Vista - several apps not saving settings.

[W.D.]

Hi

My Vista Home Premium install works well and is nice and stable (dual Xeons,
plenty of memory, standard peripherals) but

- On startup / login many apps have not saved their settings, for example :

Windows Live Messenger does not remember my e-mail/login
Firefox reports 'did not close properly, start new or restor session'
Outlook reports 'Did not shut down properly, Start in safe mode Yes/No?'
Vista does the 'screen dims and asks for permission' for *loads* of tasks -
all have been performed before (ie run Device Manager, change a file
permission)

Do you think these are app-specific problems or a general Vista setting or
problem .?

Thanks in advance for any help

 

[Frank Saunders, MS-MVP OE/WM]

"W.D." <W.D.@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:5AD6037A-704B-45C9-945C-2B32EE58D96A@microsoft.com...
> Hi
>
> My Vista Home Premium install works well and is nice and stable (dual
> Xeons,
> plenty of memory, standard peripherals) but
>
> - On startup / login many apps have not saved their settings, for example
> :
>
> Windows Live Messenger does not remember my e-mail/login
> Firefox reports 'did not close properly, start new or restor session'
> Outlook reports 'Did not shut down properly, Start in safe mode Yes/No?'
> Vista does the 'screen dims and asks for permission' for *loads* of
> tasks -
> all have been performed before (ie run Device Manager, change a file
> permission)
>
> Do you think these are app-specific problems or a general Vista setting or
> problem .?
>
> Thanks in advance for any help

It might be a security program blocking the Registry change it needs to
make. A few, but not all, of the programs now doing this are:
Ad-aware's Ad-Watch
IBM Access Connections
McAfee VirusScan and/or Antispyware
Norton AV
Spyware Blaster
Spybot> Tools> IE Tweaks
Spybot- Teatimer
Spysweeper
Spyware Doctor
Windows Defender
Zone Alarm (free) 6.5 Reported to be fixed in later versions.

In the case of Zone Alarm 6.5 or Norton 2007 it actually has to be
uninstalled. Make sure the Windows Firewall is turned on until you
reinstall Zone Alarm.

Boot into Safe Mode with Networking and try the change.

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