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    HELP!! R1 Wont let me change nvidia/intel graphics because of Mcfee

    Discussion in 'Alienware M11x' started by Uzii305, Jan 22, 2011.

  1. Uzii305

    Uzii305 Notebook Enthusiast

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    Every time i wanna switch between Nvidia/Intel graphics i get a message saying close these programs (mcfee) how can i fix this??? if ur going to say remove mcfee, can u advise me a GOOD antivirus?? thank you for ur time
     
    Uzii305, Jan 22, 2011
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    go to regedit and go to HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE/SOFTWARE/NVIDIA CORPORATION/HYBRID

    then you will see the name "whitelist".. you have to double click on it and in value data you have to write the .exe of the programs you want to whitelist. for examen "msnmsgr.exe, skype.exe, ..." in this case find what is the name of the .exe of mcafee and type it.

    that's all

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    utrillalm, Jan 22, 2011
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    I just end the mcagent.exe process from the task manager. I'm planning on getting MSE once my trial ends for McAfee.
     
    kimcheefists, Jan 22, 2011
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    He has an R1..
     
    kimcheefists, Jan 22, 2011
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  5. Uzii305

    Uzii305 Notebook Enthusiast

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    i got it. unistalled, and installed ATT version that comes with my ATT internet subscription and for sum weird reason its not doing it anymore. Thanks guys
     
    Uzii305, Jan 24, 2011
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    I have an R1, this is the form to "whitelist" programs for r1 so you can switch between graphics with fn+f2 and the app wont ask you to close the "whitelisted" program in regedit, so, if the app says you have to close mcafee.exe to complete the switching, you go to regedit, whitelist the .exe and the next time you want to switch that message wont appear.
     
    utrillalm, Jan 24, 2011
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  7. vorob

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    Delete this pice of ... Use Avira instead :) Free and light anti-virus.
     
    vorob, Jan 25, 2011
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  8. thegh0sts

    thegh0sts Notebook Nobel Laureate

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    i use avast as it is also free. i tried kaspersky once but it made windows take forever to load so i uninstalled it and went back to avast.

    EDIT: it seems avira doesn't provide email protection in it's free version but avast does.
     
    thegh0sts, Jan 25, 2011
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  9. DrGoodvibes

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    I'd much rather go "Seven Periods with Mr Gormsby" than wait for one trial period with McFee to end.

    Think the first thing I did when I started my M11xR1 for the first time was to delete McFee and install a decent anti-virus.

    Avast, love it or leave it, has the smallest memory foot print. It's the only free Anti-Virus that will run on my 333Mhz 192MB RAM winXP Tosh 'Netbook'.

    Currently use Avira on my M11xR1
     
    DrGoodvibes, Jan 25, 2011
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  10. thegh0sts

    thegh0sts Notebook Nobel Laureate

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    why avira? because you mainly check your email via the web browser? or does it have better virus definitions?
     
    thegh0sts, Jan 25, 2011
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    Cause I like the umbrella that opens and closes.
     
    DrGoodvibes, Jan 25, 2011
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    anything else other than the umbrella?
     
    thegh0sts, Jan 25, 2011
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    I personally don't need email checker cause there are no dorks who can send me child_.jpg.exe. Lol.
     
    vorob, Jan 25, 2011
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  14. Salue

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    Hey Guys so far i love the whole fn+f6 but it's annoying when i want to switch it tells me to close my browser google chrome and close windows live messneger sometimes it tells me to close freakin windows media player
    is there a way to like make the Fn+f6 thing switch with out forcing me to close my programs ?:<
    it's annoying
     
    Salue, Jan 25, 2011
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    I've noticed that too with my McAfee antivirus program, I'll have to kill the mcagent.exe task to switch, then re-enable it. Isn't Chrome and/or Windows Live Messenger accelerated to look all pretty and shiny and stuff? (Like the Aero effect) I've never had that issue with Firefox.
     
    ebondefender, Jan 25, 2011
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    lol the only reason I used McAfee was because my dad had a free key through his Scottrade accounts and was nice to give me a free antivirus program...I too have this problem though. Nothing a little Ctrl+Alt+Del can't handle.
     
    ebondefender, Jan 25, 2011
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