Another way to get rid of Mcafee. This from Dell Moderator-Chris M
* Power the system off * Power the system on * At the blue Dell, tap F8 to bring up the Windows boot menu * Scroll to and select Safe Mode [Press the Enter Key] * Select the first or only operating system [Press the Enter Key] (2) * Click Start- Control Panel- Add or Remove Programs * Double-click the Add or Remove Programs icon * Click Remove a program * Click the McAfee application you want removed (if it isn't listed, close the Control Panel and skip to number 3) * Click the Change/Remove button * The InstallShield Wizard dialog box, select the Remove check box * Click Next * If you get a window for "Remove Share Component", click "Yes to All" * If you get a window for "Remove Share File", click "Yes to All" * Click Yes * When finished, close all boxes * Do NOT restart the computer when asked (3) * Click Start- Find or Search- Files or Folders * "Look In" should say Local Hard Drives * Type McAfee [press Enter] * Delete any/all found, close all boxes when finished (4) * Click Start- Run * Type regedit [press Enter] * Highlight My Computer * Click Edit- Find * Type McAfee [press Enter] * Delete any/all found, press F3 to continue searching. Delete any/all found * Close all boxes when finished * Click Start- Turn Off Computer- Restart
chasbox
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June 11th, 2006 08:00
johnschris
You could try this. Good luck
Another way to get rid of Mcafee. This from Dell Moderator-Chris M
* Power the system off
* Power the system on
* At the blue Dell, tap F8 to bring up the Windows boot menu
* Scroll to and select Safe Mode [Press the Enter Key]
* Select the first or only operating system [Press the Enter Key]
(2)
* Click Start- Control Panel- Add or Remove Programs
* Double-click the Add or Remove Programs icon
* Click Remove a program
* Click the McAfee application you want removed (if it isn't listed, close the Control Panel and skip to number 3)
* Click the Change/Remove button
* The InstallShield Wizard dialog box, select the Remove check box
* Click Next
* If you get a window for "Remove Share Component", click "Yes to All"
* If you get a window for "Remove Share File", click "Yes to All"
* Click Yes
* When finished, close all boxes
* Do NOT restart the computer when asked
(3)
* Click Start- Find or Search- Files or Folders
* "Look In" should say Local Hard Drives
* Type McAfee [press Enter]
* Delete any/all found, close all boxes when finished
(4)
* Click Start- Run
* Type regedit [press Enter]
* Highlight My Computer
* Click Edit- Find
* Type McAfee [press Enter]
* Delete any/all found, press F3 to continue searching. Delete any/all found
* Close all boxes when finished
* Click Start- Turn Off Computer- Restart
It's gone.
Ramesh Srinivas
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June 12th, 2006 05:00
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