Re: Essential shareware utilities for XP users?

AL D wrote: 
On Fri, 30 Dec 2005 10:35:28 -0600, David Maynard <nospam@xxxxxxxxxxx>
wrote:


Need to find out what the problem there is before you start loading it up with additional bells and whistles and, in particular, I'm wondering if that Kerio firewall is causing a problem since XP SP2 has it's own built-in firewall turned on by default. And firewalls in general can cause problems if not configured properly. 


Uninstalled Kerio but problem persists. I suspect something called
Aveo Attune which XP reported a problem with last time I loaded XP. A
google suggests it is spyware. Apparently it's not something that is
easy to uninstall. Seems to start itself up ad do whatever it does as
soon as the PC loads Windows.

Well, you either installed Aveo or installed something that included it. It's an adware program that checks various things and then pops related ads up. Like if it sees your printer is low on ink it pops up ads for printer ink suppliers. Nice for the advertisers but not so much for users.


Event logshows a few application hangs but doesn'rt say what which
programs.

It's a standalone PC with only dialup access to the net.

If you can't uninstall that stuff then reformat and do a fresh install without adding in extras.

Also, disable any network cards in device manager. Since you're on dial up they'll just slow boot up trying to find an IP address that'll never come.

Thank you

Al D 

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