Re: Microsoft Anti Spyware *

On Sat, 06 Aug 2005 18:31:57 -0400, Ed <fake@xxxxxxxx> wrote:

>On Sat, 6 Aug 2005 14:03:02 -0700, "Vince"
><Vince@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
>>Running XP Home with Norton Anti Virus 2005. After installing Microsoft Anti
>>Spyware I get a pop up message above the clock saying that Norton Anti Virus
>>is turned off. I check Noton and all is running ok. This message only pops up
>>when computer is starting up and then quickly disappears.
>
>That is good ole windoze not waiting for all apps to load at bootup
>before crying wolf that an app is not loaded. I had the same thing
>start appearing after this latest verification fiasco was installed on
>my system to see if I had all of a sudden become a crook after proving
>that I wasn't a crook when I activated the OS (How can I NOT be a
>crook during activation and then all of a sudden turn into a crook
>during verification of the SAME piece of software is beyond me.... All
>in the minds of a company that was subpoenaed to appear before a
>Senate Investigation for......of all things.... being a Crook!).
>Anyway, got this off the Symantec site where they show a work around
>for M$'s latest buglett. What they say you have to do is goto
>Security Center and uncheck Virus Protection under "Change the way
>Security Center Alerts Me".
>
>Regards,
>Ed


Yeah ED in other words disable the much vaunted SP2 features. I have
turned off the hand holding security features in services.msc Good for
newbies and the computer clueless but if you know enough to be aware
of usenet you know enough to do without the "your virus software is
out ot date nagging" etc

WGA Problems?

Run Update till you have downloaded and installed the WGA app

When you get to the install (express / custom) page shut it all down.

Open IE

Select Tools>manage add ons

Search for the Update Active X Control and disable it.

Run Update again it will work fine without validating anything.

I know thats not the point but it is a workaround for another piece of
ill thought out ill implemented software forced on us by M$. There are
also several scripts out there to circumvent the validation process.

Jonah
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