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Old January 29th 18, 08:50 PM posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.general
Freeburne
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I was trying to solve another problem when I discovered that.

1) A task for SlimCleanerPlus was there.
I deleted the task but am unable to uninstall the files.
Revouninstaller (free) does not find it.

I see no uninstall for SlimCleanerPlus.

How do I uninstall it ? just delete ?

C:\Documents and Settings\My LENOVO\Local
Settings\Temp\SlimCleanerPlus_en-US_x86_Silent.exe
C:\Documents and Settings\My LENOVO\Local
Settings\Temp\SIOUT24061234\SlimCleanerPlus_en-US_x86.msi
C:\Program Files\Common Files\Ahead\NAS\nas\presets\Slime.nvp

2) other tasks

DriverNavigator Scheduled Scan

PMTask

Microsoft Windows End of Service Notification logOn

Microsoft Windows End of Service Notification monthly

Should / can these Tasks be deleted ?
How to uninstall ?
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Old January 29th 18, 09:14 PM posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.general
VanguardLH[_2_]
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Freeburne wrote:

I was trying to solve another problem when I discovered that.

1) A task for SlimCleanerPlus was there.
I deleted the task but am unable to uninstall the files.
Revouninstaller (free) does not find it.

I see no uninstall for SlimCleanerPlus.

How do I uninstall it ? just delete ?

C:\Documents and Settings\My LENOVO\Local
Settings\Temp\SlimCleanerPlus_en-US_x86_Silent.exe
C:\Documents and Settings\My LENOVO\Local
Settings\Temp\SIOUT24061234\SlimCleanerPlus_en-US_x86.msi
C:\Program Files\Common Files\Ahead\NAS\nas\presets\Slime.nvp


While I've seen active programs using data files in the temp folder, or
installs temporarily putting executables in the temp folder (which
should get cleaned out after the install completes), I've only seen
spyware or malware running from there.

https://slimware.com/slimcleaner

Looks like garbagewa low-end tools that you pay for but there are
better free single-purpose tools to do the same function as each tool in
the overpriced bundle.

Don't you ever clean out the temp folders? Either use the included
cleanup wizard (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Desktop_Cleanup_Wizard) or
get something better, like CCleaner.

If the files cannot be deleted probably means they are currently in use.
That means you are loading SlimCleaner on Windows startup on on login.
Use msconfig.exe or SysInternals' Autoruns to disable/delete the
slimcleaner startup programs (msconfig can only disable while AutoRuns
can actually delete). If you can load some config GUI for SlimCleaner
then check if it has startup options you can deselect. Alternatively,
kill the slimcleaner process(es) and then delete the files.

2) other tasks

DriverNavigator Scheduled Scan


Do you really want some software nagging you when there are new drivers?
You should not be changing drivers unless something is broken or new
functionality is included and you can only tell that by visiting the
driver vendor's site to find out what got changed or added to THEIR
driver. Just because there is a new driver version does not mean YOU
want it. New code just means new problems. For example, often code
gets added to video drivers to support new games but at the expense of
compatibility with old games. Another example: a new version of the
Catalyst driver for my AMD video card removed the ability to reset the
colors back to the defaults after a video game crashed which left the
gamma and colors all screwed up.

PMTask


The name of a scheduled task often says little to identify what is
executed. You'll have to look at the properties of the task to see what
it runs. My guess is it has to do with bundled software for Lenovo's
power management.

https://www.google.com/search?q=pmtask

A search on the command ran by the tasks might find something more
focused on what YOUR task is running.

Microsoft Windows End of Service Notification logOn
Microsoft Windows End of Service Notification monthly


You already know Windows XP is no longer supported.

https://www.404techsupport.com/2014/...ice-reminders/

If you don't see the reminder popups then it's likely the scheduled
tasks are configured to expire after some time long ago back in 2014.

Should / can these Tasks be deleted ? How to uninstall ?


The scheduled tasks will tell you what executable they are running.
After uninstalling the program that is scheduled to run (if it is
listed), and if the uninstall doesn't delete the scheduled tasks, then
disable or delete the unwanted scheduled tasks.
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Old January 30th 18, 01:18 AM posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.general
JJ[_11_]
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On Mon, 29 Jan 2018 11:50:19 -0800, Freeburne wrote:
I was trying to solve another problem when I discovered that.

