Control Panel

[Guest]

The seaching for (flashlight) when opening control panel pops in the window
and it takes awhile for the control panel to open. The only thing I have
done lately is add spy sweeper. I did a sweep and quarantined all the
cookies that it found. Is this the right thing to do. I noticed that one of
the cookies was added to my registry. Can anyone give me any advice on this.

 

[Carey Frisch [MVP]]

Visit http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/xp_tweaks.htm and scroll down to
Item #256 (Restore the Control Panel).

[Courtesy of MS-MVP Kelly Theriot]

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Carey Frisch
Microsoft MVP
Windows XP - Shell/User
Microsoft Newsgroups

Get Windows XP Service Pack 2 with Advanced Security Technologies:
http://www.microsoft.com/athome/security/protect/windowsxp/choose.mspx

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| The seaching for (flashlight) when opening control panel pops in the window
| and it takes awhile for the control panel to open. The only thing I have
| done lately is add spy sweeper. I did a sweep and quarantined all the
| cookies that it found. Is this the right thing to do. I noticed that one of
| the cookies was added to my registry. Can anyone give me any advice on this.

 

[Guest]

Thanks for the reply, I did what you said but that still does not fix the
problem. It's not like the control panel doesn't open at all, it does but it
takes a while, like the path to the control panel is messed up. I remembered
also that I added a password for administrative control so I can use
scheduled tasks, will that cause this problem?

 

[Wesley Vogel]

Update your antvirus software and run a full system scan.

Also scan for scumware/adware/spyware.

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Hope this helps. Let us know.

Wes
MS-MVP Windows Shell/User

In

Thanks for the reply, I did what you said but that still does not fix the
problem. It's not like the control panel doesn't open at all, it does
but it takes a while, like the path to the control panel is messed up. I
remembered also that I added a password for administrative control so I
can use scheduled tasks, will that cause this problem?

Visit http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/xp_tweaks.htm and scroll down to
Item #256 (Restore the Control Panel).

[Courtesy of MS-MVP Kelly Theriot]

--
Carey Frisch
Microsoft MVP
Windows XP - Shell/User
Microsoft Newsgroups

Get Windows XP Service Pack 2 with Advanced Security Technologies:
http://www.microsoft.com/athome/security/protect/windowsxp/choose.mspx

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The seaching for (flashlight) when opening control panel pops in the
window and it takes awhile for the control panel to open. The only
thing I have done lately is add spy sweeper. I did a sweep and
quarantined all the cookies that it found. Is this the right thing to
do. I noticed that one of the cookies was added to my registry. Can
anyone give me any advice on this.

 

[Guest]

Okay I did a chat my computer's support group. Asystem restore back a couple
of days from when I started having this problem took care of it. But like in
my first post I reloaded the SPY SWEEPER program and it started doing it
again. So I sent a request through the WEBROOT web site for some help with
this problem. I'll get back with ya'll when I get an answer from them. I
was wondering if anybody else has installed SPY SWEEPER and had this problem?

Update your antvirus software and run a full system scan.

Also scan for scumware/adware/spyware.

--
Hope this helps. Let us know.

Wes
MS-MVP Windows Shell/User

In

Thanks for the reply, I did what you said but that still does not fix the
problem. It's not like the control panel doesn't open at all, it does
but it takes a while, like the path to the control panel is messed up. I
remembered also that I added a password for administrative control so I
can use scheduled tasks, will that cause this problem?

Visit http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/xp_tweaks.htm and scroll down to
Item #256 (Restore the Control Panel).

[Courtesy of MS-MVP Kelly Theriot]

--
Carey Frisch
Microsoft MVP
Windows XP - Shell/User
Microsoft Newsgroups

Get Windows XP Service Pack 2 with Advanced Security Technologies:
http://www.microsoft.com/athome/security/protect/windowsxp/choose.mspx

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:

The seaching for (flashlight) when opening control panel pops in the
window and it takes awhile for the control panel to open. The only
thing I have done lately is add spy sweeper. I did a sweep and
quarantined all the cookies that it found. Is this the right thing to
do. I noticed that one of the cookies was added to my registry. Can
anyone give me any advice on this.

 

[Wesley Vogel]

My guess, I do not have any first hand knowledge, is that Spy Sweeper adds
something to the Control Panel.

Spy Sweeper is causing your Control Panel problem.

--
Hope this helps. Let us know.

Wes
MS-MVP Windows Shell/User

In

Okay I did a chat my computer's support group. Asystem restore back a
couple of days from when I started having this problem took care of it.
But like in my first post I reloaded the SPY SWEEPER program and it
started doing it again. So I sent a request through the WEBROOT web site
for some help with this problem. I'll get back with ya'll when I get an
answer from them. I was wondering if anybody else has installed SPY
SWEEPER and had this problem?

Update your antvirus software and run a full system scan.

Also scan for scumware/adware/spyware.

--
Hope this helps. Let us know.

Wes
MS-MVP Windows Shell/User

In

Thanks for the reply, I did what you said but that still does not fix
the problem. It's not like the control panel doesn't open at all, it
does but it takes a while, like the path to the control panel is messed
up. I remembered also that I added a password for administrative
control so I can use scheduled tasks, will that cause this problem?

:

Visit http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/xp_tweaks.htm and scroll down to
Item #256 (Restore the Control Panel).

[Courtesy of MS-MVP Kelly Theriot]

--
Carey Frisch
Microsoft MVP
Windows XP - Shell/User
Microsoft Newsgroups

Get Windows XP Service Pack 2 with Advanced Security Technologies:
http://www.microsoft.com/athome/security/protect/windowsxp/choose.mspx

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The seaching for (flashlight) when opening control panel pops in the
window and it takes awhile for the control panel to open. The only
thing I have done lately is add spy sweeper. I did a sweep and
quarantined all the cookies that it found. Is this the right thing to
do. I noticed that one of the cookies was added to my registry. Can
anyone give me any advice on this.