columbianna
2008-02-15, 22:00
Spybot won't get rid of the problems. First, I get this message: This action may not be perfomed since you are not an administrator. If you want this performed for all users, please run this application elevated as na administrator. I am the administrator. Next error message: Unexpected error in fixing problems. (Cannot create file "C:Windows\winnit.ini". Access is denied.) I click OK and get the same message again. I then get the message that "Some problems couldn't be fixed; the reason could be that the associated files are still in use (in memory). This could be fixed after a restart. May Spybot-S&D run on your next system startup? I click Yes. I installed Spybot because I suspected a problem somewhere and wanted to cover all my bases. The problems started after I disabled Windows Defender and installed AdAware-the free version (to try cleaning any spyware that Defender had not gotten, which Defender never found anything, anyway). So I uninstalled AdAware after a couple of weeks of it not finding anything significant (tracking cookies, mostly) and I try to reenable Defender and I can't. This was about 2-3 weeks ago. I had also tried to change my Startup programs and got the error message Windows Defender: Application failed to initialize: 0x80070002. So then I went to Microsofts User Discussion forums, ad saw somewhere on there Spybot and decided to give it a try and now this. I have tried setting a restore point to last month but cannot because I have Vista Home Basic. I went ahead and tried a System Restore anyway (I had installed Spybot previous to this) and of course it was not there or didn't seem to be after the system restore so I downloaded it again. I have to say that it did work fine before I tried System Restore but I encountered problems with Spybot S&D after the System Restore. I have posted my problem about Defender on Microsoft's User Discussion groups. Sorry this is so long, I just wanted to make sure I covered everything.