I just upgraded to V7.x AGV Free (after being forced from 6.x). Guess what..it's removed all of the icons from the desktop,
removed all of the desktop settings, reset all of IE6's settings, changed my home page AND wiped all of the last 2 years
worth of emails from Outlook. In addition, there's no way to return to the old settings and they don't include an uninstall.
Go somewhere else rather than upgrading unless you want to rebuild everything manually.
R. Wink

R. Wink wrote:

I just upgraded to V7.x AGV Free (after being forced from 6.x). Guess what..it's removed all of the icons from the desktop,
removed all of the desktop settings, reset all of IE6's settings, changed my home page AND wiped all of the last 2 years
worth of emails from Outlook. In addition, there's no way to return to the old settings and they don't include an uninstall.
Go somewhere else rather than upgrading unless you want to rebuild everything manually.
R. Wink
What OS are you using? I've found XP with SP2 doesn't like the new AVG
unless you get all the latest udgrades for SP2 installed first. 2
friends who use Netzero for their ISP had problems with NZ also until
SP2 was updated...

"R. Wink" wrote in message
...
I just upgraded to V7.x AGV Free (after being forced from 6.x). Guess
what..it's removed all of the icons from the desktop,
removed all of the desktop settings, reset all of IE6's settings, changed
my home page AND wiped all of the last 2 years
worth of emails from Outlook. In addition, there's no way to return to
the old settings and they don't include an uninstall.
Go somewhere else rather than upgrading unless you want to rebuild
everything manually.
R. Wink

Too bad you were not using GoBack.

I need to follow up on this. I'm hollering wolf here. I didn't notice that AVG change my logged on person from "end user"
to "administrator." After I logged off and logged back on as "end user" everything is as it should be..almost!! I don't
have to rebuild much, just a couple of small things like screen settings..not to bad.
Using Windows 2000, SP4 on a P4 box.
R. Wink


On Mon, 03 Jan 2005 02:26:15 GMT, R. Wink wrote:

I just upgraded to V7.x AGV Free (after being forced from 6.x). Guess what..it's removed all of the icons from the desktop,
removed all of the desktop settings, reset all of IE6's settings, changed my home page AND wiped all of the last 2 years
worth of emails from Outlook. In addition, there's no way to return to the old settings and they don't include an uninstall.
Go somewhere else rather than upgrading unless you want to rebuild everything manually.
R. Wink

"R. Wink" wrote in message
...
I need to follow up on this. I'm hollering wolf here. I didn't notice
that AVG change my logged on person from "end user"
to "administrator." After I logged off and logged back on as "end user"
everything is as it should be..almost!!

Still sounds like a program to avoid. We've always know you and "end user"
and we'd not recognize you as "administrator".

Win XP has a nice utility called System Restore. Fixes a lot of problems.

On Mon, 03 Jan 2005 03:43:26 GMT, Edwin Pawlowski wrote:

"R. Wink" wrote in message
...
I need to follow up on this. I'm hollering wolf here. I didn't notice
that AVG change my logged on person from "end user"
to "administrator." After I logged off and logged back on as "end user"
everything is as it should be..almost!!

Still sounds like a program to avoid. We've always know you and "end user"
and we'd not recognize you as "administrator".

Why is it the application's fault that he didn't remember who he logged
in as to install the program? This is operator error, plain and simple,
and has _nothing_ to do with the program. He logged in as administrator,
and forgot to log back out to log in as himself, that's all.

On 3 Jan 2005 16:16:00 GMT, Dave Hinz wrote:

On Mon, 03 Jan 2005 03:43:26 GMT, Edwin Pawlowski wrote:

"R. Wink" wrote in message
...
I need to follow up on this. I'm hollering wolf here. I didn't notice
that AVG change my logged on person from "end user"
to "administrator." After I logged off and logged back on as "end user"
everything is as it should be..almost!!

Still sounds like a program to avoid. We've always know you and "end user"
and we'd not recognize you as "administrator".

Why is it the application's fault

Because, reading what he said, AVG changed the logged in person to
administrator, not the operator

that he didn't remember who he logged
in as to install the program? This is operator error, plain and simple,
and has _nothing_ to do with the program. He logged in as administrator,
and forgot to log back out to log in as himself, that's all.

Unless I'm misinterpreting what he wrote, he did not log on as admin, the
install program changed the user ID to admin






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Now we'll just use some glue to hold things in place until the brads dry

+--------------------------------------------------------------------------------+

The guy posted the response on another NG- he did sign on as administrator-
he simply never posted a clarification- his fault . Pat

On Mon, 03 Jan 2005 22:10:52 -0700, Mark & Juanita wrote:
On 3 Jan 2005 16:16:00 GMT, Dave Hinz wrote:

On Mon, 03 Jan 2005 03:43:26 GMT, Edwin Pawlowski wrote:

"R. Wink" wrote in message
...
I need to follow up on this. I'm hollering wolf here. I didn't notice
that AVG change my logged on person from "end user"
to "administrator." After I logged off and logged back on as "end user"
everything is as it should be..almost!!

