23 Mar
A Perfectly Clean Uninstall
Author: admin
Uninstalling a Windows application leaves multiple traces such as abandoned registry keys, configuration files and shared libraries which are no longer used by any application. When you are looking for a perfect solution to your problem, you usually download and testing dozens of applications distributed on the try-before-you-buy basis. After completing your research you decide on a single application, and to remove other products you’ve tested. But do you realize how much garbage they leave behind, even after being “completely” uninstalled?
If you install a full suite created by a company of big names, you get the best quality software that surely knows how to behave and how to clean up after itself, no? Wrong! Many, if not all the products left behind many traces that are more likely to make your computer act strange or even lead to problems which are impossible to predict and difficult to resolve.
You want examples? How about a firewall that forgets to remove a system-level driver that filters IP packets? After uninstalling the product, the driver is just sitting there doing nothing except slow down the performance of your PC. Try another one of these firewalls and stack a non-level driver on top, and you have connectivity problems that are very difficult to solve if you’re not an experienced system administrator.
Filed under: Software
