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bmollon
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      07-04-2007
HAs anyone figured out why the heck uninstalling a program takes forever and
CPU utilization goes through the roof???? WinXP was lightspeed ahead of how
Vista goes about it. To uninstall a simple progrm took me over a half an
hour of waiting "while Windows prepares to uninstall", or "windows
configuring to uninstall xxxxxxxx".
 
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Cal Bear '66
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      07-04-2007
Part of the reason is that a Restore Point is automatically made when you
uninstall a program in Vista.

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"bmollon" <> wrote in message
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> HAs anyone figured out why the heck uninstalling a program takes forever and
> CPU utilization goes through the roof???? WinXP was lightspeed ahead of how
> Vista goes about it. To uninstall a simple progrm took me over a half an
> hour of waiting "while Windows prepares to uninstall", or "windows
> configuring to uninstall xxxxxxxx".



 
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bmollon
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      07-04-2007
well, I guess I'll be turning that feature off

"Cal Bear '66" wrote:

> Part of the reason is that a Restore Point is automatically made when you
> uninstall a program in Vista.
>
> --
> I Bleed Blue and Gold
> GO BEARS!
>
>
> "bmollon" <> wrote in message
> news:8D75B888-1BDB-4FC4-97F6-...
> > HAs anyone figured out why the heck uninstalling a program takes forever and
> > CPU utilization goes through the roof???? WinXP was lightspeed ahead of how
> > Vista goes about it. To uninstall a simple progrm took me over a half an
> > hour of waiting "while Windows prepares to uninstall", or "windows
> > configuring to uninstall xxxxxxxx".

>
>

 
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Lang Murphy
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      07-05-2007
"bmollon" <> wrote in message
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> well, I guess I'll be turning that feature off
>
> "Cal Bear '66" wrote:
>
>> Part of the reason is that a Restore Point is automatically made when you
>> uninstall a program in Vista.
>>
>> --
>> I Bleed Blue and Gold
>> GO BEARS!
>>
>>
>> "bmollon" <> wrote in message
>> news:8D75B888-1BDB-4FC4-97F6-...
>> > HAs anyone figured out why the heck uninstalling a program takes
>> > forever and
>> > CPU utilization goes through the roof???? WinXP was lightspeed ahead
>> > of how
>> > Vista goes about it. To uninstall a simple progrm took me over a half
>> > an
>> > hour of waiting "while Windows prepares to uninstall", or "windows
>> > configuring to uninstall xxxxxxxx".

>>
>>



Not, imho, a good idea... restore points may "save your bacon" one day.
There may be other possibilities for what is slowing your system down during
uninstalls. Did you look at Performance and Reliability tool to see what
exactly is chewing up the CPU cycles?

Lang

 
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Charles W Davis
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      07-07-2007
There are advantages to leaving it on. Is this an hourly task? Weekly?
Monthly?
"bmollon" <> wrote in message
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> well, I guess I'll be turning that feature off
>
> "Cal Bear '66" wrote:
>
>> Part of the reason is that a Restore Point is automatically made when you
>> uninstall a program in Vista.
>>
>> --
>> I Bleed Blue and Gold
>> GO BEARS!
>>
>>
>> "bmollon" <> wrote in message
>> news:8D75B888-1BDB-4FC4-97F6-...
>> > HAs anyone figured out why the heck uninstalling a program takes
>> > forever and
>> > CPU utilization goes through the roof???? WinXP was lightspeed ahead
>> > of how
>> > Vista goes about it. To uninstall a simple progrm took me over a half
>> > an
>> > hour of waiting "while Windows prepares to uninstall", or "windows
>> > configuring to uninstall xxxxxxxx".

>>
>>


 
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