Re: Ad Aware SE & MS Antispyware Beta

From: Edward W. Thompson (thomeduk1_at_btopenworld.com)
Date: 05/11/05 

Date: Wed, 11 May 2005 06:32:02 +0100

"dupedagain" <dupedagain@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:C9BCD223-C2B5-4A58-A8F4-6C3896D83E1F@microsoft.com...
>i let someone talk me into installing MSs antispyware program. they said
>it
> would find hundreds of spyware that all other spyware programs miss.
> well...it didn't find a whole helluva lot - apparently Ad Aware was doing
> quite well.
>
> since installing MSs antispyware program, Ad Aware won't work now. i
> uninstalled the MS program, uninstalled the Ad Aware program... rebooted
> too
> even tho nothing advised me to. reinstalled Ad Aware and still it won't
> work. there was NOTHING wrong with Ad Aware BEFORE installing gates'
> flailing attempt at competing with all the other programs available.
>
> i'm no computer geek so i'm not really sure what to do about this. i'm
> thinking billy boy has set up something in the registry...but i have no
> idea
> what to look for. has anyone else experience the deactivation of ad aware
> (or
> perhaps other brands of antispyware) after installing the MS antispyware
> prog?? i am NOT happy camper. dunno what to use now as i found Ad
> Aware
> to be the best in my opinion.
>
> thanks for any help

The MS AntiSpyware program and Ad-Aware happily co-exist, at least they do
for me (WINXP Pro). The problem is something other than incompatibility of
the programs.

Sorry I can't be of more help.

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