Okay, these pop-ups are coming through the Windows Messenger and I checked
the system tray to see if it was there and it wasn't.  How can I double
check to see that McCaffey is disabled for good so when my auth disc does
get here I won't have to worry about runing it or anything like that?





On Wed, 25 Jun 2003, Louis Kim Kline wrote:

> Hi Jeffrey.
>
> You are probably getting the pop-ups for Automatic Updates.  If you want to
> use the automatic updates, you can respond to these popups through the
> System Tray.  If you don't want to be constantly bugged by Microsoft
> because they found the umpteenth security hole in Windows XP, you can turn
> these messages off by pressing WINDOWS LOGO+BREAK to pop up the System
> Properties  dialog box.  You will be in the General page.  Press the
> CTRL+TAB a few times until you get to the Automatic Updates page.  If you
> uncheck the first checkbox on this page, you will completely disable the
> Automatic Update feature.  Or, if you want the system to update, but don't
> want to be nagged about it, you can adjust the radio buttons below to
> update automatically on a schedule that you set.  Whichever way you decide
> to handle it, you can tab down to the Ok button and use your SPACE BAR to
> put the changes into effect.
>
>
> Another thing I found about Windows XP that I didn't like and got rid of in
> a hurry was the Windows Desktop Clean Up Wizard.  It nags you to get rid of
> any icons that you haven't used in the last 60 days.  Just because I don't
> use something all the time doesn't mean that I want it to be gone.
>
> Here's how to get rid of the Clean Up Wizard.  Go to your Control Panel,
> and go to the Display icon.  Either press the ENTER key when the focus is
> on the Display icon, or double-click on it.
>
> Then when the Display dialog opens, press CTRL+TAB once to get onto the
> Desktop page.  Then press the TAB key until you get to the Customize
> Desktop button.  Press the SPACE BAR.  Another dialog will open.  TAB
> through it until you come to a checkbox that says "Run Clean Up Wizard
> every 60 days.  Use your SPACE BAR to  uncheck  this checkbox.  Then TAB
> down to the Ok button.
>
> This helped me to tame down the pop-ups on the desktop.  Now, if it's
> Internet Explorer that is bugging you, then you might want to look at one
> of the programs that is designed to block pop-up ads on the Internet.  That
> is a whole other subject.
>
> Hope this has helped.
>
> 73, de Lou K2LKK
>
>
> At 08:42 PM 6/25/2003 -0400, you wrote:
> >Okay, I seem to think it may be a setting in JAWS, but I will try that now
> >that I have it set up for laptop like it should be.  I am not on line with
> >IE when this happens, but I keep getting pop up messages in XP Home.  Can
> >I do something about it?
> >
>
>
> Louis Kim Kline
> A.R.S. K2LKK
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