Recent content by srleslie

I've made peace with Windows security, but in the process created the Global Admin account you described. Now I have two options every time I boot up or restart. Thoreau said "simplify, simplify" (or was that Gandhi?): Is there any way to remove the second account? Control Panel/User...

Hmm, worth a try. But didn't work. Set Registry bit to 0 as specified, restarted computer, checked that change "stuck," Autorun still ran when DVD inserted into drive.

Thanks. I suspected an important distinction between AutoPlay and AutoRun, and this verifies it. The fact that "Autorun is incorporated into the media types that use it..." would bolster the sad news that it may indeed be un-turn-off-able. Thanks a lot, once again, Microsoft. The shift key...

Every time I touch my laptop in the wrong place the DVD drive opens. That's annoying. But not half as annoying as the fact that, when I close the drive, Windows Media Player interrupts whatever it's doing to start whatever disk in it. I have AutoPlay in Control Panel set for "Take no action" in...

Now that's an explanation I could get my teeth into! Thanks, and you've given me much to work on. The lame_enc.dll issue is resolved (I'd forgotten I'd donated $10 for the package to the authorized downloader and it was still in my download folder) and the Advice.com point about rogue dll...

Already done. Audacity.exe still couldn't find a dll in System32, and there's a bunch of other times I've tried to access, say, Documents and settings, only to be told I don't "have permission." I don't even know where that's coming from! Has nothing to do with User Account Control; that just...

Win7 is driving me nuts. I just tried to link Audacity to the lame_enc.dll mp3 encoder, but it couldn't find it in c:\windows\system32, where it was (according to xplorer2) and where it was supposed to be. I had to move it to another folder before the link would happen. I'm the only one who has...