Hello to All

What does you mean of saying: “DUE TO LACK OF SUPPORT”- did you paid for AVAST - NO !!!
People in this forum (and also from AWIL company) are trying to help you and ,as I know, support for AVAST is one of the best i’v ever heard. Try to solve yours problem (it could be also hardware related or so one) provide as much as possible information and don’t tell in every post “I WILL NEVER RECOMEND AVAST ANY MORE”. If you really want to install AVAST try it to install in different ways, with support from this forum, but if you want only to say “that AVAST is bad”- install Norton (and get significant lose in speed) and don’t cry in every post.

As about my suggestion regarding this: try diskconnect all yours ZIP drives, re-install WinXP (clear install) and then avast and only then connect ZIP drives and install all necessary drivers for them. Also (I’m sorry, it’s only quess, I don’t want to say you are doing this and blame you: if you are using "pirated " copy of XP, it could be possible, that CD contains virus inside asd this prevenmts AVAST from installing and properly working).
If you want to make AVAST running on yours seestem keep trying and remember, Home edition is free software and if you want to save some money you should try a little more and you are not have any official rights for any official support.

regards
NeriusB