i have a lniksys wireless network monitor installed. this program was then updated i installed the new version, but i cant uninstall the old version. when i use the change or remove program's it says " an installation support file could not be installed the system cannot find the file specified" how can i remove this program i have tried various uninstaller programs
View 13 RepliesI was uninstalling a prog that had a trojan in it. I deleted the registry keys and such;manuelling removing it because the Explorer.exe would shut down every time I tried to do it the old fasion way Wink So, I was going through, and I accidentally deleted the Uninstall registry key Which has led all the installed progs to not show up in the Add/Remove Programs gui that's in Control Panel.And so, I am wondering if I have to wait until tommorow to do this, when I have the windows cd. Or if I'm able to just do some other recovery.I restarted and held down F8, and did the "Last known good configuration" thing, but it said I had to replace hal.dll.
View 14 Replies View Relatedi am on an XP operating system on a dell. everytime one of the users logs off, we get the window that says "ending program sprtcmd.exe", and then we have to go and end program manually every time we log off. i read a similar post on here where someone was having that problem, and was told it was related to the dell support center, and they were advised to uninstall it. i tried to uninstall the dell support center, and this message pops up: "Error 1306. Another application has exclusive access to the file c:/Documents and settingsBarbLocal SettingsApplication DataSupport SoftDell Support CenterBarbstate logssprtcmd.log.
Please shut down all other applications then click Retry"
It will not let me click retry, i have to close out the little window or hit cancel, then it goes through a little more of the "windows configuring", and then i get a little window for "add or remove programs" that says "fatal error during installation" and then that's that. it won't let me uninstall the program! i know this isn't a major problem or anything, but still having to manually click that window everytime i log off is quite aggrivating.
The day I uninstalled IconPackager, this probelm comes out.. because one by one, my icons are going corrupted, they're going blank. I'll attach and image on this post so you'll see what my icons look like.First, the ".txt" and ".jpg" files are the only blank icons, and now, there's some icons on the control panel that are going blank, "Scheduled Tasks", "Printers and Faxes", "Network Connections", "Fonts", and "Administrative Tools".
View 14 Replies View RelatedEvery time I try to uninstall any program, Windows XP tells me that I need the installation package ("installer.msi" or "programname.msi"). I searched on my hard drive, and can't find any of these .msi files. This seems very dumb. I have been able to search on the internet and find some of the .msi files that I need. When I find the right one, XP accepts it and uninstalls the program.
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When I try to uninstall ITunes I get the massage that it is the wrong path. Browse and look for Itunes.msi. How do I find this path?
View 5 Replies View RelatedI uninstalled AOL to install a newer version and when aol said it was checking to see the type of connection, nothing happened. The little yellow man just kept running. Dell ran diagnostics and said my computer is fine, but I cannot get aol to install. anyone have this problem before?
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View 7 Replies View RelatedI can't boot my Compaq laptop. I got sick of all the AOL stuff still hanging around that I tried to get rid of it all. I deleted it from add/remove from programs and also deleted the files from system files. I faced with a message which read "The AOL connectivity service isn't running. Please restart your computer and try again". At that point everything froze and I could just see the "torch" looking for files in the "My Computer" screen and nothing else happening. I have tried System Restore, also reverting to the last configuration which worked. Now I just get the desktop background with nothing on it.I can get in OK with secure mode. I have also tried scan disk and the repair defects options.
View 7 Replies View RelatedI have Windows XP X64, and I absolutely hate it. I want to downgrade to x86 (32-bit) so that I can run my stuff properly. Is there any way I can uninstall Windows XP X64 without losing my data, so that I can install XP x86 without any issues?
View 1 Replies View RelatedPc had win98 installed. With the pc came a support cd for my ASRock mobo. I installed the cd and installed 4 in 1 drivers, no problem. However it wrote over my existing drivers for my modem and graphic card. I read the manual and it read that this mobo was designed specifically for XP. So I formatted my hard drive and installed XP pro, without a hitch. However it did not detect my modem.
It detect everythig else There wasn't a list to chose from. I went to a web site and d/loaded proper driver from the info off my modem. The problem was I couldn't load to floppy cause the file was 2.44 mbs. So here's where the stupid in me comes to play. I removed the hard drive from my old pc and installed to my new one, but of course it did not boot, no screen, nadda. I reversed my screw up, and my pc still does not boot
My hard drive is divided into two partitions running Windows ME and Windows 2000 Professional NT. Windows 2000 is currently causing problems in that mouse movement is delayed, and also the shutdown process is lengthy, followed by a blank blue screen, sometimes not shutting down at all.As I would prefer to make a clean install of XP Pro it would be great to get rid of the former operating systems. Can anyone advise on how to go about this?
View 7 Replies View RelatedI am using Xp on my computer. After uninstalling a program all short cut icons switched to adobe acrobat icons. Now I get this message. Windows can not open this file: windows needs to know what program created it.
View 9 Replies View Relatedplease tell me how to uninstall Adobe reader from my control panel "add and remove programs " have tried several times without success .
View 7 Replies View RelatedI had the trial and I want to install the full, it's installed and it won't run.ANy ideas? I have heard there is a special way you need to uninstall but idk?
View 26 Replies View RelatedI have been trying to clean up the programs on my other computer (XP). I tried to delete a program called CGIndia which I never use. It wouldn't uninstall and now I get the dreaded message"IE has encountered a problem and must close" They mention that the offending program is tbcgin.dll After that there is a choice of sending an error message and I clicked send but does anything ever happen after that. Does that fix it? If it is supposed to, it doesn't. I have DSL now so modem involved
View 2 Replies View RelatedI recently tried to update XP home sp1 to XP home sp2. I got the screen with options to startup in safe mode. I then used add/remove programs to uninstall xp2 and return to xp1 but I seemed to have lost a lot of hd space. Does anyone know how to recover my lost space?
