"Rob" <Rob@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:2B33A676-0EAC-422A-A937-1037459C16CA@microsoft.com...
>I think I may try uninstalling Mcafee and re-installing. See what happens!
I wouldn't reinstall it if I were you since it is in the frame
for many email problems on Vista systems.
Avast (or AVG) (free) is a much safer products...
http://www.avast.com/eng/avast_4_home.html
Check microsoft.public.windows.vista.mail for a litany
of McAfee and , even moreso, Norton related problems.
> As for the sound card it also doesnt even recognise it if I scan for new
> harware. Strange!
>
>
>
> "Qfreed" wrote:
>
>> Sounds to me like Windows Premium dropped a driver or failed to
>> recognize
>> your sound card. I wanted to address your second problem, however. I
>> use
>> McAffee security suite also and have had problems using their "fix"
>> button
>> locing up my system. I just wanted to mention that the message you get
>> about
>> your computer not being protected may still haunt you even if you get its
>> firewall, virus checker, spyware checker, etc. enabled. McAffee offers
>> other
>> Premium options like E-mail scanning, or the like, that they want you to
>> buy.
>> Therefore, even if you get the features you want (I suggest that you use
>> Windows firewall and not theirs as theirs isn't as compatible with other
>> programs) enabled you will still get that message inferring that you need
>> to
>> buy their premium package to be fully protected. It does go away at some
>> point because I no longer see it and I never bought the premium package.
>> --
>> qfreed
>>
>>
>> "Rob" wrote:
>>
>> > I upgraded the other day from home basic to home premium using the
>> > windows
>> > any time upgrade disk that came with my machine (Dell Inspiron 9000)
>> > Since then I have no sound and if i hover of the sound icon in the task
>> > bar
>> > I get the message "No audio output device is installed" Sure enough if
>> > I look
>> > in device manager there is no mention of anything to do with sound.
>> >
>> > Also I get a message from Mcafee security suite saying that my computer
>> > is
>> > not protected, if I open it pretty much all the features are disabled
>> > and if
>> > I try to re-enable them or click "Fix now" the Mcafee window flashes a
>> > few
>> > times but then hangs or crashes or simply fails to "Fix" the problems.
>> >
>> > Any ideas?