Installation "snapshot" program

Looking for an effective program that works on Windows 7 that will take
pre- and post-installation 'snapshots' of the system and create a
comparison report.

Any recommendations?

In message , PDFrank
writes:
Looking for an effective program that works on Windows 7 that will take
pre- and post-installation 'snapshots' of the system and create a
comparison report.

Any recommendations?

Different way of looking at the question, but there certainly used to be
prog.s that would monitor an install, and show what files had been
added/deleted/changed, what registry keys had been changed, and so on. I
don't know if any work under 7, but I'd be surprised if none do.
--
J. P. Gilliver. UMRA: 1960/1985 MB++G()AL-IS-Ch++(p)Ar@T+H+Sh0!:`)DNAf

"The boffins think the artists ... frivolous, living off the hard graft of those
who... create the comfortable ... life that makes the money for art possible.
The artist ... look ... down on the scientists as dull mechanics, ... worthy but
lacking the spiritual dimension ..." (Polly Toynbee, Radio Times 8-14 May 1999.)

On 2/23/2013 6:55 AM, PDFrank wrote:
Looking for an effective program that works on Windows 7 that will take
pre- and post-installation 'snapshots' of the system and create a
comparison report.

Any recommendations?

I remember seeing fancy commercial uninstallers (maybe some are free)
that does that. And they will tell you everything that happened during
the install. I think you had to be careful, as it would track a document
you saved too. And if you tell it to reverse the process, that document
would likely disappear too.

If you are wanting something like this just to uninstall all of the crap
that is left from uninstalling, Revo uninstaller does this very nicely.

--
Bill
Motion Computing LE1700 Tablet ('09 era) - Thunderbird v12
Centrino Core2 Duo L7400 1.5GHz - 2GB RAM - Windows 7 Pro SP1 (x86)

PDFrank wrote:
Looking for an effective program that works on Windows 7 that will
take pre- and post-installation 'snapshots' of the system and create
a comparison report.

Any recommendations?

I am confused. Do you want before and after snapshots of the system
installation or of application installation in the system? If the
latter, I use Advanced Uninstaller to monitor installations and
uninstall the app later, if desired.
http://www.advanceduninstaller.com/

--
Crash

I'm going to be a dirty old man when I grow up.

In message , BillW50
writes:
On 2/23/2013 6:55 AM, PDFrank wrote:
Looking for an effective program that works on Windows 7 that will take
pre- and post-installation 'snapshots' of the system and create a
comparison report.

Any recommendations?

I remember seeing fancy commercial uninstallers (maybe some are free)
that does that. And they will tell you everything that happened during
the install. I think you had to be careful, as it would track a
document you saved too. And if you tell it to reverse the process, that
document would likely disappear too.

If you are wanting something like this just to uninstall all of the
crap that is left from uninstalling, Revo uninstaller does this very
nicely.

Once you've run a normal uninstaller, which has removed the entry from
Add/Remove programs (or its Windows 7 equivalent), _and_ from Revo's
main interface, how do you tell Revo what it is you're trying to clean
up after?

You have to be able to tell it what it is you're trying to clean up
after, otherwise you're just doing a general registry clean - and lots
of people tell lots of horror stories about registry cleaners.
--
J. P. Gilliver. UMRA: 1960/1985 MB++G()AL-IS-Ch++(p)Ar@T+H+Sh0!:`)DNAf

"The boffins think the artists ... frivolous, living off the hard graft of
those
who... create the comfortable ... life that makes the money for art possible.
The artist ... look ... down on the scientists as dull mechanics, ... worthy
but
lacking the spiritual dimension ..." (Polly Toynbee, Radio Times 8-14 May
1999.)

On 2/23/2013 8:13 AM, J. P. Gilliver (John) wrote:
In message , BillW50 writes:
On 2/23/2013 6:55 AM, PDFrank wrote:
Looking for an effective program that works on Windows 7 that will take
pre- and post-installation 'snapshots' of the system and create a
comparison report.

Any recommendations?

I remember seeing fancy commercial uninstallers (maybe some are free)
that does that. And they will tell you everything that happened during
the install. I think you had to be careful, as it would track a
document you saved too. And if you tell it to reverse the process,
that document would likely disappear too.

If you are wanting something like this just to uninstall all of the
crap that is left from uninstalling, Revo uninstaller does this very
nicely.

