Richard Urban

Again, the operating system protects itself from people removing vital
components. Just turn them off and don't use them.

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Regards,

Richard Urban
Microsoft MVP Windows Shell/User
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"bphata" <bphata@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:1DC1B9BA-45DB-4E0E-B688-FA72DF0A8703@microsoft.com...
> Windows Sidebar, Windows Photo Gallery, Windows Collaboration and Windows
> Journal are all Windows. I think it would be copyright infrindgement for
> HP
> or Gateway to put these things on my computer and use the Windows tradmark
> name.
>
> I find HP naming it's things HP Health Check, HP Info Center, HP Modem,
> etc.
> I'm not complaining, I'm only asking this board, not you, if there is a
> way
> to safely remoe these things from my computers.
>
> So if you don't have an answer for me that addresses my issue of "how do I
> safely remove these items from my computers" why don't you give it address
> so
> someone else might be able to answer me.
>
> I'm not complaining, I'm asking this board if anyone knows a way to remove
> safely Windows Sidebar, Windows Photo Gallery, Windows Collaboration and
> Windows Journal are all Windows?
> Respectfully,
> Bill Patterson
>
>
> "Ken Blake, MVP" wrote:
>
>> On Wed, 8 Aug 2007 16:42:01 -0700, bphata
>> <bphata@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:
>>
>> > Yes I would like to uninstall it and Photo Gallery and Collaboration
>> > and
>> > Journal. I've been a week taking off all the Trial programs hp put on
>> > this
>> > poor little computer. I don't mean to offend anyone, just clean up my
>> > computer so when I run Power Defrag and Norton it doesn't take hours.
>> > I've
>> > never seen so many programs I didn't want on a computer that was
>> > supposed to
>> > be just a stock computer. If it can't be done I'll take out Vista and
>> > put in
>> > a stock XP.
>>
>>
>> > I don't need a yahoo anything, no stock market ticker tape,
>>
>>
>> Neither of these, and I suspect much of what else you are complaining
>> about, has anything to do with Vista. These were probably installed by
>> the company you bought your computer from.
>>
>>
>> > the
>> > few programs I have to worry about going out to the internet collecting
>> > and
>> > sending without my knowing it the better. I just purchased two new
>> > computers
>> > because one of my programs went out to the internet and left the door
>> > open.
>> > There should be some way to get a plain brown wrapper computer.
>> >
>> > So can you help me remove any of this stuff I don't want or not?
>> > Thanks in advance,
>> > Bill in Las Vegas
>> >
>> > "Ken Blake, MVP" wrote:
>> >
>> > > On Tue, 7 Aug 2007 19:28:01 -0700, bphata
>> > > <bphata@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:
>> > >
>> > > > But this doesn't remove it from my computer, only from my desktop.
>> > > > Space is
>> > > > very important on my computer.
>> > >
>> > >
>> > > You want to uninstall it?
>> > >
>> > > In general, you can't uninstall most Windows components. Whether you
>> > > can uninstall the sidebar, I don't know.
>> > >
>> > > I can't imagine that it takes a significant amount of disk space. If
>> > > that amount is important to you, you clearly have a drive that is
>> > > considerably too small for your purposes. Anything you do like this
>> > > to
>> > > get rid of small pieces of the operating system, besides being
>> > > dangerous, would only be a stopgap measure in addressing your issue.
>> > > It sounds like your real solution is buying more disk space.
>> > >
>> > >
>> > > > "Ken Blake, MVP" wrote:
>> > > >
>> > > > > On Tue, 7 Aug 2007 17:14:41 -0700, bphata
>> > > > > <bphata@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:
>> > > > >
>> > > > > > Is there any way to remove Windows Sidebar completely from my
>> > > > > > computer. I
>> > > > > > prefer a stripped down computer.
>> > > > >
>> > > > > Right-click on the sidebar and click "Close sidebar."
>> > > > >
>> > > > > --
>> > > > > Ken Blake, Microsoft MVP Windows - Shell/User
>> > > > > Please Reply to the Newsgroup
>> > > > >
>> > >
>> > > --
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>> > > Please Reply to the Newsgroup
>> > >
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