Forums before death by AOL, social media and spammers... "We can't have nice things"
|    alt.os.windows-xp    |    One of my personal favourites!    |    146,966 messages    |
[   << oldest   |   < older   |   list   |   newer >   |   newest >>   ]
|    Message 146,862 of 146,966    |
|    Auric__ to John R. Sowden    |
|    Re: Deleting unused programs    |
|    29 Apr 16 05:05:33    |
      From: not.my.real@email.address              John R. Sowden wrote:              > In windows, MS sends upgrades which are saved in the remove/modify       > programs section of the 'control panel' area. My interpretation is when       > an upgrade/security fix, etc. is downloaded, it is then executed,       > modifying the program on the local computer, and the downloaded program       > is no longer needed. The problem is when I go to delete these from the       > remove/modify listing, I get a message saying that the program "may not       > work correctly". Are these downloaded programs still required? If so,       > why?              The control panel doesn't list the installers, it lists the actual updates.       If you uninstall something using the control panel, you are actually       uninstalling the update.              --       The footprint of the owner is the best manure.              --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05        * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)    |
[   << oldest   |   < older   |   list   |   newer >   |   newest >>   ]
(c) 1994, bbs@darkrealms.ca