Once you've run a normal uninstaller, which has removed the entry from
Add/Remove programs (or its Windows 7 equivalent), _and_ from Revo's
main interface, how do you tell Revo what it is you're trying to clean
up after?

Well Revo has four different levels and four being the most intensive.
And three is the default. And that is the only one I am familiar with, I
never used 1, 2, or 4. And three checks for registry entries and folders
and files left behind. It isn't automatic, as you have to check off what
it finds or it won't do it.

You have to be able to tell it what it is you're trying to clean up
after, otherwise you're just doing a general registry clean - and lots
of people tell lots of horror stories about registry cleaners.

Yes I am not a big fan of registry cleaners either. But Revo isn't like
that. It only cares about with anything to do with the program you just
uninstalled. And it totally ignores anything else to do with something else.

--
Bill
Motion Computing LE1700 Tablet ('09 era) - Thunderbird v12
Centrino Core2 Duo L7400 1.5GHz - 2GB RAM - Windows 7 Pro SP1 (x86)

BillW50 wrote:
On 2/23/2013 8:13 AM, J. P. Gilliver (John) wrote:
In message , BillW50
writes:
On 2/23/2013 6:55 AM, PDFrank wrote:
Looking for an effective program that works on Windows 7 that will take
pre- and post-installation 'snapshots' of the system and create a
comparison report.

Any recommendations?

I remember seeing fancy commercial uninstallers (maybe some are free)
that does that. And they will tell you everything that happened during
the install. I think you had to be careful, as it would track a
document you saved too. And if you tell it to reverse the process,
that document would likely disappear too.

If you are wanting something like this just to uninstall all of the
crap that is left from uninstalling, Revo uninstaller does this very
nicely.

Once you've run a normal uninstaller, which has removed the entry from
Add/Remove programs (or its Windows 7 equivalent), _and_ from Revo's
main interface, how do you tell Revo what it is you're trying to clean
up after?

Well Revo has four different levels and four being the most intensive.
And three is the default. And that is the only one I am familiar with, I
never used 1, 2, or 4. And three checks for registry entries and folders
and files left behind. It isn't automatic, as you have to check off what
it finds or it won't do it.

You have to be able to tell it what it is you're trying to clean up
after, otherwise you're just doing a general registry clean - and lots
of people tell lots of horror stories about registry cleaners.

Yes I am not a big fan of registry cleaners either. But Revo isn't like
that. It only cares about with anything to do with the program you just
uninstalled. And it totally ignores anything else to do with something
else.

Revo doesn't work with 64 bit applications.
--
Crash

"Patriotism is the last refuge of a scoundrel."
~ Samuel Johnson ~

"PDFrank" wrote in message ...
Looking for an effective program that works on Windows 7 that will take
pre- and post-installation 'snapshots' of the system and create a
comparison report.

Any recommendations?

I use Total Uninstall, been using it for several years.
http://www.martau.com/

On 2/23/2013 9:23 AM, Dave "Crash" Dummy wrote:
Revo doesn't work with 64 bit applications.

Oh good to know. I haven't had the need for any 64 bit applications yet.
Although the day I do, I'll probably go with 128 bit applications instead.

--
Bill
Motion Computing LE1700 Tablet ('09 era) - Thunderbird v12
Centrino Core2 Duo L7400 1.5GHz - 2GB RAM - Windows 7 Pro SP1 (x86)

On 2/23/2013 7:55 AM, PDFrank wrote:
Looking for an effective program that works on Windows 7 that will take
pre- and post-installation 'snapshots' of the system and create a
comparison report.

Any recommendations?
Free erunt and companion programs could be used to compare registry.
See: http://www.larshederer.homepage.t-online.de/erunt/

On Sat, 23 Feb 2013 07:55:33 -0500, PDFrank wrote:

Looking for an effective program that works on Windows 7 that will take
pre- and post-installation 'snapshots' of the system and create a
comparison report.

Any recommendations?

Though I've never actually used that feature, I believe Winzip can do
a "test install". If the installer ships as an .exe you would need to
zip it first, which is trivially easy.

--
Stan Brown, Oak Road Systems, Tompkins County, New York, USA
http://OakRoadSystems.com
Shikata ga nai...

