RE: Uninstalling programs - Problem

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Where are you uninstalling the programs? You should use the Control
Panel's Add or Remove Programs. Some programs have their own
uninstall which may be found under the All Programs menu.
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"Marie" wrote:

> Hi all I'm new here and have a wee problem (I hope)
>
> I have WinXP Pro SP2
>
> my system is going a bit funny and I cant seem to unistall any program, for
> most of them I'm getting the Wise Unistall message " Could not open
> INSTALL.LOG file.
>
> I havent unistalled some these programs previously
>
> Also Ad-aware doesnt seem to update.
>
> My virus software is up to date and I have done a complete scan and all is
> clean, also used pcpitstop free full virus scan and that was clean.
>
> Zone Alarm is working and up to date.
>
> I'm at a loss now. I would be really greatful for any help or links to sort
> this out, before I even have to attempt formatting this system.
>
> I can follow instructions as long as they are not too technical...thabks again
.



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