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My wife installed some crappy old software on my XP machine while I was away and after she deleted it (because it wouldn't even run) I am now getting three new hardware detection wizards whenever I power up the machine. Plus the machine is also taking forever to shut down now. Could anyone help me please? A registry edit maybe? It is really annoying. Thank you. |
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On 04/16/12 10:52 AM, Jackson wrote:
Hi, My wife installed some crappy old software on my XP machine while I was away and after she deleted it (because it wouldn't even run) I am now getting three new hardware detection wizards whenever I power up the machine. Plus the machine is also taking forever to shut down now. Could anyone help me please? A registry edit maybe? It is really annoying. Thank you. Have you tried System Restore to a previous date? |
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On 16/04/2012 10:52 AM, Jackson wrote:
Hi, My wife installed some crappy old software on my XP machine while I was away and after she deleted it (because it wouldn't even run) I am now getting three new hardware detection wizards whenever I power up the machine. Plus the machine is also taking forever to shut down now. Could anyone help me please? A registry edit maybe? It is really annoying. Question is did she uninstall the software properly, or did she just delete it without uninstalling it? Yousuf Khan |
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On Mon, 16 Apr 2012 11:45:45 -0500, Jackson wrote:
boatman312 wrote: On 04/16/12 10:52 AM, Jackson wrote: Hi, My wife installed some crappy old software on my XP machine while I was away and after she deleted it (because it wouldn't even run) I am now getting three new hardware detection wizards whenever I power up the machine. Plus the machine is also taking forever to shut down now. Could anyone help me please? A registry edit maybe? It is really annoying. Thank you. Have you tried System Restore to a previous date? No. Can't. Someone turned off System Restore so there is no going back. Any other ideas? Thanks. You say she deleted the "crappy" software, but you don't mention what it was. Maybe someone has specific knowledge about that application. If it's true that she deleted the software, I would reinstall it and do a proper uninstallation. If for some reason that's not practical, I would either check the Registry manually or via a tool such as Autoruns to see what's being launched during startup. Even msconfig might shed light. You didn't mention whether you've done any of that. |
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boatman312 wrote:
On 04/16/12 10:52 AM, Jackson wrote: Hi, My wife installed some crappy old software on my XP machine while I was away and after she deleted it (because it wouldn't even run) I am now getting three new hardware detection wizards whenever I power up the machine. Plus the machine is also taking forever to shut down now. Could anyone help me please? A registry edit maybe? It is really annoying. Thank you. Have you tried System Restore to a previous date? No. Can't. Someone turned off System Restore so there is no going back. Any other ideas? Thanks. |
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On Mon, 16 Apr 2012 15:04:16 -0500, Jackson wrote:
Char Jackson wrote: On Mon, 16 Apr 2012 11:45:45 -0500, Jackson wrote: boatman312 wrote: On 04/16/12 10:52 AM, Jackson wrote: Hi, My wife installed some crappy old software on my XP machine while I was away and after she deleted it (because it wouldn't even run) I am now getting three new hardware detection wizards whenever I power up the machine. Plus the machine is also taking forever to shut down now. Could anyone help me please? A registry edit maybe? It is really annoying. Thank you. Have you tried System Restore to a previous date? No. Can't. Someone turned off System Restore so there is no going back. Any other ideas? Thanks. You say she deleted the "crappy" software, but you don't mention what it was. Maybe someone has specific knowledge about that application. If it's true that she deleted the software, I would reinstall it and do a proper uninstallation. If for some reason that's not practical, I would either check the Registry manually or via a tool such as Autoruns to see what's being launched during startup. Even msconfig might shed light. You didn't mention whether you've done any of that. Yes, she uninstalled it thru Windows uninstaller. The software was an old 16-bit version for a long defunct retail chain store. My guess is that the software added drivers for a series of old dial-up modems and the uninstaller left them upon deletion. Unfortunately I can't trace them in the registry for certain to manually delete them. I'm guessing they're under some generic Legacy PNP that I can't risk deleting in error. Yes, you can easily trace what's happening in the Registry because everything that runs during startup launches from just a couple of places in the Registry. It's not scattered all over. Like I mentioned above, you can get a partial (but usually decent) view by using msconfig, but if that doesn't tell you what you need to know then you can use a utility like Autoruns or just open the Registry directly and navigate to the two Run keys. It's a safe bet that what you need is there. Also take a look in Device Manager and remove any hardware that shouldn't be there. Then use the Scan For Changes command to try to trigger the hardware detection process in order to make sure everything is clean. |
