Re: How to add to Internet Favorites with UAC on?

Interesting read. As I understand it, there are characteristics to each object that the casual observer/administrator can't see, let alone modify/control. As I said above, I tried taking ownership, turning off/on protected mode etc, but was only finally able (2 hours this afternoon) to get control of my Favorites chain by dragging each folder in my favorites off onto the desk top, creating a new folder in the Favorites chain of a similar name and then dragging the shortcut contents of the moved folders back into the new folders.

If you right-click on any folder and choose properties and security, you see the Group/user names (accounts?) and each of their "Permissions". The FOLDERS that I had problems with had a check mark under the allow/Special Permissions for Administrators(that's me as there are no other users). The folders that I had not problems with did NOT have a check mark under the Allow/Special Permissions.

Now, whatever that means - MIC?

Magic stuff. Will Windows 7 fix this?

Tom


"FromTheRafters" <erratic@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message news:%23hz88lMhJHA.2516@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
http://blogs.technet.com/steriley/archive/2006/07/21/442870.aspx

Not the answer, but you might like to read it.

I still suggest calling support.

"Tom" <DontSpamMr_tsquare@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message news:15A1B8AD-B9EF-46EA-9D00-2CC348AABFC1@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Not sure what that is so I think I'll leave it alone. Did a Google on that registry line and the best I could get was that it has something to do with Protected Mode. Turned Protected Mode off and back on again in the Internet Options with no change in my ability to save new "internet sites" to anywhere in my Favorites chain. I'm pretty sure that the issue has to do with how I imported the Favorites from my old hard disk, ie by copying them on to a thumb drive from the old HD and then copying them onto the new HD that had already been installed with Vista64.

Tom


"FromTheRafters" <erratic@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message news:%23GJGIctgJHA.4932@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Perhaps you could try turning MIC off temporarily to see if
that affects your issue?

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\System\EnableMIC.

I believe turning this off will defeat 'protected mode' IE, but not all of UAC.

Have you tried support yet?


"Tom" <DontSpamMr_tsquare@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message news:73BC4102-A95B-438F-A30B-45CCC57D7F5F@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Guess nobody here knows how to manipulate UAC without turning it off???

Tom


"Tom" <DontSpamMr_tsquare@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message news:1725F8F6-4233-4AA0-A73E-A79A5418868E@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Hope this is the right place for a UAC question

I have a Vista64 Ultimate system. A few weeks after the initial build, I determined that the hard disk was bad as it would hang until it had run and warmed up for quite a while. Purchased a new hard disk and reinstalled windows. As part of the "new" install, I used an 8Gig USB drive to transfer personal files (including Favorites) from the old system/hard disk to the new one. Process was to boot up windows on the old hard disk, transfer files to the USB drive, boot up windows on the new hard disk and transfer the files from the USB drive to the new C: drive.

The new hard disk/system is working fine except I cannot add new bookmarks/favorites to favorite folders I transferred when surfing the net. With UAC ON, I get the following error:

Unable to Create "internet site"
Unspecified Error

when trying to save or paste a new internet site/url to folders I transferred from the old hard disk. Files CAN be saved directly to the Favorites directory. With UAC OFF, all favorite saves work as expected.

I have tried "taking ownership" of each and every folder in the Favorites directory, but the problem remains. I would really like to use UAC for what its worth, but the problem of not being able to save URLs without turning UAC off and rebooting makes it REALLY hard.







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