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Uninstall Toshiba Easy Internet?
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Fresh install of OEM Win98SE on a Toshiba Satellite 1605CDS laptop (new in 2000). Installed Mozilla Firefox and Mozilla Thunderbird for internet access and email. I'm giving this laptop to my sister and don't want to confuse her, so I'm removing anything I feel is extraneous. Does anyone know if I may safely uninstall Toshiba Easy Internet from Control Panel Add/Remove Programs or is it required to remain installed for reasons of which I'm not aware? Thank You. Cheryl |
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Uninstall Toshiba Easy Internet?
"Cheryl" wrote in message
... Fresh install of OEM Win98SE on a Toshiba Satellite 1605CDS laptop (new in 2000). Installed Mozilla Firefox and Mozilla Thunderbird for internet access and email. I'm giving this laptop to my sister and don't want to confuse her, so I'm removing anything I feel is extraneous. Does anyone know if I may safely uninstall Toshiba Easy Internet from Control Panel Add/Remove Programs or is it required to remain installed for reasons of which I'm not aware? Quick and dirty test. 1. If the Toshiba Internet software has its own folder (directory) in C:/Program Files, just rename that folder (by adding x to the end.) You can do this in DOS if Windows tries to protect it. 2. Then reboot. No file calls to /Toshibax can be executed so you may get some error messages. The main question is whether everything else works OK i.e. can you connnect with the Internet via Mozilla software, download normally, read email and newsgroups or whatever? If not, rename the folder correctly. 3. If with the folder renamed /Toshibax you can do everything you want for several days, this suggests you can (rename /Toshiba correctly and) uninstal the software. -- Don Phillipson Carlsbad Springs (Ottawa, Canada) |
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Uninstall Toshiba Easy Internet?
"Don Phillipson" wrote in message ... | "Cheryl" wrote in message | ... | | Fresh install of OEM Win98SE on a Toshiba Satellite 1605CDS laptop (new in | 2000). Installed Mozilla Firefox and Mozilla Thunderbird for internet | access | and email. I'm giving this laptop to my sister and don't want to confuse | her, so I'm removing anything I feel is extraneous. Does anyone know if I | may safely uninstall Toshiba Easy Internet from Control Panel Add/Remove | Programs or is it required to remain installed for reasons of which I'm | not | aware? | | Quick and dirty test. | 1. If the Toshiba Internet software has its own | folder (directory) in C:/Program Files, just rename | that folder (by adding x to the end.) You can do | this in DOS if Windows tries to protect it. | 2. Then reboot. No file calls to /Toshibax can | be executed so you may get some error messages. | The main question is whether everything else works | OK i.e. can you connnect with the Internet via | Mozilla software, download normally, read email | and newsgroups or whatever? If not, rename the | folder correctly. | 3. If with the folder renamed /Toshibax you can do | everything you want for several days, this suggests | you can (rename /Toshiba correctly and) uninstal the | software. | | -- | Don Phillipson | Carlsbad Springs | (Ottawa, Canada) | Thanks, Don. Did as you instructed (renamed C:\Program Files\Easy Internet folder to Easy Internetx). On reboot, received no error messages. Set up a TB email account. Tested send. Ok. Tested receive. OK. Launched FF web browser. OK. Internet download. OK. I'll go a day or two with this, but expect it won't be a problem to uninstall Toshiba Easy Internet. Thanks so much for your help! vrrroooommm...moving right along... :-) Cheryl |
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Uninstall Toshiba Easy Internet?
"Cheryl" wrote in message ... | | "Don Phillipson" wrote in message | ... || "Cheryl" wrote in message || ... || || Fresh install of OEM Win98SE on a Toshiba Satellite 1605CDS laptop (new | in || 2000). Installed Mozilla Firefox and Mozilla Thunderbird for internet || access || and email. I'm giving this laptop to my sister and don't want to confuse || her, so I'm removing anything I feel is extraneous. Does anyone know if | I || may safely uninstall Toshiba Easy Internet from Control Panel | Add/Remove || Programs or is it required to remain installed for reasons of which I'm || not || aware? || || Quick and dirty test. || 1. If the Toshiba Internet software has its own || folder (directory) in C:/Program Files, just rename || that folder (by adding x to the end.) You can do || this in DOS if Windows tries to protect it. || 2. Then reboot. No file calls to /Toshibax can || be executed so you may get some error messages. || The main question is whether everything else works || OK i.e. can you connnect with the Internet via || Mozilla software, download normally, read email || and newsgroups or whatever? If not, rename the || folder correctly. || 3. If with the folder renamed /Toshibax you can do || everything you want for several days, this suggests || you can (rename /Toshiba correctly and) uninstal the || software. || || -- || Don Phillipson || Carlsbad Springs || (Ottawa, Canada) || | | Thanks, Don. Did as you instructed (renamed C:\Program Files\Easy Internet | folder to Easy Internetx). On reboot, received no error messages. Set up a | TB email account. Tested send. Ok. Tested receive. OK. Launched FF web | browser. OK. Internet download. OK. I'll go a day or two with this, but | expect it won't be a problem to uninstall Toshiba Easy Internet. | | Thanks so much for your help! vrrroooommm...moving right along... :-) | Cheryl Responding to my own post to add another question. Just about ready to ship this laptop off to my sister, but...after uninstalling Toshiba Easy Internet (via Add/Remove Programs), a window appeared stating that these files had to be removed manually: Unable to unregister a self registering file 'C:\Program Files\Easy Internet\EncStReg.ocx'. Unable to unregister a self registering file 'C:\Program Files\Easy Internet\br_chanl.ocx'. Unable to unregister a self registering file 'C:\Program Files\Easy Internet\URS\URSAPI.ocx'. *Unable to delete folder 'C:\Program Files\Common Files\Microsoft Shared\DAO'. *Unable to delete folder 'C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM\OOBE\HTML\ISPSGNUP\Graphics'. Unable to delete folder 'C:\Program Files\Easy Internet\URS'. *Unable to delete folder 'C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM\OOBE\HTML\OEMREG'. Unable to delete folder 'C:\Program Files\Easy Internet'. When I go to 'C:\Program Files\Easy Internet\ there is no such folder. Good. The remaining three, which I marked with a *, I located on the HDD but I'm not sure if it's safe to manually delete any folder here. Can someone confirm for me which folders, in these paths, are safe to delete? If not, I'll just leave them there. Thanks! Cheryl |
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Uninstall Toshiba Easy Internet?
