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September 4, 2009 at 11:39 am #7987
melatonin
SpectatorI’m having two problems with Vista, any help with either is greatly appreciated.
1) In MS Word, it puts symbols that look like backwards P’s after every sentence, and it puts dots instead of spaces. This all started after I copied text from a website and pasted it into Word.
2) Windows pop up that say “Symantec CMC SmcGui has stopped working”, and if I close the window, it just pops back up again in a few seconds.
I miss XP.
September 4, 2009 at 11:46 am #90883Pink Monkey #13
Spectatorthe word problem isn’t vista. it’s a setting on word. it’s set to show all characters. let me look at it in my word and i’ll edit the post when i figure it out.
edit:okay, go to tools, click on options. under the view tab, there should be a section that says formatting marks. make sure that no boxes are checked under that.
September 4, 2009 at 11:50 am #90885Nickname
SpectatorOk, neither of those problems are Vista’s fault, and you could have easily had the same thing happen in XP.
1. I will assume you are using office 07 (if not, upgrade). Click on the windows logo in the top left and then choose Word Options (at the bottom of the menu that pops up). Go to “Display” and uncheck everything under “Always show these formatting marks on the screen”.
2. I am guessing you are using either norton 360 or norton internet security. First, download Symantec Endpoint Protection FREE from WCU (http://www.wcu.edu/10695.asp), it is made by the same company as the norton garbage but never expires and is much less resource intensive. Then, Go to Start -> control panel -> programs & features, find what you are using and uninstall it (you will probably have to restart). Next, Download the norton removal tool here: http://majorgeeks.com/Norton_Removal_Tool_d4749.html and run it. Then, restart and install Symantec Endpoint Protection you just downloaded, and you should be good to go.
September 4, 2009 at 11:53 am #90886melatonin
SpectatorNickname said:
Ok, neither of those problems are Vista’s fault, and you could have easily had the same thing happen in XP.1. I will assume you are using office 07 (if not, upgrade). Click on the windows logo in the top left and then choose Word Options (at the bottom of the menu that pops up). Go to “Display” and uncheck everything under “Always show these formatting marks on the screen”.
2. I am guessing you are using either norton 360 or norton internet security. First, download Symantec Endpoint Protection FREE from WCU (http://www.wcu.edu/10695.asp), it is made by the same company as the norton garbage but never expires and is much less resource intensive. Then, Go to Start -> control panel -> programs & features, find what you are using and uninstall it (you will probably have to restart). Next, Download the norton removal tool here: http://majorgeeks.com/Norton_Removal_Tool_d4749.html and run it. Then, restart and install Symantec Endpoint Protection you just downloaded, and you should be good to go.
1) Thanks, that fixes it right up.
2) No, the only antivirus programs I have are the school provided Symantec and MalwareBytes.
September 4, 2009 at 11:59 am #90888Nickname
SpectatorLiquid said:
2) No, the only antivirus programs I have are the school provided Symantec and MalwareBytes.ok well still do what I said before but just uninstall symantec endpoint, run the norton removal tool, and reinstall endpoint. that should fix it.
September 4, 2009 at 12:00 pm #90889melatonin
SpectatorNickname said:
ok well still do what I said before but just uninstall symantec endpoint, run the norton removal tool, and reinstall endpoint. that should fix it.Alright, I’ll try it after class.
September 4, 2009 at 12:01 pm #90891Nickname
SpectatorI mean if you bring it to student computing on campus that’s all they are gonna do (trust me, worked there 3 years)
September 5, 2009 at 5:33 pm #91003MasterP
SpectatorNickname said:
worked thereWork is such a strong word…
If you can’t get it fixed after doing Nickname’s steps take it to the CRIB and let them fix it.
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