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Comment from Macera on 2009-09-16

2009-09-16T17:13:01Z

try not allowing any exceptions with your firewall, worked for me

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Comment from B McCaffrey on 2009-01-24

2009-01-24T12:28:54Z

Is it possible to down load windowsxp repairs to my email and then upload to my pc as i have avirus on my pc and it wont let me access the Microsoft site.

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Comment from Sean on 2009-01-05

2009-01-05T09:36:47Z

To add to this question. How can I find out WHICH program is trying to update istelf? It is not a Windows update as I completed that update. Every time I start up my laptop there is a program running called "Update via Internet" (thats all it says in the task manager). When I look at the process that is running it just says UpdateUI. So it appears that one of my apps is trying to update the User Interface. I have been terminating the program because it just runs and runs and asd i pay per GB of download, I want to make sure I actually allow this to run ad-infinitem... I'd really like to know what this is and how big this download could be..

Anyone can help??
Thanks
Sean

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Comment from Soundwash on 2008-06-03

2008-06-04T04:16:13Z

You *could* try to use use System Restore, if its enabled, to go back right before installation of the errant program. -typically, (but not always) System Restore will make a snapshot of your system right before it install a new application.

it should be located in Accessories/System Tools.

Run it and click "restore my computer to an earlier time" -check the calendar an see if it made a restore point before it was installed..

NOTE: if you restore back to that point, you'll lose any major changes made to your system since then..

failing that... you could use
Filemon and/or Regmon from

http://sysinternals.com/

to track any and all changes to the registry
or file I/O operations the program makes..

Mark at sysinternals.com writed some outstanding free utilities no respectable pc geek should be without.. i highly suggest you download all utilities and lean them.. Especially Process Explorer. you'll be able to keep tabs on every aspect of your PC and more...

good luck,
-gregO

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Comment from fastfreddie1959 on 2008-06-03

2008-06-03T19:05:57Z

Yes....using your firewall is a good thing.
I personally use comodo firewall and it asks
first if i want to allow a program to install
on my computer.
If i deny then it is not allowed and will
not be downloaded.
Im not sure what other firewalls have this
feature but i like the one im using
and has done it's job.

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Comment from Minot Isok on 2008-06-01

2008-06-01T07:04:19Z

If there is no way to configure each individual program's update feature you might try configuring your firewall to not allow a specifc program to have that specific access to the internet. I have a few programs that I use but I set up my firewall to not let them update via the internet. You really need to know how to tweak your two-way software firewall in order for this to be succesful.

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