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Phone Driver Seaches at start up

TallGirl
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Hi Guys
Me again can I please ask another question. On my last thread someone kindly suggested my mother might have a conflicting programme when starting up which was why it was taking so long to start up.

She runs Norton and I know it is a pain but we dont really want to get rid of it. When I boot up the computer it comes up with grey box that say USB Phone Driver and seaching underneath. If you click on it you can choose various options Skype, Net2Phone, MSN Messenger and a few others. If you click on it it goes away and if you leave it it sits at the bottom next to the Skype Logo saying USB Phone Driver 1.114. When I upgraded Skype it told me another programme was trying to access it. She has a Voip Phone installed and web cam that works perfectly.

What could this be and how can I get rid of it? I xcan do a screenprint if it helps.

Many many thanks for your help
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