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Did you check your acceptance-of-cookies setting? You won't get an error message if your browser is set to reject all cookies.
Also, what version of IE are you running on the two machines, assuming it is IE you are using and not Firefox or another kind of browser.
Nothing's ever simple, is it?
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Mar 01, 2008
- "how Vista incldues some function that controls the (desktop?) security"
Vista has a lot of half-baked security "features" in it. Do you have the infamous Windows Firewall turned off on your Vista box? If not, turn that damned thing off. Also, the Microsoft Security Center "fetures" should be turned off and the dat-burned UAC (User Account Control) thing also.
The "Security Center" is discussed here:
http://www.microsoft.com/windows/products/windowsvista/features/details/securitycenter.mspx
The UAC is accessed by clicking on the "Other Security Settings" entry. Funny thing is is that sometimes after installing updates or running a registry cleaner, the evil thing (UAC) comes on again. This thing's effects are unmistakable-- every time you go to do something the screen gets gray and it asks you if you're sure you want to do it. Move a file, sneeze, go to the bathroom, it's all the same. Turn the horrible thing off, you really don't need it. Anyway some registry cleaners cause the bit setting in the Vista O/S registry to be re-set to show the UAC "feature" active again, and so dutifully it makes your life a living hell. You have to go turn it off again after that.
If you are behind a company firewall on the Vista box all the time you don't need one anyway. If however you are not or not always, there are much decent free firewall packages out there for the taking. Same thing re antivirus; there is no need to pay for either. Oh yeah, I would also turn off auto-updating as well and just run it manually from time to time. Auto-updating can easily slow the PC to a crawl and you won't know why.
I use the following free, no adware, malware, etc. software for firewall and antivirus and have had no problems:
http://www.pctools.com/free-antivirus/
http://www.pctools.com/firewall/
Plenty of others too but these are the ones I use.
Don't pay Symantec another red cent.
Let me know how it goes.
Mar 02, 2008
- Hmm, next other thing I can think of is ActiveX support-- is the browser security set to allow ActiveX components on both PCs? Also, and don't know how relevant it may be, but also Java JRE versions.. are they the same on the two machines?
Hope your IT guy can be of help, too.
