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re: reg error message Thursday, September 1, 2005 at 2:18 pm Posted by Alan Masterman (302 messages posted) Hi Euge, This sounds very like an annoying popup which is doing the rounds lately, made up to look like an important message from your operating system, or even from Microsoft (which it most definitely isn't). Sometimes it will claim that your system is about to crash. This popup can defeat the Zone Alarm and Windows firewalls. Super Ad Blocker is the only program I've found so far which will reliably block it. On Thursday, September 1, 2005 at 1:49 pm, euge wrote: >pop up keeps comming up >Message service >Windows reg problem >please visit >clean the reg .com >what do i do to stop this comming up please [Reply or follow-up to this message] re: reg error message Thursday, September 1, 2005 at 2:35 pm Posted by euge (8 messages posted) Hi Alan Thanks for that. Can I download this program as when I tried to load HJT my whole system just kept rebooting and never starting so I had to reformat twice as I could not believe that HJT could have this effect on my sys On Thursday, September 1, 2005 at 2:18 pm, Alan Masterman wrote: >Hi Euge, > >This sounds very like an annoying popup which is doing the rounds lately, made up >to look like an important message from your operating system, or even from Microsoft >(which it most definitely isn't). Sometimes it will claim that your system is about >to crash. >This popup can defeat the Zone Alarm and Windows firewalls. Super Ad Blocker is >the only program I've found so far which will reliably block it. > > > [Reply or follow-up to this message] re: reg error message Thursday, September 1, 2005 at 3:52 pm Posted by DEX (11819 messages posted) euge You can also turn off the message service it's a sidedoor for spam and other popups. Use the program below to turn it off (disable it ) --------------------------- Service Controller XP 2.2.61 it's free stuff Service Controller XP is a handy interface that allows you to control your Windows (NT/2000/XP) services. You can instantly see which ones are running and view detailed information about all the standard Windows services. In addition, the program provides information that lets you decide whether to enable or disable a service. It prevents you from accidentally disabling critical operating system services and suggest whether to disable a service or not based on the use of your computer (e.g. Default, Gaming, Internet Gateway etc.) http://www.majorgeeks.com/download4313.html Plus read this web page http://web.archive.org/web/20040210040410/www.blackviper.com/WIN2K/servicecfg.htm Thanks to Pappy for this link On Thursday, September 1, 2005 at 1:49 pm, euge wrote: >pop up keeps comming up >Message service >Windows reg problem >please visit >clean the reg .com >what do i do to stop this comming up please [Reply or follow-up to this message] Tip: Use one of the [Reply or follow-up to this message] links above to add a message to this thread Search this forum Start a new thread on a different subject Report abuse of the forum Return to the Windows 2000 Discussion Forum