1) A task for SlimCleanerPlus was there.
I deleted the task but am unable to uninstall the files.
Revouninstaller (free) does not find it.

I see no uninstall for SlimCleanerPlus.

How do I uninstall it ? just delete ?

C:\Documents and Settings\My LENOVO\Local
Settings\Temp\SlimCleanerPlus_en-US_x86_Silent.exe
C:\Documents and Settings\My LENOVO\Local
Settings\Temp\SIOUT24061234\SlimCleanerPlus_en-US_x86.msi
C:\Program Files\Common Files\Ahead\NAS\nas\presets\Slime.nvp

2) other tasks

DriverNavigator Scheduled Scan

PMTask

Microsoft Windows End of Service Notification logOn

Microsoft Windows End of Service Notification monthly

Should / can these Tasks be deleted ?
How to uninstall ?


Some low quality softwares do not uninstall themselves cleanly. While you
can use a cleaner software, use it with caution. Because such tool may
choose the wrong files to delete, and you might end up loosing important
files instead.

All files within below path are safe to delete. That folder is a place for
temporary files that are used by all applications including the OS. Some
files may still be in use by an application, so leave those which can't be
deleted.

C:\Documents and Settings\My LENOVO\Local Settings\Temp

Each Windows scheduled task is a *.job file which is stored in
C:\WINDOWS\Tasks folder. You can safely delete any scheduled task from
Windows Explorer whether the related software is still installed or not. All
you'd loose is the scheduled task. If you're not sure what software is
related to a scheduled task, open its properties and check the command line.
See which program file and path it points to.
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Old January 30th 18, 01:51 AM posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.general
JJ[_11_]
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On Mon, 29 Jan 2018 11:50:19 -0800, Freeburne wrote:

C:\Program Files\Common Files\Ahead\NAS\nas\presets\Slime.nvp


That's Nero Animation Studio files. Are you using NeroMix? Or other Ahead
product?
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Old January 30th 18, 08:27 AM posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.general
Paul[_32_]
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Freeburne wrote:

I was trying to solve another problem when I discovered that.

1) A task for SlimCleanerPlus was there.
I deleted the task but am unable to uninstall the files.
Revouninstaller (free) does not find it.

I see no uninstall for SlimCleanerPlus.

How do I uninstall it ? just delete ?

C:\Documents and Settings\My LENOVO\Local
Settings\Temp\SlimCleanerPlus_en-US_x86_Silent.exe
C:\Documents and Settings\My LENOVO\Local
Settings\Temp\SIOUT24061234\SlimCleanerPlus_en-US_x86.msi
C:\Program Files\Common Files\Ahead\NAS\nas\presets\Slime.nvp

2) other tasks

DriverNavigator Scheduled Scan

PMTask

Microsoft Windows End of Service Notification logOn

Microsoft Windows End of Service Notification monthly

Should / can these Tasks be deleted ?
How to uninstall ?


You don't want to delete "SlimCleanerPlus_en-US_x86.msi"
as it's possible to use msiexec and a file like that, to
remove an installation. Once you delete that file, you
will *destroy* the automation involved. If the MSI is
missing, AppWiz will behave like a scalded cat.

https://superuser.com/questions/2935...e-with-msiexec

https://stackoverflow.com/questions/...055933#1055933

If I was doing such surgery, first I'd backup C: , and then
I'd try a few things. If I botched a command, I would restore
from backup.

Some program folders include things with names like "uninst"
or similar. But these might still have a .msi dependency, if
indeed the original installation used a .msi file.

There are multiple ways of installing software, and some
installers amount to no more than unpacking a tarball.
Since you've received a "hint" in this case, by the presence
of an actual .msi file, you know which method is being used,
and this will reduce the amount of research needed.

Badly designed installers, can barely remove the file set
they install. Removing registry entries or Scheduled Tasks
or Startup Items, who really knows whether those got handled.
But once most of the file set is removed, that tends to
neuter the other stuff, and the only remaining side effect
might be erroneous entries being added to EventVwr all the time.

I am philosophically opposed to doing uninstalls this way...
except in cases where you have good evidence that a single
command will do a thorough job. For example, what if
a procedure you use, doesn't update Add/Remove status properly ?
I think the .msi method is pretty good this way, but there
are lots of things that could go wrong.

HTH,
Paul
 




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