Barney Bornn

Every time I use Vista it becomes more obvious: Microsoft did not improve
the operating system, they merely changed it. And as is so often the case
change for the sake of change is counterproductive.

The same is true of Office 2007.

Barney

"Carey Frisch [MVP]" wrote:

> Those are Windows Vista system files & folders and are integrated.
> They cannot be removed.
>
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> Carey Frisch
> Microsoft MVP
> Windows - Shell/User
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> "Barney Bornn" <BarneyBornn@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:
> in message news:E032D939-F749-4C1D-B6B5-7053B08ADC0F@microsoft.com...
> I'm running Windows Vista Home Basic on a Compaq Presario laptop. (Well, it
> was cheap.)
>
> There are several programs I want to remove:
>
> Online Services (Which expands to Easy Internet Services and a list of
> online services in the US),
>
> Windows Calendar, Windows Contacts, and Windows Mail (which I don't need
> because I have Office Pro installed), and
>
> Windows Photo Gallery.
>
> They are not listed in Programs and Features or in Windows Features, but
> they show up in the Start Menu.
>
> HP told me I could just delete the exe files, but I find that difficult to
> believe because just deleting them would leave the Registry unchanged.
>
> Is there a way of removing these programs without messing up the Registry?
>