Re: Removing unwanted software

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From: Steve C. Ray (stevec_at_mail.com)
Date: 02/11/04 

Date: Wed, 11 Feb 2004 10:38:47 -0600

System Restore affects system files only, not applications that you have
installed. The best way to remove these programs is reinstall them, then use
Add/Remove Programs to remove them. 

-- 
Steve C. Ray
"Jo-Frank" <muttleydeed@hotmail.com> wrote in message
news:e8d901c3f078$c2744f50$a601280a@phx.gbl...
> First, the background info. I got the worm and my system
> crashed. I had to replace my operating system I haxe XP
> pro. I had to reinstall all the software, etc. I installed
> several software titles and my system was slow. I thought I
> should use system restore to get rid of programs that I was
> not using. Apparently, while the titles are no longer in my
> start menu, they are still somewhere in my computer. When I
> scann my system with Norton Anti-virus I see that it is
> scanning these program titles that are not appearing in my
> start menu. I would like to find these programs and remove
> them. They are not in my add/remove program list, either.
> What should I do?

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