Liking Vista second time round, question about downloaded exe files

JMerrick · 01-26-2008, 06:29 PM

Put Vista back on my laptop (that it came with), having a lot of fun with it. Enjoying IE7 too. Mind you only thing I do with the laptop is browse web/email and watch movies, still have XP on my real computers.

Anyway, just wondering how I can turn off that zone information (ie. this file came from another computer warning when you try to run it) from being saved - easy to do in XP with registry tweak, but from doing searches needs GPEDIT.MSC to disable and Home Premium doesn't seem to have it. Same deal when trying to run executables off my network, get an annoying warning first.

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JMerrick · 01-26-2008, 07:13 PM

One other question, do I have to install the Windows Live messenger or is there a simpler version somewhere that I'm missing?

jaketerminate · 02-04-2008, 10:28 AM

Im pretty sure it dosent come preinstalled with vista, but you can install it easily if you havent already. I know there has been some controversy with compatibility (which is becoming a classic with vista) but im pretty sure its all fixed, so your good off.

3 of 7 · 02-04-2008, 11:58 AM

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Originally Posted by JMerrick

One other question, do I have to install the Windows Live messenger or is there a simpler version somewhere that I'm missing?

You can always install trillian, the upside is it's a much less intrusive install and it works with aim,icq and yahoo as well.

SRTDodge05 · 02-04-2008, 12:45 PM

I believe vista does have Windows Live messenger installed.

3 of 7 · 02-04-2008, 02:30 PM

On my fresh install of home premium, there is just a download link in all programs

SRTDodge05 · 02-04-2008, 02:39 PM

Must be the ultimate editon only.

JMerrick · 02-09-2008, 11:44 PM

I don't mind the bloated Live Messenger but that My Sharing Folders link has got to go...

fvineyard · 02-10-2008, 12:23 AM

Another thing about Trillian is if you buy it you may be able to get the beta version of Trillian Astra. It is not a finished product yet, but it gets better with each new release. Updates are frequent and I am very happy with it so far.

*johnrr6* · 02-10-2008, 09:20 AM

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Originally Posted by SRTDodge05

Must be the ultimate editon only.

Nope----I have Vista Ultimate 32 Bit-----and Windows Live Messenger is (download) in the Start menu>>>All Programs as well.

Surprising----I thought MS would push that on you like they used to do Windows Messenger......

