DavidR:
Okay, I see your point about merging the aball and the iball. As you say, less room in the system tray will be taken up, but more importantly I will always have access to the VRDB and not have to worry about whether the iball shows up in the system tray at each startup.
But two questions:
1. While the VRDB iball icon is in my system tray (as it is right now), if I right-clicked on it and chose “Merge with main avast! icon,” would that action “key in” the “MergeIcons=1” line in avast4.ini, so to speak? Or would I still need to key it in myself? I.e., should I do one, or the other, or both?
2. If I do need to key in the “MergeIcons=1” line myself in avast4.ini, I should key it in the order you indicated and not worry about the order in which it was found on Tech’s list?
3. It is safe for me to be typing this line into this file? Forgive my persistence, I just couldn’t take any more messes.
Changing subjects:
I wish I didn’t have to deal with Microsoft stuff—I know they are the pioneers, so to speak, but I find it hard to get info, to maneuver on their websites without getting into loops, and to make their things work, etc. I don’t even know what the NET Framework stuff is or does? Can you give me a sentence or two that simply explains it? If you can get away without it in some instances, why is it needed?
Another oddity about my computer is that though the 2.0 net is not listed in Add/Remove Programs (only Microsoft .Net Framework 1.1 and a Hotfix (KB928366) for that are listed), but if I do a Search after typing in “.NET Framework,” it brings up folders, one of which has a folder that reads “v2.0.50727.”
Here is another instance of having something on the computer that should be listed in the Add/Remove Programs but isn’t. I’ve had several of these, not the least of which was Spybot—I had a desktop icon and access to the program, but it wasn’t listed in Add/Remove Programs until I had to uninstall the version I had and install the newer version.
Anyway, if I have 2.0 net lurking somewhere on the computer, why would I need to do an update entitled: Security Update for Microsoft .NET Framework 1.1 Service Pack 1 (KB947742)?? This is one of the Microsoft updates that keeps failing.
I know this is off the iball subject, but if I’m allowed to digress, any insight you can give me into the unknowns of my computer that I’m trying to decipher to solve problems would be very, very much appreciated.
bob3160:
Thank you so much for the notify option info. Do you mean that I only have to hit the “Notify” button at the bottom of the page to get an email whenever I get a reply. When I clicked the link at the bottom of your reply, it seemed a download was necessary, . . . I’m confused. (Can you tell?)
