I know that you can't have two things of anti-virus on the computer....right?

Does this apply to firewalls? I believe that I once heard that it does.

Here is why I am asking.

I turned my computer on this morning, and on the right bottom, a little balloon thing popped up and indicated that:

YOUR UPDATES ARE NOT TURNED ON. CLICK ON THIS BALLOON TO CORRECT THIS.

so I clicked to see what this was all about and

WINDOWS SECURITY CENTER POPPED UP RIGHT UP ON MY SCREEN.

It indicated that

FIREWALL WAS ON

UPDATES WAS OFF!!

Now I have Verizon Internet Secrurity Suite with firewalls, and all the bells and whistles. including firewalls.

So is the fact that my Windows Firewall is turned ON, well is that BAD??

Should I turn it off?

And should I turn the updates ON??

I know you need to get the windows updates.

I sense that Alan has been playing doctor again on MY computer.

So someone ...please just let me know if I should have the firewall thing ON or if I should turn it off?

thanks much

Melody

P.S. And this might sound stupid, but how do I know that is is ACTUALLY THE WINDOWS SECURITY CENTER, and not some rogue spyware thing making me think it's windows security center????

on your last question - go to control panel and click the security button yourself to double check- then you will know it is the real thing if it says the same info as the pop up said.

I set my updates to just tell me when there are new ones and then I read what they are before I decide to download them by checking the box or not.
But most don't have any problems with the updates so you should be fine with them turned on.

If you are sure all your Verizon protection is running then you can turn off the XP firewall.

I am thoroughly confused.

I went to control panel, to system, to Windows Firewall. It indicates it's OFF.
I then went to System, and checked on Windows Updates. It indicates that it is turned ON.

Then I rebooted my computer. I went back to the bottom right, (where the little icon for Windows Security center, and BAM,

it all came up and tells me that the Firewall is ON, and the Windows UPDATES IS OFF. Then when I click on the option to turn on Windows updates, a little message tells me

Sorry, you cannot turn on Windows Updates from here, you should go to Control Panel, System and choose Automatic Updates.

When I go to control panel the Automatic Updates thingee is already checked.

So why does my control panel tell me one thing. and my little icon on the bottom right is indicating something COMPLETELY different.

Also my Verizon Internet Security Suite is running just fine, everything is turned on, firewalls, anti-virus, anti-spyware stuff. All is turned ON.

So the big question is why, at the bottom right of my screen, there is a Windows Security Center icon , that when I bring it up, it tells me completely different stuff than when I go to Control Panel, click on System, etc. etc.

I gather I should believe what my control panel tells me, right?

this is enough to make one go nuts!!
lol
Thanks for ANYONE WHO CAN HELP ME TURN ON WINDOWS UPDATES (EVEN THOUGH I'M BEING OLD IT'S ON by my Control Panel.

Mel

Jo (and anyone else who can help).

Last night was the pits. We couldn't do anything. Computer wouldn't let us do a system restore, go anywhere ....NOTHING.

I tried to run an anti spyware using my Super Professional Anti spyware software (that Verizon gave me). Couldn't get it to run.

I used Internet Explorer to go online, I went to Super Pro's website and they have FAQ's and one of them was "Why can't I get my Super Professional Spyware thing to run?"

It gave a patch to download (or something like a patch).

I did it. BEAUTIFUL!!!!!

I then ran the spyware for over 2 hours. It found all kinds of trojans (for example, Trojan Vundo/Next Gen (found 69 spyware thingees).

I quarantined and deleted everything.

This morning I tried to run Mozilla (this is the browser we always use). It would not load up.

I went to control panel, add and remove programs. I deleted the old firefox. I re-installed it (did this two times).

I have a mozilla icon on my desktop. I have the program on my computer. I mean IT'S THERE.

So why can't I run Mozilla?

Please, if anyone knows what else I can do.

Thanks much.

melody

the Mozilla/FF not running happened to me a time or 2...
try this-
remove the whole program again
reboot the computer
reinstall FF
try it...

oh ..in the Set Program and Access Defaults
maybe something there got checked to not let you use FF?

if still won't work can you try get it to work by going thru the My computer /hard drive & program files list?

I'm thinking something either got removed or scrambled during the AV scanning

you might do a disk clean up & defrag if needed also

and Google has a browser now
also there's one called Flock that I tried - maybe try one of those to see if they might work till you get the Mozilla figured out.

Hi Jo:
First of all, thanks so much for replying.

I have DONE EVERYTHING YOU SUGGESTED I DO.

We got yet another virus. And trojans, and WHATEVER THE LORDS OF DARKNESS decided to throw on my poor computer.

I ran the Super Professional Anti-spyware and knocked out 69 trojans (bad bad bad). and a virus.

This morning, my computer would not boot up. I ran it in safe mode.

I tried to go online. NOTHING WORKED.

Alan, did a re-configuring. That got my computer to go to a place where all bad computers need to go to be spanked.

I then had to re-install all my peripherals that is attached to my computer.

Then I discovered that the virus wiped out Verizon Internet Security Suite.

So I had to call up Verizon Tech Supprt and they helped me re-install it.

Then we found out the virus wiped out my ability to use Outlook express.

The Tier 1 guy at Verizon spent one hour trying to re-configure my Outlook Express.

I then said: "Do you mind connecting me to a another Tier person".

he said: "I think you're right'.

In two seconds, I had a Tier 3 person on the line, and she fixed the whole Outlook Express in 5 seconds flat. It seems that the number in the port should have been 110 and not 995.

That was THE PROBLEM!! The tier 1 guy did not know the problem.

She did.

GOD LOVE THAT TIER 3 WOMAN.

She came on the line and I told her "I love you!!!

She burst out laughing.

I am now going to shoot my husband when he comes home.

If you think I'm kidding, you don't know me.

He has a habit of going on these ad websites and clicking on everything in sight.

I told him the last time "If I have to spend any more time with Verizon tech people, I'm going to kill you".

Right now, he's at the Orthopedist so I can't be TOOOOO MAD AT HIM.

But if he comes home and says 'my foot is just fine (oh, he's walking in the door right now, let's see if I should kill him????)

His foot is fine.


I'M GOING TO KILL HIM

GOODBYE!!!

lol

Melody

Hi. Me again!!


Originally I asked (in this posting) how to make the icons LARGER on my desktop.

I figured it out. I went to Propeties, appearance, advanced, then I selected ICON, and made THEM BIGGER.

HOWEVER, the lettering doesn't fit in the box.

SO INSTEAD OF SAYING OUTLOOK EXPRESS, for example, It says OUT

I went back and I saw that there is also a selection for Icon spacing vertical and Icon spacing Horizontal.

I tried each one but no matter what I do, I can't get the words OUTLOOK EXPRESS or even MOZILLA, to fit in the ICON BOX.

So what am I doing wrong?

Thanks in case you know!!!

lol

Oh one more thing.

Right now, I am viewing this website and all is fine. However, at the top (is that called the Active one?), that is in Blue

Right underneath (where you type in the URL, well the fonts are small), What is this called and once I KNOW, I'll know which option to select and change.

Maybe, this is the INACTIVE ones?

lol

In the display settings {advanced button} you can adjust the dpi {size} of all fonts - I slid ours up to 104% - you just click on the line and move it where you want.
my screen resolution is at 1440 x 900 so if yours if different the 104% dpi might not be the size you are looking for but slide the measure and see how it changes for you

Where you put in the url is called the location bar