Web Shield Service Stopped

OS: Windows 2000 Pro SP4, Browsers IE6, Firefox 3.6
Avast free version

I was running avast6. It worked fine.
I had to uninstall it.

Upon reinstall, got latest version & installed it.
Running it I see the “Web Shield” service is not running.
It says “Protection Status: Service Stopped”
“Please run the Avast! service first to activate this shield.”

I don’t know how to do that.

I went to the “summary” section and clicked the “fix now” button. It did nothing.
I clicked on the “real time shields Turn On.” again, nothing.

What do I do next?

Bob

Next, program repair. Start as if you are going to uninstall Avast! normally, but choose repair option.