Uninstall:

Adobe Flash Player 10 Plugin Adobe Systems Incorporated 5/3/2011 6.00 MB 10.2.159.1
Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 3.4 64-bit Adobe 5/6/2011 382 MB 3.4.1
Adobe Reader 9.1 Adobe Systems Incorporated 4/27/2011 204 MB 9.1.0
Adobe Shockwave Player 11.5 Adobe Systems, Inc. 5/5/2011 11.5.9.620
AOL Messaging Toolbar 5/7/2011
Apple Application Support Apple Inc. 5/3/2011 51.0 MB 1.5.1
Apple Mobile Device Support Apple Inc. 5/3/2011 22.4 MB 3.4.0.25
Apple Software Update Apple Inc. 5/3/2011 2.26 MB 2.1.2.120
avast! Free Antivirus AVAST Software 5/14/2011 6.0.1125.0
Bonjour Apple Inc. 5/3/2011 1.75 MB 2.0.5.0
CCleaner Piriform 5/15/2011 3.06
Compatibility Pack for the 2007 Office system Microsoft Corporation 5/13/2011 88.7 MB 12.0.6514.5001
CyberLink PowerDVD 9.5 CyberLink Corp. 4/27/2011 144.4 MB 9.5.1.3426
F.lux 5/5/2011
Intel(R) Graphics Media Accelerator Driver Intel Corporation 4/27/2011 8.15.10.2008
iTunes Apple Inc. 5/3/2011 144.9 MB 10.2.2.14
K-Lite Codec Pack 7.1.0 (Standard) 5/4/2011 36.1 MB 7.1.0
Last.fm 1.5.4.27091 Last.fm 5/3/2011
Microsoft .NET Framework 4 Client Profile Microsoft Corporation 5/4/2011 38.8 MB 4.0.30319
Microsoft Office 2010 Microsoft Corporation 4/27/2011 6.31 MB 14.0.4763.1000
Microsoft Office Click-to-Run 2010 Microsoft Corporation 5/5/2011 14.0.4763.1000
Microsoft Office Starter 2010 - English Microsoft Corporation 5/5/2011 14.0.4763.1000
Microsoft Silverlight Microsoft Corporation 5/4/2011 48.8 MB 4.0.60310.0
Microsoft SQL Server 2005 Compact Edition [ENU] Microsoft Corporation 4/27/2011 1.72 MB 3.1.0000
Microsoft Visual C++ 2005 ATL Update kb973923 - x86 8.0.50727.4053 Microsoft Corporation 5/4/2011 0.25 MB 8.0.50727.4053
Microsoft Visual C++ 2005 Redistributable Microsoft Corporation 4/27/2011 0.42 MB 8.0.56336
Microsoft Visual C++ 2008 Redistributable - x86 9.0.30729.4148 Microsoft Corporation 5/3/2011 0.58 MB 9.0.30729.4148
Mozilla Firefox 4.0.1 (x86 en-US) Mozilla 5/3/2011 30.4 MB 4.0.1
Pidgin 5/4/2011 2.7.11
QuickTime Apple Inc. 5/3/2011 73.7 MB 7.69.80.9
Realtek High Definition Audio Driver Realtek Semiconductor Corp. 4/27/2011 6.0.1.5919
Roxio Burn Roxio 4/27/2011 36.1 MB 1.01
Skype Toolbars Skype Technologies S.A. 5/4/2011 6.95 MB 5.3.7280
Skype™ 5.3 Skype Technologies S.A. 5/4/2011 22.6 MB 5.3.111
TeamViewer 6 TeamViewer GmbH 5/4/2011 6.0.10511
Windows Live Essentials Microsoft Corporation 5/6/2011 15.4.3502.0922
Windows Live Sync Microsoft Corporation 5/4/2011 2.79 MB 14.0.8117.416
Windows Live Upload Tool Microsoft Corporation 4/27/2011 0.22 MB 14.0.8014.1029
Windows Mobile Device Center Microsoft Corporation 5/5/2011 27.4 MB 6.1.6965.0
WinRAR 4.00 (64-bit) win.rar GmbH 5/4/2011 4.00.0


Startup:
Yes HKCU:Run msnmsgr "C:\Program Files (x86)\Windows Live\Messenger\msnmsgr.exe" /background
Yes HKCU:Run F.lux "C:\Users\Alexis\Local Settings\Apps\F.lux\flux.exe" /noshow
Yes HKLM:Run RemoteControl9 "C:\Program Files (x86)\CyberLink\PowerDVD9\PDVD9Serv.exe"
Yes HKLM:Run PDVD9LanguageShortcut "C:\Program Files (x86)\CyberLink\PowerDVD9\Language\Language.exe"
Yes HKLM:Run Desktop Disc Tool "C:\Program Files (x86)\Roxio\Roxio Burn\RoxioBurnLauncher.exe"
Yes HKLM:Run Adobe Reader Speed Launcher "C:\Program Files (x86)\Adobe\Reader 9.0\Reader\Reader_sl.exe"
Yes HKLM:Run avast "C:\Program Files\AVAST Software\Avast\avastUI.exe" /nogui
Yes HKLM:Run QuickTime Task "C:\Program Files (x86)\QuickTime\QTTask.exe" -atboottime
Yes HKLM:Run iTunesHelper "C:\Program Files (x86)\iTunes\iTunesHelper.exe"
Yes HKLM:Run IgfxTray C:\Windows\system32\igfxtray.exe
Yes HKLM:Run HotKeysCmds C:\Windows\system32\hkcmd.exe
Yes HKLM:Run Persistence C:\Windows\system32\igfxpers.exe
Yes HKLM:Run RtHDVCpl C:\Program Files\Realtek\Audio\HDA\RAVCpl64.exe -s
Yes HKLM:Run Windows Mobile Device Center %windir%\WindowsMobile\wmdc.exe
Yes HKLM:RunOnce aswAhAScr.dll "C:\Program Files\AVAST Software\Avast\aswRegSvr.exe" "C:\Program Files\AVAST Software\Avast\AhAScr.dll"

ActiveX component is not even showing as installed (applicable to IE). Accordingly. your issues may have something to do with known potential Firefox 4.0 incompatibilities (creating installation failures) - see:

http://www.d-a-l.com/help/desktop-se...onstantly.html

So I should just downgrade my FF to 3.6.16?

Originally Posted by ayemceee

So I should just downgrade my FF to 3.6.16?

That or run your installs from IE requiring you to install the Adobe Flash ActiveX control.

Here is what I am running without any problems:

Internet Explorer 8.0.7600.16385
Adobe Flash Player (Plugin) 10.3.181.14 (x86)
Adobe Flash Player (ActiveX) 10.3.181.14 (x86)
Internet Explorer 8.0.7600.16385 (x86)
Mozilla Firefox 3.6.17 (en-US) (x86)

I actually clicked "Windows Update" by mistake and saw that I had a few things to update so I did that, and now that I installed those updates along with IE9, the ActiveX prompt went away and I was able to install my webcam software (The one I gave the example of in the first post) without any problem. So I guess my problem is solved. Thanks a lot for the help anyway.

Only problem I have now is installing a recent version of AIM

I saw this guide but I'm not exactly sure how to do what they say to do in order to make the program work.

You can try your guide (deleting the filename listed) but a more recent link may be a better option. Google is your friend:

problem installing aim "windows 7" - Google Search


This might be a current issue in IE9?:

I cannot install Aim Messenger-why not?

I'm not sure about this version, but in the past, AIM has been very Internet Explorer-based.