>I converted from 3.11 to windiws 95 a short while ago, and my C drive
>(added another hard disc to upgrade...) was cluttered.
>I bought Uninstall Deluxe .. and only found out, *after* I'd installed
>it, that it won't uninstall programes installed in a previous version of
>Windows.
>Anyone any advice? .. apart from get a new PC? ;->>
>Mary Hawking

There is only one good way to deal with this, but I hesitate to say it....

Backup absolutely everything on your hard disk, and make sure that the
backup verifies. Keep this backup for ages after the procedure below, just
in case.
Completely reformat your hard drive.
Install Windows 95, including all the drivers for your hardware.
Then install all your other software that you still wish to be on the
system, including all the little updates to various programs that you have
installed over the years. Make sure your backup program is one of these!
Then restore from your backup any data files which you need.

This is the only way to *completely* get rid of all the old junk on your
hard drive. It is usually very time consuming, but is a good way to sort out
any funny idiosyncracies that may have arisen on your system from a long
unused program leaving a DLL still loading, or an obscure setting in an INI
file or the registry.

We could really do with doing it on our VAMP medical system. For most of the
life of the system, if you type ahead very fast on one (and only one)
terminal in the building, it can cause the system to freeze. No harm is
done, and a system reboot sorts it out every time. VAMP/RHI cannot explain
why it happens (about once or twice a month), and I myself have checked all
the hardware and software settings, to no avail. I am sure it is some
obscure setting somewhere in the system (changing the file server and the
hard disk have made no difference to this) which is causing this minor
problem. But we can't afford the time or risk to do the above on our medical
file server...

>From comments here and elsewhere, Uninstaller programs are only any good at
uninstalling programs which they have monitored during install, and even
then they can sometimes screw your system up badly. Incidentally, One of the
best ways to get completely up to date with all the software and hardware
drivers for your system is to install the latest version of Norton Utilities
with "Live update". Every so often it logs onto the Symantec website, checks
all your software and hardware against its database, and then offers to
update your system. You can choose whether or not to proceed with any
particular install/update. The service costs more money after 6 months, but
the fee is quite small.

Best wishes

Laurie Miles



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