Protected mode off

I bought an HP computer in July, had a tech from circuit city set it up, he
had to do a system restore after he set it up, tried to complain to the
store, told to bring my machine back. After 10 days they told me it was
perfect. Brought it home and the protected mode said off. We went through all
the settings, it was enabled, computer was restarted, and message never went
away. I was told don't worry, my computer is perfect and protected. What do
you thinK?

didig wrote:
> I bought an HP computer in July, had a tech from circuit city set it up, he
> had to do a system restore after he set it up, tried to complain to the
> store, told to bring my machine back. After 10 days they told me it was
> perfect. Brought it home and the protected mode said off. We went through all
> the settings, it was enabled, computer was restarted, and message never went
> away. I was told don't worry, my computer is perfect and protected. What do
> you thinK?

Are you talking about the protected mode of IE7?
You set it under internet options > security

Check Internet Options>Security tab to see if Protected Mode is checked.

If it is checked my guess is that circuit city turned off UAC and never
turned it back on. If UAC is off Protected Mode is disabled.

"didig" <didig@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:2A3DA9BF-2127-4D27-A947-4D0CBF1A80CA@microsoft.com...
>I bought an HP computer in July, had a tech from circuit city set it up, he
> had to do a system restore after he set it up, tried to complain to the
> store, told to bring my machine back. After 10 days they told me it was
> perfect. Brought it home and the protected mode said off. We went through
> all
> the settings, it was enabled, computer was restarted, and message never
> went
> away. I was told don't worry, my computer is perfect and protected. What
> do
> you thinK?

yes - Windows Explorer 7

"David Sanders" wrote:

> didig wrote:
> > I bought an HP computer in July, had a tech from circuit city set it up, he
> > had to do a system restore after he set it up, tried to complain to the
> > store, told to bring my machine back. After 10 days they told me it was
> > perfect. Brought it home and the protected mode said off. We went through all
> > the settings, it was enabled, computer was restarted, and message never went
> > away. I was told don't worry, my computer is perfect and protected. What do
> > you thinK?
>
> Are you talking about the protected mode of IE7?
> You set it under internet options > security
>
>

The security tab enables protected mode. I'm using Internet Explorer 7.
What's UAC?

"Bob" wrote:

> Check Internet Options>Security tab to see if Protected Mode is checked.
>
> If it is checked my guess is that circuit city turned off UAC and never
> turned it back on. If UAC is off Protected Mode is disabled.
>
> "didig" <didig@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:2A3DA9BF-2127-4D27-A947-4D0CBF1A80CA@microsoft.com...
> >I bought an HP computer in July, had a tech from circuit city set it up, he
> > had to do a system restore after he set it up, tried to complain to the
> > store, told to bring my machine back. After 10 days they told me it was
> > perfect. Brought it home and the protected mode said off. We went through
> > all
> > the settings, it was enabled, computer was restarted, and message never
> > went
> > away. I was told don't worry, my computer is perfect and protected. What
> > do
> > you thinK?
>
>

didig;571580 Wrote:
> The security tab enables protected mode. I'm using Internet Explorer 7.
> What's UAC?
>
> "Bob" wrote:
> > > >
> > > Check Internet Options>Security tab to see if Protected Mode is
> > checked.
> > >
> > > If it is checked my guess is that circuit city turned off UAC and
> > never
> > > turned it back on. If UAC is off Protected Mode is disabled.
> > >
> > > "didig" <didig@xxxxxx> wrote in message
> > > news:2A3DA9BF-2127-4D27-A947-4D0CBF1A80CA@xxxxxx
> > >
> > > > >

didig,

If UAC is turned Off, then it will also turn off Protected Mode even if
it is enabled in IE7. You might check to see if had been turned off. You
can also see what UAC (User Account Control) is and does.

'User Account Control (UAC)'
(http://www.vistax64.com/tutorials/48...ntrol-uac.html)

Shawn


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"didig" <didig@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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> yes - Windows Explorer 7
>
> "David Sanders" wrote:
>
>> didig wrote:
>> > I bought an HP computer in July, had a tech from circuit city set it
>> > up, he
>> > had to do a system restore after he set it up, tried to complain to the
>> > store, told to bring my machine back. After 10 days they told me it was
>> > perfect. Brought it home and the protected mode said off. We went
>> > through all
>> > the settings, it was enabled, computer was restarted, and message never
>> > went
>> > away. I was told don't worry, my computer is perfect and protected.
>> > What do
>> > you thinK?
>>
>> Are you talking about the protected mode of IE7?
>> You set it under internet options > security
>>
>>

Windows Explorer (explorer.exe) and Internet Explorer (iexplore.exe) are
different things. Sort of.

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Frank Saunders MS-MVP IE,OE/WM
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Do not reply with email

I meant Internet Explorer , not windows

"Frank Saunders MS-MVP IE,OE/WM" wrote:

> "didig" <didig@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:59C35E09-4D75-456F-A44E-500F546B5AD7@microsoft.com...
> > yes - Windows Explorer 7
> >
> > "David Sanders" wrote:
> >
> >> didig wrote:
> >> > I bought an HP computer in July, had a tech from circuit city set it
> >> > up, he
> >> > had to do a system restore after he set it up, tried to complain to the
> >> > store, told to bring my machine back. After 10 days they told me it was
> >> > perfect. Brought it home and the protected mode said off. We went
> >> > through all
> >> > the settings, it was enabled, computer was restarted, and message never
> >> > went
> >> > away. I was told don't worry, my computer is perfect and protected.
> >> > What do
> >> > you thinK?
> >>
> >> Are you talking about the protected mode of IE7?
> >> You set it under internet options > security
> >>
> >>
>
> Windows Explorer (explorer.exe) and Internet Explorer (iexplore.exe) are
> different things. Sort of.
>
> --
> Frank Saunders MS-MVP IE,OE/WM
> www.fjsmjs.com
> Do not reply with email
>

"didig" <didig@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
newsA7942ED-3395-41D7-A8D0-A461C5981E4B@microsoft.com...
> The security tab enables protected mode. I'm using Internet Explorer 7.
> What's UAC?
>
See Shawn's post in this thread.

didig wrote:
> I meant Internet Explorer , not windows
>
Did you try enabling it? If it won't work go to control panel > User
Accounts and enable User Account Control.