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Un-installing unused programs

Jan 9, 2005 2:09PM PST

this is a 3 part question, i never use HP Record NOw, I have windows media player 10 for burning cd's, if i un-install MSN will i be able to look at e-mail there with Firefox?, and last, Microsoft Money 2001, i never use this, is iy necessary for it to be on here? This is a2001 HP pavilion XT963, i.2 gig celeron,128 ram, 30 gig hdd, windows xp home ed. SP1. any advise will be appreciated.

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be careful
Jan 9, 2005 7:32PM PST

What you uninstall. If you don't have an installation CD, you won't be able to reinstall the program if you make a mistake. Always create a restore point when making major changes. You can uninstall almost any program you want. Go to the control panel then add/remove programs. Select the program you want to uninstall and follow the instructions.

If MSN is your ISP, how will you access the internet without the program?

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un used stuff
Jan 9, 2005 7:45PM PST

I know how to uninstall stuff, i was just wondering if anything else depended on those to run. btw, i have cableone ISP,so I dont depend on msn. I have an e-mail acct. there but it wouldnt break my heart to lose it. I appreciate your input though, thank you glb613.

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Bob, Here's What I Did...
Jan 10, 2005 4:03AM PST

ON my new computer which came with MSN, Microsoft Money, and RecordNow...I uninstalled MSN and Microsoft Money because I don't use them...but I left RecordNow as a backup burner to my current Roxio Easy CD Creator software. I don't depend on any "media player" software to burn my CD's and if I remember correctly, RecordNow has the added ability to format CD-RW's with it's "DLA" packet writing utility which allows you to create drag and drop CD-RW's. The media player burners can't do that..as far as I know. In addition, with CD burning software, I don't like to fool around with it too much. It can be tempermental.

Hope this helps.

Grif

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unused stuff
Jan 10, 2005 4:40PM PST

Thanks Grif, thats all i need to know.

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well, i thought it was fixed
Jan 11, 2005 3:20AM PST

but when i srated it up they,(msn, outlook express and msn messenger were all still there. They dont show up on the add/remove programs thing. I found them in the add/remove windows components thing and it acted like it was doing it. as soon as it finished i looked there again and guess what? there they are again, thew wont go away>

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Bob, You Didn't Mention Outlook Express Earlier
Jan 11, 2005 4:25AM PST

...and you aren't just talking about MSN, you're talking about Windows Messenger as well as MSN Messenger..You found them correctly in the "Add/Remove Windows Components" section of "Add/Remove Programs", but if you look closely, you'll notice that it doesn't say that it will "uninstall" Outlook Express or MSN Messenger, it only says it will "Remove Access" to those programs.

If you want to actually uninstall Outlook Express, it requires some work so the files don't get replaced. See the link below and follow the procedures to rename file and remove registry entries:

Uninstall Outlook Express

Next, to disable/uninstall Windows Messenger, please follow the procedures below:

In order to stop the Windows Messenger program from loading at start up, but still allow it to be available when needed:
1. Open Windows Messenger by clicking on Start-Run, type 'msmsgs.exe' (without the quotes), click OK, or click Start-Programs-Windows Messenger.
2. Click on 'Tools' in the upper left, choose 'Options'.
3. Click on the 'Preferences' tab, then UNCHECK the box next to 'Run this program when Windows starts'.
4. UNCHECK the box next to 'Allow this program to run in the background'.
5. Click on 'OK'.

In order to stop it from running when opening Outlook Express:
1. Open Outlook Express.
2. Click on 'Tools' in the upper left, choose 'Options'.
3. On the 'General' tab, UNCHECK the box next to 'Automatically log on to MSN Messenger Service'.

In order to stop it from running in Microsoft Outlook:
1. Open Outlook
2. Click on 'Tools' in the upper left, choose 'Options'.
3. When that loads, click on the 'Other' tab, then UNCHECK the box next to 'Enable Instant Messaging in Microsoft Outlook'. Click on 'OK'.

For permanent measures to stop Windows Messenger in the registry of Windows XP, see these links:
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;Q302089
http://www.itc.virginia.edu/desktop/docs/messagepopup/

Hope this helps.

Grif

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stubborn programs
Jan 11, 2005 4:33AM PST

I'll look into it, thanks again Grif.

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Uninstall???
Jan 12, 2005 9:05AM PST

Bob...WHY do you want to uninstall all these programs??

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Because I don't need em
Jan 13, 2005 5:23AM PST

They just take up space.