Uninstalling updates

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    - Restore DVD I am about to reformat my hard drive and reinstall everything YET AGAIN. Seems like I do it at least once a year. Is it possible to create a Restore DVD, similar to the CD's that come with most new computers, that has xp and my applications and service packs preinstalled? I'm tired of spending nearly a day just reinstalling my software. Tag: Uninstalling updates Tag: 189923
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    - Registry I've just found a number of entries in the Registry for software which has long since been uninstalled. Would it be safe to delete these entries? Thanks. Bill Ridgeway Tag: Uninstalling updates Tag: 189914
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    - XP Service pack 3 Is XP Service Pack 3 a recommeneded upgrade nowadays. My system says I'm up to date without SP3! Thanks Tag: Uninstalling updates Tag: 189909
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    - windows tax mgr start auto IS there a way to have windows tax mgr start auto with a short cut in the startup folder? I cannot find the exe file. Thanks from New Orleans, enjoy your Gumbo Tag: Uninstalling updates Tag: 189908
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    - Hard Drives I have two hard drives on my computer, C and D. C is nearly full, and starting to get really slow. Can I safely move items from one hard drive to the other, especially photographs which take up a ton of space. Can programs be safely moved as well or do they have to remain in C/Program files Tag: Uninstalling updates Tag: 189907
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    - Add/Remove programs - problems with I am trying to remove a program. On clicking Add/Remove in Control Panel I am told I have the program and to click if I want to Repair or Remove so click Remove, next window repeats that I should click Remove, I do so. And up comes "Error 1500. Another installation is in progress" and that I must complete that first. I am not aware that I am installing anything! but computer says I am! How am I to find this ghostly installation so I can finish it and then get rid of the program I don't want. A bit verbose but at least you know what I have done and what I am trying to do! Tag: Uninstalling updates Tag: 189900
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    - WORDPAD PAGE-NUMBERING? ALTHOUGH WORDPAD ALLOWS CREATION OF LARGE MULTI-PAGE DOCUMENTS, THE APPLICATION SEEMS TO LACK PAGE-NUMBERING CAPABILITY WHEN YOU PRINT. IT HAS PUZZLED ME THROUGH 98SE AND NOW IN XPHOME. AM I MISSING SOMETHING? IF NOT, IS THERE AN OPTION OF ANYKIND SO I CAN PRINT MY MULTI-PAGE WORDPAD DOCUMENTS FULLY NUMBERED? -- LVMAUNDER Tag: Uninstalling updates Tag: 189890
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    - RealPlayer install problem I have tried to install an upgrade to RealPlayer V11. The install returns an error message "You currently do not have Administrator access to the Windows registry. Please see your system administrator to install RealPlayer". I am the only user of this computer and have administrator rights. Thinking this may be a RealPlayer issue I tried to re-install V10 which, by this time had been uninstalled by the upgrade. I am getting the same message yet I originally installed this without a problem. I have run a registry cleaner just in case something from the previous install was lurking but to no avail. Does anyone have any ideas what is happening and, more importantly how to fix it? Thanks. Bill Ridgeway Tag: Uninstalling updates Tag: 189889
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    - PRESARIO S5100 CPU 100% Usuage PRESARIO S5100 CPU 100% Usuage. Hardware or software issue? What would you test or change ? Which Utility will show what is causing the CPU Usage to lock up at 100% ?? Performance locks into 100 % My neighbor gave me this Compaq. She said it was running slower and slower. Which Utility will show what is causing the CPU Usage to lock up at 100% ?? The Performance shows CPS usage from 5% to 100% at most times. But 1 or more times per day it goes up to 100%. At that time the PC has to be rebooted. Using the Windows Task Manager the Performance Tab shows CUP usage at 100% at times. There is no ryme or reason to when this occurs. The Processes Tab after sorting by size in Memory Usuage does not list anything unusual. This PC has all Windows Home XP Serice Pak 2 updates, Windows Live One Care for virus and spyware protection. Tweaknow RegCleaner Professional 3.7.2 was ran 3 times with reboots. C Cleaner ( http://www.ccleaner.com ) was run with reboots. Which Utility will show what is causing the CPU Usage to lock up at 100% ?? What would you test or change ?? Regards from New Orleans, Louisiana COMPAQ PRESARIO S5100 Motherboard P4G533LA ASUSTeK Award Modular BIOS v6.0 Intel(R) Celeron(R) CPU 2.60GHz Current Memory Type DIMM SDRAM 512 Maxtor 6Y060L0 Creative Labs Audigy SE Monitor Envision ENVISION Wireless DSL Thanks from New Orleans, enjoy your Gumbo Tag: Uninstalling updates Tag: 189886
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    - Reg: policy set to users hi i want to grant access for one user to use some applications i.e ms office,adobe, etc which can't access by another user. How can i configure in windows xp thanks manikandan Tag: Uninstalling updates Tag: 189882
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    - Regarding regedit Thanks you guys I really appreciate your help and suggestions. The problem stems from a hardware incompatability and the manufacturer who has installed a program that closes regedit and system info so I have to phone them ( At £1:75p a minute) or email them to which they have never replied .to fix the problem. which I think is unfair.They do it from their end and give no instructions on how to do it from my end. Anyway thanks you all I shall continue to try and solve this problem. Regards. Rob Tag: Uninstalling updates Tag: 189880
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    - changed my computer parts Hi! I modified most of the parts...well, almost the whole computer, then I re-installed the same OS of windows XP on the same computer but I can no longer validate my registration of my OS. What could have gone wrong? Any other options besides buying a new OS. Tag: Uninstalling updates Tag: 189876
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    - New (limited) user account I added a new (limited) user account to my XP but that account will not access the internet. What am I missing? Tag: Uninstalling updates Tag: 189869
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    - Toolbar Size on XP Home. Toolbar Size on XP Home. The toolbar at the bottom is a hair to high. When I pull it down it closes. Up is 2 times the size. When the mouse of held over the icons they are listed behind the toolbar. How can I set the height in the registery to make it a hair narrower ? -- Thanks from New Orleans, enjoy your Gumbo Tag: Uninstalling updates Tag: 189857
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    - Never Lose Your Backup Files. Never Lose Your Backup Files. If you install MS Live ONe Care and connedt an external USB drive of 75 GIG or more you can backup automaticly and never lose your DATA files again. Tag: Uninstalling updates Tag: 189855
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    - Optimize Your Computer and XP for New Users. I see from this site that there are many issues relating to Windows XP. In spite of it all, I have heard that Windows Vista is much more of a nightmare. lol If you are new to computing as well as Windows XP, there are a few things that you could do to make your time on the computer more PLEASANT AND SAFE[/B]! 'OPTIMIZING YOUR COMPUTER' (HTTP://WWW.EASYOPTMYPC.OPTMYPC.COM) FROM THE START AS WELL AS LEARNING SOME ROUTINE MAINTENANCE AND STICKING TO A SCHEDULE AS FAR AS THE MAINTENANCE GOES, WILL DO JUST THAT! IT WILL NOT ONLY KEEP YOUR COMPUTER *RUNNING AT PEAK EFFICIENCY*, BUT WILL ALSO *SAFEGUARD* YOUR COMPUTER FROM COLLECTING NASTIES LIKE *ADWARE, SPYWARE, VIRUSES, WORMS, TROJANS AND MORE! Personally I recommend for the average user who is on the computer a couple hours a day, to a schedule like the following: Weekly Virus Scan Biweekly(every 2 weeks) Clean your Registers Defrag your hard drive Monthly Delete any programs, data, music, movies or what have you, that you [b]KNOW* you are not going to use. Doing JUST THIS will help, but there are a ton of other optimization steps you could take that will help you even more! Some of these steps actually make the above NEEDED less often, but I would STILL do them as frequent as mentioned. Wishing you all happy, safe and quick computing. Kelvin -- Kelvin Nikkel Tag: Uninstalling updates Tag: 189851
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    - TPnala Wallpaper I found this inside my XP system, and did a search on Google, and cannot quite understand if it's bad or good? Can anyone tell me if it's safe to leave in there and just what it does? If not, how do I get rid of it? Thanks for any help. Jim Tag: Uninstalling updates Tag: 189847
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    - com ports missing Hi, I have just discoverd that my com ports in device manager have gone ( 1 to 10, but now have bluetooth 11 to 21 ). How do I create new com ports 1 to 10 again Thanks John Tag: Uninstalling updates Tag: 189845
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    - Online Job It is an Online job. Monthly you will get 200$ for easy earnings. http:// earneasilyonlinejobs.blogspot.com Tag: Uninstalling updates Tag: 189844
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    - Regedit problem Hi Rob here a newbe, Can anyone please, tell me how I can make regedit stay open as it is only open for less than a second.I need to delete some entries. Thank in advance. Tag: Uninstalling updates Tag: 189838
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    - My documents - Assigning network drive letter I have a client who uses Sanyo MemoScriber V4 (ICR1000) in which the software has lost links to the downloaded .WAV files (which remain on the hard disk). Sanyo tell me that there is a known problem with Windows using drives assigned with letters in the lower part of the alphabet. Apparently there is a Microsoft KB article (which I haven't been able to locate). Sanyo also tell me that to re-instate the link I need to re-assign My Documents to the local hard disk - not the network. I should appreciate it if someone could tell me how to do this. Many thanks. Bill Ridgeway Tag: Uninstalling updates Tag: 189837
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    - DVD burner software Which DVD burner software are you using that will burn 2 DVD's in 2 DVD hardware burners at the same time? Win XP on a HP. I need to buy 2 DVD burners with their software. 512 K Memory, 60 GIG HD. Thanks from New Orleans Tag: Uninstalling updates Tag: 189834
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    - Adding XP Home computer to wireless network I have installed the wireless router on my XP Pro computer. When I check the XP Home computer it says that the network is available with excellent signal strength. But, when I connect to the network I still can't access the internet. Help on the WEB says that I need to enable TCP/IP for my wireless connection. The WEB help displays dialog boxes with a check box to enable TCP/IP, but not how to get to them. When I do find a dialog box with matching title, there is no check box to enable TCP/IP. It seems that WEB help assumes you have XP Pro. Can anybody give me a step-by-step procedure to enable TCP/IP on a wireless connection on an XP Home computer ? Tag: Uninstalling updates Tag: 189828
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    - Cannot install updates Automatic updates downloads files, but my PC cannot install them Tag: Uninstalling updates Tag: 189821
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    - No ability to use Excel or read saved Excel files Just recently Excel disappeared from my laptop as did the ability to open Excell files I have saved. I get a message to insert disk with Microsoft Office XP Professional with Front Page, however I don't have a disk like that. Can anyone help me to get Excel back again? Many thanks -- Sammi Tag: Uninstalling updates Tag: 189816
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    - Screensaver Is it possible to prevent the screensaver from initiating when I am watching a television programme on my PC? Tag: Uninstalling updates Tag: 189802
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    - mmovie maker 2.1 Please help I have tried alomost everything even visting papajohn.org with no solutions. My problem is I upgraded my media player to media player 11 and now my MM2.1 will not work. I get an error message: Your digital product ID, which could be used to identify your license; and the internet protocol IP address of your computer...collection file is not valid or is corrupt. Now I gone to just about every website trying to resolve this issue to no avail can someone please help or give me some direction. Thanks in advance your help is greatly appreciated. keepingitreal Tag: Uninstalling updates Tag: 189801
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    - batch file How to write a batch file to run a number of applications minimized? Tag: Uninstalling updates Tag: 189794
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    - Text reading duirng boot During booting, something (spec of computers, i guess) shows up on the black screen. Screen is moving too fast to read those . How can I slow down in order to read them? Jorge Tag: Uninstalling updates Tag: 189793
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    - Registry Hi, i have some questions about registry values. I need to know what is adifference between this "%1" %* and that "%1" /S. Should there be a value of "%1" %* in all shell commands? For example look at this .scr - - "%1" /S and this .txt - Text Document - C:\WINDOWS\NOTEPAD.EXE %1 Can a virus modify this? Tag: Uninstalling updates Tag: 189790
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    - i cant find my controll panel on win xp i tryed right clicking on the task bar and select properties, then clicked the Start Menu tab. clicked the customize button, and finally the Advanced tab. it wasnt in the list. what do i do now. its my computer but im also locked out as administrator. does any 1 have any ideas that might help? Tag: Uninstalling updates Tag: 189789
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    - safe mode Is it F8 that will make computer boot up in safe mode? Tag: Uninstalling updates Tag: 189787
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    - Download XP Srv Paq 2. Download XP Srv Paq 2. Can I Download XP Srv Paq 2 then burn it to a DVD? Where is the Downloaded XP Srv Paq 2.after usiig Windows Update to DL the entire Srv Paq 2 for a new HD with only XP and no Srv Paq 2 ?? Temp or Temp Internet Files or where can I find it ? Thanks from New Orleans Tag: Uninstalling updates Tag: 189773
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    - Vista & Office 2007 I have a new computer with Vista on it. I installed office 2007. When ever I go to do almost anything, I get "Not Responding", then it trys to save my work. I have had "Office Diagnostics" run. Everything seemed to check out, but no solutions were found. I also ran a virus scan, and came up with none. I also have noticed that the clock looses 3 hours every now and then. Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated. Thanks, John -- ATONE Tag: Uninstalling updates Tag: 189772
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    - backups recently i upgraded from win 98 to xp using the up grade version. not having started tech school yet i didn't realize i needed to backup first. now i can't find backup tool . have tried to find it on the install desk, no luck. talked to system manufacturer, no luck. can someone tell me if i have "no luck" -- reporting from sn antonio Tag: Uninstalling updates Tag: 189756
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    - Usuer Account I have just set up a user account for my wife. I am using Windows XP Home Edition SP2. This was done yesterday and everything worked absolutely fine. Today when logging on, a log on dialogue box appeared saying "The security log on this system is full. Only adminstrators can log on to fix this" Okay, I'm the administrator but how do I fix this? Anyone help at all? Tag: Uninstalling updates Tag: 189744
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    - http server name for MSN Does anyone know the http server name for MSN webbased email to configure OE 6.X ? Not the http server name for hotmail. For MSN / OE 6.x email. Not POP but HTTP. Something similar to: http://mail.msn.hotmail.msn.com Thank you. Tag: Uninstalling updates Tag: 189742
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    - "autochk cannot be found" goes into startup loop. recovery control comp wont start--goes into startup loop after "autochk cannot be found--skipping autocheck" started up recovery console as far as command prompts--but not sure what to do from here?!!? tried "fixmbr" and said---caution---this computer appears to have a non-standard or invalid masterboot record; but then has an ominous warning about losing files/partions,etc---scared me off. any ideas??? thanks in advance! Tag: Uninstalling updates Tag: 189739
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    - Windows XP, Home Networking, IE7 I have 2 computers that a both using XP attached to a cheap unmanaged hub which is then connected to Rogers Modem. Both computers can access the internet. Computer 2 can access the printer attached to Computer 1. But they cannot see each other. I have shared the C: drives on both computers but it just wont work. Worth noting. Everything was working perfectly until Computer 1 installed Internet Explorer 7.0. Tag: Uninstalling updates Tag: 189736
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    - Need Help Reinstalling MS Works 4.5 My Packard Bell Win98 came with MS Works 4.5 pre-installed,and for reasons unknown, some of the functions are not longer working. when I attempt to reinstall it with the setup.exe file, located in the MS Works folder, it ask me to insert the MS Works cdrom. The only disk that I have that came with this pc is a Packard Bell Companion CD disk and the Master Recovery Disk. The Companion CD contains the initial Win98 installation files. I upgraded to Win98 SE (have that CD disk also)sometime ago. Which one of these disk would I go about locating the necessary re-installation file(s) and how would I go about it? I don't want to reinstall the entire system, just the MS Works application. Any help is greatly appreciated -- Zo Hasten to laugh at life ... lest you be obliged to weep Tag: Uninstalling updates Tag: 189734
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    - Unable to log you on because of an account restriction I received a message after I had run a registry cleaner and the system had rebooted that I needed a password to enter and had I forgotten it. I had done a restore point prior to running the cleaner. There were no passwords on the computer for administrator or profile prior to this. Originally when the system restarted it would come on to the desktop. Now it is asking for passwords to enter for either administrator or profile. I ran "Offline NT Password & Registry Editor, Bootdisk / CD" to remove passwords and unlock the accounts. When I rebooted after this I get the message above. I have restarted in safe mode also with no difference. How can I get into my computer again? I have been trying for almost a week now with no luck. The OS is Windows XP Pro. Tag: Uninstalling updates Tag: 189730
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    - My Recent Documents - Edit I'm running XP w/SP2 I want to increase the length of time that documents appear in "My Recent Documents" on the Start Menu. How do I edit this time frame? Thank you Tag: Uninstalling updates Tag: 189727
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    - HELP upside down screen My two year old touched my laptop and now everything is upside down. If someone has instructions on how to fix this I would appreciate it!! Thank you! Tag: Uninstalling updates Tag: 189725
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    - reinstalling windows xp H I, this is whisky how can download windows xp,without losing all of the web sites and other stuff i have on my pc. Also can somebody tell me why had (3) items show as pop-ups and which i blocked because i did not know if they good or bad for my pc. The (3) item,s were as follows. 1. Tcpip 2.netbt 3. 715e364-8f65-4ffe-b430-65c629597e64 After rooting around in pc i found out by accident they were part of os. Ithink the only way i can fix this to download windows xp,but i also do not want wipe out all my stuff i have on pc,i should be able to do it by downloading to dvd if i knew how todo it as have done that before can you explane to me how to do it thank,s whisky (i hope this is the forum to ask these questions) Tag: Uninstalling updates Tag: 189719
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    - MS Live OneCare Security Scanner: Credible Alternatives? Please Help I have gradually been pruning out my bloatware and my MS ware as much as I could, and recently canned the MS Windows firewall in favor of the PC Tools Fiirewall. That leaves me with one last remaining dependency: I use the MS Live OneCare Sec. Scan a lot because it reveals problems and can also help to cure them. Like fragmentation and excess userless files. Would someone please suggest something along the lines of the MS Live OneCare Sec. Scan, online, but a whole lot better--doing similar deep scans and deep fixes better than MS does? I would like some suggestions, please. Thank you for helping me! Robb Tag: Uninstalling updates Tag: 189718
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    - How do I create a password protected zip file? (#8730) If you have Windows XP: 1. Using Windows Explorer, locate the first file you want to zip. 2. Right click on the file and select "Send To" and "Compressed (zipped) Folder." This will create a new compressed folder with the same name as the file, except with the extension .zip. 3. Right click any other file you want to compress and select "Copy." 4. Right click on the compressed folder you created in step 2 and select "Paste." The copied file was pasted into the compressed folder. Repeat this until your compressed folder contains all the files you want. 5. Right click on the compressed folder and select "Explore." 6. In "File," select "Add a Password." Enter the password and confirm the password. (reproduced without permission from http://www.dslreports.com/faq/8730) is it possible to use a command line for the above? something like a shortcut ? tia Tag: Uninstalling updates Tag: 189717
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    - Icon size I have XP and my desk top icon are large now?? i had my pc worked on. My daughter are the right size. My screen resolution is set at 1024 X 768 just like it always has been. i have tried changing them at the start button. anybody got any ideas??? Tag: Uninstalling updates Tag: 189709
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    - can't delete files sometimes Some times I want to delete files,but I get this message"cannot delete this file it is being used by another person or program".I pull up task manager and usually I don't see any programs running using this file.I then reboot the computer and now I can delete the file.Any ideas? THNX Tag: Uninstalling updates Tag: 189706
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    - Hard Drive I currently have XP and I want to plan toward the day when I get a new PC with Vista. I have been thinking of getting an external hard drive to back-up my files as an insurance against a failure of the existing PC (happened to me once). However, I am wondering if an additional internal will be better and cheaper. If I get a new PC I could swap it over. Any views? Also is there a suitable back-up program which automatically detects changes and overwrites the back-up Tag: Uninstalling updates Tag: 189694
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    - Security center has been turned off? How do you turn it back on? HI all, Until I get to my mothers house, after work, this is all the information I have to go one rite now.. Gateway PC, Win XP SP2, pentium 4; 3.2GHz, 1 gig ram... Not much to go on, and I am hoping that this is all youz guyz may need.... The problem: She first noticed that her Norton Internet Security 08 icon wasn't loading, I told her to reboot the PC, and it turned back on. Then I told her to check the security center to see what that looks like.... I'll be the first to admit it may not be the next best option to go to next, but I didn't want to frustrate things.. Well as it turns out there is a 3 line text at the top that says, basically, that the security center service has either been stopped or turned off, and is no longer active. Automatic updates shows that it is working, Norton says it is all secure... But the firewall had been turned off.. I won't be able to get to the PC till about 6pm central time, USA. Again, I am sorry for this little bit of info.... Can you help me thus far? AND A BIG THANX For all YOUR time and effort in this issue!! ;) :) Tag: Uninstalling updates Tag: 189671

