hi and welcome
im presuming that you have done your installation then re-booted to continue with registration and this has happened?
Has it happened without your input? or when you click on the icon ?
sometimes (too many) all thats required is to reboot again . I did three installations on xp pro in last 5 days and 2 needed 2 reboots to work , the other worked fine with one
if problems persist try cntrlpanel/ add remove/repair and see if that changes anything
let us know how you manage ok good luck
Hi thanks for the welcome Yes I rebooted after installing, and it happened when I rightclicked on the icon in the systray… I chose start avast antivirus, and at the exactly same second the splashscreen appears, the first error message appears… Then when I click ok, the next one appears and so forth… I have since rebooted twice, and the problem persists… I will try to repair like you suggested and will report my findings when done. Again, thanks for trying to help, it’s much appreciated!
You may try to open the \data\avast4.ini file and in the [Common] section, change the item Database=ODBC to Database=XML. This could prevent the Microsoft Jet drivers from accessing the database… does it have any (positive) effect?
If you ask which is better ODBC or XML? I’ll say that for the Home version, they are equal. For the Professional version of avast!, XML is missing some functionality (compared to ODBC).
Yes I rebooted after installing, and it happened when I rightclicked on the icon in the systray… I chose start avast antivirus, and at the exactly same second the splashscreen appears, the first error message appears… Then when I click ok, the next one appears and so forth… I have since rebooted twice, and the problem persists… I will try to repair like you suggested and will report my findings when done. Again, thanks for trying to help, it’s much appreciated!