A couple comments and questions:

[Jake]

>-----Original 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>
>.
>You can boot up in SAFE mode and delete all you want.
Just be careful. Only DELETE if it is NOT listed in Add
or Remove Programs for there you'll need to Uninstall
them. Boot your PC and start clicking F8 (some systems
use F2) to go into SAFE mode. Good luck.

[Raven]

Jake wrote:
>> -----Original 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>
>> .
>> You can boot up in SAFE mode and delete all you want.
> Just be careful. Only DELETE if it is NOT listed in Add
> or Remove Programs for there you'll need to Uninstall
> them. Boot your PC and start clicking F8 (some systems
> use F2) to go into SAFE mode. Good luck.

But some folders are undeletable--Frontpage and Xerox come to mind. Not sure
if MovieMaker is one of them as well. You can delete 'em but they will come
back. If I am wrong, please let me know! I have been trying for months to no
avail.

[foamy]

In article >
, "Raven" > wrote:

>Jake wrote:

>>> You can boot up in SAFE mode and delete all you want.
>> Just be careful. Only DELETE if it is NOT listed in Add
>> or Remove Programs for there you'll need to Uninstall
>> them. Boot your PC and start clicking F8 (some systems
>> use F2) to go into SAFE mode. Good luck.
>
>But some folders are undeletable--Frontpage and Xerox come to mind. Not sure
>if MovieMaker is one of them as well. You can delete 'em but they will come
>back. If I am wrong, please let me know! I have been trying for months to no
>avail.

Thanks. Following your advise Jack, I did the safe mode thing and it worked,
but as Raven said the folders just keep coming back like a bad dream. :-)

They're not taking up any space though, so more an annoyance of having to
look at them than anything else. <g>

Jim