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ihill
7 years agoHelpful | Level 5
continually being asked to download and sign in
Every time I turn on the computer, Dropbox is asking me to sign in and link my computer again. This has been happening for the past two days. Any way of stopping this happening?
- 7 years ago
This is what Kaspersky told me to do
1. Open Kaspersky and click on "Settings" (cog, bottom left).
2. Go to "Protection" (left) > "Software Updater" (Right).
3. Uncheck the "Automatically download and install updates.." check box.
4. Close 'Settings".
5. Now go to "Tools" > "Software Updater". If Dropbox is in the list of applications click on the arrow net to "Update" and select "Do not update this application". If you cannot find the Dropbox application there this means that Dropbox is at the latest version. In this case keep checking until Kaspersky finds an update for Dropbox then perform step #5.
6. After you exclude Dropbox from Software Updater you can re enable the "Automatically download and install updates.." check box (step #3).
Shudu_R
7 years agoExplorer | Level 3
ihill wrote:Every time I turn on the computer, Dropbox is asking me to sign in and link my computer again. This has been happening for the past two days. Any way of stopping this happening?
Hi, i have the same problem, have you found a solution to this?, this started happening after i acquired a new MSI laptop 3 weeks ago, Dropbox was linked and synchronised fully the first time, but the past 3 or 4 days, it keeps logging me out and asking me log in and re-link. Please help.
- ihill7 years agoHelpful | Level 5
In my case it is Kaspersky's software updater and I have now resolved this. So see if you have any of the automatic software updates software in your new laptop. If it is not that, are you using different browsers to link?
- Shudu_R7 years agoExplorer | Level 3
Hi, thanks for the swift reply, I also happen to be using Kaspersky on my machine. how did you resolve the issue on yours?, what is to be done on the Kaspersky?
- ihill7 years agoHelpful | Level 5
This is what Kaspersky told me to do
1. Open Kaspersky and click on "Settings" (cog, bottom left).
2. Go to "Protection" (left) > "Software Updater" (Right).
3. Uncheck the "Automatically download and install updates.." check box.
4. Close 'Settings".
5. Now go to "Tools" > "Software Updater". If Dropbox is in the list of applications click on the arrow net to "Update" and select "Do not update this application". If you cannot find the Dropbox application there this means that Dropbox is at the latest version. In this case keep checking until Kaspersky finds an update for Dropbox then perform step #5.
6. After you exclude Dropbox from Software Updater you can re enable the "Automatically download and install updates.." check box (step #3).
- Jimmyfd837 years agoNew member | Level 2How did you fix it? I also have kaspersky installed.
- Shudu_R7 years agoExplorer | Level 3
Jimmyfd83 wrote:
How did you fix it? I also have kaspersky installed.Please try the below from ihill
This is what Kaspersky told me to do
1. Open Kaspersky and click on "Settings" (cog, bottom left).
2. Go to "Protection" (left) > "Software Updater" (Right).
3. Uncheck the "Automatically download and install updates.." check box.
4. Close 'Settings".
5. Now go to "Tools" > "Software Updater". If Dropbox is in the list of applications click on the arrow net to "Update" and select "Do not update this application". If you cannot find the Dropbox application there this means that Dropbox is at the latest version. In this case keep checking until Kaspersky finds an update for Dropbox then perform step #5.
6. After you exclude Dropbox from Software Updater you can re enable the "Automatically download and install updates.." check box (step #3).
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