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From: touch on 2 May 2010 09:23 I can not get the new avast to run. Error says " Failed to start, side by side configeration is incorrect" I removed Avast 4 using their unstall program. Can anyone recomend a free anti-virus program that I can try ? Thanks for any and all help.
From: David H. Lipman on 2 May 2010 09:30 From: <touch> | I can not get the new avast to run. Error says " Failed to start, side | by side configeration is incorrect" | I removed Avast 4 using their unstall program. | Can anyone recomend a free anti-virus program that I can try ? | Thanks for any and all help. Avira AntiVir. http://www.freeav.com/ -- Dave http://www.claymania.com/removal-trojan-adware.html Multi-AV - http://www.pctipp.ch/downloads/dl/35905.asp
From: Stephen Wolstenholme on 2 May 2010 09:52 On Sun, 02 May 2010 09:23:03 -0400, touch wrote: >I can not get the new avast to run. Error says " Failed to start, side >by side configeration is incorrect" >I removed Avast 4 using their unstall program. >Can anyone recomend a free anti-virus program that I can try ? >Thanks for any and all help. Try Microsoft Security Essentials Steve -- Neural Planner Software Ltd www.NPSL1.com EasyNN-plus. Neural Networks plus. www.easynn.com SwingNN. Forecast with Neural Networks. www.swingnn.com JustNN. Just Neural Networks. www.justnn.com
From: s|b on 2 May 2010 10:16 On Sun, 02 May 2010 09:23:03 -0400, touch wrote: > I can not get the new avast to run. Error says " Failed to start, side > by side configeration is incorrect" > I removed Avast 4 using their unstall program. You should have used Add/Remove Programs. Their uninstaller is only advised when that doesn't work. > Can anyone recomend a free anti-virus program that I can try ? > Thanks for any and all help. Why don't you ask for help in the avast! webforum? <http://forum.avast.com/index.php?PHPSESSID=5765c0b5ac56ec9ecf5e29b35b0de135&board=2.0> It helps if you mention which OS you're using, which firewall (version number) etc. I did a search for 'side by side configuration' and got some hits. Could be you'll find an anwser there. | This problem really sucks.... but there is a solution (This works on a x86 Vista. x64 should be similar). | | 1. Download the Visual C++ 2008 redistributable package from Microsoft at http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=9b2da534-3e03-4391-8a4d-074b9f2bc1bf&displaylang=en#Requirements | 2. Attempt to execute it. It should extract the files and install it. | 3. Now try to start Avast. If it doesn't work and you get the side by side error, continue. | 4. Create a folder called "ms" (without the quotes) on your root directory of your hard drive ex. c:\ms | 5. Copy the file you downloaded into that directory | 6. Go to the command line with administrator privileges. | 6a. If you don't know how to do it, go to All Programs > Accessories. Find Command Prompt. Hover over it. Right click and click on "Run as administrator". | 7. Type the following and press enter: cd \ms | 8. Type the following and press enter: vcredist_x86.exe -x | 9. It will ask you for a directory to save extracted files. Type in c:\ms\extract and click OK. | 10. Files will be extracted. Close the command prompt window. | 11. Using file explorer go to c:\ms\extract | 12. Double click on vc_red.msi (if you have extensions hidden, execute the vc_red that has a type "Windows Installer Package"). | 13. Installer package will install. | 14. Delete c:\ms as you will no longer need it. And there's always Google... <http://www.google.com/search?&q=%22side%20by%20side%20configuration%20is%20incorrect%22> -- s|b
From: jch on 2 May 2010 15:18
Stephen Wolstenholme wrote: > On Sun, 02 May 2010 09:23:03 -0400, touch wrote: > >> I can not get the new avast to run. Error says " Failed to start, >> side by side configeration is incorrect" >> I removed Avast 4 using their unstall program. >> Can anyone recomend a free anti-virus program that I can try ? >> Thanks for any and all help. > > Try Microsoft Security Essentials > > Steve I wouldn't advise MSE. I tried it and it bogged down my system to the point of being unusable. YMMV but for me it was awful. I removed it after a day and went with AVG9. My XP Pro XP3 system with a 1.6GHz CPU and 1G RAM went back to its happy quick self immediately. |