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Len Dolby
SP2 loaded and installed (nearly 2 hours just to install ?!!) and so far
only 1 problem detected.
Every boot, same 5 messages appear from Spybot, asking to allow/deny the
following registry changes.
Delete - NWIZ.exe/install
Delete - NVCPL Daemon
Delete - SSC_USER PROMPT
Delete - Global Browser toolbar (hex 00)
and
Value change - from C:\Windows\System32\Blank.htm to
C:\Windows\System32\Blank.htm (exact same value!!)
On initial SP2 installation, got a whole raft of Spybot messages, and
allowed all registry changes.
What puzzles me - after allowing the above changes (every time) it MUST be
that the registry gets changed back on every run session (else Spybot would
not keep asking to allow further changes, would it?) So, what's the problem?
Repetition could perhaps be avoided (by ticking the "remember decision" in
Spybot) but that only hides the problem. doesn't solve it. First 3 items are
Symantec (NU 2004), the 4th and 5th MAY be related to the Google toolbar
which has become attached to my standard IE toolbar - (don't know how, it
just appeared - is it an update or the result of my daughter's activities?)
I have "automatic updates" set to d/l and install, but, oddly, this setting
did NOT pick up SP2, had to d/l and install it manually.
My "home page" is indeed "Blank.htm".
It's a home PC, no network, single user.
Another possible solution is to uninstall/reinstall Norton, but surely SP2
should have been designed to handle NU without such action being necessary?
And, what guarantee is there that re-installation would work any better,
anyway?
Appreciate any input as to a solution ...
only 1 problem detected.
Every boot, same 5 messages appear from Spybot, asking to allow/deny the
following registry changes.
Delete - NWIZ.exe/install
Delete - NVCPL Daemon
Delete - SSC_USER PROMPT
Delete - Global Browser toolbar (hex 00)
and
Value change - from C:\Windows\System32\Blank.htm to
C:\Windows\System32\Blank.htm (exact same value!!)
On initial SP2 installation, got a whole raft of Spybot messages, and
allowed all registry changes.
What puzzles me - after allowing the above changes (every time) it MUST be
that the registry gets changed back on every run session (else Spybot would
not keep asking to allow further changes, would it?) So, what's the problem?
Repetition could perhaps be avoided (by ticking the "remember decision" in
Spybot) but that only hides the problem. doesn't solve it. First 3 items are
Symantec (NU 2004), the 4th and 5th MAY be related to the Google toolbar
which has become attached to my standard IE toolbar - (don't know how, it
just appeared - is it an update or the result of my daughter's activities?)
I have "automatic updates" set to d/l and install, but, oddly, this setting
did NOT pick up SP2, had to d/l and install it manually.
My "home page" is indeed "Blank.htm".
It's a home PC, no network, single user.
Another possible solution is to uninstall/reinstall Norton, but surely SP2
should have been designed to handle NU without such action being necessary?
And, what guarantee is there that re-installation would work any better,
anyway?
Appreciate any input as to a solution ...