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tdadamo
2009-06-19, 15:14
Does anyone know how to disable Spybot's teatimer popups that display and warn the user whenever they are about to make system changes(registry edits for example)? I've attached an example of Spybot's popup warning below...

The oddest part about these popups is that on some machines where I've installed spybot, the popups wont appear when editing the registry/installing software however on other machines it does. Does this possibly have to do with having an outdated version of teatimer?

Any help with this is greatly appreciated as its driving me a bit nuts ;)

:thanks:

md usa spybot fan
2009-06-19, 16:37
tdadamo:

What version of TeaTimer (System settings protector) are you running?

To determine that:
Right click on the TeaTimer icon (actually labeled "Spybot-SD Resident") in the notification area (system tray area) of the taskbar.
Select "About".
This should yield a pop-up dialog with both the version of Spybot - Search & Destroy and the "System settings protector" (TeaTimer).
I am currently running TeaTimer 1.6.6.32 and most messages are answered automatically unless you set TeaTimer to "Paranoid mode". However, a change of your browser start page, like the example you provided, are usually not answered automatically and therefore the dialog message is not suppressed.

tdadamo
2009-06-19, 17:05
tdadamo:

What version of TeaTimer (System settings protector) are you running?

To determine that:
Right click on the TeaTimer icon (actually labeled "Spybot-SD Resident") in the notification area (system tray area) of the taskbar.
Select "About".
This should yield a pop-up dialog with both the version of Spybot - Search & Destroy and the "System settings protector" (TeaTimer).
I am currently running TeaTimer 1.6.6.32 and most messages are answered automatically unless you set TeaTimer to "Paranoid mode". However, a change of your browser start page, like the example you provided, are usually not answered automatically and therefore the dialog message is not suppressed.


1.6.4.26

Was it the case that for older versions of tea timer that these "allow changes" popups would occur much more frequently? Im just trying to figure out why some versions of spybot seem to prompt the user with these "allow change" popups almost non-stop and yet with other versions, I have yet to see this happen.

Thanks for the help :)

md usa spybot fan
2009-06-19, 18:46
tdadamo:

Yes. The version of TeaTimer does make a difference as to the degree of the automatic handling of registry changes. See the following:
TeaTimer.exe
http://forums.spybot.info/downloads.php?id=42
I suggest you try TeaTimer 1.6.6.32.