You can't make that kind of decision....you're just a grunt. No offense. On 4 February 2010 14:03, Steven M. Caesare <[email protected]> wrote:
> “Nuke it from orbit. It’s the only way to be sure.” > > > > -sc > > > > *From:* John Aldrich [mailto:[email protected]] > *Sent:* Thursday, February 04, 2010 8:31 AM > > *To:* NT System Admin Issues > *Subject:* RE: Windows 7 problem (Home user) > > > > Can’t **get** to the firewall… it won’t open. L I can barely get the > computer to log into the user’s profile. Much more than that is a fight…. > And it’s got 6 Gb of RAM on a 64-bit O/S! > > > > [image: John-Aldrich][image: Tile-Tools] > > > > *From:* Eisenberg, Wayne [mailto:[email protected]] > *Sent:* Wednesday, February 03, 2010 10:46 PM > > *To:* NT System Admin Issues > *Subject:* RE: Windows 7 problem (Home user) > > > > We found we had strange problems with getting IP addresses that we > ultimately solved by creating firewall rules that explicitly exclude DHCP > traffic (UDP ports 67 and 68 for IPv4) from IPSec encryption > requirements.(Something that **ought** to be done by default but doesn’t > always work at this point – maybe SP1?) We used a GPO, but obviously for > home users, just change the firewall settings directly. > > > > Good luck, > > Wayne > > > > > > > > *From:* John Aldrich [mailto:[email protected]] > *Sent:* Wednesday, February 03, 2010 8:48 AM > *To:* NT System Admin Issues > *Subject:* Windows 7 problem (Home user) > > > > I am working on a computer for one of my users. It’s a brand new HP running > Windows 7 Home Premium and I’m having a devil of a time with it. The user > complains that it suddenly started taking forever to do anything and that it > can’t get to the internet any more. I found he’d installed a second > antivirus on top of the Norton that it came with (BitDefender, I think it > was) which I finally removed after going into safe mode and running the > uninstaller that I downloaded and put on a CD. That’s another thing – it > doesn’t recognize my USB Memory stick that I tried to attach to it; at least > not in normal mode. It’ll show up in Safe Mode, but not normal mode. Also > can’t get into the Firewall settings, not even to allow a program to bypass > the firewall. > > > > I’ve run the latest version of Vipre Rescue and installed Malware Bytes, > but I can’t update MB because I can’t get to the internet. L I’ve already > tried running “netsh winsock reset” and that really didn’t help anything > either. > > > > Any suggestions? This is really only my second Windows 7 machine that I’ve > laid hands on. The first one was a Windows 7 Professional that I installed > on a spare box using the Release Candidate that Microsoft let anyone > download and install. > > > > Thanks! > > > > > > [image: John-Aldrich][image: Tile-Tools] > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > -- "On two occasions...I have been asked, 'Pray, Mr Babbage, if you put into the machine wrong figures, will the right answers come out?' I am not able rightly to apprehend the kind of confusion of ideas that could provoke such a question." ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~
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