Vista Questions

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]

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

Trend Micro

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.

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?

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

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?

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.

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?

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.