Uninstall programs not needed

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  1. Posts : 231
    Windows 7 Home Premium 64bit
       #1

    Uninstall programs not needed


    Following some recurring glitches I want to remove programs that are not needed (although I realise that a program not being used is unlikely to effect computer performance). **

    Program Files:
    Bonjour (Apple) is to connect Macs and PCs together. I am a stand-alone desktop. No network nor will ever need one. Bonjour Included in Control Panel’s list of uninstallable programs. UNINSTALL?

    Program Files (x86):
    Bonjour Included in Control Panel’s list of uninstallable programs. UNINSTALL?

    Easeus Todo backup. Not included in Control Panel’s list of uninstallable programs. It has no uninstall program of its own. I already have a good backup program. UNINSTALL BY DELETING ALL ITS FILES?

    VIA Wikipedia describes the company as “a Taiwanese American manufacturer of integrated circuits, mainly motherboard chipsets, CPUs, and memory, and is part of the Formosa Plastics Group. It is the world's largest independent manufacturer of motherboard chipsets. My motherboard is by Gigabyte, so perhaps it is connected with that, and therefore necessary. DON’T UNINSTALL?

    What do you think?

    ** However, I believe that some powerful programs alter some parts of the operating system to suit themselves but which upset other programs even when the powerful one is not running.
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  2. whs
    Posts : 26,210
    Vista, Windows7, Mint Mate, Zorin, Windows 8
       #2

    Why bother - there is no gain.
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  3. Posts : 312
    Windows 7 Professional SP1 x64 (OEM)
       #3

    You're better off finding the cause/s of the glitch.
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  4. Posts : 4,776
    Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium 64-bit 7601 Multiprocessor Free Service Pack 1
       #4

    Stevekir said:
    Following some recurring glitches I want to remove programs that are not needed

    Easeus Todo backup. Not included in Control Panel’s list of uninstallable programs. It has no uninstall program of its own. I already have a good backup program. UNINSTALL BY DELETING ALL ITS FILES?
    You can't just delete that one.

    It should appear in Control Panel.

    Uninstall programs not needed-easus-2.jpg

    My suggestion is to download the installer again and run it, You should get the following option.

    Uninstall programs not needed-easus-5.jpg

    Choose the option to uninstall.

    I installed the program just to test using software that monitors installations:

    Uninstall programs not needed-easus.jpg

    Running files needed to be closed before removal:

    Uninstall programs not needed-easus-3.jpg

    Numerous registry changes needed to be deleted or restored to their previous state:

    Uninstall programs not needed-easus-4.jpg

    Other changes included Environment Variables Path:

