i'm glad you guys brought this up, I was having the same problem and it's annoying as heck...I like to be meticulous with my pooter! I must know every virus running in my pc at all times.
ANYWAYZ
I think this is affecting my graphics, and did some research on it
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/923100/en-US#ConfigurationsFor those who haven't fixed it, first you have to update the uninstaller, then uninstall manually, then reinstall from scratch.
Apparently it was un-uninstallable without the proper uninstaller!
still doing the fix in my computer and using my nifty "Revo uninstaller" to remove the program.
http://www.revouninstaller.com/revo is a hot uninstaller program as it searches the registry for things that uninstallers don't remove and random files left behind.
Im still doing it , but figured I'd post these links before i end up corrupting my registry and get shut down and cant post again till i reformat.
Hope this helps!
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OH, 1 more thing, careful how sensitive you make revo, it once uninstalled my internet explorer because the installed program used it to bring me to the company site lol. I use moderate and it works fine for me.
update - down to uninstalling my last framework, and my system is flying !!! and my internet speed just dramatically increased. removing last of it now!!
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Ok, so far my system has not been this fast in a long time, the .net framework actually fully installed and is asking me to reboot, my system usually takes about 12-15 minutes to boot up, and this may have been the problem. I feel like a 3.2 ghz Pentium D again! /flex
lets see how reboot goes, will update again in a sec!
Installation Summary
Successful: 1
Failed: 0
Remaining: 0
after it finished updating my .net Framework, it gave me an xp update install and for the first time in a long time my computer is uptodate!!
My bluescreen time at start up was dramatically faster, and my internet speed is obviously much faster now!!
.net framework and the painfully long boot up Problem Fixed!! [8D]
ps - Im running IE8 AND Firefox on this posting without a problem. I still have the windows update page in background