At 06:27 PM 5/20/00 -0500, Mike & Ginger Woodcock wrote: >Mari, >I do agree with this.. I just put it on because it was with Eudora at the >time and just up dated the dat files.. but this new puter DOES not like >McAfee..... Mike is going to purchase it, but I'm wondering if I'll be >able to use it with my AMD Athlon..... It has done some serious locking >up with it on.. I take it off WHEN I can finally get the thing to come >back up and bam.......pops back up slicker than snot.. LOL...... (sigh)....Ginger, I'm not very good at this....which is why *I* sponge off from George. And I shouldn't have said THAT because we don't want him to get a swelled ego, now do we? <g> One thing you might consider...I had gotten a new unit. Same printer, same photo printer, same scanner, same monitor. New unit has WIN 98 while the old one had WIN 95. Nothing else was different, except the WIN 98 and perhaps the programs installed in a different order than on W95. Problems! Every time I'd try to use the scanner, it folded on me. Couldn't get it to work to save me. Finally discovered the whole problem came down to loading. If something else loaded and used a file that the scanner used (please don't ask me which file....it's vaporized <g>) then the scanner balked. In other words, what it boiled down to is that the scanner was sharing a file that something else was... and if the Windows loaded the scanner first, then it was fine. BUT...if it loaded something else that used a file that the scanner used...well the scanner just sat there...all I got when I tried scanning was the software interface! The scanner went through the motions, but wouldn't actually scan. Instead of the thing I was scanning, I'd get the scanner software program interface! I know this isn't exactly what you are relating, but it could be that they are battling for the same file. >Any suggestions... This harddrive was reformatted yesterday.. I put McAfee >on and then uninstalled it.. How do I know if I got ALL the little sneaky >files off before reinstalling the new one.. and is there really a chance >of a problem if I install more than one... "just a question >here" LOLOL... but, still want an answer..What would I look for in trouble.. You don't know. And, likely as not, you haven't removed all the files. I don't think there's anything that's out there that is fool-proof where that is concerned. I used to use Quarterdeck when I had WIN95...but alas, it won't work with WIN98. (sigh) Don't think I've helped..... Mari >your humble sponge here......, :-) > >ginger >Mike & Ginger Woodcock/EagleRun Australian Shepherds >[email protected] http://www.eaglerun1.com >Ginger's WebDesign is here to help with your Web Needs, >Give us a call, or email with your questions. >Remember, the purchase of an EagleRun Aussie is not the end >of a Transaction, it is the Beginning of a Relationship, enjoy!! :-) > > >============================== >Search ALL of RootsWeb's mailing lists in real time. >RootsWeb's Personalized Mailing Lists: >http://pml.rootsweb.com/

At 07:54 PM 05/20/2000, Mari wrote: *************START OF ORIGINAL MESSAGE TEXT************* (snip) Any suggestions... This harddrive was reformatted yesterday.. I put McAfee on and then uninstalled it.. How do I know if I got ALL the little sneaky files off before reinstalling the new one.. and is there really a chance of a problem if I install more than one... "just a question here" LOLOL... but, still want an answer..What would I look for in trouble.. You don't know. And, likely as not, you haven't removed all the files. I don't think there's anything that's out there that is fool-proof where that is concerned. I used to use Quarterdeck when I had WIN95...but alas, it won't work with WIN98. (sigh) Don't think I've helped..... Mari (snip) **************END OF ORIGINAL MESSAGE TEXT************** Good advice from Mari. ALWAYS, ALWAYS, ALWAYS use the "uninstall" for removing any programs from your computer. For most, you can go to Start, Programs, find the program, and select the "Uninstall" provided by the program. Even then, more than likely, it will not remove ALL the files it installed, nor remove ALL the Registry entries it made. The ONLY sure way to uninstall successfully is to use a third-party utility that makes a log file of EVERY action during installation. It will show every file installed, every file that was replaced, and every Registry entry. Yes, it's time consuming and aggravating to have to go to these lengths when uninstalling something; but, that's the ONLY way you will get your system back to the way it was before the installation. On the same note, a few days ago, I used the utility in McAfee Clinic, Performance Optimizer, and it found dozens and dozens of entries in the Registry that had not been removed during "proper" un-installation. It looked for entries that pointed to files that no longer existed, since they had been un-installed. The entries were still there in the Registry, having to be loaded each time Windows started. Now THAT can cause conflicts. SgtGeorge