Vista + Avast = Control Panel not responding

[erlanic]

Thanks a lot Dgillham ! Great job
I had the same problem on a new Dell Inspiron 1545, with Windows Seven (32-bit), Avast Home 4.8, and the Dell Wireless 1397 WLAN Mini-Card since 2 months. And I have followed the dgillham's advice and the problem has gone at once.

[djemkitso]

I had the same problem on a brand new Dell Inspiron 1764 laptop with Windows 7.  After uninstalling McAfee and installing Avast, the Control Panel started to hang the entire Windows Explorer desktop.  In addition, HP printer drivers failed to load, the Microsoft Teredo Tunneling Adapter reported uncorrectable errors, local area networking destabilized and there were numerous other crashes.

On a new Sony laptop with Windows 7 and an identical set of software applications including Avast, no similar problems occurred; Avast is smooth, stable and reliable.

Dell no longer provides free warranty support for software problems; software support is now a separate fee-based service.  So I returned the Inspiron and got my money back.

Does anybody have additional information on the Control Panel related hangs?  Is it only on Dell machines?

 

[DavidR]

It would be worth ensuring all remnants of McAfee are gone, sometimes the uninstall doesn't completely remove it all.
- You didn't say which McAfee version, so here are the various tools:
- McAfee has an uninstall tool that you could run to ensure any possible remnants are removed.
http://download.mcafee.com/products/licensed/cust_support_patches/VSCleanupTool.exe

Or http://majorgeeks.com/McAfee_Consumer_Product_Removal_Tool_d5420.html
 
2007 version - http://download.mcafee.com/products/licensed/cust_support_patches/MCPR.exe
 
Also see - How do I uninstall SecurityCenter? http://ts.mcafeehelp.com/faq3.asp?docid=71525