administrative rights

Revision Note: V1.2 (January 19, 2011): Clarified that the Modify the Access Control List (ACL) on shimgvw.dll workaround only applies to Windows XP and Windows Server 2003 systems and added a new workaround, Disable viewing of thumbnails in Windows Explorer on Windows Vista and Windows Server...

Severity Rating: Important - Revision Note: V1.0 (November 9, 2010): Bulletin published.Summary: This security update resolves two privately reported vulnerabilities in Microsoft Office that could allow remote code execution if a user opens a specially crafted PowerPoint file. An attacker who...

Bulletin Severity Rating:Moderate - This security update resolves a publicly disclosed vulnerability in the Microsoft Foundation Class (MFC) Library. The vulnerability could allow remote code execution if a user is logged on with administrative user rights and opens an application built with the...

Bulletin Severity Rating:Important - This security update resolves a privately reported vulnerability in the Windows common control library. The vulnerability could allow remote code execution if a user visited a specially crafted Web page. If a user is logged on with administrative user rights...

I keep getting the 2203 Error regardring MSI and tried several fixes including MS Utility Cleaner. Unfortuatlety it won't allow me to install it even as admin. So, I read someone's post in another forum to create a new profile, bring over all my stuff then just delete the old profile. It seems...

Severity Rating: Critical - Revision Note: V1.0 (August 10, 2010): Bulletin published.Summary: This security update resolves four privately reported vulnerabilities in Microsoft Office. The most severe vulnerabilities could allow remote code execution if a user opens or previews a specially...

Bulletin Severity Rating:Critical - This security update resolves a publicly disclosed vulnerability in Windows Shell. The vulnerability could allow remote code execution if the icon of a specially crafted shortcut is displayed. An attacker who successfully exploited this vulnerability could...

Windows 7 Ultimate with 2 users accounts: "admin" and "simple user" How to grant to the "simple user" the right to install fonts without giving it administrative privileges ?

Need some help with this problem and after much Googling (an awful verb) i cannot find an answer. I'm trying to stop users from changing the Properties of Network Connections - in particular the IP Address. Using Group Policy editor i can set the relevant policies to 'Enable' and in Win XP this...

I have three Users setup, all with Administrative Rights. I edited the Program Menu for one of the Users and found that it affected all three Users. You can personalize the Desktop and Backrounds, but why not the Progams that are listed in the Start Menu? Is it possible to setup individual...

Looking to edit hosts file to block some annoying ad-senders sites but there is no HOSTS file in ordinary location (C:\Windows\System32\drivers\etc. Also not in mentioned C:\Windows\SysWOW64. I find same HOSTS file in...

I made the mistake of installing trend micro on windows 7. How would I go about repairing this. Windows 7 wont allow updates from trend. Computer keeps crashing, I have no administrative rights to recover or remove program. I know xp but new to vista-windows7

It appears that in the past week, my system has become infected and now continuously retarts explorer and limits all administrative rights. I have come up in safe mode and checked for newly added programs, run spyware doctor, adjusted DEP, but have had no luck in stemming the problem. Except in...

My Vista Ultimate Programs > Accessories > System Tools > Disk Defragmenter has stopped working. I hadn't used it for about two months because it showed my HDD wasn't fragged that much so I don't know what might have caused it. Now when I click Disk Defragmenter the UAC window prompts me to...

Hi I'm having a weird sort of problem. Whenever I plug in a USB device like a mouse or USB flash drive, Windows Vista claims that it cannot find drivers for it!! I have to specify to look in the c:\windows\system32 folder (inc. sub dir) to find the Windows drivers and it will eventually install...