Re: Display Settings

For maximum safety, I suppose, one could physically disconnect the machine from the internet before disabling an anti-virus application or a third-party firewall. 9 times out of 10, though, merely a setting or Add-on needs to be disabled before making the change(s).

Perhaps the most important things to understand here are why and how such changes are disallowed by such applications. If you don't understand this, perhaps you shouldn't have these "protections" installed/enabled in the first place.
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~PA Bear

Gerry wrote:
Is the solution to go Offline. Disable the security software. Make the
change clicking on Apply and OK. Restart the computer. Re-enable the
security software.

PA Bear [MS MVP] wrote:
One or more options/settings in an ever-growing number of third-party
applications may be disallowing the change(s) from "sticking". These
include but are not limited to Ad-aware's Ad-Watch, Spybot Tea Timer,
SpywareBlaster, SpySweeper, Spyware Doctor, CounterSpy, AVG
Anti-Spyware, Norton AntiVirus, McAfee VirusScan and/or Antispyware,
NOD32, and Zone Alarm (Free, Pro, & Security Suite).

Rob wrote:
I am running XP on a Dell Inspiron 8600 laptop. When I log back on
after logging off and closing the computer the resolution changes
from 1280 by 768
to 1680 by 1050 which makes the icons way to small for me. Is there
any way
to stop this re-setting?

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