Richard Urban

Let me explain one thing. What is vital to the O/S, and what is protected
*BY* the O/S is what the developers deem to be so.

You can try all the old methods.

1. Uninstall windows options
2. Edit the registry
3. Delete folders and files.

Some may work - others may not.

Some may be recreated upon a reboot.

It's your computer so experiment. I am happy with my computer the way it
stands and have no intention of futzing around to remove something that I
may come to regret.

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Regards,

Richard Urban
Microsoft MVP Windows Shell/User
(For email, remove the obvious from my address)


"bphata" <bphata@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:B1B3A915-C10C-406C-AB37-A7C7CC26D959@microsoft.com...
> 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)
>>
>>
>> "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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