AdAware had problems about 4 years ago if my time machine remembers correctly. It took a while to get straightened out and I suspect they will try extra hard not to travel that road again. Perhaps you need to clean out all the odd bits on your computer with a disk cleanup and try again. Like the others, I have had no problems updating and running mine.

Neal I take it you are a little intimidated with the inner workings of your computer? Nothing wrong with that. I was terrified the first few times I took the side cover off. However you must decide if you are going to get past that and fix it. You have asked for help and it has been given but you do not appear to have tried many of the suggestions so far, or have not told us what happened when you did try things. So far we know you cannot use Internet Explorer so you cannot download and install necessary updates from Microsoft. Nor can you go to online scans because most if not all of those are set up for IE. We know your AVG is at least 6 months out of date and the wrong version making it vitually useless. We know you do not have a firewall so anybody and everybody with the savvy can (and probably have) attack your computer and the dozens of phone home spies installed on your machine are taking possession. We know you cannot get to anti virus sites, for me that says virus's and trojans are in control of your computer. At this state it is pointless to worry about if your teenager's actions have caused the problems. Those actions may not have helped but the responsibility here is yours because you failed to take precautions needed for safe computing. From the computer you are using to post here download the free AVG 7.5 from here then from here download the free AVG anti spyware and from here download the free AdAwareSE and from here download the free Zonealarm firewall and finally from here download Crap Cleaner. Save all these to a thumb drive or burn to CD. Now on your computer and remove the cable to the internet for now. Then click Start, click Control panel, click Add/Remove programs. Remove AVG, AdAware and anything else that pertains to safety but is out of date. Install and run Crap Cleaner at the default settings, this will remove all the excess files and fragments of programs left by untidy uninstallers from all over your computer. Install AVG anti virus, AVG anti spyware, AdAware and Zonealarm. Allow each to do a full scan while still disconnected from the internet and allow Zonalarm to start. Then re-connect your internet connection and open each of these programs and get the latest updates. Then run the full scan with each again. Then visit Microsoft for all the Windows updates you are missing, I asume you have WindowsXP? Now Neal, if you are fearful of any of this say so and hopefully another poster will come along and tell you that what I have suggested will work - or disagree and tell you different things to try. There is nothing in this message to harm your computer.

If you want you can go to update.microsoft.com and on the left there will probably be a link to review your updates history. There it will show updates and their success's or failures. They sometimes will have fix-it notes for failed updates. first page of mine... Windows Defender Definition Update for Windows Defender - KB915597 (Definition 1.23.4365.0) Friday, November 30, 2007 Other Source Windows Defender Definition Update for Windows Defender - KB915597 (Definition 1.23.4310.0) Tuesday, November 27, 2007 Automatic Updates Windows XP Security Update for Microsoft .NET Framework, Version 1.1 Service Pack 1 (KB928366) Tuesday, November 27, 2007 Automatic Updates Windows XP Update for .NET Framework 3.0: x86 (KB932471) Monday, November 26, 2007 Microsoft Update Windows XP Microsoft .NET Framework 1.1 Service Pack 1 Monday, November 26, 2007 Microsoft Update Windows XP Update for Windows XP (KB934238) Monday, November 26, 2007 Automatic Updates Windows XP Security Update for Microsoft XML Core Services 6.0 and Microsoft XML Core Services 6.0 Service Pack 1 (KB933579) Monday, November 26, 2007 Automatic Updates Windows XP February 2007 CardSpace Update for Windows XP (KB925720) Monday, November 26, 2007 Automatic Updates Windows XP Update for Windows Media Format 11 SDK for Windows XP (KB929399) Monday, November 26, 2007 Automatic Updates Windows XP Update for Windows Media Player 11 for Windows XP (KB939683) Monday, November 26, 2007 Automatic Updates Here is a link that might be useful: update.microsoft.com

I can't find my log-in information judiegal made for me so I'll post under her name again. squirrelheaven, Savannah's appetite isn't bad she just doesn't like her food anymore. She still wants everyone elses food and treats. She's actually in the middle of getting her food changed over to the Wellness Core. She loves the Core and eats her old food just because it's mixed in with it. Her poops are good and firm which is a good sign. You're right about loose stools being common with food changes. When I read reviews of foods so many people quit on a good food because they think it's making their pets sick. Some people even leave bad reviews because it smells bad! I opted for a two week changeover for my dogs and they're both fine. I've been letting Savannah outside to run around and she has a ball. She runs and rolls in the grass, and when no one's looking she sneaks into the pool. When you go to check on her you can see foot prints leaving the pool and her rolling on the grass. I check on her frequently to make sure she's fine, she can get in and out of the pool easily but you never know. We do have a pool alarm that's been in its box for a while now, I might set it up. I'm trying to find a good vitamin/supplement to give her, something like an everyday senior multi-vitamin. Does anyone know of any good brands or products? She's doing well with the fish oil and co-q 10. I don't know if just a regular petco vitamin will do. I'm also looking for more natural flea and tick products. Thanks everyone. I'll try and get signed on with own account and give my input on other posts.