software removal

Is there a way of removing unwanted programs that we never use, so that we can make more room on are hard-drives Like Games and other pointless things that you get when you install windows7 ( that i never use) oh btw i only got 30gn hard drive on this laptop so i could do with move space :D:p

Win 7 ultimate 64 bit. Sometime ago I had to install ORACLE VIRTUALBOX to do some linux/debain work with UBUNTU. NOW I'm trying to restore my machine. When I uninstall the VIRTUALBOX the network quits working. All the network drivers show up in the device manager. I haven't seen any...

Hi! I have a programme in my laptop and I want to uninstall it! I try to do it either from control panel or with revouninstaller or ccleaner but it keeps telling me that it "could not open INSTALL.LOG file" What shall I do? Thanks a lot

In Disk Management it show my hard drive disk 0 as No Name (OEM Partition), Recovery, and OS (C:), so my question is how do I format my hard drive, so that I do not have the recovery partion since I have the recovery disk, so I can get more disk space and reinstall windows? The reason I want to...

Super noob here... I know cars but not much about computers, and next-to-no exposure to win 7, so please bear with! Bought a Toshiba a505 used, a few months old, from a lady who knows less than I about computers. Her boss, a "computer expert," messed with it, putting things like norton and...

I have been have been having problems to remove any residual program footprints from an old install of Cyberlink DVD Suite. It was factory installed when I was running Vista 64bit Ultimate then upgraded to Windows 7 Ultimate. The main problems are removing Power2Go and PowerDirector from my...

When I try to remove some programs I get a message"THE SYSTEM ADMINISTRATOR HAS SET POLICIES TO PEVENT THIS INSTALLATION" I have set up this account as the administrator. I had this problem with Vista Home Premium and upraded to Windows 7 Home Premium 64 bit

I got stuck with that nasty, nasty little program Windows Messenger and a bunch of other CRAP That I did not want when I downloaded Live Mail. It turns out that if you go to control panel, uninstall programs, click live essentials, uninstall/modify, you are then given a list of components to...

I am attempting to upgrade from Vista to Windows 7 and when I attempted to install Windows 7 32 bit version during the compatibility test phase, I get a prompt telling me to remove BlackIce PC/Server protection. When I go the to Control Panel to attempt to remove the program I can't seem to find...

I am attempting to upgrade from vista to windows 7, but it will not install until I remove Trend Micro internet security 2008. problem is trend micro is not on my PC. I have searched for any example in windows explorer, programme files etc. and their is no mention of any trend micro programme...

'ello so, I installed windows 7 two days ago and am trying to get aion to work and currently the launcher is giving me Could not load type 'System.Windows.Forms.WebBrowserDocumentCompletedEventHandler' from assembly 'System.Windows.Forms, Version=2.0.0.0, Culture=neutral...

If you even download software that changes your home page no matter how many times you try to change it in Internet options, it still reverts back to that page. I downloaded and installed this piece of crap................Extra DVD to Audio MP3 Ripper Here's how to get rid of it for good...

I'm having a problem with Internet Explorer 8 on the Windows 7 beta; here's the story: a while back, I installed the Internet Explorer Collection. Then uninstalled it . . . using Revo Uninstaller, which makes sure that all the bits and pieces of the program are removed when you uninstall it. I...

Hi, I just had a quick question. ok, so when I try to download a file from internet to my computer, I get this message: C:\Users\Craft\App Data\Local\Temp and it also says that it could not be saved because you (me) cannot change the contents. (I am the admin on my computer, so why can't...

Using build 7100. Zboard worked fine before the update, and now the multimedia buttons at the top wont do anything. How do you uninstall this particular update? It's not listed in the installed updates, and I cant find it in the Add/Remove Programs either. Also, upon viewing the details in the...

Hello everyone, new to the forums and in need of some help obviously. Just recently my Vista has been freezing up after booting. I had noticed this when I have been using my laptop as an alarm clock one night and didn't go off in the morning because my computer has froze and the only way out of...

well, i tried to install nero 7 premium on my windows 7. and in the middle of instalation, instalation has stoped. This is error ImageShack - Image Hosting :: nerox.jpg Now i'm trying to remove program from add or remove programs, but there is allways error :mad: can anyone help me? tell me how...

Hello everyone, yesterday, I was exploring the properties for the notification area in Vista Home Premium. Within the "Hide Inactive Icons / Customize area, I found a list of hidden icons. All is well however i noticed there were hidden icons from programs I had long since "uninstalled". I...

I am running Win7 x86 and have tried loading Superantispyware several times with the same result.... BSOD. The BSOD happens during installation with the code 0x0000008e. After BSOD and next bootup, Superantispyware is not listed in the Add Remove Software list. I have to delete the shortcut...

Introduction I've been struggling with the COM Surrogate dllhost.exe error messages for a while now. These errors always appeared in a window that had thumbnails (NOT video thumbnails, just the thumbnail view, with icons, e.g., Control Panel). Investigation and Findings I think I have it all...