Add Network Location. IE x86 and IE x64. Settings in Guest account.

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Dima

Hello!
1. Windows Vista x64 shows an error message
"Add Network Location
The folder you entered does not appear to be valid. Please choose another."
after clicking Next in "Specify the location of your website
Type the address of the website, FTP site, or network location that this
shortcut will open" window.
The folder is http://files.akado.ru/slide/files/51796441/home/
I can add the Network Location in Windows XP by doing the same.
Norton Internet Security 2008 is installed.
The account is administrative.
2. IE x86 crashes during opening a page when IE x64 is open.
3. Windows does not allow to turn on the language bar and input a switch
language keyboard shortcut in Guest account: it turns language bar and
shortcut off after clicking "Apply".
Sincerely,
Dima
 
Thanks Bob for replying!
The same Norton Internet Security does not cause the problems on Windows XP
Pro installed on my second HDD.
Sincerely,
Dima
 
How can Norton Internet Security 2008 cause the problems with a guest
account in Windows Vista x64?
If Norton Internet Security 2008 does not cause the problems on Windows XP
Pro then it's likely that it does not cause the problems on Windows Vista
x64 too, then it's Windows Vista x64 can't work with other programs well.
 
I completely uninstalled Norton Internet Security 2008 and run Norton
Removal Tool. Uninstallation of the Norton and running Norton Removal Tool
have not helped at all, have not changeed anything to good.
 
Thanks Bob for replying!
Adding quotes just makes the error message appear instantly.
Sincerely,
Dima
 
Dima said:
3. Windows does not allow to turn on the language bar and input a switch
language keyboard shortcut in Guest account: it turns language bar and
shortcut off after clicking "Apply".
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Why are you even logging in as Guest?
If you want to enable casual users to use your machine create a Limited User
account and call it "Visitor" or something similar.
 
Thanks Gordon for replying!
It is written in the Windows Help that the Guest account will not have an
access to my files. I do not want casual users to see my files.
Sincerely
 
Thanks Jane for your reply!
Webfolders are not listed in the Programs and Features.
Sincerely
 
Dima said:
Thanks Gordon for replying!
It is written in the Windows Help that the Guest account will not have an
access to my files. I do not want casual users to see my files.
Sincerely
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Neither will a Limited User account....
 
Just because someone thought it would be nice to have a
"Guest" account. It's just a generic account with limited
capabilities. They could have called it "Visitor" account
with the same purpose.

Guest account is also probably related to a generic account
you could use to download files via FTP from Unix hosts. I
haven't used it in several years, but there was a generic
login you could use to download files.

And, finally, why are you posting in so many groups at once?
 
Theo said:
Just because someone thought it would be nice to have a "Guest" account.
It's just a generic account with limited capabilities. They could have
called it "Visitor" account with the same purpose.

Guest account is also probably related to a generic account you could use
to download files via FTP from Unix hosts. I haven't used it in several
years, but there was a generic login you could use to download files.
Click to expand...

Plenty of stuff here as to why the guest account is a security risk...
http://www.google.co.uk/search?hl=en&q=Windows+Guest+Account+Security+risk&meta=
 
Because its hard to find anybody who knows a resolution to any of the
problems described in the initial post.
 
I get the same message when I try to add our Apptix SharePoint site (formerly
Microsoft bCentral SharePoint) to my Network folder. I am using Vista Home
Premium. Apptix can add our http site on a Vista computer at their site, but
I can't.

I found the an article, "On a Windows Vista-based computer, you cannot
access certain directories on a Web Distributed Authoring and Versioning
(WebDAV) server." I an not sure this applies in our case, but Vista
obviously has problems that Microsoft does not completely understand yet.
 
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