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Hi

 

My Vista Home Premium install works well and is nice and stable (dual Xeons,

plenty of memory, standard peripherals) but

 

- On startup / login many apps have not saved their settings, for example :

 

Windows Live Messenger does not remember my e-mail/login

Firefox reports 'did not close properly, start new or restor session'

Outlook reports 'Did not shut down properly, Start in safe mode Yes/No?'

Vista does the 'screen dims and asks for permission' for *loads* of tasks -

all have been performed before (ie run Device Manager, change a file

permission)

 

Do you think these are app-specific problems or a general Vista setting or

problem .?

 

Thanks in advance for any help

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    "W.D." <W.D.@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message

    news:5AD6037A-704B-45C9-945C-2B32EE58D96A@microsoft.com...

    > Hi

    >

    > My Vista Home Premium install works well and is nice and stable (dual

    > Xeons,

    > plenty of memory, standard peripherals) but

    >

    > - On startup / login many apps have not saved their settings, for example

    > :

    >

    > Windows Live Messenger does not remember my e-mail/login

    > Firefox reports 'did not close properly, start new or restor session'

    > Outlook reports 'Did not shut down properly, Start in safe mode Yes/No?'

    > Vista does the 'screen dims and asks for permission' for *loads* of

    > tasks -

    > all have been performed before (ie run Device Manager, change a file

    > permission)

    >

    > Do you think these are app-specific problems or a general Vista setting or

    > problem .?

    >

    > Thanks in advance for any help

     

    It might be a security program blocking the Registry change it needs to

    make. A few, but not all, of the programs now doing this are:

    Ad-aware's Ad-Watch

    IBM Access Connections

    McAfee VirusScan and/or Antispyware

    Norton AV

    Spyware Blaster

    Spybot> Tools> IE Tweaks

    Spybot- Teatimer

    Spysweeper

    Spyware Doctor

    Windows Defender

    Zone Alarm (free) 6.5 Reported to be fixed in later versions.

     

    In the case of Zone Alarm 6.5 or Norton 2007 it actually has to be

    uninstalled. Make sure the Windows Firewall is turned on until you

    reinstall Zone Alarm.

     

    Boot into Safe Mode with Networking and try the change.

     

    --

    Frank Saunders, MS-MVP OE/WM

    Do not send mail.

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