Vista - protected mode off

I hit the [protected mode off] at the bottom of the browser.
This brought up Internet security properties.
the
1st link - Internet - medium high, protected mode check marked
2nd link - local intranet - medium low, protected mode check marked
3rd link - trusted - medium, protected mode check marked OFF, it can't hold the check mark
4th link - restricted - high, protected mode check marked
and nothing seems to change the protected mode display in the status bar.


What am I missing ? How do I turn the protected mode on ?
If it means turn on the Vista firewall, disregard. I prefer Trends firewall.
There's something else, I called it annoy ware. It popped up for just about every key stroke asking me 'are you sure ?. No I'm sitting here drunkenly swatting keys on the keyboard. I turned that off, but can't recall what it was called.
And won't be turning that back on either.
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Protected mode requires UAC.

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Paul Smith,
Yeovil, UK.
Microsoft MVP Windows Shell/User.
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<keepout@yahoo.com.invalid> wrote in message
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I hit the [protected mode off] at the bottom of the browser.
This brought up Internet security properties.
the
1st link - Internet - medium high, protected mode check marked
2nd link - local intranet - medium low, protected mode check marked
3rd link - trusted - medium, protected mode check marked OFF, it can't hold
the check mark
4th link - restricted - high, protected mode check marked
and nothing seems to change the protected mode display in the status bar.


What am I missing ? How do I turn the protected mode on ?
If it means turn on the Vista firewall, disregard. I prefer Trends firewall.
There's something else, I called it annoy ware. It popped up for just about
every key stroke asking me 'are you sure ?. No I'm sitting here drunkenly
swatting keys on the keyboard. I turned that off, but can't recall what it
was called.
And won't be turning that back on either.
--
more pix @ http://members.toast.net/cbminfo/index.html

On Sun, 1 Apr 2007 00:07:46 +0100, "Paul Smith" <Paul@nospam.windowsresource.net> wrote:

>Protected mode requires UAC.
That would be that annoy ware I turned off. Tnx..

>
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>Paul Smith,
> Yeovil, UK.
>Microsoft MVP Windows Shell/User.
>http://www.windowsresource.net/
>
>*Remove nospam. to reply by e-mail*
>
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><keepout@yahoo.com.invalid> wrote in message
>news:l7ot035sr900pjlsb6dhfrtbmcj9083oqt@4ax.com...
>I hit the [protected mode off] at the bottom of the browser.
>This brought up Internet security properties.
>the
>1st link - Internet - medium high, protected mode check marked
>2nd link - local intranet - medium low, protected mode check marked
>3rd link - trusted - medium, protected mode check marked OFF, it can't hold
>the check mark
>4th link - restricted - high, protected mode check marked
>and nothing seems to change the protected mode display in the status bar.
>
>
>What am I missing ? How do I turn the protected mode on ?
>If it means turn on the Vista firewall, disregard. I prefer Trends firewall.
>There's something else, I called it annoy ware. It popped up for just about
>every key stroke asking me 'are you sure ?. No I'm sitting here drunkenly
>swatting keys on the keyboard. I turned that off, but can't recall what it
>was called.
>And won't be turning that back on either.
--
more pix @ http://members.toast.net/cbminfo/index.html