Annoying Gadget

Hi

A minor irritation and probably has a simple solution but I can't find it. My mum-in-law's laptop (Advent 7301) has Windows Vista HP SP2. That OS has the gadgets think at the side. Well every time she starts her comp a gadget opens up for her antivirus software (avast! antivirus version 6). 1. I can't find away to get rid of it; 2. it appears on left-hand side of desktop, while all other gadgets are on the right.

Thanks

mark59

 

Are you perhaps talking about the sidebar or a widget?

 

Thanks DavidGP; I'll give it a go next time we're round there.

mark59

 

Thanks for responding to my request for assistance plodr. As usually was trying to type too fast. I meant to say 'thing' not 'think'. I was referring to the Sidebar. I'm hoping David GP's response provides the answer I need.

mark59

 

Hi DavidGP

How did you get to that menu? I cannot find it. The settings menu in avast! Free Antivirus 6 looks like the image in the attachment.

mark59

 

Hi LauraR

I've attached an image of avast's user interface. I cannot locate either 'configuration' or 'add/remove'. I have clicked on Help Center and typed these terms into the search box and it returns no relevant results. I do not know how to get from the user interface to the menu DavidGP showed.

mark59

 

Hi LauraR as a super moderator can you please answer a totally unrelated question. Just noticed I'm now a corporal not a senior member is that a promotion, have I earned by first stripe?:cool

 

Thanks, that explains it.

 

I see now. I hadn't realised DavidGP intended me to do it from Control Panel. I'd assumed it was a menu accessible from within avast itself.

I'll give it ago soon; at the moment, I'm working at a PC running XP.

Thanks LauraR

mark59

 

Thanks guys, problem now solved.

mark59