Hello there,
I have not tested it out at all, and it does seem very odd that it is
affecting some and not all. The type of CPU you have will not affect this.
So it got me thinking about what would some users not have that others do,
and from sad experience its a good firewall and anti virus package. Having
a son who works in that part of the computer industry I can tell you that
firewall's and AV software are a very very long way from being equal or
capable of doing the full job at all....so, ...
Are you logged on to your machine with administrator rights??? Have you
tested whether you still are an administrator? If not, simply create a new
account with admin access rights and log back on using that account instead
of your normal one.
If you are not currently an administrator this could be the cause of the
problem. It is not beyond the bounds of possibility that a virus/worm could
demote you and install itself as an administrator (perhaps) if that or
something similar were to occur you would find that access to stuff you
installed as an administrator would no longer be available...there are some
proviso's to that...but its close enough as it stands.
I realise that its full of if's and maybe's and its easily going to be a
long way wrong...but its worth a look, just in case.
I would be pleased if you could tell me how it turns out...even if my guess
is wrong
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