Consider the following scenario:

• You have a computer that is running Windows Vista or Windows Server 2008.
• You use a user account that belongs to the Network Configuration Operators group to log on to this computer.
• You try to enable or to disable a network adapter.

In this scenario, you receive the following error message:

You do not have sufficient privileges for Configuring Connection Properties. Contact your Administrator.

Therefore, you cannot enable or disable the network adapter as expected.

Note: Although you cannot enable or disable the network adapter, you can change the settings for the network adapter.

You may experience issues enabling Windows Defender application in Windows Vista. This article explains you the troubleshooting procedure to resolve the same.

So you told Windows Update to download DreamScene. It installed, you rebooted, where is it? If you type dreamscene in your search bar it doesn’t list a program to run. So what the heck do you have do to make your desktop move around? This post made me remember how confused I was at first as well. Here’s how to make your desktop a little more active (Note: You can only get DreamScene on the Ultimate version of Vista). Keep reading →

If you hate waiting for Vista to load when you start your computer, hibernation is one way to significantly speed up boot. It basically copies your memory to disk and then shuts down. When you start the computer again, it just loads your RAM from disk, and you’re up and running where you left off previously. The downside of this is that a file must be created on your hard drive to hold this memory, and the file will be as large as the amount of RAM you have. On my computer that’s 2GB, and if you’ve got 4GB of RAM, well, you do the math! If you don’t use hibernate, you can turn it off and save yourself this disk space. Keep reading →