I had Norton on my previous computer, and that damned yellow shield was there
all the time. I couldn't get rid of it. It's Norton, not XP. On my new computer
-- Dell sent it an e-mail birthday card yesterday -- there's no yellow shield
thingy. I've got PC-cillin, which stays the hell out of the way and is almost
invisible, and I set it to scan both hard drives every Friday night, and
there's never been any sign of a virus. :-) Looks like it's working.
Walt
--
"Anything more than 500 yards from
the car just isn't photogenic." --
Edward Weston
-------------- Original message ----------------------
From: "Lawrence Plummer" <plummerl@xxxxxxxxxxx>
>
>
> Brian Swale wrote:
> > http://homepages.caverock.net.nz/~bj/temp/process.jpg
> >
> > and it shows as a yellow shield ( as in hand-to-hand combat) in the
> task-bar.
>
> Brian, this has nothing to do with Norton. It is usually an indication of
> XP trying to install critical updates. If automatic updates are turned on,
> XP will connect to Microsoft and check for any critical security updates,
> whenever it turns on and an internet connection is available. You can
> disable the auto feature and check on them manually (not a bad idea).
> Generally, you can right click on the shield to see what is happening. It
> will typically say that an update (critical) needs to be installed.
>
> larry
>
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