On a Windows Vista-based computer or on a Windows Server 2008-based computer, you install a third-party Web browser. You set the third-party Web browser as the default Web browser. Then, you run the Connect to the Internet Wizard. However, if you select the Browse the Internet now option, Windows Internet Explorer starts instead of the third-party Web browser that you set as the default Web browser.

Adobe Creative Suite 4 offers a number of services that connect to the internet to provide enhanced functionality. These services can also download updates automatically. In certain circumstances system administrators may wish to disable these connections and updated downloads. The document lists the changes that have to be made to the registry (Windows XP/Vista) or preference files (Mac OS X) to disable these network activities. This applies to the following Creative Suite 4 services:

• Kuler (Extensions > Kuler)
• Adobe ConnectNow (File > Share my Screen)
• Service Manager (Extensions > Connections)
• Search for Help (Search field in the app bar)
• Help > [Product Name] Help

On a computer has Windows Internet Explorer 7 installed, you create a disconnected network drive by running the subst command at a command prompt. When you open this network drive in Windows Explorer, it appears as Disconnected Network Drive. Additionally, the security zone for the network drive appears as Internet in the status bar.

However, on a computer that has Internet Explorer 6 installed, the security zone of the network drive appears as Local Intranet in the status bar.

Note: This behavior also occurs if you map a network drive by using the system context.

On a computer that is running Windows Vista, you try to use the Verizon speed optimizer tool to optimize network performance. When you do this, you may notice that the Windows Vista-based computer does not achieve the Internet connection speed improvement that is achieved in Windows XP. Therefore, you cannot use Verizon FiOS products at their full speed.

When you change an Internet shortcut file on a Windows Vista-based computer, and then you try to open the shortcut file in Windows Internet Explorer 7, the shortcut file does not link to the expected URL. This problem occurs if all the following conditions are true:

• The User Account Control (UAC) feature is turned on in Windows Vista.
• Protected mode is enabled in Internet Explorer 7.
• You are running an application that installs a global hook procedure by using the SetWindowsHookEx function.
• The Internet shortcut file is saved in the Desktop folder.

When you try to connect to the Internet from a Windows Vista-based computer that uses a local proxy autoconfiguration (.pac) file, the proxy server is not detected successfully. Therefore, you cannot connect to the Internet.

After you configure Internet Connection Sharing in Windows Vista, you may find that, although the network connection works correctly at first, the network connection stops working after one-to-two hours. For example, you may be unable to connect to the Internet, to other computers on the local area network (LAN), or to network resources on the LAN.

After you enable both receive-side scaling and Internet Connection Sharing, TCP traffic stops. For example, the ping command does not work.

This problem occurs when this computer is running one of the following operating systems:

• Microsoft Windows Server 2003 with Service Pack 1 (SP1) and the Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Scalable Networking Pack installed
• Windows Vista

When you use Windows Vista Enterprise to try to access a Web site, the Web site sends data very slowly or drops the data completely.