Tea Timer problem

[sggaunt]

I decided to update my copy of Zone Alarm from a cover CD.
and I have Spybt's Tea Timer running.
TT picked up some registry changes Zone alarm was making and brought up a Deny/Allow dialog.
The problem was the dialog was not displaying correctly and I could not see enough of the buttons to tell which one was which. (only a Horizontal re-size was possible!!)
I haven't rebooted as yet, so there may be more problems with this,
Does anyone know which of these buttons is which. e.g. Left is ? Right is ?


Steve: Delphi a feersum engin indeed.

 

[biglebowski]

I have the same problem, I can only see the top edge of the buttons - left is allow changes

When I was born I was so suprised I didn't talk for 18 months

 

[sggaunt]

Cheers Biggles.
I suppose this should be reported to SpyBot!!

Steve: Delphi a feersum engin indeed.

 

[sbudzynski]

I was told (I don't know if this is true) that spybot has this problem with XP. Is this true?

I have XP Pro and it always looks like that, so it's atleast true for me!

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Steve Budzynski


"So, pass another round around for the kids. Who have nothing left to lose and for those souls old and sold out by the soles of my shoes"

 

[sggaunt]

Well I have XP Home. But this should be an easy fix!.


Steve: Delphi a feersum engin indeed.

 

[stduc]

I had the same issue. I emailed the spybot team but got no response. Luckily I still had version 1.3 and reverted to that version as it doesn't have the issue (I run XP Pro).

 

[bcastner]

To turn off Resident “Tea Timer”

Go to Advanced Mode>Tools>Resident.
Uncheck the box for Resident “Tea Timer”.

 

[satrow]

I'm with Bill on this issue; turn off Tea Timer, it can be a resource hog.

 

[stduc]

I'm not sure it's that much of a resource hog. It runs at low priority as well. Personally I find it quite re-assuring that I will be notified of registry changes. It can be a pain if you forget to turn it off when installing or uninstalling something though LOL.

I am happy to post version 1.3 somewhere if anyone can suggest where and confirm that it is not against the EULA to do so. (I have had a look and I can't see 1.3 available anymore).

As I already suggested, v1.3 doesn't have the problem and works just fine with XP.

 

[BadBigBen]

You could use any file hosting service, such as

http://www.Rapidshare.de

or SendFile...


Ben

"If it works don't fix it! If it doesn't use a sledgehammer..."

 

[stduc]

OK - spybot v1.3 is available to download here from Rapidshare

I don't know how many downloads are permitted though, or how long the link will remain viable.

Uninstall spybot before installing v1.3

 

[sggaunt]

If you know which button is which it not that much of a problem!
also I am sure that Version 3 had some 'issues' (false positives) thats why I upgraded to V4.


Steve: Delphi a feersum engin indeed.

 

[farmor]

Go to the Spybot web site, their forum, as I recall. The first entry a few days ago was the work around for this problem. It contains a download and complete instructions. (Yes, XP Home has the problem, too.)

 

[stduc]

It was the detection database that had the problem - not the updates! But workaround or V1.3 - either!

 

[farmor]

Suggest you check the spybot web site. Forum, then Spybot -search and destroy ; Then "Solution to fix the pop-up in teatimer". There is also a link to a lengthy explanation for the bug. It appears to be in the 1.4 update. And although they use the term work-around, it would seem to be a fix.