[RESOLVED] How to configure .Net Framework Security in Windows Vista?

[stanav]

Hello all,
As the thread title says, how do I go about configuring .net framework security in Vista? I've search on the Internet, lots of information applies to earlier versions of Windows but none is for Vista. For example, in WinXP, I can go in Administrator Tools to find the .Net framework 1.1 configuration wizard. It's not there in Vista.
I also did a full computer search for mscorcfg.msc, but the search came back empty.
(BTW, I've only had my hands on a Vista computer for a few hours and I'm still struggling to find my way around.)
Any ideas?

[mendhak]

You should be able to do WindowsKey+R and then type mscorcfg.msc and that should do it for you.

[stanav]

Hi Mendhak,
Thanks for the reply. However, the problem is that the file mscorcfg.msc doesn't exist or at least Vista couldn't find it. This Vista system I'm testing on is freshly out of the box with nothing extra installed besides whatever that is shipped with it. Do I have to install something?

[Siddharth Rout]

Hello all,
As the thread title says, how do I go about configuring .net framework security in Vista? I've search on the Internet, lots of information applies to earlier versions of Windows but none is for Vista. For example, in WinXP, I can go in Administrator Tools to find the .Net framework 1.1 configuration wizard. It's not there in Vista.
I also did a full computer search for mscorcfg.msc, but the search came back empty.
(BTW, I've only had my hands on a Vista computer for a few hours and I'm still struggling to find my way around.)
Any ideas?

I did a little bit of googling for you... and this is what I found...

Configuring .NET Application Security mainly deals with code access and role-based security for .NET applications. Application security must be configured before an application can be deployed.

So if you do a google on "Configuring Code Access Security" and "Configuring Role-Based Security" then I am sure you will find something...

[stanav]

After a lot of internet searching, I still couldn't find where the .net configuration wizard snap-in hides in Vista. So I must assume that it's not installed, at least on this computer. However, I ws able to configure .net security using caspol. It still not straight forward though. I first have to turn off UAC, then sign in as administrator to run caspol. Once done, I have to turn UAC back on (everytime you turn UAC on or off, you need to restart the computer for the change to take affect). And since caspol's switches and arguments are very hard to remember, I can see it's going to be a nightmare for many users to run the utility once my company upgrade to Vista. Probably I just make a batch file and put it on a network share, and that way, anyone can just run the file instead of having to mess with caspol directly.
I will mark this thread as resolved, and thanks again for those you have helped me in this matter.