What about my windows settings? If i create a new account will i have to set up all my windows settings again?

I created a new account and made it limited, but what does "get clean again" mean? I also didn't see anything that said "set how users logon", and i did add passwords to all accounts. It also asked me if i wanted to make my files private and i clicked yes.


I also tried adding a password to the guest account which i guess you cant do.

I also cant figure out how to set the Fast User Switching to Automatic. All i see is stop and restart.

Fast User -> properties -> {Auto, Manual, Disable} choose Auto

to set a password on Guest;

• first ENABLE the account
• then set the password
• then disable it again

get all your virus's, trojans and malware out of the system; eg get it clean :wink:

use the Control Panel ->User Accounts.
All the account names will show up and there are a list of actions above them

• add account
• delete account
• change account
• set the way users log on

great!

Ok i got it all figured out. I logged on to my personal account and it was almost like starting from scratch all my setting and some of my programs were gone. I think im going to stick with the owner account but with the added password that i enabled for a little while longer until i can get everything set the way i want it on my personal account.

You cant set a password for the guest account according to this

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/300489

The Guest account, even though disabled, is used for File/Sharing and not really part of your issues.
However, yes it can be set as shown - - I've done it for my system and for others.

The point of going to the usage of the LUA/UAC account is to avoid the window of opportunity
on the Admin account that gives the intruder the permissions to modify anything on the system.

February 3, 2009 (Computerworld) Nine of out 10 critical bugs reported by Microsoft Corp. last year could have been made moot, or at least made less dangerous, if people ran Windows without administrative rights, a developer of enterprise rights management software claimed today.

BeyondTrust Corp., which touts its Privilege Manager as a way for companies to lock down PCs, tallied the individual vulnerabilities that Microsoft disclosed in 2008, then examined each accompanying security bulletin. If the bulletin's "Mitigating Factors" section, the part that spells out how to lessen the risk of attack or eliminate it entirely, said that users with fewer rights "could be less impacted than users who operate with administrative rights," BeyondTrust counted the bug.

How did you set a password for the Guest account. I logged on in Guest and didn't see anyway to set a password and the link above says Guest passwords cant be set.

Use the Admin account; get the Control Panel=>User Accounts

click Change Account, then click Guest
click Turn On Guest Account
click Change Account => Guest
click change Password
then click Turn Off Account

All im seeing is "change the picture", "turn of the guest account". Are you using Windows XP?

Yes for a LONG time now; XP/Pro;
Did you notice over 8800 posts since 04-27-2005 . . .

try accessing using run->control->user accounts or

Here's a picture of what you SHOULD be seeing:



It's a small matter compared to the Lua vs Admin issue so don't get obsessed with it :wave:

Thats where im going but when i turn on guest and try to change account there is no option to do a password with a guest account.

could be in the Simple File Sharing option - - again; of no major concern compared to the ADMIN issue

Anybody got any more ideas on the original post? Its still coming and going sometimes it says i need ot install activex and sometimes its already installed.

Any possibility that i could be doing this when i run a clean up? I use Webroot Windows Washer, CCleaner, Advanced System Care. What should i look for in the settings to see if this might be the problem?

What about in the Custom Security settings some of those Acitve X things are disabled would that be it?

Im hoping enabling some of those java options in the custom security settings has fixed it, but it just seams weird that default would not allow it.