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25. July 2007 @ 22:03 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
hi i have a pc with xp service pack 2 and only a couple programs will access the internet including firefox utorrent and frostwire
and for some reason i also cant play streaming wmv videos

it all happened about 2 months ago when i installed mcaffee before everything worked fine i installed it and noticed i wasnt getting that many virus and my computer was so slow and always downloading updates
so it was really a pain i had the mcaffee firewall turned off and i was using windows im not for sure so i uninstalled mcaffee and now only a couple programs will access the internet even if i turn off windows firewall

can somebody help me please cuz its really a pain
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6. August 2007 @ 06:54 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
mcafee is a joke and a big problem to anyone who installs it. DONT ever install it again. this is what you need to do to fix the issue.
Go to start>run> type in regedit.
once regedit opens up you need to go to file>export and save a copy of your registry to a cd or jump drive incase you screw it up.
then once its backed up go to Edit> find and then type in mcafee.
once you do that delete every single trace of mcafee the registry finds and once you go through every entry which could be about 50 or so. it will say cant not find any more traces of mcafee or something close to that message and then restart the computer and the issue should be fixed.

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6. August 2007 @ 07:02 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
For internet security that works, I'd recommend either AVG or NOD32, in conjunction with Lavasoft Ad-Aware.



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6. August 2007 @ 07:47 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
i have this kind of problem, but not quite the same, my computer wouldn't let me access to the internet after i installed IE7...so i reformatted my computer and didnt install IE7, the internet works fine...IE7 sucks...

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6. August 2007 @ 08:07 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
Hmm, not installed Ie7, I use a combination of IE6 and Firefox.



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6. August 2007 @ 08:14 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
IE7 is not that good...firefox is much better...

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6. August 2007 @ 08:16 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
You mean IE6? I kind of use them interchangeably, when one can't load a page I use the other.



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6. August 2007 @ 08:17 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
GTR35, all you had to do was uninstall ie7 as no need to reformat hd & reload windows.

rogeball, edit your sig to conform to forum specs ASAP.
1. Text-only signatures should have at most 5 lines of text.

wakemxbmx, check mcaffee site for their removal tool as i have a copy of it. ran into the same problem but it was norton firewall that was causing the problem. not anymore.
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6. August 2007 @ 08:20 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
Ugh, norton firewall. 'nuff said.



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6. August 2007 @ 08:22 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
i use zonealarm on mine.
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6. August 2007 @ 08:39 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
i did uninstall it, still wont let me go on internet, after i reformatted my hdd and reinstall windows, and its running great with exact programmes and games except IE7 that i'd install before i reinstall window...

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6. August 2007 @ 08:55 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
Well, perhaps there were registry keys involved, either way IE7 sucks.



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6. August 2007 @ 09:29 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
yeah IE7 is no good, firefox is better...IE7 somehow blocks the internet access...reason: unknown

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