Please follow the fourm suggestions carefully and donot uninstall any
software you are not sure about
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The key was when I tried to uninstall the Intel utility set, it told me I
could not because only one user can be logged in while removing it. Huh?
I'm the only dolt logged in, so what gives? I was going to go to the
directory and do a brute force delete when there it was, burried deep in the
folders of the Intel utilities, I saw the red slashed circle icons that were
the same as I was seeing in exporer that prohibited my access to cd/dvd
roms, etc. That must be the program that prohibited my administrator access
to these device! A little more poking and sure enough, it turned out to be
the third party program that spawned the awServ applet. I went into Window
Task Manager, killed the process and a few others I didn't recognize, which
apparently killed the undocumented logon and allowed me to remove the Intel
utility set (recently recommended by Kim Komando) and, viola, the
permissions to the drives returned to normal upon reboot.
To uninstall click Start - Control Panel - Add/Remove Programs
If Window didn't let you uninstall Intel Utility then endtask some unwanted
task through Task Manager by right-clicking on Taskbar and choose Task
Manager. If you are not sure or get puzzeled with Task list then first try
quiting unwanted software from Notification area (near the clock) and then
uninstall.
Let us know!