View 8 Replies View RelatedI tried uninstalling the USB controllers from the Device manager restarting my computer, and waiting for the pc to re-install the devices itself. Unfortunatly, nothing happens. It DOES find the devices, it DOES reinstall everything, but when i plug in even the mouse, i get the same error msg. The usb ports are named "Unknown Devices" and when i check their properties, the have no drivers installed.
View 4 Replies View RelatedI tried using IE 7 and was not impressed and had some problems getting to web sites from addresses posted in emails that I normally have done for years on trusted sites. I am running XP Pro SP2. I tried doing a registry cleaning after deleting IE 7 and finally had to do a system restore to prior to installing it, but now I am getting the same problem again. The normal browser I use is Firefox 2.0 combined with using Outlook as my email program.
View 4 Replies View RelatedI have windows xp home edition on a hp pavilon pc. When i uninstall somthing, somtimes it stops responding near the end and then i have to end task. When i do that it has uninstalled the program but has left the icon in the "install/uninstall programs". There is no way i can get rid of it.if i click uninstall it just says "the installation is missing the file instops.dat. setup will now exit. This has recently happened to my norton antivirus. I tried to uninstall norton antivirus 2004 so i could install norton 360. But it froze at the end of the installaton, so i had to end task. Now the icon is permanantly stuck in the "install/uninstall programs". So norton 360 thinks the program is still installed and i cant install this new anti virus. Because of this my computer is unprotected.
View 5 Replies View RelatedSome of my drive letters have been changed except my hard disks' drive letters, I have double SmartMedia and double CompactFlash I/II icons in My Computer, my CD-ROM icon is incorrectly associated with the CompactFlash I/II name in My Computer, my DVD-ROM icon is no longer visible in My Computer, and I can't assign drive letter F to my DVD-ROM drive in Disk Management because it's being used by CompactFlash I/II, though it's not listed there; all problems after uninstalling Nero DiscSpeed. Note: My CD-ROM and DVD-ROM are listed in Device Manager without warning icons. I've tried Doug Knox's CD-DVD Fix tool and deleted the LowerFilters registry entry.
View 1 Replies View RelatedFirst of all, thanks for what looks like a great forum, and thanks for looking at my problem here. I installed an AOpen DVD RW in my Dell Dimension 3000 last night, and I also installed the included Nero 7 software. I tried to watch a DVD that was done in Dolby surround and I had no audio. Nero Prompted me that I needed to install an upgrade which I proceeded to do. I managed to download and install those and the Codec Detective doesn't give me that message any more. It just lists all of the installed codecs.
View 4 Replies View RelatedI gave vista a shot but I dont like it. I picked up a copy of XP and I want to remove vista entirely. Ive formatted computers before but was never sure if I was doing it the right way. Do I format the HD then install the drivers then install XP?
View 7 Replies View RelatedI purchased a Dell Inspiron 531 about a year or so ago for my wife. It came with Vista pre-installed. Everything was fine except that my wife kept complaining about the speed compared to my pc running XP. So, I checked the web to see if uninstalling Vista would be a problem and mostly I found that it was doable. So, I downloaded the necessary nVidia drivers and I was off. I unistalled Vista, reformated the HD and reinstalled XP Home SP1a (a purchased copy) so everything went just fine, at least so I thought. I now get frequent shutdowns and reboots. Some programs will not install properly (such as MS Office 2003)- word will open sometimes and sometimes I get errors saying that the program could not open for various reasons. I use Avira anti-virus and it has problems updating.
View 2 Replies View RelatedI have a pentium III Dell spare computer siting on a shelf downstairs with win pro 2000 installed on it. Is it a hard thing to uninstall that operating system and reinstall the windows xp home from my main home Dell computer?
View 3 Replies View Relatedwe've got a bit of a problem. Our computer came with Windows XP Home Edition already installed by Dell. Just recently my internet stopped working, and my mom changed the administrator password and made the main account non-administrator. Problem? SHE FORGOT THE PASSWORD!So, now, we can't install/uninstall anything and we need to know how to completely reformat our hard disk and uninstall windows so that we can start over fresh. We plan to reinstall Windows with a complete Windows XP Home Edition CD that we purchased separately. We also have another CD that came with the computer, but we're not sure if it is a complete Windows XP Home Edition installation CD. *NOTE* My mom is working with me on this, and she's more computer savvy than me. She's going to be the one reading the instructions. I just type faster
View 14 Replies View RelatedI dunno why, but i believe it appeared after i installed SP2! but i'm not
certain and i was wondering if i could get help before i consider
un-installing SP2.hen i have my mouse of the little icon on the bottom right hand corner with an exclamaition mark infront it says the following:Local Area Connection 2Speed: 2.2 MpbsStatus: Limited or no connectivityI have broadband and i am currently with AOL, i hope this helped. >_<
I have finally decided that my problems with uninstalling are related to the Windows Installer being corrupt.I reregistered this in Safe Mode but it didn't fix the problem. So I ran SFC but when it asked to insert the CD which I did, I got a message "The CD you have provided is the wrong CD. Please insert the Windows XP Professional Cd-ROM..."I only have the one CD - it came with the computer and is " Windows XP Professional includes Service Pack 2."
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