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Monday, 9 January 2012

How to Uninstall Windows Messenger



Lots of PC users don't like Windows Messenger and find it dangerous and unuseful. But, it can be uninstaled in common way. Here is a tip how you can uninstall Windows Messenger.
Open Windows Explorer. Go to Windows directory (usually it's on C disk), and find folder named INF. In that directory, find sysoc.ini file. Right mouse click, open with, Notepad. Find row where 
msmsgs=msgrocm.dll,OcEntry,msmsgs.inf,hide,7
is written. Delete word HIDE from it, and after, that row should look like this:
msmsgs=msgrocm.dll,OcEntry,msmsgs.inf,7
Save file. 
Go to Control Panel - Add/Remove Programs, and Add/Remove Windows Components. Remove note near the «Windows Messenger», and click NEXT. After that, you will not have Windows Messenger on your computer. 

NOTICE: This can cause some problems if you use Outlook or Outlook Express.

Friday, 6 January 2012

Uninstalling software - safe way

You have some software installed on your computer and you don't use it anymore. So, you want to delete it. Don't ever use "right click - delete" on software. That way, Windows can pull some other file you need for some other program, and you'll get in trouble. 
You have two ways to do that properly. 
First, you can go to Start - Programs, find software you want to delete and look if "Uninstall" link is there. If there is, than click it and follow the instructions.



If there is not "uninstall", that you need 2nd way. Go to Start - Settings - Control panel - Add or remove programs. Find your program there and click on "Change/Remove".