[H] WinXP Question(?)

2009-03-21 Thread DHSinclair
I have now had one of my new (6mo+) WinXP machines do something very strange and scary (well to me anyway). Yes, I am freaked out ATM! Late last night I went to this machine to flush and shutdown the Dnetc application "rc5-72." I did this, no problem. Then I chose to update both my MalwareByt

Re: [H] WinXP Question(?)

2009-03-21 Thread tmservo
Dnetc goes back... Way back. Its just a background task that crunches numbers for distributed computing. You should be able to find and delete. Sent via BlackBerry -Original Message- From: DHSinclair Date: Sat, 21 Mar 2009 14:44:41 To: Hardware Group Subject: [H] WinXP Question(?)

Re: [H] WinXP Question(?)

2009-03-21 Thread DHSinclair
Chris, The "dnetc" business is not the problemYes, it stopped/deleted as expected. I even used 'eraser' to clean the "recycle bin." Dnetc is gone. There is something else problematic here. Thanks, Duncan At 18:53 03/21/2009 +, you wrote: Dnetc goes back... Way back. Its just a background

[H] Vista Permissions

2009-03-21 Thread Winterlight
I am running Vista 64 Home Premium. I have UAC disabled and I have given myself Administrative privileges. Unfortunately, that isn't enough for everything, such as loading regedit which must be done by Administrator. I there a way for me to become Administrator within my user session so I don'

Re: [H] WinXP Question(?)

2009-03-21 Thread Richard Quilhot
Sounds like windows update got you. Richard E. Quilhot C.N.A. quilh...@gmail.com Samuel Beckett - "Birth was the death of him." On Sat, Mar 21, 2009 at 3:21 PM, DHSinclair wrote: > Chris, > The "dnetc" business is not the problemYes, it stopped/deleted as > expected. > I even used 'erase

Re: [H] WinXP Question(?)

2009-03-21 Thread DHSinclair
Bytes or SpybotS&D in SafeMode..dumb me >> I may try this later this afternoon off the lan! >> I believe that I fully backed up this machine this past December; so if I >> have to kill/rebuild it I should loose very little. The system is ~6mo >> old. >> >> The machine is now OFF (psu=0) and disconnected from the lan. >> Thanks, >> Duncan >> > > __ NOD32 3953 (20090321) Information __ This message was checked by NOD32 antivirus system. http://www.eset.com

Re: [H] WinXP Question(?)

2009-03-21 Thread Richard Quilhot
gt; looking >> >> MS "Genuine Advantage" window in the lower right corner telling me that >> my >> >> WinXP installed OS now appears to be suspect! It wanted me to go get >> some >> >> file and run it. I did not! >> >>

Re: [H] WinXP Question(?)

2009-03-21 Thread nobozoz
Duncan, Have you looked here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Windows_Genuine_Advantage Anything look familiar? There's also a possibility WGA hit you with a false positive. Does M$ reimburse you for your troubleshooting time? Didn't think so. Jim DHSinclair wrote: I have now had one of

Re: [H] WinXP Question(?)

2009-03-21 Thread DHSinclair
t corner telling me that >> my >> >> WinXP installed OS now appears to be suspect! It wanted me to go get >> some >> >> file and run it. I did not! >> >> >> >> Is this real? Is this a worm/virus/trojan I now need to go find? >> >&

Re: [H] Vista Permissions

2009-03-21 Thread Bobby Heid
Comments in-line. Bobby -Original Message- From: hardware-boun...@hardwaregroup.com [mailto:hardware-boun...@hardwaregroup.com] On Behalf Of Winterlight Sent: Saturday, March 21, 2009 3:36 PM To: hardware@hardwaregroup.com Subject: [H] Vista Permissions >I am running Vista 64 Home Premiu

Re: [H] WinXP Question(?)

2009-03-21 Thread DHSinclair
may try this later this afternoon off the lan! I believe that I fully backed up this machine this past December; so if I have to kill/rebuild it I should loose very little. The system is ~6mo old. The machine is now OFF (psu=0) and disconnected from the lan. Thanks, Duncan __ NOD3

Re: [H] Vista Permissions

2009-03-21 Thread Winterlight
You can right-click on the shortcut and select Run as Administrator (or set the setting in the properties for the shortcut and run as admin). I think that either way, it will make you enter the credentials of an administrator if the current user is not one. That does not work on some things,

Re: [H] Vista Permissions

2009-03-21 Thread Bobby Heid
I am running Vista 64 Ultimate. I am using an admin account also. I do use UAC though. I wonder if turning UAC off is what is causing you issues? When I run regedit (from the search thing on the start menu), I do get a UAC pop-up. I click on continue and all is well. I misread your earlier pos

Re: [H] Vista Permissions

2009-03-21 Thread FORC5
n ADMIN account! > > >__ Information from ESET NOD32 Antivirus, version of virus signature >database 3953 (20090321) __ > >The message was checked by ESET NOD32 Antivirus. > >http://www.eset.com > >

Re: [H] Vista Permissions

2009-03-21 Thread Eli Allen
Sounds like a security policy of windows got set that's unrelated to UAC: Check: http://www.winhelponline.com/articles/156/1/Error-Registry-editing-has-been- disabled-by-your-administrator-when-you-open-the-Registry-Editor-in-Windows- Vista.html Eli -Original Message- From: hardware-boun

Re: [H] Vista Permissions

2009-03-21 Thread Winterlight
That did the trick! Thanks! At 06:38 PM 3/21/2009, you wrote: Sounds like a security policy of windows got set that's unrelated to UAC: Check: http://www.winhelponline.com/articles/156/1/Error-Registry-editing-has-been- disabled-by-your-administrator-when-you-open-the-Registry-Editor-in-Windo