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Registry change window
- Thread starter A. Sergio
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spybotsandra
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Hello,
Please read this information about TeaTimer:
http://www.safer-networking.org/en/faq/33.html
and http://www.safer-networking.org/en/faq/34.html
If you surf the web and without any user interaction the teatimer pops up and warns about a registry change it is better to "deny", but if you install something by yourself it is OK to "allow" the change.
Best regards
Sandra
Team Spybot
Please read this information about TeaTimer:
http://www.safer-networking.org/en/faq/33.html
and http://www.safer-networking.org/en/faq/34.html
If you surf the web and without any user interaction the teatimer pops up and warns about a registry change it is better to "deny", but if you install something by yourself it is OK to "allow" the change.
Best regards
Sandra
Team Spybot
md usa spybot fan
Spybot Advisor Team [Retired]
A. Sergio:
You are running an old version of Spybot (Spybot 1.5 is the latest).
There was a bug in TeaTimer 1.4. Portions of TeaTimer's popup dialog overlay the "Allow change" and "Deny change" buttons. On my system the very top edges of the "Allow change" button (on the left) and "Deny change" button (on the right) are showing and I am still able to select the options. I also can check "Remember this decision" since it is visible. If no portion of the "Allow change" and "Deny change" buttons are showing, you can answer TeaTimer's popup dialog (English language version) by pressing "A" on your keyboard for "Allow change" or "D" for "Deny change". Note: If you close the dialog without answering "Allow change" or "Deny change" the registry change is denied.
If you can't deal with the problem that way, you can:
Notes about the patches (b. and c. above):
You are running an old version of Spybot (Spybot 1.5 is the latest).
There was a bug in TeaTimer 1.4. Portions of TeaTimer's popup dialog overlay the "Allow change" and "Deny change" buttons. On my system the very top edges of the "Allow change" button (on the left) and "Deny change" button (on the right) are showing and I am still able to select the options. I also can check "Remember this decision" since it is visible. If no portion of the "Allow change" and "Deny change" buttons are showing, you can answer TeaTimer's popup dialog (English language version) by pressing "A" on your keyboard for "Allow change" or "D" for "Deny change". Note: If you close the dialog without answering "Allow change" or "Deny change" the registry change is denied.
If you can't deal with the problem that way, you can:
- Download and install Spybot 1.5.
- The downloads can be found here:
- Mirror selection - The home of Spybot-S&D!
http://www.spybot.info/en/mirrors/index.html
- Mirror selection - The home of Spybot-S&D!
- The downloads can be found here:
- Apply one of the workarounds found in the following thread that fixes the pop-up dialog so the buttons are visible:
- Solution to fix the pop-ups in TeaTimer
http://forums.spybot.info/showthread.php?t=122
There are three (3) fixes published in that thread. They are:
- The ResHacker fix published by ElPiedra here:
- The murdo patch published here:Also republished by RuggeR29 (which I have never tried) here:
- The patch originally by SyreneD that I published here:Also republished by SyreneD himself here:
- Solution to fix the pop-ups in TeaTimer
- Disable TeaTimer as follows:
- Go into Spybot > Mode > Advanced Mode > Tools > Resident.
- Uncheck the following:
- Resident "TeaTimer" (Protection of over-all system settings) Active.
Notes about the patches (b. and c. above):
- If you installed Spybot in the default location:
- C:\Program Files\Spybot - Search & Destroy
- If you use the following patch (b.) you have to navigate to the correct location (See Note #1) unless you execute the patch from within the "C:\Program Files\Spybot - Search & Destroy" folder: