Dean

Try turning off the "restore" function in XP before using the uninstall 
tools. Afterwards you can turn "restore" back on.

Tom Mayer


Dean Kukral wrote:
> Thanks for the suggestion, Bob.  I downloaded both of these and tried them, 
> but the entries came back both times, just as they did with Registry 
> Mechanic.  I still think that I need to delete the stuff in the registry, 
> but the key permissions prevent me from doing that.
>
> Dean
>
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Bob Lendrim" <[log in to unmask]>
> Sent: Saturday, March 10, 2007 12:34 PM
> Subject: Re: [PCBUILD] MSCONFIG problem; Deleting keys in the registry
>
>
> There are a couple of startup utilities by Mike Lin on:
> http://www.mlin.net/
> I've used them for years. They are simple and effective.
>
> To remove unwanted registry entries, try JV16 Ver 1.3
> It's available on:
> http://www.oldversion.com/program.php?n=jv16
> Ver 1.3 is an old version that won't expire.
>
> Don't know if these will solve the uninstall problem,
> but they may help and for sure won't hurt.
> HTH, Bob
>
>
>   
>> From: Dean Kukral <[log in to unmask]>
>> Subject: [PCBUILD] MSCONFIG problem; Deleting keys in the registry
>> XP Professional
>>
>> I removed McAfee "internet security," but some remnants remain in the
>> MSCONFIG startup.  Unchecking them does no good, as they come back.  The
>> items referred to just come back, which causes the system to boot slowly, 
>> as
>> it cannot find these things.  Then it goes into its unhappy routine because
>> I had a non-standard startup, etc.
>>
>> My main question is:  how do I get stuff out of the msconfig startup list?
>>
>> I downloaded the free version of Registry Mechanic, which found six bad
>> registry entries that corresponded to the msconfig items.  I told Registry
>> Mechanic to delete them, and it thought that it did, but another Registry
>> Mechanic scan showed that they were still there and offered to delete them
>> again.  And again.
>>
>> So, I went into regedit and found the keys and deleted them, but they come
>> right back.  (Even before I leave regedit.)
>>
>> Second question (related to the first?):  how do I delete the registry keys
>> so that they do not come back?
>>
>> There are options to change permissions in regedit, but I don't really want
>> to mess with them, not knowing what I am doing.
>>
>> Thanks, >Dean Kukral
>>     
>
>    
>
>   

        The NOSPIN Group has added a new feature on our website,
           web based bulletinboard for questions and answers:
              Visit our sister website at http://nospin.com