HD Problem:

[glee]

"Navyguy" <magineer02@yahoo.com> wrote in message
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On Dec 8, 2:19 am, Paul <nos...@needed.com> wrote:
>> Navyguy wrote:
>> > On Dec 5, 7:44 am, "glee" <gle...@spamindspring.com> wrote:
>> >> "Navyguy" <maginee...@yahoo.com> wrote in message
>>
>> >>news:23740eff-7092-4f25-96ac-7884c016fc77@t8g2000prh.googlegroups.com...
>>
>> >>> On Dec 5, 5:16 am, "Hot-Text" <hot-text.ath...@comcast.net>
>> >>> wrote:
>> >>>> That why you do not format
>> >>>> to keep your license agreement
>> >>>> Just reinstall form I386 and it will be XP, SP1
>> >>>> just try reinstalling
>> >>> Ok, I went to the links which provided me with another link for
>> >>> pre-
>> >>> installing procedures and installing XP and will try doing that.
>> >>> Will
>> >>> post again with results.
>> >> HOLD ON! You are getting some really poor advice here! Your issues
>> >> should not require a reinstall of Windows! I suggest you do not
>> >> follow
>> >> those procedures except as a last resort when other avenues have
>> >> been
>> >> exhausted.
>>
>> >> One of the advantages of community help is also one of its
>> >> disadvantages....you get a lot of suggestions. Unfortunately not
>> >> all
>> >> should be acted upon or are even relevant to your issues.
>>
>> >> Your problem with Spybot Immunization may simply be a Spybot
>> >> issue, as
>> >> reported on their forums in the past. Changing a setting in
>> >> Spybot, to
>> >> "Skip system accounts during IE immunization", may fix you issue.
>> >> Uninstalling Spybot and reinstalling from a fresh download might
>> >> also
>> >> help. It may also be a permissions issue.
>>
>> >> Your issue with Word and Office programs may also be a Permissions
>> >> issue
>> >> or a problem with your security settings. Reinstalling Office is
>> >> another option that might help.
>>
>> >> Your problem running the Kaspersky Anti-virus from bootable CD as
>> >> Paul
>> >> suggested is common with bootable AV discs when used on older Dell
>> >> computers, due to incompatibility with their network adapters. I
>> >> sometimes have better luck using the BitDefender Rescue CD instead
>> >> in
>> >> those cases.
>>
>> >> All in all, you issues have been forgotten and this thread has
>> >> taken a
>> >> life of its own that is no longer even cognizant of your original
>> >> problems.
>>
>> > As you have stated all the issues has been forgotten with trying
>> > all
>> > these tests and many red herrings have resulted which have nothing
>> > to
>> > do with the problem as posted. If you read my posts I have tried
>> > reinstalling Spybot which did nothing whatsoever. So this is what
>> > I'm
>> > going to do I'm going to try re-installing Spybot again and also
>> > Word
>> > and see if that changes anything.
>>
>> > Thanks for your help,
>> > Robert
>>
>> There is a description of how Spybot immunizes here.
>>
>> http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index ... 729AAjVe6X
>>
>> The question I'd be asking in your situation, is how do you
>> get errors like "is not a valid Windows image", based on the
>> areas of your computer that the immunize function seems to access ?
>> I think there is more involved than Spybot. Perhaps it's actually
>> related to other software you're using ? I.e. Spybot did something,
>> and another AV tool took offense ? Or, it's malware of some sort.
>>
>This is what I've done, I unistalled and reinstalled Word and it seems
>to work ok now. I also uninstalled and reinstalled Spybot but again it
>hung up 3/4 through passive immunization with 58303 items unprotected,
>136043 protected and a total of 194043 total.
>
>I read the link what Spybot actually does but the thing is that I've
>had Spybot for years and this 'just happened' and now will not
>function normally.
>
>Also, when I finished doing everything, the computer got hung up again
>during logoff procedures, so I had to reset it which I really hate to
>do because it might damage it but there was no other way to power it
>down.
>
>Thoughts/Suggestions? and please lets stick to the problem at hand,...
>


As I mentioned earlier, Spybot has a setting, "Skip system accounts
during IE immunization," that you need to enable, and then see if there
is any improvement:
http://forums.spybot.info/project.php?issueid=132

I haven't used Spybot in years, and don't find it at all useful in the
current environment, so I can't tell you precisely where the setting is
located. You may have to enable "Advanced" settings to see it....I
don't know.
--
Glen Ventura
MS MVP Oct. 2002 - Sept. 2009
CompTIA A+
http://dts-l.net/

[glee]

"Navyguy" <magineer02@yahoo.com> wrote in message
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>
>It seems to be doing both. At times it will shut down normally and
>others it won't. Also, sometimes I'll do updates on the administrator
>account and then logofff and restart the computer to use the User
>account and sometimes it hangs there as as well.