Still sounds like a program to avoid. We've always know you and "end user"
and we'd not recognize you as "administrator".

Why is it the application's fault

Because, reading what he said, AVG changed the logged in person to
administrator, not the operator

I don't think it's possible to do that transparently, and in my not
insubstantial experience with the product, it does not do that.

that he didn't remember who he logged
in as to install the program? This is operator error, plain and simple,
and has _nothing_ to do with the program. He logged in as administrator,
and forgot to log back out to log in as himself, that's all.

Unless I'm misinterpreting what he wrote, he did not log on as admin, the
install program changed the user ID to admin

I think it's pretty clear he's not sure what all he did, and assumed
that the app was at fault when he didn't recognize or remember that
he had logged in as admin. Easier to badmout a program, though, than
to figure out what you screwed up, isn't it?

AVG, during the install, changed to the administrator account without any warning, dialog box or other information. After I
figured out what had happened, I logged out of the administrator account and then logged in with my normal account which has
the same rights as the administrators account. Most things returned to normal, however it did change the video resolution
and removed the customization I had for my mouse.
R. Wink

On Mon, 03 Jan 2005 22:10:52 -0700, Mark & Juanita wrote:

On 3 Jan 2005 16:16:00 GMT, Dave Hinz wrote:

On Mon, 03 Jan 2005 03:43:26 GMT, Edwin Pawlowski wrote:

"R. Wink" wrote in message
...
I need to follow up on this. I'm hollering wolf here. I didn't notice
that AVG change my logged on person from "end user"
to "administrator." After I logged off and logged back on as "end user"
everything is as it should be..almost!!

Still sounds like a program to avoid. We've always know you and "end user"
and we'd not recognize you as "administrator".

Why is it the application's fault

Because, reading what he said, AVG changed the logged in person to
administrator, not the operator

that he didn't remember who he logged
in as to install the program? This is operator error, plain and simple,
and has _nothing_ to do with the program. He logged in as administrator,
and forgot to log back out to log in as himself, that's all.

Unless I'm misinterpreting what he wrote, he did not log on as admin, the
install program changed the user ID to admin






+--------------------------------------------------------------------------------+

Now we'll just use some glue to hold things in place until the brads dry

+--------------------------------------------------------------------------------+

"R. Wink" wrote in message
...
I need to follow up on this. I'm hollering wolf here. I didn't notice
that AVG change my logged on person from "end user"
to "administrator." After I logged off and logged back on as "end user"
everything is as it should be..almost!! I don't
have to rebuild much, just a couple of small things like screen
settings..not to bad.
Using Windows 2000, SP4 on a P4 box.
R. Wink


Hmmmm.... AVG didn't change any of the login profiles selected on any of my
machines. I upgrades 5 machines in the house this afternoon and didn't
experience this at all. Weird.
--

-Mike-

"R. Wink" wrote in message
...
I just upgraded to V7.x AGV Free (after being forced from 6.x). Guess
what..it's removed all of the icons from the desktop,
removed all of the desktop settings, reset all of IE6's settings, changed
my home page AND wiped all of the last 2 years
worth of emails from Outlook. In addition, there's no way to return to
the old settings and they don't include an uninstall.
Go somewhere else rather than upgrading unless you want to rebuild
everything manually.
R. Wink

Sounds like you need to log out and log back in under your user name... All
that stuff you listed is what would be gone if you logged in as someone
else. All your stuff is probably still there just as you left it. Your
regular user account probably isn't set as an administrator, so it probably
had to re-login as Administrator to set up AVG and that's what you're still
logged in as.

Jon

I agree. I went to version 7 without any problem. Program asks if
you want an uninstaller too.


On Sun, 2 Jan 2005 23:27:16 -0600, "Jonathan"
wrote:

"R. Wink" wrote in message
.. .
I just upgraded to V7.x AGV Free (after being forced from 6.x). Guess
what..it's removed all of the icons from the desktop,
removed all of the desktop settings, reset all of IE6's settings, changed
my home page AND wiped all of the last 2 years
worth of emails from Outlook. In addition, there's no way to return to
the old settings and they don't include an uninstall.
Go somewhere else rather than upgrading unless you want to rebuild
everything manually.
R. Wink

Sounds like you need to log out and log back in under your user name... All
that stuff you listed is what would be gone if you logged in as someone
else. All your stuff is probably still there just as you left it. Your
regular user account probably isn't set as an administrator, so it probably
had to re-login as Administrator to set up AVG and that's what you're still
logged in as.

Jon