and install the updates, a very long and complex ...
    Answered | 2 Replies | 982 Views | Created by Lepitbull - Friday, December 2, 2016 10:51 PM | Last reply by Lepitbull - Sunday, November 5, 2017 4:00 AM
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    0x80070005 error trying to register DLL

    Windows Vista IT Pro
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    Windows Vista Security
    Hello, I have a client who is trying to run the regsvr32 command on his Vista Home Premium (32-bit) system, but keeps getting the error message <DLL file> was loaded but the call to ...
    Proposed | 32 Replies | 321911 Views | Created by RandyJM - Monday, July 13, 2009 2:56 PM | Last reply by Oliv- - Wednesday, October 25, 2017 6:22 PM
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Announcement: 2

Windows Vista Security announcement

  • Link
    Microsoft Security Essentials for Windows Vista
    Carey Frisch Monday, March 4, 2013 5:25 AM
    Microsoft Security Essentials for Windows Vista: Download
  • Link
    FYI: Security Vulnerabilities in Gadgets
    Carey Frisch Wednesday, July 11, 2012 8:09 PM
    • Security flaws signal early death of Windows Gadgets
    • Microsoft Security Advisory: Vulnerabilities in Gadgets could allow remote code execution
 
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