Microsoft's AntiSpyware is causing problems with my users profile locations
Article Number: 0000000121
Created On: 2007-08-06 12:54:38
Last Updated: 2008-07-25 06:03:24
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Question
How to prevent Microsoft's AntiSpyware popup's?
Symptoms
Popup's requesting to allow or deny access to the students desktop appear for each user on every computer where AntiSpyware has been installed.
Cause
The Antispyware software is designed to work on a stand alone machine, it therefore requires acknowledgement of each user environment redirection like the user's desktop and start menu and start menu programs.
Profile redirection can be performed by Ranger or Windows GPO's therefore the fault is not with Ranger. The AntiSpyware software is designed for stand alone machines and not for networked machines. For more information about AntiSpyware please see links below.
Problems accessing the network after install.
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/892350/
Microsoft AntiSpyware Beta release Discussion forum.
http://communities.microsoft.com/newsgroups/default.asp?ICPspyware&sLCID;us
News information from Microsoft on security.
http://www.microsoft.com/presspass/press/2005/feb05/02-15RSA05KeynotePR.asp
Resolution
Do not use Microsoft AntiSpyware on your network computers, otherwise you will have to acknowledge each redirection for each user on every machine running the software.
Applies To
Microsoft AntiSpyware and folder redirection