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Char Jackson wrote:
On Mon, 16 Apr 2012 11:45:45 -0500, Jackson wrote: boatman312 wrote: On 04/16/12 10:52 AM, Jackson wrote: Hi, My wife installed some crappy old software on my XP machine while I was away and after she deleted it (because it wouldn't even run) I am now getting three new hardware detection wizards whenever I power up the machine. Plus the machine is also taking forever to shut down now. Could anyone help me please? A registry edit maybe? It is really annoying. Thank you. Have you tried System Restore to a previous date? No. Can't. Someone turned off System Restore so there is no going back. Any other ideas? Thanks. You say she deleted the "crappy" software, but you don't mention what it was. Maybe someone has specific knowledge about that application. If it's true that she deleted the software, I would reinstall it and do a proper uninstallation. If for some reason that's not practical, I would either check the Registry manually or via a tool such as Autoruns to see what's being launched during startup. Even msconfig might shed light. You didn't mention whether you've done any of that. Yes, she uninstalled it thru Windows uninstaller. The software was an old 16-bit version for a long defunct retail chain store. My guess is that the software added drivers for a series of old dial-up modems and the uninstaller left them upon deletion. Unfortunately I can't trace them in the registry for certain to manually delete them. I'm guessing they're under some generic Legacy PNP that I can't risk deleting in error. |
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On 16/04/2012 4:04 PM, Jackson wrote:
Yes, she uninstalled it thru Windows uninstaller. The software was an old 16-bit version for a long defunct retail chain store. My guess is that the software added drivers for a series of old dial-up modems and the uninstaller left them upon deletion. Unfortunately I can't trace them in the registry for certain to manually delete them. I'm guessing they're under some generic Legacy PNP that I can't risk deleting in error. What happens if you let the hardware detections happen? Do you see some hardware with the Yellow Question Mark in Device Manager? Yousuf Khan |
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Yousuf Khan wrote:
On 16/04/2012 4:04 PM, Jackson wrote: Yes, she uninstalled it thru Windows uninstaller. The software was an old 16-bit version for a long defunct retail chain store. My guess is that the software added drivers for a series of old dial-up modems and the uninstaller left them upon deletion. Unfortunately I can't trace them in the registry for certain to manually delete them. I'm guessing they're under some generic Legacy PNP that I can't risk deleting in error. What happens if you let the hardware detections happen? Do you see some hardware with the Yellow Question Mark in Device Manager? Yousuf Khan No. Nothing. Just replies that it cannot find the software and then stops the install, Consequently there are no question marked phantoms in the device manager. The only thing I get is a yellow triangle in the system tray and when clicking on it it immediately disappears with no information. Incidentally the machine takes longer to shut down now since this situation began. |
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On 18/04/2012 11:42 PM, Jackson wrote:
Yousuf Khan wrote: What happens if you let the hardware detections happen? Do you see some hardware with the Yellow Question Mark in Device Manager? No. Nothing. Just replies that it cannot find the software and then stops the install, Consequently there are no question marked phantoms in the device manager. The only thing I get is a yellow triangle in the system tray and when clicking on it it immediately disappears with no information. Incidentally the machine takes longer to shut down now since this situation began. I found this discussion page: http://is.gd/aLZnrJ. They suggested trying this softwa http://ghostbuster.codeplex.com/ I haven't tried it myself, as I don't need it, but it looks like it might be something you should give a shot to. Yousuf Khan |
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