01-26-2008, 06:29 PM	#1
JMerrick Registered User Join Date: Apr 2006 Posts: 365	Liking Vista second time round, question about downloaded exe files Put Vista back on my laptop (that it came with), having a lot of fun with it. Enjoying IE7 too. Mind you only thing I do with the laptop is browse web/email and watch movies, still have XP on my real computers. Anyway, just wondering how I can turn off that zone information (ie. this file came from another computer warning when you try to run it) from being saved - easy to do in XP with registry tweak, but from doing searches needs GPEDIT.MSC to disable and Home Premium doesn't seem to have it. Same deal when trying to run executables off my network, get an annoying warning first. __________________ OS Microsoft Windows XP Professional SP2 CPU Intel Core 2 Duo E6600 3.0 GHz (Conroe) Motherboard ASUS P5B-E RAM 2 GB Kingston DDR2-667 4-4-4-12 Dual Channel Video NVIDIA GeForce 8800 GT PCI-E 512 MB Audio SoundMAX HD Audio OS Microsoft Windows XP Professional SP2 CPU Intel Pentium 4 3.0 GHz with HT (Northwood) Motherboard ASUS P4P800 Deluxe RAM 1 GB Kingston DDR400 3-3-3-8 Dual Channel Video NVIDIA GeForce 7600 GT AGP 256 MB Audio SoundMAX Digital Audio OS Microsoft Windows XP Professional SP2 CPU Intel Pentium III 1.0 GHz (Coppermine) Motherboard ASUS P3V4X RAM 256 MB Kingston PC133 2-2-2-6 Video NVIDIA GeForce2 MX400 AGP 64 MB Audio Creative Sound Blaster Live!
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01-26-2008, 07:13 PM	#2
JMerrick Registered User Join Date: Apr 2006 Posts: 365	Re: Liking Vista second time round, question about downloaded exe files One other question, do I have to install the Windows Live messenger or is there a simpler version somewhere that I'm missing? __________________ OS Microsoft Windows XP Professional SP2 CPU Intel Core 2 Duo E6600 3.0 GHz (Conroe) Motherboard ASUS P5B-E RAM 2 GB Kingston DDR2-667 4-4-4-12 Dual Channel Video NVIDIA GeForce 8800 GT PCI-E 512 MB Audio SoundMAX HD Audio OS Microsoft Windows XP Professional SP2 CPU Intel Pentium 4 3.0 GHz with HT (Northwood) Motherboard ASUS P4P800 Deluxe RAM 1 GB Kingston DDR400 3-3-3-8 Dual Channel Video NVIDIA GeForce 7600 GT AGP 256 MB Audio SoundMAX Digital Audio OS Microsoft Windows XP Professional SP2 CPU Intel Pentium III 1.0 GHz (Coppermine) Motherboard ASUS P3V4X RAM 256 MB Kingston PC133 2-2-2-6 Video NVIDIA GeForce2 MX400 AGP 64 MB Audio Creative Sound Blaster Live!
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02-04-2008, 10:28 AM	#3
jaketerminate Maximum Post Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: Mordor Posts: 915	Re: Liking Vista second time round, question about downloaded exe files Im pretty sure it dosent come preinstalled with vista, but you can install it easily if you havent already. I know there has been some controversy with compatibility (which is becoming a classic with vista) but im pretty sure its all fixed, so your good off. __________________ "Mozart" Rig #1 Case: Thermaltake Mozart TX Mobo: Asus P5N-E CPU: Intel Core 2 Quad Q6600 2.4ghz Memory: 4GB (2x 2GB) G.Skill DDR2 Hard Drive: 320 GB Western Digital 7200 RPM Video Card: EVGA Nvidia 9800GX2 1GB (512MB per GPU) Power Supply: 600W OCZ StealthXStream OS: Windows XP Homee Edition and Ubuntu Linux x64 Monitor: 22" Westinghouse LCD and 2 Dell CRTs HP G60t CPU: Intel Pentium 2.0ghz Memory: 4GB Hard Drive: 250GB 5400RPM GPU: Intel Graphics Media Accelerator 4500M OS: Windows 7 Ultimate Build 7000 Beta + Ubuntu Linux HP Pavillion tx 2000z Tablet CPU: AMD Turion x2 2.1Ghz Memory: 3GB Hard Drive: 250GB 5400RPM GPU: ATI Radeon 3200 64mb OS: Windows 7 Ultimate Build 7000 Beta 1TB Seagate External Backup Drive
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02-04-2008, 12:45 PM	#5
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02-09-2008, 11:44 PM	#8
JMerrick Registered User Join Date: Apr 2006 Posts: 365	Re: Liking Vista second time round, question about downloaded exe files I don't mind the bloated Live Messenger but that My Sharing Folders link has got to go... __________________ OS Microsoft Windows XP Professional SP2 CPU Intel Core 2 Duo E6600 3.0 GHz (Conroe) Motherboard ASUS P5B-E RAM 2 GB Kingston DDR2-667 4-4-4-12 Dual Channel Video NVIDIA GeForce 8800 GT PCI-E 512 MB Audio SoundMAX HD Audio OS Microsoft Windows XP Professional SP2 CPU Intel Pentium 4 3.0 GHz with HT (Northwood) Motherboard ASUS P4P800 Deluxe RAM 1 GB Kingston DDR400 3-3-3-8 Dual Channel Video NVIDIA GeForce 7600 GT AGP 256 MB Audio SoundMAX Digital Audio OS Microsoft Windows XP Professional SP2 CPU Intel Pentium III 1.0 GHz (Coppermine) Motherboard ASUS P3V4X RAM 256 MB Kingston PC133 2-2-2-6 Video NVIDIA GeForce2 MX400 AGP 64 MB Audio Creative Sound Blaster Live!
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02-10-2008, 12:23 AM	#9
fvineyard Registered User Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: Roanoke, VA Posts: 57	Re: Liking Vista second time round, question about downloaded exe files Another thing about Trillian is if you buy it you may be able to get the beta version of Trillian Astra. It is not a finished product yet, but it gets better with each new release. Updates are frequent and I am very happy with it so far. __________________
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