I have recently installed Vista Business on my XP Pro laptop.
The installation was as smooth as silk but it is taking a while to
familiarize myself with Vista - probably because I am old.
My problem is that I am attempting to install Adobe Acrobat 8 Standard both

I have a problem with the security settings in IE7. Everytime I reboot my
settings change and I have to restore them.
I have the settings set in custom level to allow programmatic clipboard
access but it disables that and some other settings after a reboot.

I've seen posts describing the /verifyreposition /salvagerepository switches
for winmgmt.  Verify has always show the repository is consistent. Using the
netstop, rename repository, net start approach initially works, but within a
day Security Center is reporting multiple ...

I´m experimented problems when I try change the local timezone of my windows
vista machine. I´m at Brazil and the DST is not static every year it is
changed by president. So When I try edit it using the timexone.exe too.....
using the syntax... timezone.exe /s 02:0:1:11 02:0:3:02 ...

I just want to share with you my thoughts about smart card authentication
implementation in Vista.
I know that smart card logon, also known as strong authentication or
two-factor authentication, can be performed on a machine that is connected to

I have Vista 32 Premium, and I use Windows Defender for malware protection,
Avast! Home for virus protection, and Windows Firewall as my firewall.  All
of them are on 100% of the time, and I run regular scans.  I've been using
that setup for 4 or 5 months with no problem.  

my windows vista came with windows defender (i think all come)
but i also installed ad-aware 2007 which is an antispyware program too.Is
there any problem to have 2 antispywares on my pc?

I'm having a problem where Vista is blocking SuperAntiSpyware during
startup.  I've tried ticking the "run as admin" box in the EXE's properties,
but no joy.  The only way to stop the blocking is to disable UAC.  How can I
reclassify SAS so Vista will allow it to startup?

My computer must be infected. New Internet pages starts up continuously with
advertizing and in particular urging me to download and install
“AntiSpywareSuite”. Warning windows with the text “Windows Internet Explorer”
at the top of frame, also pop ups asking me:

I have been testing Vista for out office and am having a lot of trouble with
Office 2007.  It gets a lot of App crashes.  I decided to rebuild the test PC
one more time.  There is only one user which was the administrator I added
during the setup.  If is joined to a domain, but ...

HOW DO YOU DESABLE THE NCRC SO THAT IT CAN BE BYPASSED TO INSTALL A PROGRAM?
I'M TRYING TO INSTALL KAPERSKY ANTIVIRUS.

I started checking for sporting goods items on ebay & when I try to get past
the front page, I keep getting pop ups from security if I trust the page.  
Then security just shuts down the internet connection.  I want to be able to
shop on ebay.  I want the security questions to ...

I have an app that I transferred from Win XP to Win Vista.
Now the app will only work properly if opened as administrator. Can I make
this file automatically open with "run as administrator" without the
right-click and selecting run as administrator every time? In other words

After re-enabling UAC,
1 of the 4 users cannot login anymore.
He types as usual his credentials,
the login seems to proceed,

Ummm . . . If I somehow managed to encrypt files (with EFS) but some
with one key and others with another key, is there an easy way to get
them all properly encypted with the same key?
                                          Thanks, Alan