Uninstalled Program still ON in Vista Security Centre

Girl from Oz

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Hi everyone,

I wanted to share a problem I had with my new anti-virus software. I was looking in all the wrong places to solve it but in the end it wasn't the program but vista security centre. I actually found the solution on another forum after many searches. So by putting the solution here others may benefit.

Problem: After uninstalling AVG and installing McAfee it kept coming up with AVG still installed on computer. I ran all the removal tools and many other processes. And after each one I thought it would be fixed, but no.

The vista security centre was still showing AVG working properly even though not a sign of it was on the computer. Then I found this solution on PC Hell.

Step by Step Procedure for Fixing Problem

1) Right-click on My Computer
2) Click on Manage
3) Click on the plus sign(+) next to Services and Applications in the left-hand column
4) Click on Services
5) Find the service called Windows Management Instrumentation, right-click on it, and choose Stop.
6) Open My Computer
7) Double-click on Drive C (or whatever drive Windows is installed on)
8) Double-click on the Windows folder
9) Double-click on System32
10) Double-click on WBEM
11) Right-click on the Repository folder and click Delete and remove it
12) Close the My Computer windows and return to the Windows services screen using steps 1 - 4 shown above
13) Find the service called Windows Management Instrumentation, right-click on it, and choose Start. Restarting this service will rebuild the repository folder information.
14) Restart your computer
Once the computer has restarted, open Windows Security Center or run Belarc Advisor. Only your currently installed antivirus and firewall programs should be listed.

I hope this will help someone else.

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