Systems error message

OK, I tried this 2 days ago in Performance & Maintenance, but nobody's
responding, so here goes again:

I just booted up and received the following message:
"Systems settings protector has stopped working. A problem caused the
program to stop working correctly. Windows will close the program and notify
you if a solution is available."

I have no idea what this means, but I don't like the sound of it. Late
yesterday I did a clean boot on windows because I had to reinstall an mp3
player's software. I then did a reboot and everthing in my startup services
looked ok to me, but I wonder if I missed something there.

Can someone help, please? I'm running 32-bit Home Premium.

Hi,

You are using Spybot Search & Destroy? That tool is part of it, not part of
Windows. Try updating the program.

--
Best of Luck,

Rick Rogers, aka "Nutcase" - Microsoft MVP
http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/
Windows help - www.rickrogers.org
My thoughts http://rick-mvp.blogspot.com

"Benzmum" <> wrote in message
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> OK, I tried this 2 days ago in Performance & Maintenance, but nobody's
> responding, so here goes again:
>
> I just booted up and received the following message:
> "Systems settings protector has stopped working. A problem caused the
> program to stop working correctly. Windows will close the program and
> notify
> you if a solution is available."
>
> I have no idea what this means, but I don't like the sound of it. Late
> yesterday I did a clean boot on windows because I had to reinstall an mp3
> player's software. I then did a reboot and everthing in my startup
> services
> looked ok to me, but I wonder if I missed something there.
>
> Can someone help, please? I'm running 32-bit Home Premium.

Sorry, Rick: are you setting "systems setting protector" is one of Spybot's
tools? If so, why would I get that message, and what would you do - restart
Spybot?

"Rick Rogers" wrote:

> Hi,
>
> You are using Spybot Search & Destroy? That tool is part of it, not part of
> Windows. Try updating the program.
>
> --
> Best of Luck,
>
> Rick Rogers, aka "Nutcase" - Microsoft MVP
> http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/
> Windows help - www.rickrogers.org
> My thoughts http://rick-mvp.blogspot.com
>
> "Benzmum" <> wrote in message
> news:947EF798-9E1A-43D0-9699-...
> > OK, I tried this 2 days ago in Performance & Maintenance, but nobody's
> > responding, so here goes again:
> >
> > I just booted up and received the following message:
> > "Systems settings protector has stopped working. A problem caused the
> > program to stop working correctly. Windows will close the program and
> > notify
> > you if a solution is available."
> >
> > I have no idea what this means, but I don't like the sound of it. Late
> > yesterday I did a clean boot on windows because I had to reinstall an mp3
> > player's software. I then did a reboot and everthing in my startup
> > services
> > looked ok to me, but I wonder if I missed something there.
> >
> > Can someone help, please? I'm running 32-bit Home Premium.
>
>

oops! My message should have read, "Are you SAYING...," not setting.

"Rick Rogers" wrote:

> Hi,
>
> You are using Spybot Search & Destroy? That tool is part of it, not part of
> Windows. Try updating the program.
>
> --
> Best of Luck,
>
> Rick Rogers, aka "Nutcase" - Microsoft MVP
> http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/
> Windows help - www.rickrogers.org
> My thoughts http://rick-mvp.blogspot.com
>
> "Benzmum" <> wrote in message
> news:947EF798-9E1A-43D0-9699-...
> > OK, I tried this 2 days ago in Performance & Maintenance, but nobody's
> > responding, so here goes again:
> >
> > I just booted up and received the following message:
> > "Systems settings protector has stopped working. A problem caused the
> > program to stop working correctly. Windows will close the program and
> > notify
> > you if a solution is available."
> >
> > I have no idea what this means, but I don't like the sound of it. Late
> > yesterday I did a clean boot on windows because I had to reinstall an mp3
> > player's software. I then did a reboot and everthing in my startup
> > services
> > looked ok to me, but I wonder if I missed something there.
> >
> > Can someone help, please? I'm running 32-bit Home Premium.
>
>

Hi,

Yes, the error message is stemming from part of Spybot's protection
mechanism, it's not able to load. Either disable/remove it, or
reinstall/update the software to correct it.

