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[Erika]

I recently set up an admin and 2 unprivileged user accounts on XP Home. I am now getting a message when in user account in a blue box at bottom of screen that says '... data required by compaq connections is still engaged by user Don (admin) on your W04GTXLD67'. Don is not logged into. Also, the computer seems to be running slower than normal.

Additional info: previously there had been only one account without a password but the computer was only connected via dial-up to send and receive e-mail. After setting up additional accounts I was on Internet long enough to download AVG anti-virus and Ad-Aware.

Can anyone advise?

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[Don_HH2K]

Try the following: Go to Start -> Run and type msconfig on the account that is having the problem. Go to the Startup tab, and uncheck Compaq Connections. Now exit without restarting, log off, and log back on to see what happens.

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Laptop: Turion 64 X2 @ 2GHz, 2GB DDR2-667, 100GB HD, ATI Radeon X300, 15" LCD, Seven Ultimate RC

[Erika]

Thanks Don, that seems to have worked though computer now starts in 'selective' mode but now I've found other problems (this is a friends computer). They had let their Symantec subscription lapse so I downloaded AVG ant-virus, Spybot S&D and AdAware. I found a number of problems including WildTangent. I thought I'd gotten rid of it but now have a new message after booting saying that 'C:\Program|WildTangent\Apps\CDA\cdaEngine0400.dll' can't be found. I thought there might be a registry entry that was causing Windows to look for this but the registry tools I had downloaded couldn't find anything (that I recognized). Any suggestions would be welcome.

PS: Spybot also says there are the following data source object exploits --
HKEY_USERS\S-1-5-18\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Internet Settings\Zones\0\1004!=W=3, HKEY_USERS\S-1-5-21-4087877812-208011349-900067506-1009\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Internet Settings\Zones\0\1004!=W=3, HKEY_USERS\S-1-5-20\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Internet Settings\Zones\0\1004!=W=3, HKEY_USERS\S-1-5-19\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Internet Settings\Zones\0\1004!=W=3 and HKEY_USERS\DEFAULT\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Internet Settings\Zones\0\1004!=W=3 . I don't recognize any of these so do not want to delete, especially as it is not my computer, until I'm sure they should NOT be there.

Thanks again

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