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I have a rather annoying problem: when I try to run every other program in the program folder, I get an error message: "Access to the specified device, path, or file is denied. You may not have sufficient privileges to access this object." If I copy the program to the desktop and run it from there, it works fine. What should I do about this?

This happens when you buy a computer and don't install the operating system yourself. The OS installed in the store is configured so that you don't have administrator privileges, which leads to this error. The same thing can happen with XP and 2000ME. So, the only solution is to either install all the drivers yourself or reinstall Vista!

Unfortunately, that's not it. I installed Vista myself, and based on the description of the problem, it's clear that I'm already an administrator, since I can copy, run those executables, and install programs. I found another issue – music downloaded under Windows XP is different from music downloaded under Vista, and unlike the latter, it doesn't play.

WHERE CAN I DOWNLOAD A FIREWALL THAT IS COMPATIBLE WITH VISTA (preferably with a crack)?

I don't know Vista very well yet, but I can say the following. This is exactly a case where security looms over you and starts to get annoying. I use the firewall (it seems quite powerful here). But if you are obsessed with security, I recommend installing an antivirus (Kaspersky, for example) and you won't have any problems. But there's more. My friends (certainly not noobs; one of them took second place in the All-Russian Olympiad in Informatics) and I rated Vista quite poorly as an OS. One of the most disliked aspects was the request for permission to perform absolutely any action. The glitches I found are described above. Also, everyone criticized Vista for lower performance in games compared to XP. However, they missed one detail. For those who will be playing under Vista, I recommend trying to set "Maximum Performance" in the power settings (it says there that it will double compared to the standard mode). As for me, I'm using Vista only because Cinema 4d works more productively here (at least it seems so to me, but I will compare it with XP soon).

Don't rush to dismiss Vista! All games now run better, Kaspersky no longer overloads the system; now Vista loads it, and the overall load is the same as before. Installation and copying are faster, and I'm no longer annoyed by the permission requests. What bothered me before Vista is gone.
And maybe Vista only overloads very weak computers (my computer is rated at 2.4 points in Vista).

You probably have more practical interests. My rating is 2.9, but I feel like that's not enough. I'm not playing games right now, but the computer is running slowly even in normal operations, while it worked fine under XP. And since we're talking about copying, here's what I'll say: calculate how much time it takes to get permission, and then to actually copy the files. Let's move on. Was there a feature in XP where some files could only work in SPECIFIC folders, and not in others, so you had to move them to make them work? Did the computer open links from a client using Internet Explorer after you had disabled it and set Opera as the default browser? Next. Is it convenient to get a screen filled with unnecessary stuff when you open Task Manager? For those who can perform multiple actions in parallel (chatting, installing a couple of programs, and working with other programs at the same time), is it convenient to lose the ability to do anything when asked if they want to continue? Compatibility mode is terrible. A program that loaded in 5 seconds under XP takes 5 minutes (or more) to load under Vista. They also decided to make the icons bigger (I'm talking about regular icons). Why? Now you have to constantly move the scrollbar. Fewer icons fit on the desktop than before. The only plus is the optimization of processes, which doesn't even work everywhere.

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try disabling user account control...

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