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start-up problem?

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bjc112

Lifer
I had Mcafee on my computer about a year ago.. and had some problems so i took it off and put Norton on... but now when i start up.. after the windows98 screen it says Mcafee and then a list of about 20 C:/'s anyone know how i could get this off... thanks!
 
suggest you look in msconfig & uncheck any Mcafee related programs!
did you do a proper uninstall of the program via add|remove programs when "you took it off" or did you just delete the program folder?
seems like you'll have to manually remove the remaints to get rid of it all!
 
Here's how I handled a similar situation. My PC was trying to load the drivers for a sound card I had uninstalled long ago, so I had to take that out of my startup command list. This is going to sound remarkably similar to the days of Win3.1 and DOS...

Using NotePad, open, in no particular order, C:\AUTOEXEC.BAT, C:\CONFIG.SYS, and C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM.INI. Now, assuming you're a smart person, you ought to be able to figure out, from looking through them, which commands belong to McAfee VirusScan and which do not. Before you edit, save a copy of all three files and then delete the commands for McAfee. IF THIS DOES NOT WORK WHEN YOU RESTART YOUR COMPUTER, REPLACE THE EDITED FILES WITH THE BACKUPS AS SOON AS HUMANLY POSSIBLE!!!!!!! If it does work, however, test as many programs and devices as you care to, and if it is all good, then congratulations, you're a system programmer 🙂
 
nope.... check msconfig.. mcafee is there but unchecked and i search for it and found nothing... help me out here.. im only 16 no BILL gates here.. 😉😛😎😛😎
 
Those 20 &quot;C:\&quot; prompts are &quot;<enter>&quot; blank entries in the autoexec.bat file.

You should be able to back space up to the very last line that had anything, save the file.

or...

just add &quot;@ECHO OFF&quot; at the top of your autoexec.bat file.
 
nope... took off the line that had mcafee in it.. rebooted no go... backspaced up to the last line.. rebooted no go.. and added that echo off.. no go.. should there be a space between echo and off??.. any other options..
 
nope doesn't exist.. any other options.. its ok if i cant fix it it does affect anything.. .but just would like it off.
 
Ummmm reformat and reinstall windows, i know i know its not something you want to do.
When this happens does it come up in window?Is there a file name at top of window?If yes do a find (file name) and if it finds it ,there should be path listed (C:/PROGRAMS/ blah blah whatever it is).Don't know if ur seeing a name tho.
 
no no.. theres no window.. it is right after the win98 boot screeen... and doesn't effect anything i just wanted to get it off.. thanks anyways!
 
autoexec.bat @PATH C:\PROGRA~1\WIN98RK;%PATH%
SET CTCM=C:\WINDOWS
SET BLASTER=A220 I7 D1 H7 P330 T6
SET SBPCI=C:\SBPCI














PATH=%PATH%;C:\PROGRA~1\NETWOR~1\MCAFEE~1



@SET CLASSPATH=C:\PROGRA~1\PHOTOD~1.1\ADOBEC~1;C:\PROGRA~1\PHOTOD~1.0\ADOBEC~1



 
DOS=HIGH,UMB
DEVICE=C:\WINDOWS\HIMEM.SYS
DEVICE=C:\WINDOWS\EMM386.EXE NOEMS
DEVICEHIGH=C:\CDROM\VIDE-CDD.SYS /D:CDROM001
FILESHIGH=50
BUFFERSHIGH=20,0
thats config.sys
 
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