More stupid Windows Vista problems

[Irving]

So this morning I logged into Gmail and I get a message saying that my network administrator is blocking chat. Pretty irritating considering I'm in my living room. I tried opening up Windows Defender (I noticed it was running) and Windows Firewall, but don't see anything that would immediately fix the problem.

Oh yeah, I also got that BS screen telling me that gmail and my online bank access were unsafe when I first tried logging onto them.

I also suspect McCaffee, but when I try to start it so I can see what's up, it tells me I don't have internet access.

Is this something any of you computer guys are familiar with? I hate when my machine tries to make decisions on its own.

[Irving]

Well, I did install two programs last night, but neither are anything I would assume would cause problems.

I had to install DaemonTools lite, so I could mount an ISO file and install another program. I had to restart the computer, and when I did, I had this problem and noticed that Windows Defender is now running in the background when it usually is not. Even when I turn it off, I still can't access Google chat. Need any more info?

[Zundfolge]

McCaffee is crap ... uninstall it and get AVG.

Vista is crap, its worth the cost to upgrade to Windows 7.

Maybe this would help? http://www.google.com/support/talk/b...nown_issues.cs

[henpecked]

I use ccleaner and malwarebyte

http://mail.google.com/support/bin/a...r=34331#McAfee

[Irving]

I've already uninstalled McCafffee since I have Malwarebytes.

This is my first computer with Vista and I immediately hated it. Thanks for the link, I'll check it out.

[henpecked]

Some programs will corrupt your antivirus software. It will need to be uninstalled and then go get a new one and reinstall

[Irving]

You guys have been helpful so far, thanks.

I went through that gmail problems link and cleared my cache but still no luck. I might just shut down the laptop for today and run Malwarebytes on it (and get rid of DaemonTools since I only used it for that ONE thing).

Thanks for all the free help. I realize that some of you guys make your living giving out the same advice.

[blackford76]

Personally I hate 7 more than Vista, I really miss XL.

[Irving]

Oh yeah, I also forgot that I changed my date to May 2020 last night. I'll change it back and see if that helps.

[Irving]

Update, changing my date back to the correct date has fixed the problem. Thanks for all the help as usual guys.