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| 469492 | 2006-07-08 22:57:00 | I installed a new program and on bootup I received an error message that I may not have admin rights to 'diffupdate'. I uninstalled the program and still receive this error message. I can find nothing comprehensible about diffupdate on Google (it presumably updates something!) nor does it appear in the msconfig listings. It lives in Windows/prefetch/ but removing it from there still produces an error message (can't find it). What is it, do I need it, how do I either rid myself of it or activate it? Please and thanks. Doug |
dwlewis (10696) | ||
| 469493 | 2006-07-08 23:03:00 | And whats the program? | Speedy Gonzales (78) | ||
| 469494 | 2006-07-09 21:33:00 | Speedy - the apparently offending program was 'device genius' - a new one for updating device drivers. I installed it but did not run it before uninstalling on advice from others. Thd diffupdate error message on bootup suggests I do not have 'rights' to run it but I am the only user of my machine. Thanks for your help Doug |
dwlewis (10696) | ||
| 469495 | 2006-07-09 21:55:00 | try start/run ...........then type in msconfig then tap enter........then look thru the 'startup ' list to see if it's mentioned there........if it is UNtick it..... | drcspy (146) | ||
| 469496 | 2006-07-11 06:57:00 | HHi Speedy - as I said in the original posting, tried that and nothing shows. | dwlewis (10696) | ||
| 469497 | 2006-07-13 00:03:00 | ????Odd?? This morning's bootup resulted in a similar error message but this time specifying 'avupdate' ....and I cannot find a file of that name in the computer!???? | dwlewis (10696) | ||
| 469498 | 2006-07-13 00:24:00 | Spot of sideways thinking but is this the programme? www.tucows.com |
FrankS (257) | ||
| 469499 | 2006-07-13 00:31:00 | ????Odd?? This morning's bootup resulted in a similar error message but this time specifying 'avupdate' ....and I cannot find a file of that name in the computer!???? I suggest you update your antivirus software then do a full scan, Info here:- www.symantec.com HTH. |
Sweep (90) | ||
| 469500 | 2006-07-17 04:23:00 | Thanks FrankS but no Tucows onboard. Thanks Sweep - I had run an Antivirus deepscan earlier, but updated and ran it again: no sign of a virus. Looked at your Symantec site and grew a bit confused, but tried to find "AVupdate*.*" in the registry editor and the only places it showed were in my ExplorerPlus findfiles sections (when I was looking for it on the computer). However, I ran ExplorerPlus 'find' function again and found 4 versions of it under Windows/prefetch. Eliminated them but will they return??? Despite downloading the latest antivirus signatures, could there still be that virus mentioned by Symantec onboard? How do I find out? (Doesn't seem to fit the Symantec definition since not in the registry......??) |
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