WIN2K gone pear-shaped
Hi,
Had been using Norton (which was out of date) and free Zone Alarm for a couple of years, but decided to consolidate AV / Firewall into one package as Norton always made the machine slow.
Purchased combined firewall+AntiVirus from ZoneLabs with VISA card.
My Norton elapsed ages ago, but I wanted to renew virus protection in light of web-borne viruses. I use MessageLabs for email, so there’s no danger of getting infected that way.
Prior to installing combined ZL Anti + Firewall, Norton and Free ZoneAlarm were uninstalled, and reg-edit was run to remove their keys.
Now I can’t get the new ZoneLabs AV + firewall (or the Free ZL Firewall to install), it just stops in its tracks after a few boxes flash across screen.
The Task manager started flickering between 34 and 35 processes, one process was registering and going away. Removed ZA from registry and the processes have stabilised without one popping in and out.
Went back to ZoneLabs and re-downloaded software, still got same problem.
Have installed free anti-virus software for time being from H-BEDV Antivir, and 30 day trial of Kerio.
Am running WIN2000 SP4 (does everything but sit up and beg). It’s annoying to think I spent cash on the combined ZA package if I can’t use it. I do wonder if there was some kind of clash when I installed ZL anti-virus after Norton / Symantec???
Also, more worryingly, when I go to the ADD / REMOVE program in SETTINGS, only a few programs register, yet there are numerous programs on the pc, and I am also unable to remove or change any program as the CHANGE / REMOVE tab is grey-ed out.
Am wondering if reg-edit removed something, but I’m cautious using it and doubt that.
Would dearly love to move over to Linux, but can’t figure out how I would keep my IE favourites, Outlook files, or certain software I’ve become accustomed to. Maybe a dual-boot system is in order to smooth the transition.
Any advice to salvage win2k for a few weeks would be very gratefully received - changing OS at the moment is not something I have time for.
I hope this makes sense, it's late and I'm a tad pi$$ed off.
Thanks