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AOL Programme Files
badger09
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Hi there
Newbie technophobe looking for some advice from this excellent forum :T
I want to work through the 'How to speed up' thread on my 6 year old Dell Inspiron 3000 but thought I'd start by uninstalling useless stuff first.
I changed ISP from AOL to Zen recently but have kept my AOL email addresses so use Chrome to log into AOL regularly. My question - is it ok to uninstall all AOL programmes (AOL connectivity service; AOL spyware protection;Computer check up 4.0; AOL 9.1)?
With AOL I got McAfee Personal Firewall Plus free. Also using AVG free antivirus. I want to get rid of both McAfee (I know about the MCPR.exe as I managed that on my Netbook) & AVG and install MSE instead. Is this a wise move? :eek:
Newbie technophobe looking for some advice from this excellent forum :T
I want to work through the 'How to speed up' thread on my 6 year old Dell Inspiron 3000 but thought I'd start by uninstalling useless stuff first.
I changed ISP from AOL to Zen recently but have kept my AOL email addresses so use Chrome to log into AOL regularly. My question - is it ok to uninstall all AOL programmes (AOL connectivity service; AOL spyware protection;Computer check up 4.0; AOL 9.1)?
With AOL I got McAfee Personal Firewall Plus free. Also using AVG free antivirus. I want to get rid of both McAfee (I know about the MCPR.exe as I managed that on my Netbook) & AVG and install MSE instead. Is this a wise move? :eek:
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Yes all that should be fine.
I'd first go into safe mode, and use Revo Uninstaller though to get rid of all the AOL stuff.
http://download.cnet.com/Revo-Uninstaller/3000-2096_4-10687648.html
Also AVG has its own remover program (best used after you've used the standard uninstaller):
http://download.avg.com/filedir/util/avgrem/avg_remover_stf_x86_2012_1796.exe
Alternatively you could backup what you want to keep, and reinstall Windows.0 -
Thanks Russ
Why do you recommend safe mode?0 -
It stops some of the AOL processes running.
If they are running you won't be able to delete them.0 -
re mse - no install avast free instead.!!
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You don't need any AOL software to use an AOL email address (if you must).
I don't think that AOL have revamped their clunky old software in years now.No free lunch, and no free laptop
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