01-26-2008
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Re: McAfee -> OneCare: probably not
Thanks. Trying Norton Protection Center now.
Cheers,
Earle
"...winston" <winstonmvp@xxxxxx> wrote in message
news:%23ulG$z%23XIHA.6140@xxxxxx | Quote: |  | | |
> http://support.microsoft.com/kb/940065
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> http://support.microsoft.com/kb/938275/en-us
> --
> ...winston
> ms-mvp windows live mail
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> "Earle Horton" <0123456@xxxxxx> wrote in message
> news:ueGSq38XIHA.4448@xxxxxx
> Well wish me luck. It turns out that I also have OneCare "for free" as
> part
> of the Qwest by Windows Live suite. I would have stuck with McAfee, but
> it
> installed one too many updates in too short a time and caused one too many
> abnormal shutdowns. Right now, the Qwest Broadband Windows Live install
> program appears to be stuck on Windows Live Messenger, just before
> OneCare,
> and netstat says it isn't doing anything. Oh great, a popup from Windows
> Live Messenger with a big "X" in it. "Extracting File Failed." Ugh. The
> partial install left Messenger in an unbootable state. Now Internet
> Explorer won't let WLinstaller.exe run because it "does not have a valid
> digital signature". Double Ugh. Now I am at "Windows Live installer
> client
> executable has stopped working". Now Internet Explorer won't install and
> run anything. I am not really happy now.
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> Cheers,
>
> Earle
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> "StephenB" <sboots@xxxxxx> wrote in message
> news:s7m9p3dr75bokahc4uv3qe8ujct079nksf@xxxxxx | Quote: | | | |
>> Hi, Earle.
>> Since you have McAfee for free, I'd stick with it if Qwest isn't offering
>> Qwest
>> with Windows Live for your area, which provides Windows Live OneCare for
>> free.
>> -steve
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>> "Earle Horton" <0123456@xxxxxx> wrote:
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>>>Thanks for the tip. After reading a few articles in the
>>>"generaldiscussion"
>>>group I conclude that McAfee isn't so bad, especially since it's "free"
>>>and
>>>it (finally!) seems to have upgraded itself. Upon reflection, it appears
>>>that McAfee's repeated attempts to "upgrade" itself were actually
>>>responsible for the large number of "abnormal shutdowns" I have been
>>>experiencing. The tool to analyze these said to contact McAfee for an
>>>upgrade to cure the problem, the upgrade attempt caused another abnormal
>>>shutdown, repeat until well shaken.
>>>
>>>McAfee has problems, but is "free" with an MSN subscription, which in
>>>turn
>>>is "free" with my Qwest DSL service.
>>>
>>>Saludos,
>>>
>>>Earle
>>>
>>>"PA Bear [MS MVP]" <PABearMVP@xxxxxx> wrote in message
>>>news:eQc6q15WIHA.5340@xxxxxx
>>>> Earle, please begin a new thread for these questions. Thanks.
>>>>
>>>> PS: There are OneCare-specific newsgroups and web-forums where you can
>>>> seek support and ask questions.
>>>>
>>>> microsoft.public.windows.live.onecare.generaldiscussion
>>>> microsoft.public.windows.live.onecare.antispyware
>>>> microsoft.public.windows.live.onecare.antivirus
>>>> microsoft.public.windows.live.onecare.backup
>>>> microsoft.public.windows.live.onecare.firewall
>>>> microsoft.public.windows.live.onecare.install
>>>> microsoft.public.windows.live.onecare.tuneup
>>>> microsoft.public.windows.live.onecare.update
>>>>
>>>> Windows Live OneCare Forums
>>>> http://forums.microsoft.com/windowso....aspx?siteid=2
>>>> --
>>>> ~PA Bear
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Earle Horton wrote:
>>>>> In your opinion, is this more stable and less of a performance killer
>>>>> than
>>>>> McAfee Security Center provided "free" to MSN subscribers? Since I
>>>>> got
>>>>> this
>>>>> new Dell Vista laptop, McAfee "installed updates" every time I booted
>>>>> up,
>>>>> finally getting it right after maybe twenty tries, was responsible for
>>>>> a
>>>>> like number of abnormal shutdowns, and appears to have caused maybe
>>>>> five
>>>>> Blue Screens of Death, which the monitor doesn't apparently support so
>>>>> it
>>>>> looked like broken video controller hardware. My old W2k desktop, and
>>>>> even
>>>>> my Thinkpad with XP, were way, way more stable than this. I am not
>>>>> impressed, particularly since all the sofware involved in this mayhem
>>>>> was
>>>>> supplied by Microsoft.
>>>>>
>>>>> I'd like to get some virus software that did its job, didn't crash the
>>>>> computer, didn't strangle performance and didn't bother me with an
>>>>> endless
>>>>> string of unintellible popups. Is that OneCare, or something else?
>>>>> So
>>>>> far
>>>>> the cure appears to be worse than the disease, like some of the
>>>>> nineteenth
>>>>> century remedies you might see in a Medical History Museum.
>>>>
>>> | | | | | >>
>> --
>> Stephen Boots
>> MVP Windows Live
>> Windows Live OneCare Forum Moderator
>> sboots@xxxxxx | | | | | > | | | | | |
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