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I’d recommend you try Vista for a week or two before thinking about changing UAC. Once you are finished installing your application programs UAC should settle down. NOTE: be sure to execute the installers with the context menu “run as administrator”. Older programs which are not architected to Vista standards may not install correctly otherwise.

Once you feel you are ready to do some tweaking see WinBubble 1.76, “Customization and Tweaks, Not Just for Geek’s But For ALL” – UnlockForUs and/or Tweak UI For Windows Vista : Ultimate Windows Tweaker From WinVistaClub. Both are free and easy to use.

As far as security software goes, what do you want? A security suite or individual programs? With Vista at home I use the Windows firewall and FREE antivirus software with spyware protection: avast! Home Edition.

Joe

I concer with Joe.
I use malwarebytea as well as avast home and windows firewall.
You should also go out and buy “Windows Vista Timesaving Techiques for dummies” by Mr Woody Leonard.

The main thing though is play with vista dig into it get to know it, you wont be dissapointed.
Also make sure your new computer has enough grunt to run it . You need at least 4gig of ram and a 2.4 GHz CPU duel core.

Gus..

I never had the drive to begin with.

Thanks for the suggestions though.

Joe

Joe.
One of those moments!!

Gus..

Joperez.
If you still have the drive??

I have saved a few drives with the same or simler problem.
Sounds like it has a bad sector or 2.
If you boot to dos using a boot disc such as win98 [only have the bad drive conected]
Use fdisk and delete all non dos partitions then format it, may fix the drive.
Then it may not.

Gus..

Joe.
Found it,thanks.
[not that it makes much sense]

Gus..

Peter.
Left click on the windows logo at bottom left of your screen.
left click on all programs.
Right click on the program you wish to pin to start menu and select pin to start menu.
To remove right click on program in start menu and select unpin from start menu.
I have both biz & ult.Works in both.

GUS..

I for one like to chew my tea.
My old mum used to make it like tar.
My tea bag stays in the cup untill the end.

Gus..

Thanks Leif.

Gus..

Jimmy.
Go to this site it may help.
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/313498

AL.
I have switched to Avast and never looked back.
No update download problems or any other for that matter.

Gus..

Chuck

%SystemRoot%system32rundll32.exe iesetup.dll,IEHardenAdmin is related to Internet Explorer Enhanced Security Configuration (ESC).
You may have picked up a root kit or some other nasty. I would run a scan for root kits and go from there.

Gus..

So what was the cause? It might help someone else who finds your post with a search.

I am not 100% sure but it seems that vista or something in the boot file
Could not read the end of the drive [1.86tb] and there for did not find the OS.
I created a small partition [400gig ] at the front of the raid and loaded the os in that and it all worked.
Weather this was the correct way to fix the problem I don’t know.But it seems to have worked.

Gus..

Work has been cutting into my online time.
But after a lot of beer and not much golf I have sorted the problem.

Gus..

Leif.
Thanks for the links.They answered just about all my questions.
I will go with either 0 or 10 as speed is what I am after.

Gus..

No.

Gus

Joe.
First thing I did.
I did not fix the error but backed up thunderbird with mozbackup uninstalled and reinstalled all seems to work fine now.
Thanks again for the advice.

Gus..