Protected mode off

[didig]

I bought an HP computer in July, had a tech from circuit city set it up, he
had to do a system restore after he set it up, tried to complain to the
store, told to bring my machine back. After 10 days they told me it was
perfect. Brought it home and the protected mode said off. We went through all
the settings, it was enabled, computer was restarted, and message never went
away. I was told don't worry, my computer is perfect and protected. What do
you thinK?

 

[David Sanders]

I bought an HP computer in July, had a tech from circuit city set it up, he
had to do a system restore after he set it up, tried to complain to the
store, told to bring my machine back. After 10 days they told me it was
perfect. Brought it home and the protected mode said off. We went through all
the settings, it was enabled, computer was restarted, and message never went
away. I was told don't worry, my computer is perfect and protected. What do
you thinK?

Are you talking about the protected mode of IE7?
You set it under internet options > security

 

[Bob]

Check Internet Options>Security tab to see if Protected Mode is checked.

If it is checked my guess is that circuit city turned off UAC and never
turned it back on. If UAC is off Protected Mode is disabled.

 

[didig]

yes - Windows Explorer 7

Are you talking about the protected mode of IE7?
You set it under internet options > security

 

[didig]

The security tab enables protected mode. I'm using Internet Explorer 7.
What's UAC?

 

[Frank Saunders MS-MVP IE,OE/WM]

yes - Windows Explorer 7

Windows Explorer (explorer.exe) and Internet Explorer (iexplore.exe) are
different things. Sort of.

 

[didig]

I meant Internet Explorer , not windows

Windows Explorer (explorer.exe) and Internet Explorer (iexplore.exe) are
different things. Sort of.

 

[Bob]

The security tab enables protected mode. I'm using Internet Explorer 7.
What's UAC?

See Shawn's post in this thread.

 

[David Sanders]

I meant Internet Explorer , not windows

Did you try enabling it? If it won't work go to control panel > User
Accounts and enable User Account Control.