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Old May 17th 07, 07:27 PM posted to microsoft.public.windowsme.setup
Ledheadpb
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Default ME firewall????

Alright i always wondered myself about those type of cookies. I will
deffantly do that . Im currently waiting for the IT manager to agree that im
right lol. So it might be a day or so before i can get on the computer that
is cause problems to try the video driver problems

You guys are a big help

"Gary S. Terhune" wrote:

AdAware and other anti-spyware apps will flag lots of innocuous things like
harmless cookies and Registry entries that are installed by Windows and will
very soon get reinstalled if you remove them. IOW, not everything AdAware et
al find is necessary to delete. Next time you run it, post the results here
(not every one, just the main headers). Same goes for MRU (Most Recently
Used) entries. You are advised about them because they can give insight to a
stranger as to what you've been up to, but the stranger has to get into your
machine first. Just because AdAware flags them doesn't mean you have to
delete them. I certainly don't. I like MRUs.

With specific regard to cookies, you might want to do what I do. Open
Internet Options, go to the Privacy tab, click on Advanced. Override
automatic cookie handling, Prompt for first-party cookies, Block third-party
cookies and Always allow session cookies. Gives you lots more control over
who gets to set a cookie.

--
Gary S. Terhune
MS-MVP Shell/User
www.grystmill.com

"Ledheadpb" wrote in message
...
The main thing that would point me to a virus is that ad-aware picks up
alot
of things like cookies and stuff like that but i will try the video driver
and other hardware drivers and update them

Thank you for your help

"Mike M" wrote:

Check your video drivers. Boot, to Safe Mode if easier, and check the
version of your video drivers in Device Manager.

If not video, what other hardware or driver changes have you made to your
system recently? Errors such as you have now described have little to do
with the registry nor, as Gary has already said, a possible virus but
rather are often driver related.

Why do you think that such an error is either virus or cookie problem?
--
Mike Maltby
MS-MVP Windows



Ledheadpb wrote:

i happens apon start up and no i dont see the desktop and to fix or
make it go away i just hit enter and it works but sometimes i have to
restart it happens about 60% of the time and with the virus thing
that more of a cookie problem