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Skinandbones
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I'm running XP Pro which I just reinstalled on a brand spanking new HD after a fatal crash on my old HD. I'm connecting to the internet using MSN Explorer (MSN is my provider) via dial-up. Initially, I ran the MSN that installed with XP automatically and there were no problems for a couple days, but about 3 days ago, I launched a program and voila, MSN decided it wanted to come out and play too. I thought it was a fluke so just closed MSN and continued on. Next day, wife launches a game (Harry Potter) and, look at that, MSN wants to play too. I try and image what service I may have disabled that would cause this, but don't think it's that. I called MSN tech support for an answer and while I'm sitting there looking at my computer, for absolutely no reason (didn't launch any program) MSN must have sensed I was talking to it's maker and decided to show up yet again. They had me remove/reinstall it through Add/Remove Windows components. 10 minutes after hanging up with tech support it did it again. Called back the next day (yesterday actually) and they tell me to uninstall it and download the version that's online (did that) and at least for the rest of the evening, it appeared to work. Low and behold, this morning, I'm checking my printer properties (because that too is doing strange things) and MSN launched all by itself once again. I didn't have this problem with MSN before I installed it on this new harddrive (though the HD can't possibly be the cause).
I've disabled some services and done a few registry tweaks (memory type things) which I can list if needed. Since MSN is telling me all that is left is to contact the computer manufacturer I'm having to ask all you good people because I'm the computer manufacturer. Thanks for any assistance.
DFI AK-74EC MB AMD Athlon 900 mhz
512 Meg RAM
40 Gig WD 7200 ATA 100 HD
4 Gig Quantum Bigfoot HD (Backup)
Hercule's Prophet 4500 64 Meg AGP Video
Hercule's Muse XL Sound
I've disabled some services and done a few registry tweaks (memory type things) which I can list if needed. Since MSN is telling me all that is left is to contact the computer manufacturer I'm having to ask all you good people because I'm the computer manufacturer. Thanks for any assistance.
DFI AK-74EC MB AMD Athlon 900 mhz
512 Meg RAM
40 Gig WD 7200 ATA 100 HD
4 Gig Quantum Bigfoot HD (Backup)
Hercule's Prophet 4500 64 Meg AGP Video
Hercule's Muse XL Sound