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Old 08-25-2007   #1 (permalink)
User66
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Help - How to uninstall a program

In Vista, To uninstall a program, I click on Start, Control Panel.
In Control panel, I click on the 'Uninstall a program' in the Program group.
This is what I find : A page of installed programs and a header,

"Uninstall or Change a program"
To uninstall a program, select it from the list and then click
"Uninstall", "Change", or "Repair",

As I right click an individual program, sometime it shows that I can
un-install it, but not all programs do that. How do I un-install a program
such as "Apple Software Update", which do not show how to uninstall ?

Any help will be highly appreciated.

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Old 08-26-2007   #2 (permalink)
peter
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Re: Help - How to uninstall a program

What was it an update for??........................
peter
"User66" <user66@hotmail.com> wrote in message
news:eQDc9V55HHA.1212@TK2MSFTNGP05.phx.gbl...
> In Vista, To uninstall a program, I click on Start, Control Panel.
> In Control panel, I click on the 'Uninstall a program' in the Program
> group.
> This is what I find : A page of installed programs and a header,
> "Uninstall or Change a program"
> To uninstall a program, select it from the list and then click
> "Uninstall", "Change", or "Repair",
> As I right click an individual program, sometime it shows that I can
> un-install it, but not all programs do that. How do I un-install a program
> such as "Apple Software Update", which do not show how to uninstall ?
>
> Any help will be highly appreciated.


My System SpecsSystem Spec
Old 08-26-2007   #3 (permalink)
WMConey
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RE: Help - How to uninstall a program

Same problem here - very few of the programs show an uninstall option. I
wanted to uninstall a game & didn't have that option. Then I noticed that the
uninstall option for the game [as found on the start / programs menu] ran
extremely slowly. No progress at all after 20 minutes.

I'm assuming I damaged something, but I don't know what.

"User66" wrote:
Quote:

> In Vista, To uninstall a program, I click on Start, Control Panel.
> In Control panel, I click on the 'Uninstall a program' in the Program group.
> This is what I find : A page of installed programs and a header,
>
> "Uninstall or Change a program"
> To uninstall a program, select it from the list and then click
> "Uninstall", "Change", or "Repair",
>
> As I right click an individual program, sometime it shows that I can
> un-install it, but not all programs do that. How do I un-install a program
> such as "Apple Software Update", which do not show how to uninstall ?
>
> Any help will be highly appreciated.
>
My System SpecsSystem Spec
Old 08-26-2007   #4 (permalink)
User66
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Re: Help - How to uninstall a program

As you can see, I am used to Windows XP, so I think I should be
able to operate Vista almost same as Windows XP. If you have loaded
any Apple software, try to unload it from the Control Panel. So far,
I am not able to.


"peter" <peter@xxxxxx> wrote in message news:OklCLu$5HHA.4712@xxxxxx
Quote:

> What was it an update for??........................
> peter
> "User66" <user66@xxxxxx> wrote in message
> news:eQDc9V55HHA.1212@xxxxxx
Quote:

>> In Vista, To uninstall a program, I click on Start, Control Panel.
>> In Control panel, I click on the 'Uninstall a program' in the Program
>> group.
>> This is what I find : A page of installed programs and a header,
>> "Uninstall or Change a program"
>> To uninstall a program, select it from the list and then click
>> "Uninstall", "Change", or "Repair",
>> As I right click an individual program, sometime it shows that I can
>> un-install it, but not all programs do that. How do I un-install a program
>> such as "Apple Software Update", which do not show how to uninstall ?
>>
>> Any help will be highly appreciated.
>
My System SpecsSystem Spec
Old 08-26-2007   #5 (permalink)
User66
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Re: Help - How to uninstall a program

It seems like; I am learning French after my second birth.
Frustration.....only....frustration.


"WMConey" <WMConey@xxxxxx> wrote in message
news:BE5D1F4E-B113-437B-93FB-139D02B4B5BE@xxxxxx
Quote:

> Same problem here - very few of the programs show an uninstall option. I
> wanted to uninstall a game & didn't have that option. Then I noticed that the
> uninstall option for the game [as found on the start / programs menu] ran
> extremely slowly. No progress at all after 20 minutes.
>
> I'm assuming I damaged something, but I don't know what.
>
> "User66" wrote:
>
Quote:

>> In Vista, To uninstall a program, I click on Start, Control Panel.
>> In Control panel, I click on the 'Uninstall a program' in the Program group.
>> This is what I find : A page of installed programs and a header,
>>
>> "Uninstall or Change a program"
>> To uninstall a program, select it from the list and then click
>> "Uninstall", "Change", or "Repair",
>>
>> As I right click an individual program, sometime it shows that I can
>> un-install it, but not all programs do that. How do I un-install a program
>> such as "Apple Software Update", which do not show how to uninstall ?
>>
>> Any help will be highly appreciated.
>>
My System SpecsSystem Spec
Old 08-27-2007   #6 (permalink)
John Barnes
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Re: Help - How to uninstall a program

Often if you reinstall the program, all the entries are set up properly to
uninstall it. This is especially the case if you upgraded from XP rather
than a clean install of Vista.

"User66" <user66@xxxxxx> wrote in message
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Quote:

> It seems like; I am learning French after my second birth.
> Frustration.....only....frustration.
>
>
> "WMConey" <WMConey@xxxxxx> wrote in message
> news:BE5D1F4E-B113-437B-93FB-139D02B4B5BE@xxxxxx
Quote:

>> Same problem here - very few of the programs show an uninstall option. I
>> wanted to uninstall a game & didn't have that option. Then I noticed that
>> the
>> uninstall option for the game [as found on the start / programs menu] ran
>> extremely slowly. No progress at all after 20 minutes.
>>
>> I'm assuming I damaged something, but I don't know what.
>>
>> "User66" wrote:
>>
Quote:

>>> In Vista, To uninstall a program, I click on Start, Control Panel.
>>> In Control panel, I click on the 'Uninstall a program' in the Program
>>> group.
>>> This is what I find : A page of installed programs and a header,
>>>
>>> "Uninstall or Change a program"
>>> To uninstall a program, select it from the list and then click
>>> "Uninstall", "Change", or "Repair",
>>>
>>> As I right click an individual program, sometime it shows that I can
>>> un-install it, but not all programs do that. How do I un-install a
>>> program
>>> such as "Apple Software Update", which do not show how to uninstall ?
>>>
>>> Any help will be highly appreciated.
>>>
>
My System SpecsSystem Spec
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