Lance wrote:
> JD wrote the following on 1/6/2008 15:20:
>> History Fan wrote:
>>> "Joan Archer" <archer_joan@nospam.com> wrote in message
>>> news:4780e143$0$26035$88260bb3@free.teranews.com.. .
>>>> I bet if you click it though it will tell you there are no updates.
>>>> Joan
>>>>
>>>> "History Fan" <UnknownplacesonEarth@unknown11.com> wrote in message
>>>> news:723e$47800034$483111ec$7729@FUSE.NET...
>>>>> "Lance" <lhill@suc.edu> wrote in message
>>>>> news:flml5v$rbu$1@gist.usc.edu...
>>>>>> I'm guessing Lavasoft has turned off the "Check for updates now"
>>>>>> link you see in the Ad-Aware application itself.
>>>>>>
>>>>> I'm using Ad-Aware SE and that link is still available in
>>>>> the program.
>>>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> The latest definitions I have are December 27, 2007. I'm not
>>> sure about upgrading to Ad-Aware 2007. It annoys me a little bit
>>> that the program requires the installation of an XP service. The
>>> only thing Ad-Aware has ever found on my PC is tracking cookies.
>>
>> Can one turn off the XP service that Ad-Aware 2007 installs?
>>
>>
> Do you mean the "aawservice.exe" process that you see in the task manager?
>
> I've discovered you can disable it or switch it to manual but the
> Ad-Aware 2007 application won't start without it. This service appears
> to handle all of Ad-Aware's grunt work of scanning, updating, watching,
> etc.
>
> If you'd like to try altering the service run status yourself click
> Start, then Run then type "services.msc" in the Run box, click OK. Find
> "Ad-Aware 2007 Service" in the resulting services window, right click on
> this service then select properties. You can stop it and/or change the
> startup status in the resulting window.
>
> Lance
> *****
Thanks Lance. Any good XP user should know how to disable certain
services in XP.

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JD..