Secur32.dll+error+when+running+Virtual+Weather+Station

Problem
I receive a Secur32.dll error when running Virtual Weather Station under Vista. This occurs when Virtual Weather Station writes data via http to Weather Underground and other servers. The crash is external to VWS but shuts down VWS.

Discussion
According to Microsoft, the Secur32.dll (which is a windows security DLL) error sometime disables functions that software applications use (including Virtual Weather Station and others), so you have to reenable them with the following procedure.

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Solution
If you are running **Vista**, right click on the Virtual Weather Station icon on the desktop and select Run as Administrator to grant administrator privileges. This can cause certain features not to work. If that does not work, try the following: In Windows, perform the following:
 * 1) Select the Start button
 * 2) Run
 * 3) Type 'msconfig'
 * 4) Disable all items in Startup and System tabs (+check block to hide MS apps)
 * 5) Reboot system
 * 6) Check to see if Virtual Weather Station runs (it usually will at this point)
 * 7) Repeat Steps 1-3 and enable all items in Startup and Systems tabs (keep MS Apps block checked)
 * 8) Reboot System
 * 9) Check to ensure Virtual Weather Station runs

Further Discussion
The following was contributed by a user:

I followed the instructions as best as I could. I’m on Vista and MSCONFIG seems to look a bit different than described in the FAQ. I disabled all items in the Startup tab. There is no Systems tab but there is a Services tab which also has a checkbox for Hide All MS Services so I assume this is the correct tab.

During reboot the services were automatically reselected so I deselected which changed the startup mode in the General tab to Diagnostic. It then said I had to reboot which I did. The 2nd time I had the same results so I continued without reboot. VWS was successful in connecting to WU. I enabled all Startup and Services, kept the check for Hide ALL MS Services then rebooted. I now had no Internet access, Outlook told me MS Search was disabled. I had no Aero (sp?) theme. Several other apps would not run. VWS tried to communicate with WU, which it couldn’t do without Internet access, then crashed. After some trial and error I think the MS services were not enabled because they were hidden. I finally got them all enabled then hidden.