Update from this user.
I had a small spare box and I installed W2K, Office 2000 and hooked it up to my router to get internet access. Then I installed AVAST with no problems.
None on installation and none when exiting W2k...no ashserv error message.
Now I do recognize that I am dealing with two different operating systems, but I wanted to rule out any flawed or missed installation steps, which I may have missed when I did the installation on my laptop.
I have no "unp" files, and the update went smoothly.
I am still trying here...not given up yet.
Hey Vik?...did you see/find anything in 'notyetdark's' unp file to shed any light on this particular error message from "ashserv"?
Thanks for your help guys.
Cheers
Update...I uninstalled AVAST (using add/remove and the removal program), now we will see whether I still get these errors at shutdown.
Wish me luck