bphata

Richard,
You're telling me Windows Sidebar, Windows Photo Gallery, Windows
Collaboration and Windows Journal are all "Vital" to Windows Vista? I need
redundant programs I my machine to make it work. I have MS Office 2007, I
have PHotoshop, I have Nero 7, an abundance of programs I need, why do I need
duplicate types of programs for Vista's Vitality? I've been into computers
since the '60s, went to college for it, I've never heard of a sidebar, photo
gallery, journal that was Vital to an OS. Perhaps you'd like to go into depth
a bit to explain this Vital Nature to us all.
Thanks for answering,
Bill in Las Vegas
Perhaps we've come so far from bunch cards I don't understand anymore. :-)


"Richard Urban" wrote:

> Again, the operating system protects itself from people removing vital
> components. Just turn them off and don't use them.
>
> --
>
>
> Regards,
>
> Richard Urban
> Microsoft MVP Windows Shell/User
> (For email, remove the obvious from my address)
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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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