From: "PBC Web Design"
At 01:04 PM 12/3/2006, you wrote:
Hi Deb,
It being Sunday I might be your best bet...
My Dell with Xp Home came with wretched McAfee, which I have
never got on with [nor.... but i won't bore you ;-)]. As I
recall I disabled McAfee [with its 'six month free - a lifetime
of cost'], and left it sitting in the machine gnashing its
teeth.
On the other hand I am not sure why you can't use the uninstall
wizard, it should take out all that important stuff - leaving
just enough in the registry to keep nagging ;-). The wizard
should uninstall itself after its done the Macbeth bit!
And I think I installed both Zone Alarm and AVG before I even
disabled McA, switching it off every time it raised its big
business deal head.
Hi Joseph,
It won't even let me install my Norton System Works w/o
throwing me a warning to uninstall the McAfee first and I'm not
even going to use the Norton AV. I just use some of the tools
in the suite. It's not an uninstall wizard in the program list
or anything it's actually listed in the Control Panel
Add/Remove programs as "uninstall wizard" so I'm afraid what
I'd be doing is uninstalling the uninstall feature but I can't
find an uninstall w/in the program. Every time I open it up to
look it wants me to set it up.
:: Deb | PBC Web Design
:: http://www.PBCWebDesign.com
Deb,
Why don't you activate the uninstall wizard? That should take
McAfee out. If the uninstall wizard is still there afterwards
you can use the 'add/remove' function on it.
Some of these programs are very sticky and make their threatening
noises, but at worst one can just take the folder out and stamp
on it ;-). I've not made serious use of it, but the roll-back
thing - what's it called? - System Restore gives you a way to go
back in time ;-), so if you make an error it is correctable. I
think setting up restore points is fairly simple.
I imagine the 'Media' version is just heavy on meadia programs,
rather than working in a substantially different way to other Xp
variants.
As I said McAfee gives me gyp, but then so does Norton....
Why not plan some easy and not-very-important change in the whole
set up and test System Restore. Once you are confident with
that you can experiment with getting McAfee out, knowing you can
go back to your starting point.
Joseph
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