If the "User" account is a limited account, that is, it is not in the
Administrators group and does not have admin privileges, that may
account for Spybot's failure to Immunize if you are trying to Immunize
from the Limited User account.

Is the Administrator account a user account you created with admin
rights, or are you using the built-in Administrator account (which you
should NOT be using)?

Are there any errors in Event Viewer that correspond to the hangs you
are seeing?
Control Panel> Administrative Tools> Event Viewer
--
Glen Ventura
MS MVP Oct. 2002 - Sept. 2009
CompTIA A+
http://dts-l.net/

[tim meddick]

Sorry, but why should the OP "NOT be using" the Administrator account?

==

Cheers, Tim Meddick, Peckham, London.




"glee" <glee29@spamindspring.com> wrote in message
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>
> "Navyguy" <magineer02@yahoo.com> wrote in message
> news:2ba74d24-e550-4d1a-9ea7-183e84e98867@22g2000prx.googlegroups.com...
>>
>>It seems to be doing both. At times it will shut down normally and
>>others it won't. Also, sometimes I'll do updates on the administrator
>>account and then logofff and restart the computer to use the User
>>account and sometimes it hangs there as as well.
>
> If the "User" account is a limited account, that is, it is not in the
> Administrators group and does not have admin privileges, that may account
> for Spybot's failure to Immunize if you are trying to Immunize from the
> Limited User account.
>
> Is the Administrator account a user account you created with admin
> rights, or are you using the built-in Administrator account (which you
> should NOT be using)?
>
> Are there any errors in Event Viewer that correspond to the hangs you are
> seeing?
> Control Panel> Administrative Tools> Event Viewer
> --
> Glen Ventura
> MS MVP Oct. 2002 - Sept. 2009
> CompTIA A+
> http://dts-l.net/
>

[glee]

"Tim Meddick" <timmeddick@o2.co.uk> wrote in message
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> Sorry, but why should the OP "NOT be using" the Administrator account?

The built-in Administrator account should not be used except in
troubleshooting scenarios. A user account in the Administrators group
should be created for general administration such as installing
programs, and so forth.

It's common sense. Any account used regularly runs the risk of
corruption. If you corrupt the built-in Administrator account, you have
no way to log on with admin privileges and repair anything.

If you create a user account with admin privileges and it becomes
corrupt, you have the hidden Administrator account available for
troubleshooting and repair, and for creating a new user account with
admin privileges.

Also, if you use the built-in Administrator account as the only account
with admin privileges, and then later decide to add another user account
with admin privileges, the built-in account will be removed from the
log-in screen and a Registry edit must be done to return it to the
log-in screen.
--
Glen Ventura
MS MVP Oct. 2002 - Sept. 2009
CompTIA A+
http://dts-l.net/

[glee]

"Navyguy" <magineer02@yahoo.com> wrote in message
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>On Dec 8, 6:04 am, "glee" <gle...@spamindspring.com> wrote:
>>
>> As I mentioned earlier, Spybot has a setting, "Skip system accounts
>> during IE immunization," that you need to enable, and then see if
>> there
>> is any improvement:http://forums.spybot.info/project.php?issueid=132
>>
>> I haven't used Spybot in years, and don't find it at all useful in
>> the
>> current environment, so I can't tell you precisely where the setting
>> is
>> located. You may have to enable "Advanced" settings to see it....I
>> don't know.
>
>I went into the Advanced Mode, then Settings but I couldn't find
>anything like 'Skip system accounts during IE immunization to enable.
>Given that this doesnt seem to be working, even after installing it
>twice is there another malware program similar to Spybot that I could
>use that you would recommend? Bearing in mind that I'm live on a fixed
>marginal income and cant afford to buy anything.

You could go to the Spybot forums and ask where the setting is that was
mentioned in the link I gave you, by PepiK, the writer of Spybot.

I haven't found Spybot useful in years. You can get nearly as good an
"immunization" by installing the free version of SpywareBlaster,
manually updating it, then having it "Enable all protection" and then
close the app. About once a week, start SpywareBlaster, run its update,
then "Enable all protection" again to add the new items.

SpywareBlaster:
http://www.javacoolsoftware.com/spywareblaster.html

If you uninstall Spybot, first turn off (uncheck) Tea Timer and
SDHelper, "un-immunize" your system, then uninstall it.

--
Glen Ventura
MS MVP Oct. 2002 - Sept. 2009
CompTIA A+
http://dts-l.net/

[nil]

On 08 Dec 2010, "MyNews" <mynews@comcast.net> wrote in
microsoft.public.windowsxp.general:

> You can not run Avira Antivir with installing Software like
> AntiSpyware!

Poppycock. You absolutely can. Where did you ever get such an idea?