Re: PC-Cillin and Windows XP: Recurrant "You must restart..." messages?

From: Mike Hall \(MS-MVP\) (mike.hall.mail_at_sympatico.ca)
Date: 05/09/05 

Date: Mon, 9 May 2005 14:08:14 -0400

Pete

Have you considered that it might be a problem with PC-Cillin?.. try their
website for answers.. 

-- 
Mike Hall
MVP - Windows Shell/User
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"(PeteCresswell)" <x@y.z.invalid> wrote in message 
news:056v71t7as9dui2s4lg5m8fmbl36danqin@4ax.com...
>I "Up"-graded my Windows 2000 Pro box to XP last night.
>
> Among other things, PC-Cillin seems tb acting up.
>
> To wit:
>
> 1) I keep getting "You must restart your computer..." messages after 
> PC-Cillin
> does it's automagic download thing.   Never got these before... must've 
> rebooted
> a half-dozen times by now and they persist.
>
> 2) At boot time,  Windows keeps telling me that PC-Cillin isn't checking 
> for
> viruses.   And, indeed, once or twice when I checked PC-Cillin seemed to 
> have
> shut itself off.   Other times, it seemed tb functioning.
>
> 3) After PC-Cillin did the last download, it looks to me like it shut 
> itself off
> right aftwards bc Windows XP popped a dialog saying "Your computer might 
> be at
> risk: - Trend Micro PC Cillin...."  (basically isn't running it's firewall 
> or
> checking for viruses).    If that dialog is correct, this is truly nasty
> behavior - leaving the PC connected, but completely exposed.
>
> Anybody been here?
>
> Time to revert to 2000 Pro?
> -- 
> PeteCresswell

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