Cookies and Ads and permissions

Since I can't install my Norton Internet Security to manage
cookies selectivly and ads and the beta virus software recommended by
MS doesn't have have ad and cookie control I am going to be forced to
uninstal Vista from my machine. Hopefully Norton will have a product
available soon that is compatible with Vista.

Also annoying is the permissions that is needed to enter sytem
folders. This might be nice on a network, but there are a lot on
computers out there set up for a single user. The user security needs
to have a simple way to turn it off completely on a sole user machine.

Hi,

> Since I can't install my Norton Internet Security to manage
> cookies selectivly and ads and the beta virus software recommended by
> MS doesn't have have ad and cookie control I am going to be forced to
> uninstal Vista from my machine. Hopefully Norton will have a product
> available soon that is compatible with Vista.

NIS2007 is going to be Vista compatible, I do not know at this time if they
are going to update any of their older versions to be so (somehow I doubt
it, but stranger things have happened). It won't be out until around the
same time Vista is released.

> Also annoying is the permissions that is needed to enter sytem
> folders. This might be nice on a network, but there are a lot on
> computers out there set up for a single user. The user security needs
> to have a simple way to turn it off completely on a sole user machine.

Those permissions are designed to protect an average user from themselves.
You can disable UAC from the tools tab of msconfig, and set folder options
in the control panel to allow users to see hidden and system files (on the
view tab). Most users have no need to get into these folders, networked or
not, and the settings should be left as is.

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Best of Luck,

Rick Rogers, aka "Nutcase" - Microsoft MVP
http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/
Windows help - www.rickrogers.org

"manicd" <nospam@nospam.com> wrote in message
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On Thu, 22 Jun 2006 06:28:50 -0400, "Rick Rogers" <rick@mvps.org>
wrote:

>Those permissions are designed to protect an average user from themselves.
>You can disable UAC from the tools tab of msconfig, and set folder options
>in the control panel to allow users to see hidden and system files (on the
>view tab). Most users have no need to get into these folders, networked or
>not, and the settings should be left as is.

UAC is turned off and I still need to play games to get into folders.
Having to set permissions for each individual folder is really
ridiculous. After all, I own my computer, not MS. Those users that
need to be "protected" can be. There still should be a simple way fo
those of us that want access can get it on our own machine. I love
customizing my machine for my use and benefit. If Vista is going to
block this, then it is an operating system that should not be allowed
on the market.


Any company that is blocking access to portions of a persons privately
owned machine is up to no good no matter what excuse they can come up
with.