Vista is doing what it was designed to do I guess. UAC and the security settings are a handful to think about. I tried resetting as you suggested and a long time ago but that didnt work. I brought my laptop in and copied the settings from it and nothing. So I did a system restore and that worked. I guess Im lucky I didnt make too many changes beforehand because the earliest restore point was the only one that would fix the problem. From now on when I make changes I will use True Images Try & Decide so if something goes wrong I dont have to sweat it.
Skuzzy I dont want to jump to conclusions but it looks like once you decide to elevate security then your on your own from then on. I really dont want to test it but I wanted to share my impression. Im wondering if people that use Norton have this problem because doesnt Norton more or less take over?