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    MICHAELMMPA:

    Thanks for the additional information.

    Quote Originally Posted by MICHAELMMPA View Post
    I use WIndows XP MCE. It all started when I tried to update Spybot. It would fail and I had to do a Windows Restore. …
    As it seems now your problem did not start during a Spybot update or due to a failed update.

    Quote Originally Posted by MICHAELMMPA View Post
    I was running Spybot when I got the message that there was an update, so i updated. Then, when I tried to run the program it would not run to completion so I hit the "X". Then my daughter would log on to HER side of the computer only to see her wallpaper picture went to the Windows default, and, when she went to read her mail in Outlook, it responded as if it was her first time and asked her if she wanted to make an account. …
    If you had rebooted the system at this point everything most likely would have returned to normal. See:

    Quote Originally Posted by PepiMK View Post
    There is an issue when you kill the Spybot-S&D process and then switch users, or switch users while it is still running, since it's trying to scan those and locking them. After a reboot (or closing Spybot-S&D) it'll be ok again.

    That has nothing to do with uninstalling (except that uninstalling will terminate a running Spybot-S&D as well of course).

    See also:
    Fast User Switching during a scan
    Terminal Services & user profiles
    I am still confused about the chronological order of what was done (re: System Restore vs. Spybot uninstall), but I still do not believe that whatever order things were done in that either action could have caused the problem with your USB drive.

    As I initially indicated, it sounds like a drive problem.
    Last edited by md usa spybot fan; 2008-05-21 at 18:56.

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