MS AntiSpyware disabled on re-boot

[Karl Nelson]

WinXP Pro Ver. 2002 SP2:
I have installed, removed, and re-installed AntiSpyware (Beta) 5 or 6 times
now. The same problem keeps occuring:

AntiSpyware works fine until I re-boot. Then, the desktop icon has changed
to the plain vanilla default icon. When I try to launch AntiSpyware, I get
"The item 'GIANTAntiSpywareMain.exe' that this shortcut refers to has been
changed or moved, so this shortcut will not work properly."

If I look in C:\Program Files\Microsoft AntiSpyware, there is nothing there
but the subdirectory "Quarantine" and the file "ShellExtension.dll".

When I remove it in Add/Remove Programs, I get "Error 1905" on about 8 .dll
files.

I have gone through the on-line validation procedure and downloaded the
AntiSpyware installation file several times, each time with the same result.

Anyone have any ideas???
Thanks,
Karl

 

[John]

What other "protection" software programs are you running and did you
install MSAS while logged on as Administrator or with admin access?

 

[Karl Nelson]

John,
I have re-posted this in the microsoft.private.security.spyware.general
forum, where I suppose it properly belongs.
I am running AdAwareSE, SpywareBlaster, SpyBot S&D, Spyware Doctor,
SpySweeper, and Norton AV 2003. I am logged on as Administrator for all
operations.
Thanks,
Karl

 

[Bill Sanderson]

FWIW, I've read at least one other post with similar symptoms, which mystify
me completely. You've done a very clear job of describing what happens.

I'd be interested in what happens if you run MSCONFIG and restart in
Diagnostic mode, and reinstall the program--is that possibe? and if you can
do it in that mode, does it then "stick?"