A
Alfred Sullivan
Last Friday I had an encounter with a virus or worm but Norton Antivirus
quanentined a file which was removed and errors fixed with Norton
SystemWorks. Now my system and all programs work ok except that I have to
'stand on my head' to get past the sign-in security. Here is what happens.
After starting XP and entering my administrator account, I get my desktop
with a superimposed "Run As" pop up. (It has a 'keys on ring' logo just
under the blue bar) The body of the popup has a 'checked' radio button
defining the current user (me/administrator) and 2nd 'unchecked' button for
adding other users. Below the current user button is a checked box:
"Protects my computer and data from unauthorized program activity."
To gain access to my desktop, I must uncheck this box for 5 cycles at which
time the popup goes away (assume the 5 cycles are necessary to open programs
running in the background) . Now when I click a program on the desktop I
again get the same "Run As" popup. Uncheck the "Protects...."
box, the program opens and I can proceed. [Note: a very similar problem was
posted on this newsgroup on 9/22/03 by "Dean". He has recieved no response
to date.]
The popup also appears anytime I try to change settings through control
panel, etc.
By uninstalling my Norton software (later reinstalling), I have determined
that thepopup is not related to Norton SystemsWorks. Thus it must be part of
XP. Where does it reside and can I modify it? (I never saw the popup until
after I recovered from the virus problem.) It doesn't prevent me from using
the computer but it is very agrivating.
Excuse the extended explaination. Any help would be appreciated.
Al
(e-mail address removed)
quanentined a file which was removed and errors fixed with Norton
SystemWorks. Now my system and all programs work ok except that I have to
'stand on my head' to get past the sign-in security. Here is what happens.
After starting XP and entering my administrator account, I get my desktop
with a superimposed "Run As" pop up. (It has a 'keys on ring' logo just
under the blue bar) The body of the popup has a 'checked' radio button
defining the current user (me/administrator) and 2nd 'unchecked' button for
adding other users. Below the current user button is a checked box:
"Protects my computer and data from unauthorized program activity."
To gain access to my desktop, I must uncheck this box for 5 cycles at which
time the popup goes away (assume the 5 cycles are necessary to open programs
running in the background) . Now when I click a program on the desktop I
again get the same "Run As" popup. Uncheck the "Protects...."
box, the program opens and I can proceed. [Note: a very similar problem was
posted on this newsgroup on 9/22/03 by "Dean". He has recieved no response
to date.]
The popup also appears anytime I try to change settings through control
panel, etc.
By uninstalling my Norton software (later reinstalling), I have determined
that thepopup is not related to Norton SystemsWorks. Thus it must be part of
XP. Where does it reside and can I modify it? (I never saw the popup until
after I recovered from the virus problem.) It doesn't prevent me from using
the computer but it is very agrivating.
Excuse the extended explaination. Any help would be appreciated.
Al
(e-mail address removed)