Vista Questions

[Dracula]

Ok I have Vista I have a couple questions

1.Should I turn Windows defender on?

2.Is fire wall woth being turned on?? [heard it makes so u cant download random things even if there is no virus]

[tosh9i]

Do you currently have a firewall or antivirus software (norton, mcafee, trend micro etc.)?

[Dracula]

Trend Micro

[Zero001]

Just leave default settings. I rarely see Windows defender, unless you're talking about UAC which stops bugging you after the program is setup. Windows firewall does no such thing. If it has a problem with something it will ask you if you want to grant it permission, again rare pop-up. It's Windows not rocket science.

If you feel better about using other software feel free to do so.

[Dracula]

when i click turn on in security center a thing pops up and ses

"Security Ceneter cant turn on windows firewall" then there is a thing under it saying

"turn on windows firewall manually"

what now?

[Zero001]

Idk why you would have so much trouble just trying to turn on a fire wall.

Try

Start> Control Panel > Security Center > Windows Firewall (on the left column) > Turn Windows Firewall On or Off (on th left column) > click continue on the UAC > select ON and then click OK

[Dracula]

The thing i click to turn on is faded i cant select it i click it nothing happens?

The only thing that looks out of place is a thing at the top in a yellow box which ses

"For your security, some settings are controlled by Group Policy"

any suggestions?

[Itch]

Is this a work computer? Group policy is usually used in a domain environment by a network admin to maintain certain settings on a computer. It can be worked around.. but if you are on a work computer or on a corporate network you probably should let the admins there know you'd like to use it or ask why you can't.

[Zero001]

Are you using an administrative user account?

The message "For your security, some settings are controlled by Group Policy" leads me to believe that you're not on a user account with administrator privileges.


If you are can you post a screen shot of what you're seeing?

[Dracula]

Oh no this is a house computer im the only one who uses it so wtf?

When i right click on certan things i can run as admin.