Adshield (Ad-Shield) broken by SP2?

[Ummagumma]

OS: XP Home Edition with SP2

BACKGROUND:
Adshield free version 1.2 (& perhaps v 3.x) no longer
functions after installing SP2. Some websites assert
that it does work, or can be made to work. So far, they
don't give any details. After a clean install of
Adshield, every time IE (or My Computer, or Search) is
launched, a dialog box, entitled "Adshield", containing
the text "Error 0x800706ba reading the block list"
(refers to Adshield's block list) pops up. Nothing shows
up in the EventLog. I called Adshield and they said
they're working on the problem, but I'm impatient, so

QUESTION:
How do I make Adshield work?

[siljaline]

"Ummagumma" > wrote:
> OS: XP Home Edition with SP2
>
> BACKGROUND:
> Adshield free version 1.2 (& perhaps v 3.x) no longer
> functions after installing SP2. Some websites assert
> that it does work, or can be made to work. So far, they
> don't give any details. After a clean install of
> Adshield, every time IE (or My Computer, or Search) is
> launched, a dialog box, entitled "Adshield", containing
> the text "Error 0x800706ba reading the block list"
> (refers to Adshield's block list) pops up. Nothing shows
> up in the EventLog. I called Adshield and they said
> they're working on the problem, but I'm impatient, so
>
> QUESTION:
> How do I make Adshield work?

There is currently no fix to make any build of AdShield work in SP2.
http://computercops.biz/postt66873.html

Silj

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