Boot up problem
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BB - you will have noticed the cautions - while McAfee is off, be careful what you 'visit' and do not open/download any emails - an overkill no doubt, but better safe than sorry. Switch on the Windows Firewall for safety.
Well switched McAfee off as far as you can. Although listed in the services start up list McShield, McAfee Validation Trust Protection can be unchecked but they cannot be turned off. You can select apply and then OK and then go back and you see they are checked on again.
Also when running OK I selected the McAfee desktop icon and it came up saying everything was working so I'm not sure whether I really turned it off or not. Or did selecting the McAfee icon turn it on??
Anyhow problem has lessened only two fail to boots against about 5 or successes. Only one failure had an event logged something to do with d\longhorn etc etc which a web search suggested a conflict with Vista gadgets..
So better but not fully cured... thanks for the advice..
Also when running OK I selected the McAfee desktop icon and it came up saying everything was working so I'm not sure whether I really turned it off or not. Or did selecting the McAfee icon turn it on??
Anyhow problem has lessened only two fail to boots against about 5 or successes. Only one failure had an event logged something to do with d\longhorn etc etc which a web search suggested a conflict with Vista gadgets..
So better but not fully cured... thanks for the advice..
Does Safe Mode work OK each and every time ? Full system scan for threats OK ? Downloaded new graphics drivers ?
I thinking of not renewing McAfee and relying on Windows built in stuff eg firewall, defender. I also have a program called Malbyte installed when first sent for repair. There is AVG as an option too
Oh, OK. A lot of the modern security suites don't like any other security software on there. Have you added any spyware checkers lately ?
When you ran msconfig, did you switch everything off ? Anything in there related to other security software ?
When you ran msconfig, did you switch everything off ? Anything in there related to other security software ?