I avoid McAfee like the plague. Many computer users designate it as "crapware." When I had it on my computer, during an update, it got caught in an endless loop, with up to 23 processes executing at the same time. I had to do a cold reboot to regain control of the computer, and then discovered that the listing of all my programs in Start > Programs had been deleted, as well as all my bookmarks in Firefox. Fortunately, I had an image backup of my computer, and was able to restore the system from that. Otherwise, I'd have been totally hosed. Watch out for Adobe updates--Adobe reader updates will install McAfee by default--one has to uncheck a box to avoid the install. Thanks and best wishes to all of you for the help and ideas on this list! David David A. Coats Coats Translation Service ATA Certified Translators: E>G, G>E Phone: 612-379-7398 Fax: 612-379-0384 email: david@coatstranslation.com coatstrnsl@cs.com On 06/30/2015 9:40, Janelle Swearingen via wrote: > I just posted the problem I was having printing Ahnentafels and then found the solution. It was the same solution I had been advised to use for the problem producing gedcoms!!! The solution is to temporarily TURN OFF THE REAL-TIME SCANNING by McAfee. > > Janelle > The TMG archive is found here: http://archiver.rootsweb.ancestry.com/th/index/TMG/ > Instructions on how to subscribe to TMG: http://lists.rootsweb.ancestry.com/index/other/Software/TMG.html > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to TMG-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message >

I find image backups to be essential. This type of backup need not be done very often to be worthwhile, so long as one has data files backed up separately. I've used my image backups very rarely, but when I've needed them, the alternative would have been: Reformat C:, reinstall Windows, reinstall all applications, try to remember and reset all preferences. Hmm. 30-90 minutes to restore an image backup (including fixing whatever caused the problem, e.g. replacing a failed drive), or 30-90 DAYS before I get my settings right and can actually do work. Tough choice. Rick Van Dusen On 6/30/2015 8:07 AM, David A. Coats via wrote: : : Fortunately, I > had an image backup of my computer, and was able to restore the system > from that. Otherwise, I'd have been totally hosed. : : > David A. Coats