I need help with the following situation:
All attempts to create a new standard user account by means of the
prescribed procedure fail. The procedure is Start\Control Panel\User
Accounts\Manage Another Account\Create New Account. (New account does not

As Vista Help directs, to disable UAC, I uncheck 'Use User Account Control'
in my account (Administrator) in the User Accounts area of Control Panel.
This action does not work. UAC remains active. Why? What do?
I have tried to get at security policy by means of secpol.msc, but can ...

I can't even open my Windows Defender--it just comes up with error message
0x80070002.

Sometimes when I go websites, I find ads displaying info about me like my
location which is dead accurate.  It scares me a lot when ever I encounter
these ads.  Is there a way I can view all personal info on Vista and be able
to change it? Much thanks.

I need make changes in registry with regedit, but when i try access, appear
a message "The administrator blocks registry changes".
¿Can somebody help me?
Sorry for my English.

I get a an error " the program cant check for updates error code 0x80248009",
when i check for updates.
I wasnt having problems in the past. I am running Vista and Norton Antivirus.
Thanks in advance,

I need to add in DLLs, and the system isn't letting me.  It isn't giving me
the option, it's just stopping me from putting the DLL in the file completely.
Look, it's my computer, I'm an adult, and I can take calculated risks with
my machine - I even back up first!

Using Vista Home premium / IIS / PHP5 I have developed a customer feedback
system for the front of my store. It is completely stand alone. I use an .HTA
to grab the whole screen and hav hidden the task bar, turned off all
hibernation and disabled the power switch (OK someone ...

The term 'Admin' is the main administrator on the computer (run by a person,
not the actual 'Administrator' hidden account).
Here's what's happening:
I am NOT an administrator on my family's computer. The Admin, however, is a

Kaspersky Internet Security Suite or Anti-Virus is incompatible with this
version of Windows. For more information, contact <VENDOR>.
System
 - Provider

System restore points are never saved. Even after I manually save points and
it indicating it has succesfully save it, everytime i check back there are no
restore points saved. I am running Windows vista home edition. I have Norton
2007 installed.

My computer now has the Vista OS, the old OS was the XP. I did not made an
upgrade but Vista was able to keep all my files and move the old os to
windows.old.
Well, the problem is with some files. I have a folder, i.e., with a lot of

I have an idea that I think would really help improve Vista security.  At
the same time, it would make Vista run faster and take up less space, and it
would make things more difficult for malicious hackers.
Could someone tell me the flaw in this thinking ?

Vista is the first NT-based OS to ship with a maintenance OS...
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maintenance_OS
... as accessed by booting the Vista DVD (which is when you don't want
to be a victim of large-OEM "Genuine Advantage") and going to the

i bought a new computer with Vista and i can't copy my some of my files from
my old computer because access is denied on some directories on the new
computer.  there's only one user on the system -- me.  what happened?  Thanks.