Un-intalling few programs

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Hi

I am running Xp pro.
I downloaded a program from Internet caliming to be increasing the speed of
machine. I installed it. It went well. But I understood that program is
useless.

Now, I go to Add/remove programs and try to remove it, it says successfully
removed.

When I go to Stat->Programs, I still the same program and when I select it,
it runs again.

So, my question is: Is there any utility for XP, which allows user to remove
unwanted stubborn programs forcibly and SAFELY. ( meaning registery is
modified but not corrupted )

Thanks
funtoosh

 

[Guest]

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On 10/12/2004 funtoosh wrote:

> Hi
>
> I am running Xp pro.
> I downloaded a program from Internet caliming to be increasing the
> speed of machine. I installed it. It went well. But I understood that
> program is useless.
>
> Now, I go to Add/remove programs and try to remove it, it says
> successfully removed.
>
> When I go to Stat->Programs, I still the same program and when I
> select it, it runs again.
>
> So, my question is: Is there any utility for XP, which allows user to
> remove unwanted stubborn programs forcibly and SAFELY. ( meaning
> registery is modified but not corrupted )
>
> Thanks
> funtoosh

There is no such thing as a free lunch, if it sounds too good to be
true then it probably is

Sounds remarkably like a virus/trojan/worm - are you running a virus
checker? You should also look at Ad Aware and Spybot search and destroy.

Ad Aware is at www.lavasoft.de SpyBot is at
http://www.spybot.info/en/index.html they are both free and well
regarded.

It would also be worth Googling for the name of the program you
downloaded, that may lead you to removal instructions.

--
Jeff Gaines Damerham Hampshire UK
Posted with XanaNews 1.16.5.2 http://www.wilsonc.demon.co.uk/delphi.htm

 

[Guest]

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You might have some luck with Start>Run>msconfig. Go to the Startup tab and
look for the program. Uncheck it and reboot the machine.

Joli Ballew

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"Jeff Gaines" <whitedragon101@hotmail.com> wrote in message
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> On 10/12/2004 funtoosh wrote:
>
>>
>> When I go to Stat->Programs, I still the same program and when I
>> select it, it runs again.
>>

 

[george]

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"funtoosh" <funtoosh@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:240D25EC-9DEF-49C2-84C8-941716010368@microsoft.com...
> Hi
>
> I am running Xp pro.
> I downloaded a program from Internet caliming to be increasing the speed
> of
> machine. I installed it. It went well. But I understood that program is
> useless.
>
> Now, I go to Add/remove programs and try to remove it, it says
> successfully
> removed.
>
> When I go to Stat->Programs, I still the same program and when I select
> it,
> it runs again.
>
> So, my question is: Is there any utility for XP, which allows user to
> remove
> unwanted stubborn programs forcibly and SAFELY. ( meaning registery is
> modified but not corrupted )
>
> Thanks
> funtoosh
>

Apart from the suggestions already given you might consider getting some
registry cleaner (like RegCleaner eg.) that might help you to get rid of
entries in the registry associated with that program to be uninstalled, when
te un-install procedure does not satisfy you.
This will involve you in getting more intimate with the registry and how it
is used by programs.
You'll have to tred lightly and not have such registry cleaners (including
RegCleaner) do all the things they can without you examening what it is they
want to do, so I'd suggest to have them present you a list of what's in the
registry, look for the obvious references to the program at hand (like
entries mentioning the program name or the company name) and then manually
select the entries you want removed.
This is not a fool proof method to get everything removed and it will often
still leave remnants in the registry, because they are not obviously
associated with that program (CLSID GUID type entries are notorious in that
respect), but it may be better than leaving everything in there.

And since you're running XP, ALWAYS make a manual System Restore point
before engageing in such endevours so you can at least get back to 'normal'
if you happen to mess up.

george

 

[Guest]

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If you tell us the name of the program and where you
downloaded it, somebody may have some better advice. But
often you need to uninstall these "rogue" programs in safe
mode or even from the recovery console so that the program
has not started, which will prevent it from being removed by
Windows.


--
The people think the Constitution protects their rights;
But government sees it as an obstacle to be overcome.


"george" <anonymous@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in
message news:%23bjXELv3EHA.3616@TK2MSFTNGP11.phx.gbl...
|
| "funtoosh" <funtoosh@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in
message
| news:240D25EC-9DEF-49C2-84C8-941716010368@microsoft.com...
| > Hi
| >
| > I am running Xp pro.
| > I downloaded a program from Internet caliming to be
increasing the speed
| > of
| > machine. I installed it. It went well. But I understood
that program is
| > useless.
| >
| > Now, I go to Add/remove programs and try to remove it,
it says
| > successfully
| > removed.
| >
| > When I go to Stat->Programs, I still the same program
and when I select
| > it,
| > it runs again.
| >
| > So, my question is: Is there any utility for XP, which
allows user to
| > remove
| > unwanted stubborn programs forcibly and SAFELY. (
meaning registery is
| > modified but not corrupted )
| >
| > Thanks
| > funtoosh
| >
|
| Apart from the suggestions already given you might
consider getting some
| registry cleaner (like RegCleaner eg.) that might help you
to get rid of
| entries in the registry associated with that program to be
uninstalled, when
| te un-install procedure does not satisfy you.
| This will involve you in getting more intimate with the
registry and how it
| is used by programs.
| You'll have to tred lightly and not have such registry
cleaners (including
| RegCleaner) do all the things they can without you
examening what it is they
| want to do, so I'd suggest to have them present you a list
of what's in the
| registry, look for the obvious references to the program
at hand (like
| entries mentioning the program name or the company name)
and then manually
| select the entries you want removed.
| This is not a fool proof method to get everything removed
and it will often
| still leave remnants in the registry, because they are not
obviously
| associated with that program (CLSID GUID type entries are
notorious in that
| respect), but it may be better than leaving everything in
there.
|
| And since you're running XP, ALWAYS make a manual System
Restore point
| before engageing in such endevours so you can at least get
back to 'normal'
| if you happen to mess up.
|
| george
|
|