Problems With Vista

I have installed Windows Vista Home Premium on my computer and I've had
several issues that are probably more annoyances than big issues but I would
like to resolve them....

The permissions issue...is there any way around this? I get asked for
permission almost every time I open a program (sometimes twice). I am the
only user on the computer and it is annoying especially since all I have to
do is click on the box and it goes away...no password required--hardly any
security at all.

Minesweeper- this used to be a very basic game that would run on Windows 3x
with 1 meg (not gig) of memory and no problems. However I now have tried
using it on Vista and I can never complete a game without it hanging up in
the middle (sometimes several times). This is definitely not fun. Is there
a fix for this?

Internet Explorer...I know this is not an IE7 issue because I have IE7 on an
XP machine that I'm still using and I don't have this issue. I have created
a shortcut that I occasionally like to use for opening a blank page while
still having a shortcut that opens my home page. The shortcut is coded like
this.
"Program Files\Internet Explorer\iexplore.exe" -nohome. When I try and
execute this shortcut nothing happens. On XP and earlier versions IE would
open with a blank page instead of my home page. Is there a solution for
this (or a reasonable workaround)?

Thanks for any help....

Corey wrote:
> I have installed Windows Vista Home Premium on my computer and I've had
> several issues that are probably more annoyances than big issues but I
> would like to resolve them....
>
> The permissions issue...is there any way around this? I get asked for
> permission almost every time I open a program (sometimes twice). I am
> the only user on the computer and it is annoying especially since all I
> have to do is click on the box and it goes away...no password
> required--hardly any security at all.
>
> Minesweeper- this used to be a very basic game that would run on Windows
> 3x with 1 meg (not gig) of memory and no problems. However I now have
> tried using it on Vista and I can never complete a game without it
> hanging up in the middle (sometimes several times). This is definitely
> not fun. Is there a fix for this?
>
> Internet Explorer...I know this is not an IE7 issue because I have IE7
> on an XP machine that I'm still using and I don't have this issue. I
> have created a shortcut that I occasionally like to use for opening a
> blank page while still having a shortcut that opens my home page. The
> shortcut is coded like this.
> "Program Files\Internet Explorer\iexplore.exe" -nohome. When I try and
> execute this shortcut nothing happens. On XP and earlier versions IE
> would open with a blank page instead of my home page. Is there a
> solution for this (or a reasonable workaround)?
>
> Thanks for any help....
>
>

Try this

http://www.tweakvista.com/article39024.aspx

And go to the home page to see lots of other Vista tips & tweaks :0)

Thanks for the response. The tweak to disable the user account control does
work but it also keeps that red 'x' on the task bar saying there's a
security problem. Is there a way to disable this cleanly?

Also does anyone have answers to the other two issues I raised (Minesweeper
and Internet Explorer)?

Thanks...


"n00k" <nook@charter.net> wrote in message
news:OZwv%23muVHHA.4028@TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl...
> Corey wrote:
>> I have installed Windows Vista Home Premium on my computer and I've had
>> several issues that are probably more annoyances than big issues but I
>> would like to resolve them....
>>
>> The permissions issue...is there any way around this? I get asked for
>> permission almost every time I open a program (sometimes twice). I am
>> the only user on the computer and it is annoying especially since all I
>> have to do is click on the box and it goes away...no password
>> required--hardly any security at all.
>>
>> Minesweeper- this used to be a very basic game that would run on Windows
>> 3x with 1 meg (not gig) of memory and no problems. However I now have
>> tried using it on Vista and I can never complete a game without it
>> hanging up in the middle (sometimes several times). This is definitely
>> not fun. Is there a fix for this?
>>
>> Internet Explorer...I know this is not an IE7 issue because I have IE7 on
>> an XP machine that I'm still using and I don't have this issue. I have
>> created a shortcut that I occasionally like to use for opening a blank
>> page while still having a shortcut that opens my home page. The shortcut
>> is coded like this.
>> "Program Files\Internet Explorer\iexplore.exe" -nohome. When I try and
>> execute this shortcut nothing happens. On XP and earlier versions IE
>> would open with a blank page instead of my home page. Is there a
>> solution for this (or a reasonable workaround)?
>>
>> Thanks for any help....
>>
>>
>
> Try this
>
> http://www.tweakvista.com/article39024.aspx
>
> And go to the home page to see lots of other Vista tips & tweaks :0)

On Thu, 22 Feb 2007 18:56:13 -0500, "Corey" <no@none.com> spake
thusly:

[........]
>Internet Explorer...I know this is not an IE7 issue because I have IE7 on an
>XP machine that I'm still using and I don't have this issue. I have created
>a shortcut that I occasionally like to use for opening a blank page while
>still having a shortcut that opens my home page. The shortcut is coded like
>this.
>"Program Files\Internet Explorer\iexplore.exe" -nohome. When I try and
>execute this shortcut nothing happens. On XP and earlier versions IE would
>open with a blank page instead of my home page. Is there a solution for
>this (or a reasonable workaround)?

Why not change your home page preference to blank and use the shortcut
for the page you'd otherwise want?
--
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In article <uCGbJ0tVHHA.1208@TK2MSFTNGP03.phx.gbl>, Corey says...
> I have installed Windows Vista Home Premium on my computer and I've had
> several issues that are probably more annoyances than big issues but I would
> like to resolve them....
>
> The permissions issue...is there any way around this? I get asked for
> permission almost every time I open a program (sometimes twice). I am the
> only user on the computer and it is annoying especially since all I have to
> do is click on the box and it goes away...no password required--hardly any
> security at all.
>
Blamew the people who wrote the programs for not following basic
security requirements and needing a spreadsheet to be run as
administrator.



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Conor

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