Vista - System Settings Protector

[Evelyn]

Dear Forum -

I use Vista on my computer and, all of a sudden without having made any changes, I keep getting the message "System settings protector has stopped working". I then click "cancel" and most of the time everything goes back to normal. Sometimes my desktop picture has disappeared and I get a blank background, but all the icons are still there. My questions: What does this mean? How come? Should I do anything about it? I find this a slight nuisance and would appreciate your help. Thanks in advance!

[drmsucks]

Do you use Spybot - I have read that this message comes from Spybot, not Vista.

Uninstall Spybot and, then, re-install.

[Evelyn]

Thanks. Yes, I am using Spybot. I will do as suggested. Thanks a lot!!

[drmsucks]

The latest Spybot version is 1.5.2; if you don't have this version, download and install it.

Good luck!