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Vee
Member
02-23-2004
| Thursday, September 15, 2005 - 5:59 am
Gee, I didn't know that things like that could even happen, Twinkie. Just dropping in to say that I called my DSL provider and the problem is now fixed. Yay!
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Texannie
Member
07-16-2001
| Thursday, September 15, 2005 - 6:20 am
Still confused about this 'email not fully functional' for AVG...if it's not, is my email protected??? Also, anyone have a clue what this is? I started getting it when I tried to upgrade my SoundBlaster (I did, but then lost sound) did a system restore to before installation update, got my sound back, but now get this message on restart..... The location of the plugins file is invalid. Please key in the correct path where the files *.ahq can be found. If this dialog box appears again, please verify that the path you have chosen contains files of the extenstion *.ahq. Path: C:\ProgramFiles\Creative\ShareDLLVAHQ
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Jimmer
Member
08-30-2000
| Thursday, September 15, 2005 - 8:36 am
Twinkie, I'd say it is time for a new monitor.
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Vee
Member
02-23-2004
| Thursday, September 15, 2005 - 11:09 am
Annie, have you opened AVG to check? Just click on the icon on your desktop and when opened click on "Control Center" to the left. The e-mail scanner information is to the top right. If it says that it is not functional, it may be that by following directions given there you can get it going again.
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Texannie
Member
07-16-2001
| Thursday, September 15, 2005 - 6:29 pm
Yes, if you fast switch and leave everyone logged on, not all emails are fully functional. I have gotten mixed opinions on whether not this is a big deal so I am very confused.
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Vee
Member
02-23-2004
| Thursday, September 15, 2005 - 6:44 pm
Darn it, Annie. Wish I could be more help. Dra must be busy these days...
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Draheid
Board Administrator
09-09-2001
| Thursday, September 15, 2005 - 8:39 pm
Texannie: As best as I understand the 'full function' of AVG, it wants to actually access the e-mail account directly and, by proxy, scan everything going in/out of your e-mail program. I know I cannot use this because I have 10 different POP e-mail accounts I monitor in my Outlook Express. I suspect you're dealing with something similar with trying to setup full function for multiple users. I just don't believe it's possible, especially if they are all signed on at once and using fast-switch. As for the Soundblaster problems, before you ran a system restore, did you first uninstall what was installed? It seems likely the error you're having is related to what you installed. If you cannot find the source of the problem, I would probably reinstall the files you had problems with (to reset the installation) and then uninstall them. Finally, after successfully uninstalling, then you could run a system restore to get back to a working soundcard.
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Juju2bigdog
Member
10-27-2000
| Thursday, September 15, 2005 - 11:09 pm
Anybody else having problems downloading updates to Spybot Search & Destroy? I have been trying to update it for about a week, and it appears to find and download updates, but then I get icons with international red circles surrounding an exclamation point and the message "bad checksum!!!" Google tells me that bad checksum means the site is busy. I have tried all different times of day and night, and I always get bad checksum.
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Bob2112
Member
06-12-2002
| Thursday, September 15, 2005 - 11:46 pm
Dawg: I updated my S&D after reading your message and it completed successfully but took a long time. Longer than I remember it usually taking. I have received bad checksum errors in the past, but I would just try again and it would work.
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Draheid
Board Administrator
09-09-2001
| Thursday, September 15, 2005 - 11:52 pm
Juju, at the top of the update page should be a pull-down menu to the left of 'Download' where you can select a different server to retrieve the updates from - try the SecurityWorks.org site as shown below - it worked fine for me after the default server failed... 
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Weinermr
Member
08-18-2001
| Friday, September 16, 2005 - 12:05 am
I tried to update Spybot Search & Destroy. Five items needed updating, and only one successfully updated, and it took forever to do so. I reopened the program, searched for updates, then changed to a different server before trying to download updates. The rest of the updates then downloaded quickly, at normal speed.
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Weinermr
Member
08-18-2001
| Friday, September 16, 2005 - 12:05 am
Yeah, what Draheid said.
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Texannie
Member
07-16-2001
| Friday, September 16, 2005 - 2:20 am
Thanks anyway Vee! LOL Dra, thanks. That's what I thought about the AVG, but just wanted to make sure. As to the sound, the update came via the internet, but when I went to add/remove programs it was hard to tell which one was just the update. So that's why I did the system restore. Do I need to uninstall everything related to sound and then reinstall my original sound card?
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Twinkie
Member
09-24-2002
| Friday, September 16, 2005 - 5:20 am
Jimmer, I'm not throwing out a perfectly good 19" monitor with just a little bit of a yellow stripe. Its not real visible but I was just hoping there was a way to clean it up. Can't afford a new monitor anyway.
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Jimmer
Member
08-30-2000
| Friday, September 16, 2005 - 8:40 am
I sure understand that Twinkie. I just meant that there is no way for you to fix it.
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Juju2bigdog
Member
10-27-2000
| Friday, September 16, 2005 - 11:29 am
Thanks for drawing me a picture, Dra. When I googled, I did find a suggestion to change servers, but I didn't see that tiny down arrow where I could change servers AFTER I checked for updates. Weinermr, thanks for the advice to change servers after I checked for updates. They don't make this stuff, easy, do they? Um, that is a rhetorical question. Those who think it is easy need not reply. I am downloading now from SecurityWonks.com. Hmmmm, got one successful download of detection rules, one bad checksum on immunization database. Will try again. Changed to SecurityWonks.net, and that worked. Thanks for the help, Bob, Drah, and Weinermr.
