Protected Zone in Vista

I wanted to post this message in the Security forum of Vista but Vista would
not help me to find my forgotten username and password; kept merely
rejecting my various entry attempts. Good security.

When my friends ask me how I am finding Vista as compared with XP, I merely
tell them that I have found no new features or functionality.There are only
more autocratic and annoying controls and Vista tries to organize things for
user without giving him the freedom to decide whether he wants his files,
folders, task bars, toolbars and what not by Vista's own idiosyncratic
ideas.

Today I found the Internet Explorer denying me access to the web-page of
Star World, a TV channel seen in Asia, when I tried to see the channel
schedule for today. Obviously, it is idiotic to bar me from a web-page which
I frequently check and should not suggest any harm to the most sensitive
nose of any security expert. There are already three other security barriers
raised by Vista, operational in my system: 1) Firewall, 2) Malware
protection and 3) Other security settings. On the top of that now comes the
Protected zone which is supposed to protect the user from malware.

Could Microsoft not have provided at least the option of excluding web-pages
listed by the User in his Favourites list, since those are pages which he
probably visits regularly? No such luck. I got so annoyed with this imposed
control that I went and unticked the box enabling this idiotic control which
has a meaning only if a child is using a computer and is trying to reach a
site by-passing parental control.

I hope the Security experts of Micorsoft put this message also on the
Security Forum, since I cannot remember the username and password assigned
to me.

P. Jayant

You can add websites to your Trusted Zone.

"p.jayant" <> wrote in message
news:35FD0B29-24F2-4924-9074-...
>I wanted to post this message in the Security forum of Vista but Vista
>would not help me to find my forgotten username and password; kept merely
>rejecting my various entry attempts. Good security.
>
> When my friends ask me how I am finding Vista as compared with XP, I
> merely tell them that I have found no new features or functionality.There
> are only more autocratic and annoying controls and Vista tries to organize
> things for user without giving him the freedom to decide whether he wants
> his files, folders, task bars, toolbars and what not by Vista's own
> idiosyncratic ideas.
>
> Today I found the Internet Explorer denying me access to the web-page of
> Star World, a TV channel seen in Asia, when I tried to see the channel
> schedule for today. Obviously, it is idiotic to bar me from a web-page
> which I frequently check and should not suggest any harm to the most
> sensitive nose of any security expert. There are already three other
> security barriers raised by Vista, operational in my system: 1) Firewall,
> 2) Malware protection and 3) Other security settings. On the top of that
> now comes the Protected zone which is supposed to protect the user from
> malware.
>
> Could Microsoft not have provided at least the option of excluding
> web-pages listed by the User in his Favourites list, since those are pages
> which he probably visits regularly? No such luck. I got so annoyed with
> this imposed control that I went and unticked the box enabling this
> idiotic control which has a meaning only if a child is using a computer
> and is trying to reach a site by-passing parental control.
>
> I hope the Security experts of Micorsoft put this message also on the
> Security Forum, since I cannot remember the username and password assigned
> to me.
>
> P. Jayant