Problems With Vista

[Corey]

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....

 

[n00k]

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)

 

[Corey]

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...

 

[Scott]

[........]

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?
--
Scott http://angrykeyboarder.com

A: Because it messes up the order in which people normally read text.
Q: Why is top-posting such a bad thing?
NOTICE: In-Newsgroup (and therefore off-topic) comments on my sig will
be cheerfully ignored, so don't waste our time.

 

[Conor]

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.