re: McAfee Install problem or Not ?
Tuesday, October 7, 2008 at 3:03 pm
Windows XP Annoyances Discussion Forum
Posted by Experimenter
(197 messages posted)
You may have a backup that you don't know about, in System Restore. That's the first
thing that comes to mind.
Hmm..also, look for files created after the update began. That might be a clue.
On Tuesday, October 7, 2008 at 2:37 pm, JohnBoy9999 wrote:
>I had trouble recently with a McAfee update on my computer, and I am not sure if
>it was a McAfee problem or system problem??
>
>Over the weekend McAfee started to download an update. I left my computer and came
>back 6 hours later and it was still downloading, with my cable connection I have
>never had such a long down load before. When I tried to turn my computer off, everything
>froze, and I had to hit the “off” switch. When I re-booted, I no longer had internet
>access, no matter what I tried to do. A while back I had a similar problem and removed/reinstalled
>McAfee and I was fine. So, I uninstalled McAfee, and could now get back on the internet.
>But when I went to McAfee.com to download my active subscription, I am unable to
>log in to my account. It lets me type my name and password, hit enter, and nothing
>happens. I tried going back to the main page and download the free trial offer,
or
>even hit a “buy” button to purchase and nothing happens. When I went in to my Yahoo
>mail acct everything had changed, fonts size was huge. I went to C-Net to try another
>virus scan, and nothing would download.
>
>I tried re-booting and restoring an older date when the system was working fine,
>but the screen to choose a date had no date selections.
>
>I wanted to try and reinstall/fix IE, through remove/add a program, but when I highlighted
>IE, it didn't give me the option to remove.
>
>Right now I have no way of scanning for a virus, or installing my subscription.
>
>I am on my work computer, and had no problem getting in to my McAfee account.
>
>Any ideas ?
>
>Windows XP Home edition
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