I suspect that a Windows update has caused a problem. The various updates
are listed in "Add or Remove Programs" I was thinking of reversing all the
updates of a particular date to test my suspicion. Would it be possible to
uninstall updates (without causing more problems) and would the now missing
updates be recognised and re-installed? (I suspect the answer to be "No" to
both questions.)

Thanks.

Bill Ridgeway

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Re: Uninstalling updates by TaurArian

TaurArian
Fri Mar 07 20:06:17 PST 2008

Which updates are you talking about?

Windows Update newsgroup:
(OE newsreader)
news://msnews.microsoft.com/microsoft.public.windowsupdate
or
(Web)
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/expertzone/newsgroups/reader.mspx?dg=microsoft.public.windowsupdate&lang=en&cr=US

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"Bill Ridgeway" <info@1001solutions.co.uk> wrote in message
news:uOSwpXKgIHA.5164@TK2MSFTNGP03.phx.gbl...
|I suspect that a Windows update has caused a problem. The various updates
| are listed in "Add or Remove Programs" I was thinking of reversing all the
| updates of a particular date to test my suspicion. Would it be possible to
| uninstall updates (without causing more problems) and would the now missing
| updates be recognised and re-installed? (I suspect the answer to be "No" to
| both questions.)
|
| Thanks.
|
| Bill Ridgeway
|
|

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