This past week I tested one of our harddrives, a Momentus 5400 FDE, on Vista
5456. Vista could not find the drive, but since it was a "quckie" test I did
not have the time to do an indepth analysis. Is there any "known" issues
with newer drives that include full disc encryption ...

does anyone know, if and how Bitlocker runs on a Thinkpad T60 with TPM 1.2
Chip?
If I want to initialize the TPM Module with tpm.msc the cosole says "A
compatible Trusted Platform Module (TPM) Security Hardware cannot be found on

When using TPM, is there an integrity check performed on the kernel itself
before that final handoff from the BootMgr to the Vista kernel?
I know this may not be what BitLocker was designed for, but this seems like
a way to thwart kernel rootkits.

Will BitLocker ever support keys stored on Smartcards to encrypt the VMK?
This would be a more secure way to carry the startup key around than by USB,
since the .BEK file is simply a hidden file, easily copied if the USB key is
used to share everyday data.

I have an ASP (not an ASP.NET) application accessing Sql Server 2005
database installed in Vista Beta 2 (Build : 5384). I am unable to access my
application in server. UAP is blocking my application. I dont want to change
system level UAP configuration using msconfig or secpol.msc.

I have an ASP (not ASP.NET) application installed on Vista. Some ASP pages
have restricted access. When I browse the restricted pages through Windows
2K or XP client, it is prompting me the user name/password dialog. And when
I give the proper username/password, it is displaying me ...

How can I change the desktop icon? When I try I get an error access is
denied.

I have enabled bitlocker encryption on my T42 whithout TPM support. I have
put the encryption key on a USB key when I enabled BitLocker as instructed.
The drive is fuly encrpyted now, but when I restart the machine it can not
detect the USB containing the key even though I have ...

Is it safe to use bit locker? And how can I partition my hard drive?

I see GPO settings to set options for BitLocker, such as mandating recovery
keys into AD or the level of encryption, but is there an option to keep a
user from decrypting the drive once it has been deployed to them as encrypted?
This applies to the case where a company policy ...

(before anyone says anything - I know I need to have good backups of my data
before embracing bitlocker)
Before BitLocker, if you lost a block, you may not notice a file loss, since
the file may not use the whole sector in which the block resides, but after

The following (vb.net code) works great on 2000 and XP but not on Vista:
Dim ev As New EventLog("Application", System.Environment.MachineName,
"MyProgramName")
Dim LogText As String = "Hello world"

what is the sense of so many security options on vista?? i have spent most of
this day on disabeling them because i was unable to install the drivers which
i needed. i also have problems with these stupid security settings and they
only cause trouble. and the incompability of win ...

anyone knows if there is a virus for vista?

I downloaded EZ Antivirus beta foe Vista, and it will not install. Please help.