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re: Q: Competing Splash Screens: Zone Alarm & McAfee Sunday, May 5, 2002 at 1:51 pm Posted by Michael (2800 messages posted) I don't think disabling the splash screens will solve the problem. The only function of a splash screen is to put some eye candy on the screen whilst a program initialises. If there is a conflict, it is likely to be with the programs themselves. Check the ZA and McAfee sites to see if the problem is listed there. On Sunday, May 5, 2002 at 12:46 pm, sme wrote: >I have a question about Get >Rid of Irritating Splash Screens: > >I have Zone Alarm V 2.6.88 and McAfee Virus Scan V4.5.1 loading upon start-up. The >two splash screens often conflict with each other (and maybe the programs too ?) >and they occasionally cause problems as a result. I checked for .VSH files, but don't >see one for this version of McAfee Virus Scan. Is there a way to disable these two >splash screens, or atleast set a specific order to which they load (is it my imagination >or does the load order of start-up items change with each start-up)? Thanks! > > > [Reply or follow-up to this message] re: Q: Competing Splash Screens: Zone Alarm & McAfee Sunday, May 5, 2002 at 2:10 pm Posted by sme (6 messages posted) Thanks Michael I will take your advice about checking out the potential conflicts. However, part of the immediate issue is that the two graphics converge upon each other, and the overlapped parts like to stay on my screen once in a while when this happens. Any short-term suggestions to get rid of the splash screens of one or the other of these two programs? On Sunday, May 5, 2002 at 1:51 pm, Michael wrote: >If there is a conflict, it is likely to be with the programs themselves. Check the ZA and McAfee sites to see if the problem is listed there. [Reply or follow-up to this message] re: Q: Competing Splash Screens: Zone Alarm & McAfee Sunday, May 5, 2002 at 2:49 pm Posted by Dan S. (311 messages posted) SME, try this for Zone alarm; Navigate your way to the Windows folder. Then, All Users; Start Menu; Programs; Start Up; ZoneAlarm. Right click ZA icon. Properties; Shortcut tab; then type after the target -nopopup -nosplash. *Note* the (-) minus signs in front of nopopup, nosplash. OK. Hope this helps If u don't have Default.vsh on ur system for McAfee, then I'm at a lose as to how u can kill the McAfee beast. On Sunday, May 5, 2002 at 12:46 pm, sme wrote: >I have a question about Get >Rid of Irritating Splash Screens: > >I have Zone Alarm V 2.6.88 and McAfee Virus Scan V4.5.1 loading upon start-up. The >two splash screens often conflict with each other (and maybe the programs too ?) >and they occasionally cause problems as a result. I checked for .VSH files, but don't >see one for this version of McAfee Virus Scan. Is there a way to disable these two >splash screens, or atleast set a specific order to which they load (is it my imagination >or does the load order of start-up items change with each start-up)? Thanks! > > > [Reply or follow-up to this message] re: Q: Competing Splash Screens: Zone Alarm & McAfee Sunday, May 5, 2002 at 2:54 pm Posted by Steve'o (280 messages posted) Hi Sme if you right click the shortcut to Zonealarm in your Quicklaunch toolbar & hit properties then add this into the Target window >>> -nosplash <<< without <<<>>> of course. So it will look like this "C:\Program Files\Zone Labs\ZoneAlarm\zonealarm.exe" -nosplash Then hit apply & ok all is fixed. . post back with results Good Luck Steve'o On Sunday, May 5, 2002 at 2:10 pm, sme wrote: >Thanks Michael I will take your advice about checking out the potential conflicts. >However, part of the immediate issue is that the two graphics converge upon each >other, and the overlapped parts like to stay on my screen once in a while when this >happens. Any short-term suggestions to get rid of the splash screens of one or the >other of these two programs? > > [Reply or follow-up to this message] re: Q: Competing Splash Screens: Zone Alarm & McAfee Tuesday, May 7, 2002 at 5:51 pm Posted by sme (6 messages posted) On Sunday, May 5, 2002 at 2:54 pm, Steve'o wrote: >Hi Sme if you right click the shortcut to Zonealarm in your Quicklaunch toolbar & >hit properties then add this into the Target window >>> -nosplash <<< without ><<<>>> of course. >Then hit apply & ok all is fixed. Thanks that worked simply and perfectly. I appreciate the help! sme [Reply or follow-up to this message] re: Q: Competing Splash Screens: Zone Alarm & McAfee Tuesday, May 7, 2002 at 5:55 pm Posted by sme (6 messages posted) On Sunday, May 5, 2002 at 2:49 pm, Dan S. wrote: >SME, try this for Zone alarm; >Navigate your way to the Windows folder. >Then, All Users; Start Menu; Programs; Start Up; ZoneAlarm. Right click ZA icon. >Properties; Shortcut tab; then type after the target -nopopup -nosplash. >OK. Hope this helps Perfectly *clapping* YAY! >If u don't have Default.vsh on ur system for McAfee, then I'm at a lose as to how >u can kill the McAfee beast. ah, and the beast lives on ;) Much appreciated Dan S! sme. [Reply or follow-up to this message] re: Q: Competing Splash Screens: Zone Alarm & McAfee Tuesday, May 7, 2002 at 5:58 pm Posted by Steve'o (280 messages posted) Good One I'm pleased you're all fixed & happy again Steve'o On Tuesday, May 7, 2002 at 5:51 pm, sme wrote: >On Sunday, May 5, 2002 at 2:54 pm, Steve'o wrote: >Hi Sme if you right click the shortcut to Zonealarm in your Quicklaunch toolbar >& >hit properties then add this into the Target window >>> -nosplash <<< without ><<<>>> of course. >Then hit apply & ok all is fixed. > >Thanks that worked simply and perfectly. >I appreciate the help! >sme [Reply or follow-up to this message] re: Q: Competing Splash Screens: Zone Alarm & McAfee Tuesday, May 7, 2002 at 6:01 pm Posted by sme (6 messages posted) LOL, hidden in the above post was a thank-you, sme[again] >Thanks that worked simply and perfectly. >I appreciate the help! >sme [Reply or follow-up to this message] re: Q: Competing Splash Screens: Zone Alarm & McAfee Tuesday, May 21, 2002 at 9:13 am Posted by Edward (1 messages posted) try this Macfee Help link: http://www.mcafeehelp.com/displaydoc.asp?CategoryId=273&docid=60736 On Sunday, May 5, 2002 at 12:46 pm, sme wrote: >I have a question about Get >Rid of Irritating Splash Screens: > >I have Zone Alarm V 2.6.88 and McAfee Virus Scan V4.5.1 loading upon start-up. The >two splash screens often conflict with each other (and maybe the programs too ?) >and they occasionally cause problems as a result. I checked for .VSH files, but don't >see one for this version of McAfee Virus Scan. Is there a way to disable these two >splash screens, or atleast set a specific order to which they load (is it my imagination >or does the load order of start-up items change with each start-up)? Thanks! > > > [Reply or follow-up to this message] re: Q: Competing Splash Screens: Zone Alarm & McAfee Tuesday, May 21, 2002 at 12:46 pm Posted by sme (6 messages posted) On Tuesday, May 21, 2002 at 9:13 am, Edward wrote: >try this Macfee Help link: http://www.mcafeehelp.com/displaydoc.asp?CategoryId=273&docid=60736 Edward! Thanks so much! With the competing splash screens now both bypassed, my computer loads suprisingly quicker & no more conflicts! Thanks for providing the McAfee fix! sm;]e [Reply or follow-up to this message] re: Q: Competing Splash Screens: Zone Alarm & McAfee Saturday, June 8, 2002 at 8:54 am Posted by gina (1 messages posted) Make sure you have your settings adjusted to "view all files" AND do a Find for *.vsh. You are looking for your default which may be renamed. Make sure you make the changes to the file in your McAfee directory. To "view all files", double-click My computer; DC View; DC Folder options; Click the View tab; Look at Hidden files and check "view all files". On Sunday, May 5, 2002 at 12:46 pm, sme wrote: >I have a question about Get >Rid of Irritating Splash Screens: > >I have Zone Alarm V 2.6.88 and McAfee Virus Scan V4.5.1 loading upon start-up. The >two splash screens often conflict with each other (and maybe the programs too ?) >and they occasionally cause problems as a result. I checked for .VSH files, but don't >see one for this version of McAfee Virus Scan. Is there a way to disable these two >splash screens, or atleast set a specific order to which they load (is it my imagination >or does the load order of start-up items change with each start-up)? Thanks! > > > [Reply or follow-up to this message] Get Rid of Zone Alarm Splash Screen like this.... Saturday, October 19, 2002 at 7:38 am Posted by F. Bernardo (1 messages posted) You can get rid of Zone Alarm's splash screen by adding -nosplash to it's shortcut icon. So go to your startup folder, right-click on your ZA shortcut, select properties and in the target text box, add a space and then -nosplash, press OK to accept this change. On Sunday, May 5, 2002 at 12:46 pm, sme wrote: >I have a question about Get >Rid of Irritating Splash Screens: > >I have Zone Alarm V 2.6.88 and McAfee Virus Scan V4.5.1 loading upon start-up. The >two splash screens often conflict with each other (and maybe the programs too ?) >and they occasionally cause problems as a result. I checked for .VSH files, but don't >see one for this version of McAfee Virus Scan. Is there a way to disable these two >splash screens, or atleast set a specific order to which they load (is it my imagination >or does the load order of start-up items change with each start-up)? Thanks! > > > [Reply or follow-up to this message] Tip: Use one of the [Reply or follow-up to this message] links above to add a message to this thread Search this forum Start a new thread on a different subject Report abuse of the forum Return to the Windows 98 Discussion Forum