Help!!!

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@DavidR post:21

@ Chris C
Try the windows Start, Run, type ‘services.msc’ without the quotes, check the entry for avast! Antivirus (executable file is ashServ.exe), it should be a Startup Type: Automatic, if not click Start, then change it to automatic and reboot.

Let us know what it was and if the above resolved it.

Outlook/Exchange is only required if you are using MS Outlook (not express) or MS Exchange, so if not disable/terminate it. What it is waiting for is MS Outlook to start, so it could be waiting a long time if you don’t use it.

I followed those instructions. Don’t know what it was or was supposed to resolve! It is still “waiting”. I use Outlook Express for my e-mails, so MS Outlook is not something I access. So just let it “wait”, right?

Since you fellows are so darned helpful, I’ve one more question: (see what you get for helping people?) ;D

When I first turn on my computer, and just as the desktop comes up, avast takes over my system for almost 5 minutes…it won’t let me do anything. Then it posts a small window which tells me “avast needs to restart your operating system. Do you want to do it now?” If I click yes, the whole process starts over with the same end result. Of course, I’ve learned to just click “no” and go on about my business. Any solutions for that?