Vista - Desktop icons overlaid with security sign...

Most of my desktop icons, word files, IE7/Mail have this security icon on
their right lower corner. I associated that with TrendMicro AV (vista beta
version) but uninstall of that software, manual registry cleaning also did
not solve it. Does anyone know what is going on?

http://img372.imageshack.us/img372/3015/iconszd9.png
Sorry about the externally linked image. But there is no easy way to explain
this.

The little "shield" is indicative of that particular program's need for
administrative privileges to run properly and has nothing to do with your
previously installed AV solution.

"IQ70" <IQ70@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:5E19663E-C382-49B7-8DA2-5575025A9D0A@microsoft.com...
> Most of my desktop icons, word files, IE7/Mail have this security icon on
> their right lower corner. I associated that with TrendMicro AV (vista beta
> version) but uninstall of that software, manual registry cleaning also did
> not solve it. Does anyone know what is going on?
>
> http://img372.imageshack.us/img372/3015/iconszd9.png
> Sorry about the externally linked image. But there is no easy way to
> explain
> this.
>

Internet Explorer, Windows Mail, Welcome Center, Notepad too have that icon
on the start menu. I am sure Notepad won't need Admin rights. I am running
under an Administrator account. How can I change this behavior?

"Mark D. VandenBerg" wrote:

> The little "shield" is indicative of that particular program's need for
> administrative privileges to run properly and has nothing to do with your
> previously installed AV solution.
>
> "IQ70" <IQ70@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:5E19663E-C382-49B7-8DA2-5575025A9D0A@microsoft.com...
> > Most of my desktop icons, word files, IE7/Mail have this security icon on
> > their right lower corner. I associated that with TrendMicro AV (vista beta
> > version) but uninstall of that software, manual registry cleaning also did
> > not solve it. Does anyone know what is going on?
> >
> > http://img372.imageshack.us/img372/3015/iconszd9.png
> > Sorry about the externally linked image. But there is no easy way to
> > explain
> > this.
> >
>
>
>

I have similar issues with an application I installed. It seemed to randomly
select which of my .EXE to put a shield on or not. How do I turn off the
shield? Is there something I can set on install to prevent this from
happening? Under properties, require admim rights is not checked.

--
Matt Froncek
www.qodbc.com


"IQ70" wrote:

> Internet Explorer, Windows Mail, Welcome Center, Notepad too have that icon
> on the start menu. I am sure Notepad won't need Admin rights. I am running
> under an Administrator account. How can I change this behavior?
>
> "Mark D. VandenBerg" wrote:
>
> > The little "shield" is indicative of that particular program's need for
> > administrative privileges to run properly and has nothing to do with your
> > previously installed AV solution.
> >
> > "IQ70" <IQ70@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> > news:5E19663E-C382-49B7-8DA2-5575025A9D0A@microsoft.com...
> > > Most of my desktop icons, word files, IE7/Mail have this security icon on
> > > their right lower corner. I associated that with TrendMicro AV (vista beta
> > > version) but uninstall of that software, manual registry cleaning also did
> > > not solve it. Does anyone know what is going on?
> > >
> > > http://img372.imageshack.us/img372/3015/iconszd9.png
> > > Sorry about the externally linked image. But there is no easy way to
> > > explain
> > > this.
> > >
> >
> >
> >