    Code:
    =======================================================
    ** Tuesday 09/02/2016 03:27:17 **
    Command Handlers and Associations
    Registry Key hkey_classes_root\*\shellex\contextmenuhandlers
    Subkey SimpleShlExt has been added
    =======================================================
    ** Tuesday 09/02/2016 03:27:39 **
    Low-level Drivers and Services
    Registry Key hkey_local_machine\system\ControlSet004\control\session manager\environment\path
    Value path (S) wants to change from
    C:\Windows\system32;C:\Windows;C:\Windows\system32\Wbem;C:\Windows\system32;C:\Windows;C:\Windows\System32\Wbem;C:\Windows\System32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\;C:\Program Files (x86)\Common Files\Adobe\AGL;C:\Program Files\Prio;C:\Program Files (x86)\Icecream Screen Recorder\bin\gstreamer\x86\bin;C:\Program Files\EmEditor
    to
    C:\Windows\system32;C:\Windows;C:\Windows\system32\Wbem;C:\Windows\system32;C:\Windows;C:\Windows\System32\Wbem;C:\Windows\System32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\;C:\Program Files (x86)\Common Files\Adobe\AGL;C:\Program Files\Prio;C:\Program Files (x86)\Icecream Screen Recorder\bin\gstreamer\x86\bin;C:\Program Files\EmEditor;C:\Program Files (x86)\EaseUS\Todo Backup\bin
    =======================================================
    ** Tuesday 09/02/2016 03:27:42 **
    Change Accepted
    =======================================================
    ** Tuesday 09/02/2016 03:27:42 **
    Low-level Drivers and Services
    Registry Key hkey_local_machine\system\CurrentControlSet\control\session manager\environment\path
    Value path (S) wants to change from
    C:\Windows\system32;C:\Windows;C:\Windows\system32\Wbem;C:\Windows\system32;C:\Windows;C:\Windows\System32\Wbem;C:\Windows\System32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\;C:\Program Files (x86)\Common Files\Adobe\AGL;C:\Program Files\Prio;C:\Program Files (x86)\Icecream Screen Recorder\bin\gstreamer\x86\bin;C:\Program Files\EmEditor
    to
    C:\Windows\system32;C:\Windows;C:\Windows\system32\Wbem;C:\Windows\system32;C:\Windows;C:\Windows\System32\Wbem;C:\Windows\System32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\;C:\Program Files (x86)\Common Files\Adobe\AGL;C:\Program Files\Prio;C:\Program Files (x86)\Icecream Screen Recorder\bin\gstreamer\x86\bin;C:\Program Files\EmEditor;C:\Program Files (x86)\EaseUS\Todo Backup\bin
    =======================================================
    ** Tuesday 09/02/2016 03:27:45 **
    Change Accepted
    =======================================================
    ** Tuesday 09/02/2016 03:27:48 **
    Low-level Drivers and Services
    Registry Key hkey_local_machine\system\ControlSet004\services
    Subkey EUBAKUP has been added
    Subkey EUBKMON has been added
    Subkey EUDSKACS has been added
    Subkey EUFDDISK has been added
    =======================================================
    ** Tuesday 09/02/2016 03:27:53 **
    Low-level Drivers and Services
    Registry Key hkey_local_machine\system\CurrentControlSet\services
    Subkey EUBAKUP has been added
    Subkey EUBKMON has been added
    Subkey EUDSKACS has been added
    Subkey EUFDDISK has been added
    =======================================================
    ** Tuesday 09/02/2016 03:27:58 **
    Additional Security
    Registry Key hkey_users\S-1-5-21-165181766-1597162493-719806621-1000\software\microsoft\windows\currentversion\explorer\advanced
    Value SeparateProcess (N) wants to change from
    0
    to
    1
    =======================================================
    ** Tuesday 09/02/2016 03:28:00 **
    Change Accepted
    =======================================================
    ** Tuesday 09/02/2016 03:30:33 **
    Low-level Drivers and Services
    Registry Key hkey_local_machine\system\ControlSet004\services
    Subkey EaseUS Agent has been added
    =======================================================
    ** Tuesday 09/02/2016 03:31:44 **
    Low-level Drivers and Services
    Registry Key hkey_local_machine\system\CurrentControlSet\services
    Subkey EaseUS Agent has been added
    =======================================================
    ** Tuesday 09/02/2016 03:32:00 **
    Launched Agent.exe[1184] « services.exe[632] « wininit.exe[536]
    TrayTipAgent.exe[5884]
    TodoBackupService.exe[6108] « Agent.exe[1184] « services.exe[632] « wininit.exe[536]
    vds.exe[5172] « services.exe[632] « wininit.exe[536]
    Run Keys and Startup Files
    Registry Key hkey_local_machine\software\microsoft\windows\currentversion\run
    Value EaseUS TB Tray Agent (S) will be a new value with data
    "C:\Program Files (x86)\EaseUS\TrayPopup\TrayTipAgent.exe"
    =======================================================
    ** Tuesday 09/02/2016 03:32:03 **
    Change Accepted
    =======================================================
    ** Tuesday 09/02/2016 03:32:04 **
    Run Keys and Startup Files
    Registry Key hkey_local_machine\software\Wow6432Node\microsoft\windows\currentversion\run
    Value EaseUS TB Tray Agent (S) will be a new value with data
    "C:\Program Files (x86)\EaseUS\TrayPopup\TrayTipAgent.exe"
    =======================================================
    ** Tuesday 09/02/2016 03:32:05 **
    Change Accepted
    =======================================================
    I can't comment on your other questions at the moment.
    Last edited by Callender; 09 Feb 2016 at 00:51. Reason: fix quote
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  5. Posts : 231
    Windows 7 Home Premium 64bit
    Thread Starter
       #5

    kathy025 said:
    You're better off finding the cause/s of the glitch.
    Yes! Since the comp. was built for me last March (its a simple W7 machine, no frills), yesterday it has come back from the shop, for the third time, to get the ever-changing variety of glitches removed, which has been successful for a month or two before others arrive and it goes back. After 18 hours the machine is perfect. For how long?

