F-Prot & WinXP Home multiple User problems

* * Chas · External Since: Aug 27, 2005 Posts: 178

I just built a new PC for some friends using WinXP Home SP2.

I created 3 Users and ran all of the appropriate Windows Updates before
installing F-Prot for Windows 3.16F.

The problem I'm having is F-Prot's Real Time Scanner and Updater don't
load for all of the users.

I can go into F-Prot and click on Real Time Scanner and it will load
along with Updater when I reboot into that user but they turn off in the
other 2 Users.

I ended up setting up Administrator but it's only accessible in Safe
Mode. Do I need to reinstall F-Prot using the Administrator account or
what?

Any ideas?

* * Chas · External Since: Aug 27, 2005 Posts: 178

"Vito Corti" <vcorti DeleteThis @postaccesslite.com> wrote in message
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> On 20.03.06 10:15:48 "* * Chas" <dnafutz DeleteThis @aol.spam.com> wrote:
> >> >I just built a new PC for some friends using WinXP Home SP2.
> >> >I created 3 Users and ran all of the appropriate Windows Updates
> >> > before installing F-Prot for Windows 3.16F.
<snip>
> I have an administration account and two restricted user accounts. If
I
> select "log off" and then _switch_ to another account, FPAVUPDM.EXE
and
> F-STOPW.EXE are not running, as you describe. But if I select "log
off",
> then log out and log in to a different account, everything is running
fine,
> i.e. FPAVUPDM.EXE and F-STOPW.EXE are active.
>
> Vito

Yes, that's exactly what's happening. In the next post Zvi has
instructions to eliminate the problem.... Thanks

Chas.

* * Chas · External Since: Aug 27, 2005 Posts: 178

"Zvi Netiv" <support DeleteThis @replace_with_domain.com> wrote in message
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> "* * Chas" <dnafutz DeleteThis @aol.spam.com> wrote:
> > "Zvi Netiv" <support DeleteThis @replace_with_domain.com> wrote in message
> > news:ec4t121kttujva758to8e1e95jphfmc5fe@4ax.com...
<snip>
> > > > > On 20.03.06 02:51:48 "* * Chas" <dnafutz DeleteThis @aol.spam.com> wrote:
> > > > > >
> > > > > >I just built a new PC for some friends using WinXP Home SP2.
> > > > > >
> > > > > >I created 3 Users and ran all of the appropriate Windows
Updates
> > > > > >before installing F-Prot for Windows 3.16F.
<snip>
> > Thanks Zvi. I've been following your posts since the old CServe AV
> > Forum.
>
> Wow! It's twelve years since! Smile

>
> > This is the first time I've set up a multi user PC and the first
> > time (and last) I've used XP Home.
> >
> > Fast user switching without AV protection - so much for the highly
> > touted XP security!
>
> IMO, XP's fast user switching, as well as "system restore" and some of
the SP2
> security center features, are half baked. The problem experienced
haunts quite
> a few real-time AV when running under XP. The cause is the way these
> applications hook the file system and their need to be exclusive when
they kick
> in. Users fast switching doesn't reinitialize all user dependent
services and
> some of these services are still assigned to the previous user when
switching in
> fast mode.
>
> The fact that XP offers all sorts of features doesn't imply that you
must use
> them all. Wink

Like a car capable of speeding to 140 MPH ... Smile

>
> Cheers, Zvi

I practice Safe Hex and use fine tuned Win98SE systems most of the time.
When I do encounter a problem with 98 I can easily fix it where it can
take hours or even days to repair an NT system.

I have XP Pro on several laptops for wireless compatibility and I run
Win2k on my engineering PC for software compatibility.

Chas.