--
Best of Luck,

Rick Rogers, aka "Nutcase" - Microsoft MVP
http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/
Windows help - www.rickrogers.org
My thoughts http://rick-mvp.blogspot.com

"Benzmum" <> wrote in message
news:75459F3B-7857-4B5E-B8FE-...
> Sorry, Rick: are you setting "systems setting protector" is one of
> Spybot's
> tools? If so, why would I get that message, and what would you do -
> restart
> Spybot?
>
> "Rick Rogers" wrote:
>
>> Hi,
>>
>> You are using Spybot Search & Destroy? That tool is part of it, not part
>> of
>> Windows. Try updating the program.
>>
>> --
>> Best of Luck,
>>
>> Rick Rogers, aka "Nutcase" - Microsoft MVP
>> http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/
>> Windows help - www.rickrogers.org
>> My thoughts http://rick-mvp.blogspot.com
>>
>> "Benzmum" <> wrote in message
>> news:947EF798-9E1A-43D0-9699-...
>> > OK, I tried this 2 days ago in Performance & Maintenance, but nobody's
>> > responding, so here goes again:
>> >
>> > I just booted up and received the following message:
>> > "Systems settings protector has stopped working. A problem caused the
>> > program to stop working correctly. Windows will close the program and
>> > notify
>> > you if a solution is available."
>> >
>> > I have no idea what this means, but I don't like the sound of it. Late
>> > yesterday I did a clean boot on windows because I had to reinstall an
>> > mp3
>> > player's software. I then did a reboot and everthing in my startup
>> > services
>> > looked ok to me, but I wonder if I missed something there.
>> >
>> > Can someone help, please? I'm running 32-bit Home Premium.
>>
>>

Thanks, Rick. I've just updated Spybot, and also done a scan with it and
found a cookie called mediaplex (which I "fixed"). So I'll see how things
look over the next week. If I get the same error mesage again, I'll uninstall
and download Spybot again.

Appreciate you taking the time to explain this to me.

- Linda

"Rick Rogers" wrote:

> Hi,
>
> Yes, the error message is stemming from part of Spybot's protection
> mechanism, it's not able to load. Either disable/remove it, or
> reinstall/update the software to correct it.
>
> --
> Best of Luck,
>
> Rick Rogers, aka "Nutcase" - Microsoft MVP
> http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/
> Windows help - www.rickrogers.org
> My thoughts http://rick-mvp.blogspot.com
>
> "Benzmum" <> wrote in message
> news:75459F3B-7857-4B5E-B8FE-...
> > Sorry, Rick: are you setting "systems setting protector" is one of
> > Spybot's
> > tools? If so, why would I get that message, and what would you do -
> > restart
> > Spybot?
> >
> > "Rick Rogers" wrote:
> >
> >> Hi,
> >>
> >> You are using Spybot Search & Destroy? That tool is part of it, not part
> >> of
> >> Windows. Try updating the program.
> >>
> >> --
> >> Best of Luck,
> >>
> >> Rick Rogers, aka "Nutcase" - Microsoft MVP
> >> http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/
> >> Windows help - www.rickrogers.org
> >> My thoughts http://rick-mvp.blogspot.com
> >>
> >> "Benzmum" <> wrote in message
> >> news:947EF798-9E1A-43D0-9699-...
> >> > OK, I tried this 2 days ago in Performance & Maintenance, but nobody's
> >> > responding, so here goes again:
> >> >
> >> > I just booted up and received the following message:
> >> > "Systems settings protector has stopped working. A problem caused the
> >> > program to stop working correctly. Windows will close the program and
> >> > notify
> >> > you if a solution is available."
> >> >
> >> > I have no idea what this means, but I don't like the sound of it. Late
> >> > yesterday I did a clean boot on windows because I had to reinstall an
> >> > mp3
> >> > player's software. I then did a reboot and everthing in my startup
> >> > services
> >> > looked ok to me, but I wonder if I missed something there.
> >> >
> >> > Can someone help, please? I'm running 32-bit Home Premium.
> >>
> >>
>
>