    So far I have tried to be patient. If it goes bad again I will need to send it to another computer place (after vetting them) to try to solve the problem.

    To give you a flavour of the crazy behaviour, last week, on startup (the usual 2 to 3 tries needed by Windows) the desktop picture appeared but no icons. I could not get any response. It looked like Windows Explorer had failed (I had a couple of warning messages a few day earlier: "W. Explorer needs to restart"): Photoshop (on the SSD C: drive) started throwing "There is no disc in the drive", "Try again". I pressed Return and it loaded. Also, the USB sub unit on the front (USB socket and several card slots) has failed twice, now replaced again. The SSD has been checked for faults: no problem.

    >> Are Gigabyte mother boards reliable?

    All 9 of my Windows friends tell me that their machines (mainly laptops) give no trouble at all. I am clearly cursed.

    I will leave the surplus programs alone.
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  6. Posts : 312
    Windows 7 Professional SP1 x64 (OEM)
       #6

    Well Gigabyte is quite a strong brand for motherboards. Your problems are rather odd. You sure your hardware components are snuggly connected?
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  7. Posts : 231
    Windows 7 Home Premium 64bit
    Thread Starter
       #7

    kathy025 said:
    Well Gigabyte is quite a strong brand for motherboards. Your problems are rather odd. You sure your hardware components are snuggly connected?
    I assume so. I leave the innards of the box to my computer shop. I will mention this but he will probably say "of course"! I have told him he must solve the problem (he built it!).
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  8. Posts : 231
    Windows 7 Home Premium 64bit
    Thread Starter
       #8

    Callender said:
    Stevekir said:
    Following some recurring glitches I want to remove programs that are not needed

    Easeus Todo backup. Not included in Control Panel’s list of uninstallable programs. It has no uninstall program of its own. I already have a good backup program. UNINSTALL BY DELETING ALL ITS FILES?
    You can't just delete that one.

    It should appear in Control Panel.

    Uninstall programs not needed-easus-2.jpg

    My suggestion is to download the installer again and run it, You should get the following option......
    Thanks. Very helpful. I will try that.
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  9. Posts : 20,583
    Win-7-Pro64bit 7-H-Prem-64bit
       #9

    Hi,
    You might show us your uninstall a programs list
    On the top right next to the question mark use the drop down menu to switch to List view so you can get all of them in 1 screen shot.

    You can also use clean boot,
    Troubleshoot Application Conflicts by Performing a Clean Startup
    Click Start and type in the search box,
    msconfig
    Click on the suggestion on top or hit the Enter key,
    Go to the Startup section and take some screen shots for a complete list,
    Go to the Services section and on the bottom left Check the box to Hide All Microsoft services,
    Repeat the screen shots,
    See the links above my signature on how to take and upload screen shots here,
    Cheers.
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  10. Posts : 231
    Windows 7 Home Premium 64bit
    Thread Starter
       #10

    ThrashZone said:
    Hi,
    You might show us your uninstall a programs list
    On the top right next to the question mark use the drop down menu to switch to List view so you can get all of them in 1 screen shot.

    You can also use clean boot,
    Troubleshoot Application Conflicts by Performing a Clean Startup
    Click Start and type in the search box,
    msconfig
    Click on the suggestion on top or hit the Enter key,
    Go to the Startup section and take some screen shots for a complete list,
    Go to the Services section and on the bottom left Check the box to Hide All Microsoft services,
    Repeat the screen shots,
    See the links above my signature on how to take and upload screen shots here,
    Cheers.
    Thanks for the help folks. Following my post about all the glitches that I was having, my computer shop called in my computer and re-installed Windows 7 (a clean install) and reinstalled my four premium programs and Kaspeskey and Malwarebytes. So I now have a minimalist computer and hopefully the glitches have gone. It certainly runs faster.
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