I bought this computer last september. i had after a month or so, i installed my Macafee anit-virus software. after about 2 weeks after that, my side bar doesn't work anymore, and i can't turn on my windows media player; also, i can't open the hotmail page. Even if it said "done" on the bottom right, the IE still has nothing on the page. i thought that was not big deal, since i don't use IE as often as my firefox, and i don't use my Windows Media player as much as my Itunes as well. recently, when i tried to install Halo 2 on my computer, it first appeared with the autorun. I selected the "run 'startup.exe'," after that, a window pops up saying "An ActiveX control on this page maybe unsafe to interact with other parts of the page. Do you want to allow this interaction?" (the window has a title of Internet Explorer). after i clicked Yes, the installation screen pops up with nothing in it. i tried to install it a several times, but it still doesn't work. what should i do? starting to get annoied by windows vista ><

hello IchaosI1105 , What I would do is this . . http://www.majorgeeks.com/McAfee_Co... And then this , http://www.majorgeeks.com/download.... and finally , http://www.majorgeeks.com/CCleaner_... I use the Vista firewall and a router\modem .

Did you remove the 60 day trial of Norton/Symantic Anti-virus that came with the pc before you installed McAfee? Weaseling out of things is important to learn. It's what separates us from the animals ... except the weasel. ~Homer Simpson~

Norton yes that would do it....mm..Norton to McAfee out of the frying pan..........

reply for jack frost46: do i have to install AVG?? since i already have avast and avira. oh and IT WORKED!!! the first download u gave me worked. btw, i didn't bother to install AVG, and i dun get what the 3rd one is for, would u mind explain it to me? still, THX MAN!!! =) reply for yellobelt: i uninstalled norton when i installed Mcafee after the 60 days free of norton trials, in another words, i uninstalled norton when i installed Mcafee. starting to get annoied by windows vista ><

No you don't have to download AVG , but you do have to decide which anti virus you want , either Avast or Avira have to go as you can only have one anti virus at a time, as they interfere with each other . The decision is yours . CCleaner cleans up your hard disk , It will run smoother after

hmm okay then... thx for the advice and explanation on the CCleaner. i think i'll stick with avast, since i'm more used to it; as for avira, i installed it cuz my friend reconmemded me to do it. oh, and do you have any ideas of how to get my windows media player back? cuz i really need it sometimes... starting to get annoied by windows vista ><