On 23/02/2013 15:23, Dave "Crash" Dummy wrote:
BillW50 wrote:
On 2/23/2013 8:13 AM, J. P. Gilliver (John) wrote:
In message , BillW50
writes:
On 2/23/2013 6:55 AM, PDFrank wrote:
Looking for an effective program that works on Windows 7 that will take
pre- and post-installation 'snapshots' of the system and create a
comparison report.

Any recommendations?

I remember seeing fancy commercial uninstallers (maybe some are free)
that does that. And they will tell you everything that happened during
the install. I think you had to be careful, as it would track a
document you saved too. And if you tell it to reverse the process,
that document would likely disappear too.

If you are wanting something like this just to uninstall all of the
crap that is left from uninstalling, Revo uninstaller does this very
nicely.

Once you've run a normal uninstaller, which has removed the entry from
Add/Remove programs (or its Windows 7 equivalent), _and_ from Revo's
main interface, how do you tell Revo what it is you're trying to clean
up after?

Well Revo has four different levels and four being the most intensive.
And three is the default. And that is the only one I am familiar with, I
never used 1, 2, or 4. And three checks for registry entries and folders
and files left behind. It isn't automatic, as you have to check off what
it finds or it won't do it.

You have to be able to tell it what it is you're trying to clean up
after, otherwise you're just doing a general registry clean - and lots
of people tell lots of horror stories about registry cleaners.

Yes I am not a big fan of registry cleaners either. But Revo isn't like
that. It only cares about with anything to do with the program you just
uninstalled. And it totally ignores anything else to do with something
else.

Revo doesn't work with 64 bit applications.

Pro version (not free) does. See comparative table at:
http://www.revouninstaller.com/revo_..._download.html

You can download it for a 30-day free trial.

--

Jeff

On Sat, 23 Feb 2013 10:23:42 -0500, Dave "Crash" Dummy wrote:

Revo doesn't work with 64 bit applications.

I can't say I've experienced that.

Here's what the site says about the pro version vs the free version:
"Full 64-bit compatibility - Windows XP, Windows Vista, Windows 7 and
Windows 8"

I don't know what that means, but it might not mean it doesn't work with
64-bit applications.

Unfortunately, I don't have an unwanted 64-bit app to try to kill as an
experiment, given that what I think I remember may be wrong.

Anyway there is at least other free uninstaller, IObit uninstaller.
Might be worth a try.

--
Gene E. Bloch (Stumbling Bloch)

Gene E. Bloch wrote:
On Sat, 23 Feb 2013 10:23:42 -0500, Dave "Crash" Dummy wrote:

Revo doesn't work with 64 bit applications.

I can't say I've experienced that.

Here's what the site says about the pro version vs the free version:
"Full 64-bit compatibility - Windows XP, Windows Vista, Windows 7 and
Windows 8"

I don't know what that means, but it might not mean it doesn't work
with 64-bit applications.

Unfortunately, I don't have an unwanted 64-bit app to try to kill as
an experiment, given that what I think I remember may be wrong.

Anyway there is at least other free uninstaller, IObit uninstaller.
Might be worth a try.

I have the free version of Revo, and it only shows 32 bit applications.
That's why I switched to Advanced Uninstaller (free).
http://www.advanceduninstaller.com/

--
Crash

I always thought Mensa was a Japanese import.

In message , BillW50
writes:
On 2/23/2013 8:13 AM, J. P. Gilliver (John) wrote:
[]
Once you've run a normal uninstaller, which has removed the entry from
Add/Remove programs (or its Windows 7 equivalent), _and_ from Revo's
main interface, how do you tell Revo what it is you're trying to clean
up after?

Well Revo has four different levels and four being the most intensive.
And three is the default. And that is the only one I am familiar with,
I never used 1, 2, or 4. And three checks for registry entries and
folders and files left behind. It isn't automatic, as you have to check
off what it finds or it won't do it.

You have to be able to tell it what it is you're trying to clean up
after, otherwise you're just doing a general registry clean - and lots
of people tell lots of horror stories about registry cleaners.

Yes I am not a big fan of registry cleaners either. But Revo isn't like
that. It only cares about with anything to do with the program you just
uninstalled. And it totally ignores anything else to do with something
else.

So how does it _know_ which entries/files are to do with the prog.
you've just uninstalled?
--
J. P. Gilliver. UMRA: 1960/1985 MB++G()AL-IS-Ch++(p)Ar@T+H+Sh0!:`)DNAf

A bird in the hand makes it hard to blow your nose.