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jerdonald
2013-01-25, 04:45
Spybot forum,
I recently downloaded Spybot2 onto my XP laptop. It
installed and is running correctly. I then downloaded
and installed in on a Windows 7 laptop and when I re-booted
it continues to ask me if it is OK to make changes. This
message never goes away and even prevents me from starting
the windows Task Manager. There was a web site that said
I could temproarily disable Spybot but the instructions
didn't work. I had to start in safe mode and remove Spybot.

I would like to install this again but need help avoiding
this problem.

Thanks for any reply,
jerdonald

bbnetwork
2013-01-25, 12:46
Hello,

do you have any other Security-Software installed on your Windows 7?

jerdonald
2013-01-25, 20:09
bbnetwork,
Thanks for the reply.
I have Avast Internet Security installed on both laptops.

jerdonald

Lancer
2013-01-26, 03:47
Win7 requires additional administrator rights than XP. Run Spybot from an admin user account, and use right click > Run as Administrator for functions. See:

http://www.safer-networking.org/faq/how-can-i-get-administrator-rights-under-windows-vista-or-windows-7/
http://www.safer-networking.org/faq/how-can-i-get-administrator-rights-under-windows-vista7/

bbnetwork
2013-01-28, 15:45
Win7 requires additional administrator rights than XP. Run Spybot from an admin user account, and use right click > Run as Administrator for functions. See:

http://www.safer-networking.org/faq/how-can-i-get-administrator-rights-under-windows-vista-or-windows-7/
http://www.safer-networking.org/faq/how-can-i-get-administrator-rights-under-windows-vista7/

yes, try it like this, if you have not done so sofar and also tempoary disable any other Security-Software during the Setup. You can reanble the Security-Software after the reboot after you installed Spybot.