Re: Sound disappears in WinXP Home

DL wrote:
Just an observation;
There are a number of free, recommended, apps that deal with spyware. Why
are you paying for one?
I use MS Defender, SpyBot and Adaware; from time to time I visit dubious web
sites, and download things I should'nt, and have never had a problem. As a
member of the cloth I would hope you are not doing such browsing, so why
would you need to pay for such an app?

I use the same apps on my kids PC, together with F-Secure, Parental control
activated, and have not had any problems there either.

"Robert M Jones" <robert53newsgroups-ms@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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Ronnie Vernon MVP wrote:
Robert

Keep us updated on your prograss. Interesting problem.

well- I've had UK Channel 4 TV streaming in the background all afternoon
while doing lots of stuff (User account) and no sound problems at all.
So - it was either the new sound drivers or the reinstall of the
Counterspy - I don't know which but the machine is behaving better all
round.
Previously I had the Counterspy registered for each user account which I
think was a mistake - I have just installed it in Admin, and it is
running with Active Protection now in the user account. It is hogging
much less CPU and there is no freezing.

I think I'll image this Windows partition before it goes wrong again!

Thanks for the help.

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Who said I was paying? I did beta testing and got a years licence free :-)
I also use the free ones - Ad-Aware, Spybot S&D, and one from my ISP.
I'm not the only one in my family who uses the computer and I do a fair bit of browsing including for free software and every now and then something turns up on my machine that shouldn't (or tries to).

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