A couple comments and questions:

[foamy]

First, this is a wonderful ng. I learn something new each day. There
are many people who I see, some with MVP, who are very knowledgeable
and appear to be tireless in their desire to help others. What's the scoop,
off duty volunteers from MS ? :-)

I really am having difficulty [ as in I can't do it ] deleting programs, many
which don't appear in add / remove, like MSN Gaming Zone and Movie Maker.
Either says I don't have access or the program is in use by another person or
program. How do I clue in my pc that I'm the only user and get rid of stuff I
don't want ?

Thanks

Jim

..I've seen a couple references by posters to searching their
computer [ HAL ]. I guess I'm not the only one and there's a lot
of HAL's out there. <g>

[Doug Knox MS-MVP]

Foamy,

MVP's are all volunteers, and as far as I'm aware, none of us work for
Microsoft. You can find out more about the MVP program here:

http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/

For the second part of your post, MSN Gaming Zone can be removed from
Add/Remove Programs, Add/Remove Windows Components, Accessories and
Utilities, Games, Internet Games.
--
Doug Knox, MS-MVP Windows XP/ Windows Smart Display
Win 95/98/Me/XP Tweaks and Fixes
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"foamy" > wrote in message
.. .
> First, this is a wonderful ng. I learn something new each day. There
> are many people who I see, some with MVP, who are very knowledgeable
> and appear to be tireless in their desire to help others. What's the
scoop,
> off duty volunteers from MS ? :-)
>
> I really am having difficulty [ as in I can't do it ] deleting programs,
many
> which don't appear in add / remove, like MSN Gaming Zone and Movie Maker.
> Either says I don't have access or the program is in use by another person
or
> program. How do I clue in my pc that I'm the only user and get rid of
stuff I
> don't want ?
>
> Thanks
>
> Jim
>
> .I've seen a couple references by posters to searching their
> computer [ HAL ]. I guess I'm not the only one and there's a lot
> of HAL's out there. <g>

[foamy]

In article >,
"Doug Knox MS-MVP" > wrote:

>Foamy,
>
>MVP's are all volunteers, and as far as I'm aware, none of us work for
>Microsoft. You can find out more about the MVP program here:
>
>http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/

Thanks for the info and the link Doug. You're all so knowledgeable I
thought Bill would have you on the payroll. :-)


>For the second part of your post, MSN Gaming Zone can be removed from
>Add/Remove Programs, Add/Remove Windows Components, Accessories and
>Utilities, Games, Internet Games.


Ahh thanks. I forgot about the windows components tab.

Jim