"Cheryl" wrote in message
... Responding to my own post to add another question. Just about ready to ship this laptop off to my sister, but...after uninstalling Toshiba Easy Internet (via Add/Remove Programs), a window appeared stating that these files had to be removed manually: Unable to unregister a self registering file 'C:\Program Files\Easy Internet\EncStReg.ocx'. Unable to unregister a self registering file 'C:\Program Files\Easy Internet\br_chanl.ocx'. Unable to unregister a self registering file 'C:\Program Files\Easy Internet\URS\URSAPI.ocx'. *Unable to delete folder 'C:\Program Files\Common Files\Microsoft Shared\DAO'. *Unable to delete folder 'C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM\OOBE\HTML\ISPSGNUP\Graphics'. Unable to delete folder 'C:\Program Files\Easy Internet\URS'. *Unable to delete folder 'C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM\OOBE\HTML\OEMREG'. Unable to delete folder 'C:\Program Files\Easy Internet'. When I go to 'C:\Program Files\Easy Internet\ there is no such folder. Good. The remaining three, which I marked with a *, I located on the HDD but I'm not sure if it's safe to manually delete any folder here. Can someone confirm for me which folders, in these paths, are safe to delete? If not, I'll just leave them there. When in doubt, I keep a folder on my PC called \Discard\ and simply move there any folders about which I am doubtful. If nothing bad happens for a week or a month, I know when it comes to mind that these can be deleted: but they have been temporarily kept in case it would save time to move them back. 1. Surviving folders of uninstalled applications can be safely deleted at once. 2. If you are uncertain about survivors, send them to \Discard\ for the time being. 3. If at reboot you get error messages, write them down. 3a. SYSTEM.INI and WIN.INI can be edited by hand to remove file calls to uninstalled files. The uninstal routine is supposed to do that anyway, but no programmer is perfect. 3b. Obsolete file calls may survive in the Registry, where they can also be deleted by hand, but I would not bother unless they generate error messages. -- Don Phillipson Carlsbad Springs (Ottawa, Canada) |
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Uninstall Toshiba Easy Internet?
"Don Phillipson" wrote in message ... | "Cheryl" wrote in message | ... | | Responding to my own post to add another question. Just about ready to | ship | this laptop off to my sister, but...after uninstalling Toshiba Easy | Internet | (via Add/Remove Programs), a window appeared stating that these files had | to | be removed manually: | | Unable to unregister a self registering file 'C:\Program Files\Easy | Internet\EncStReg.ocx'. | Unable to unregister a self registering file 'C:\Program Files\Easy | Internet\br_chanl.ocx'. | Unable to unregister a self registering file 'C:\Program Files\Easy | Internet\URS\URSAPI.ocx'. | *Unable to delete folder 'C:\Program Files\Common Files\Microsoft | Shared\DAO'. | *Unable to delete folder 'C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM\OOBE\HTML\ISPSGNUP\Graphics'. | Unable to delete folder 'C:\Program Files\Easy Internet\URS'. | *Unable to delete folder 'C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM\OOBE\HTML\OEMREG'. | Unable to delete folder 'C:\Program Files\Easy Internet'. | | When I go to 'C:\Program Files\Easy Internet\ there is no such folder. | Good. | The remaining three, which I marked with a *, I located on the HDD but I'm | not sure if it's safe to manually delete any folder here. Can someone | confirm for me which folders, in these paths, are safe to delete? If not, | I'll just leave them there. | | When in doubt, I keep a folder on my PC called | \Discard\ | and simply move there any folders about which I | am doubtful. If nothing bad happens for a week or | a month, I know when it comes to mind that these | can be deleted: but they have been temporarily | kept in case it would save time to move them back. | | 1. Surviving folders of uninstalled applications can | be safely deleted at once. | 2. If you are uncertain about survivors, send them to | \Discard\ for the time being. | 3. If at reboot you get error messages, write them down. | 3a. SYSTEM.INI and WIN.INI can be edited by hand | to remove file calls to uninstalled files. The uninstal | routine is supposed to do that anyway, but no programmer | is perfect. | 3b. Obsolete file calls may survive in the Registry, where | they can also be deleted by hand, but I would not bother | unless they generate error messages. | | -- | Don Phillipson | Carlsbad Springs | (Ottawa, Canada) | Thanks, Don! Cheryl |
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