re: Registry
Monday, November 2, 2009 at 4:57 pm
Windows XP Annoyances Discussion Forum
Posted by Adam Bradley
(7823 messages posted)
As for how they knew which key, a legit program stores its settings in the windows
registry and will almost always use the same place to do so. That is how the teck
knew where mailfront keeps its settings.
On Monday, November 2, 2009 at 11:57 am, Martin wrote:
>I was installing the McAfee 2009 suite when a message came up that "MailFrontier
>Desktop" was interfering with the installation of McAfee. I looked in all of my
>Programs, Add and Remove Programs, Search for Files and Folders, and there was no
>MailFrontier Desktop. So I called McAfee tech support. The technician went to
>my registry, deleted a key, and the McAfee installation then worked. When I asked
>him how he knew what key to remove, he (crypticly) said "I looked it up." I would
>like to know where he looked it up, what key he removed, and how he knew it pertained
>to MailFrontier Desktop. I can't call McAfee again, since they only supply tech
>support during new installations, and I would doubt very much if I can get the help
>I need there. Can anyone help me here? Martin.
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