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Skootz
Member
07-23-2003
| Monday, September 19, 2005 - 3:58 pm
'my computer' icon is not on my desktop. I am running WinXP..help where is it and how do I get it back?
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Draheid
Board Administrator
09-09-2001
| Monday, September 19, 2005 - 9:53 pm
Skootz: Right-click on the desktop, then left-click on 'Properties'. Click on the 'Desktop' tab, then click the 'Customize Desktop...' button at the bottom. There you will find checkboxes to enable such as 'My Computer', My Documents', etc. to display on the desktop. Check what you want, click 'Ok' then 'Ok' to accept the changes.
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Skootz
Member
07-23-2003
| Tuesday, September 20, 2005 - 3:32 am
Thanks Dra

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Jan
Moderator
08-01-2000
| Tuesday, September 20, 2005 - 5:39 am
For the last three days, right out of the blue, my shut down no longer works . It goes into exception error blue window.[ Yesterday I checked the ctrl-alt-del box when just before it went to the error window and it showed VSmon(not responding)]. The system refuses to shut down until I actually hold the poweroff button in, for at least 5-10 seconds. On top of this, the system refuses to stay shut down. Each night I force it off. When I get up in the middle of the night, it has turned itself back on and I must force it off again. Then when I wake up in the morning, there it is back on again. If I restart the computer myself, it must go through the scandisk program as windows was not shut down properly (I have win 98). It seems to me that the only change I have made in the last few days is to upgrade my adobe acrobat to the latest program. Could that possibly be at fault? If it is, would uninstall reinstall help? If not, how do I get back to my older version? Do you know any way to allow me to 1)shut down properly again 2) stop the system from starting itself Any help would be greatly appreciated. Have a happy day ETA: I have run Norton Anti virus, adaware and spybot and nothing was found on my system
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Juju2bigdog
Member
10-27-2000
| Tuesday, September 20, 2005 - 10:48 am
Jan, did you update the Norton anti-virus before you ran it? There is also a good, free online virus scan you can do here: http://housecall.trendmicro.com/ I would try both of those first and if they find nothing, then uninstall the adobe acrobat and see if that cures it. And if it does, then worry about locating the previous version. I am NOT a computer expert. Those are just things I would try before panicking. Not that I would panic, LOL. But they are not going to hurt.
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Draheid
Board Administrator
09-09-2001
| Tuesday, September 20, 2005 - 12:43 pm
Jan: Vsmon is part of ZoneAlarm firewall which should be running on your computer. (Presuming you have ZoneAlarm installed, if not then you've got bigger problems. lol) It is possible the problems of shutting down are indirectly caused by the upgrade to Acrobat since the newer version checks for updates more frequently. If you denied internet access through ZoneAlarm and it is trying to update, the conflict may be related to the problem. To determine if this is the problem, you could try first shutting down ZoneAlarm before you try to shutdown the computer or uninstall Acrobat to see if it is the cause. The computer starting by itself sounds as though your system is configured to 'Wake On LAN' so that any activity on the network card will cause the computer to power up automatically. Of course, this is only applicable if you are connecting to the internet using high-speed such as DSL or Cable, not dialup. To stop this, you would need to enter your computer's setup program and disable WOL in the system configuration (usually accessed either through a function, Esc, or Del key during initial startup, before windows begins to load.)
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Jan
Moderator
08-01-2000
| Tuesday, September 20, 2005 - 1:29 pm
Thanks guys. 1) I do have Zonealarm. If I allow Adobe free access through it, would that eliminate the problem do you think?? Also I am on highspeed cable 2) I know that , a couple of years ago, I had this same problem with the computer starting itself up. At that time, someone guided me through the process of shutting off the "wake on lan." I wonder what made it switch back on??? Any chance you can guide me, step by step , how to do it again as I am really not so good at this stuff - I will print out your directions and follow them. I have win 98 with an AMD athlon processor with 256 RAM if that makes any difference Again thanks for anything you can offer. PS Juju, Norton updates itself automatically on my system and had just done so today before I ran it I tried your online site but they only scan Internet explorer and I am a dyed in the wool Netscape fan, I am afraid 
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Draheid
Board Administrator
09-09-2001
| Tuesday, September 20, 2005 - 3:53 pm
Jan, unfortunately, all motherboard BIOS setup programs are greatly different so any sort of instruction would depend on who wrote the setup routine. If you would like to PM me with as much detail as you have for the motherboard in your computer, I would be happy to research and try to find and provide detailed directions for this procedure. Why this option may have reset itself could be related to a bad or week CMOS battery. When this battery fails, all settings in the BIOS are generally reset to default, including the WOL option being enabled. Usually this only happens when the computer is not used for any extended period of time but not always. If you provide me the information about the motherboard, I'll try to also suggest what type of battery you will need and instructions on replacement of that as well. ETA: There might even be a few settings in setup that may be affecting the shutdown as well, I'll review that possibility as well. You could try enabling Adobe to access the internet in ZoneAlarm to see if that helps, though.
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Juju2bigdog
Member
10-27-2000
| Tuesday, September 20, 2005 - 5:32 pm
Jan, I have five internet browsers. I keep IE around just for those websites which absolutely have to have it. I mostly use Mozilla Firefox, but I do use Netscape for when I want to quickly complete forms. It just does a better job than the others. I use Opera for those websites that I want to erase the cookies after visiting. I can erase cookies in Opera with one click and an Enter.
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