HoppaLong Posted January 19, 2006 Share Posted January 19, 2006 My dad still uses 98SE. He was having a problem with the latestversion of Spy Sweeper (4.5.8.683). I relayed the problem to acomputer nerd colleague. He told me that he had the same problemwhen he installed Spy Sweeper with XP. He found a solution withXP, but wasn't sure how to implement the same fix with 98SE._______________________________________________Here's the problem:Before the main window opens a dialog box appears stating,"The Spy Sweeper installation has been damaged. Please reinstall the product." You can download the latest definitionsupdate, but as soon as the download completes the errormessage appears again.Under the "Home" button this is what it shows:Spyware Definitions: UnknownDefintions Last Update: UnkownSpyware Protection DetailsWARNING: No definitions file loaded________________________________________Here's the solution my friend came up with:1) Click on START 2) CONTROL PANEL 3) ADMINISTRATIVE TOOLS 4) SERVICES 5) scroll down to "Webroot Spysweeper Engine" and RIGHT-CLICK 6) select PROPERTIES 7) click "START" service Now try opening/launching Spysweeper. It should now work.IF NOT.....set the "start-up type" to MANUAL, START the serviceand try again. ________________________________________________Since you can't follow this procedure with 98SE, I was thinkingthat the same steps might be accomplished with a few registryedits. Can someone show me the way? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LLXX Posted January 19, 2006 Share Posted January 19, 2006 All of the 9x series do not support the concept of services, so this cannot be done.My recommendation: Use another spyware removal program. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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