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Sinbad
2006-10-06, 14:43
Hi, a first time subscriber here but a long time user of Spybot, which I guess says a lot for the product, that I've never has to look for support before.
However, a few days ago Tea-timer went into a loop for over 5 minutes advising me of registry changes. As I didn't have a clue what had happened and thought I might have been hijacked, I clicked "deny". However the same registry changes kept reappearing so finally I also clicked "remember". This eventually terminated the loop and the system stabilised.
But as an aftermath, I am left with a string of blocked registry changes in my black and white list. Some of these I need to unblock, for example the startup entries for my firewall and antivirus programs. But I can't work out how do do it, short of a complete uninstall and re-install, which I am reluctant to do.
Can anyone suggest a remedy?
Thanks
Sinbad from Sydney

md usa spybot fan
2006-10-06, 15:06
When you check "Remember this decision" on a change the information concerning that change it is stored in a file. TeaTimer uses that information to automatically "Allow" or "Deny" changes. To edit this information:Right click on the TeaTimer system tray icon and select Settings. This will bring up TeaTimer's "White & Black List". There are four (4) Buttons across the top of the "White & Black List":

Allowed processes
Blocked processes
Allowed registry changes
Blocked registry changes

Note: If you don't see all four buttons, try expanding the window to the right.

You can review all the entries that you have stored by clicking on these buttons. The entries that you should review are in "Allowed registry changes" and "Blocked registry changes". You can delete entries by clicking on the scripted black "X" to the right of the entry that you want to delete and then clicking the "OK" button when you're done. This will in effect make TeaTimer forget what you told it to remember so that during future changes to these items TeaTimer will issue a pop-up dialog rather then just a notification pop-up.

Sinbad
2006-10-06, 15:07
Isn't it always the way. Having searched the forums and FAQs for an answer to my problem above, I then made the post above. No sooner had I done that, when a further browse found a thread on removing programs from the black list. Which answered my question!
Sorry folks
Sinbad