Before you uninstall anything on your pc - know what it is first. You 
can use this to search for running programs on your pc and find out what 
they are.

http://www.processlibrary.com/

Peter Mikochik wrote:

> i am sorry, but this is very bad advice.
> do not do this.
> this is not the correct way to delete programs.
>
>
> On Thu, 20 Jan 2011, Harry Brown wrote:
>
>> Hi all,
>> Just for the heck of it, I decided last week, to see just how many 
>> programs I have on my computer!
>> So, I went to run, in windows xp, and typed *.exe
>> and what to my wondering ears should appear?  I was told "1300 
>> results found."
>> I couldn't believe my ears!  1300 programs?  I thought.
>> Now folks, that's alot of programs.  If I ever get time to do it, 
>> (got so much work piling up that has to get done), I'm gonna go 
>> through them and google each one, and find out if each program is 
>> needed, or, if I can hit that good old delete key!
>> So, You can do that same thing folks!  In xp, go to run, and hit 
>> enter, and type *.exe and hit enter, and you might be surprised to 
>> see you have alot more programs on your computer than you actually 
>> use.  It blew my mind how many there are.
>> Then, take the name of the program, and copy it to the clipboard, and 
>> go and do a google search, and see if you need that actual program or 
>> not.
>> Just something I thought I'd share, maybe it will help someone out 
>> and maybe it will help someone to get rid of programs that they no 
>> longer use!
>> Now, I will say this, you're taking a risk, and I take no 
>> responsibility for what happens, so, make sure you google each 
>> program to see if you need it before deleting the program.
>> Harry
>>
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