R
Roger Daht
Hi. I would like to try to make my Windows XP Pro installation suck less,
if that's possible. In their usual move toward greater control of world
supremacy, Microsoft once again sought to give users even less control over
their operating system, by having it install a plethora of software that
you can't get rid of. XP Pro only allowed me to remove the software that
Bill Gates felt would be okay, apparently. But everything that Microsoft
does, someone else does better. SO I'd like to use my own software instead
of Bill Gateses, but don't know how to get the needless junk out of my hard
drive, because it does not show up in Windows components. Here's some of
the things I was not able to uninstall:
Programs:
Media Player
Movie Mager
Outlook Express
Messenger HyperTerm (?)
Frontpage (?)
There were also folders I couldn't even delete. An error kept coming up
about how they were in use by the system or another person. Which is a lie!
There was nothing in those folders loaded by the system.
Folders:
Xerox
Windows NT
MSN Gaming Zone
Tour XP
....and anything to do with MSN or any of the other online ISP's they try to
load onto your system!
Seriously... I thought Microsoft was fined for this kind of unjust business
practices of forcing users to choose Microsoft software (beyond the OS
itself of course) with their operating systems? I recall there was a big
thing that Netscape and other companies brought up about MS monopolizing
the browser market by integrating Explorer and not supplying an uninstall
routine, thereyb forcing users to keep Explorer. Yet I see Explorer is
STILL integrated into the latest Microsoft operating systems!
if that's possible. In their usual move toward greater control of world
supremacy, Microsoft once again sought to give users even less control over
their operating system, by having it install a plethora of software that
you can't get rid of. XP Pro only allowed me to remove the software that
Bill Gates felt would be okay, apparently. But everything that Microsoft
does, someone else does better. SO I'd like to use my own software instead
of Bill Gateses, but don't know how to get the needless junk out of my hard
drive, because it does not show up in Windows components. Here's some of
the things I was not able to uninstall:
Programs:
Media Player
Movie Mager
Outlook Express
Messenger HyperTerm (?)
Frontpage (?)
There were also folders I couldn't even delete. An error kept coming up
about how they were in use by the system or another person. Which is a lie!
There was nothing in those folders loaded by the system.
Folders:
Xerox
Windows NT
MSN Gaming Zone
Tour XP
....and anything to do with MSN or any of the other online ISP's they try to
load onto your system!
Seriously... I thought Microsoft was fined for this kind of unjust business
practices of forcing users to choose Microsoft software (beyond the OS
itself of course) with their operating systems? I recall there was a big
thing that Netscape and other companies brought up about MS monopolizing
the browser market by integrating Explorer and not supplying an uninstall
routine, thereyb forcing users to keep Explorer. Yet I see Explorer is
STILL integrated into the latest Microsoft operating systems!