Appremover –Uninstall any antivirus programs or security applications without any risk

The free AppRemover utility enables the thorough uninstallation of security applications like antivirus and antispyware from your computer. Remove computer stress. Simply, cleanly and effectively.

What is AppRemover?

AppRemover is a free utility from OPSWAT that enables users to remove antivirus, antispyware and other security applications, as well as left over files remaining from incomplete uninstallations. There's no more need to mess around with your registry.

Current Release: Release 2.2.16.1 

Supported OS: Windows 2000, 2003, XP (32 / 64 bit), Vista (32 / 64 bit), 2008, Windows 7 (32 / 64 bit)

Features application support for avast!, AVG, Avira, ESET, Kaspersky, McAfee, Norton, Symantec, Trend Micro and more.

Download link: http://static.appremover.com/appremover/AppRemover.exe

Using AppRemover

AppRemove has 2 modes of operation.

1. How to Use AppRemover to Remove a Complete Security Application
The user has a security application that he or she would like to uninstall from his computer. In this scenario it's even possible that the user may have forgotten the password required to access the application’s uninstaller. AppRemover can work around this potential issue.

Start the application and click "Next."

Select “Remove Security Application”

Wait until the application finishes scanning the computer and determines which security applications are installed.

Choose the application that requires uninstallation.

Wait until the uninstallation process ends.

2. How to Use AppRemover to Clean Up a Failed Uninstall
The user has uninstalled a security application and suspects that the application did not completely remove its components. In many instances this may prevent another security application from installing on the user’s machine since it reports that it is not compatible with the other application.

An incomplete uninstall may also occur when a machine crashes during uninstallation, leaving the product in an unstable state where it is not functional enough to uninstall, and yet many files and OS objects are left behind. The worst part of this is that Windows’ own add/remove programs mechanism does not detect that the security application is there. This usually means that the user will have to restore his or her machine to an earlier state or, in some cases, reinstall Windows.
This option should be used only in failed uninstall scenarios.

Start the application and click "Next.

Select “Clean Up a Failed Uninstall”

Wait until AppRemover™ finishes scanning the computer and determines which security applications have elements installed. In certain circumstances this analysis may take 15 minutes or more.

Choose which application to uninstall. Note that there is a percent assigned to each product. This number tells how much of the application was detected on the machine. The user should use care when choosing which application to uninstall. Since AppRemover™ will remove discrete parts of the designated software product, making an incorrect choice may corrupt the current security application that is installed on the computer.

Wait until the uninstallation process ends.

AppRemover fully supports the thorough uninstallation of hundreds of antivirus and antispyware applications.

 

Vendor	Product	WinXP		Vista		Win7
		x32	x64	x32	x64	x32	x64
AhnLab, Inc.	AhnLab V3 Internet Security 8.0 8.x
ALWIL Software	avast! Internet Security 5.x
ALWIL Software	avast! Free Antivirus 5.x
ALWIL Software	avast! Free Antivirus 5.0.x
ALWIL Software	avast! Free Antivirus 6.0.1000
ALWIL Software	avast! Antivirus Professional 4.8.x
ALWIL Software	avast! Antivirus 4.8.x
Anonymizer, Inc.	Anonymizer Anti-Spyware 3.x
Antiy Labs	Antiy Ghostbusters 6.5.3.0
AVG Technologies	AVG LinkScanner 8.5.x
AVG Technologies	AVG LinkScanner 9.x
AVG Technologies	AVG 8.0 [AntiVirus] 8.5.x
AVG Technologies	AVG 9 [AntiVirus] 9.x
AVG Technologies	AVG Anti-Virus Free [AntiSpyware] 9.x
AVG Technologies	AVG Anti-Virus Free [AntiSpyware] 8.5.x
AVG Technologies	AVG 9 [AntiSpyware] 9.x
AVG Technologies	AVG 8.0 [AntiSpyware] 8.5.x
AVG Technologies	AVG Internet Security 8.5.x
AVG Technologies	AVG Identity Protection 8.5.x
AVG Technologies	AVG Identity Protection 9.x
AVG Technologies	AVG 10 [AntiVirus] 10.0.1153
AVG Technologies	AVG Anti-Virus Free 9.x

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Microsoft Fix-It To Extend Battery Life, Troubleshoot Power Consumption Problems

An improperly configured power scheme can reduce the battery life of a notebook, netbook or other mobile device significantly. It does not really have to be something that is configured deep in the operating system; Something like a too bright display can make a huge difference. Everyone can make a wrong change on the system that impacts battery life.

Microsoft knows that and has created a Fix It to extend the battery life of mobile computers running Windows. The Fix It furthermore can be used to troubleshoot power consumption problems on the system.

Fix Its are tiny programs designed to troubleshoot, repair or optimize features and functions of the Windows operating system.

The programs can be started right after they have been downloaded to the local computer system. This particular Fix It can be run automatically or manually. When run automatically, it will scan power related settings and correct issues that have been found automatically. While that’s probably the better options for users without computing experience, it is suggested to run the manual power settings scan instead for detailed information about suggested fixes before they are applied to the operating system.

All power issues that have been found by the scan are listed, giving the user the chance to analyze them before they are applied.

Hovering the mouse cursor over a suggested fix displays a tooltip with additional information. These are usually good enough to understand the issue at hand. Checkboxes are provided to uncheck fixes so that they are not applied on the system.

A click on next runs the fixes that have not been unchecked. This does not take longer than a few seconds the most.

Some of the issues that the Fix It finds are:

• Period of time before the computer goes to sleep is set too long
• Screen saver is used instead of setting the computer to enter sleep mode
• Display brightness is set too high
• Power plan is not set to the most efficient power plan
• Wireless adaptor in not optimized for power saving
• Minimum processor state is set too high

Windows users can download the power consumption Fix It from here : http://support.microsoft.com/mats/windows_battery_power_settings/en-us

Error: windows drive not ready exception processing message c00000a3

While booting to windows it shows windows drive not ready exception processing message c00000a3 error. If we open any folder,any option or any process ,the same dialog box continuously appearing on screen.

Operating system: Windows Vista

Solution:

1. Click Start, and type “regedit” to open registry editor.Press Enter.

2. In the Registry Editor, on the left pane, navigate to the following key by expanding the plus sign (+):

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\ SYSTEM\ CurrentControlSet\Control\Windows

3. Right click on "Windows", click "Export", and then save it to the C:\ drive. (In case we need to undo the modification, we can double click it to restore the registry key)

4. Double-click on the key ErrorMode, and set the data value to 2.

5.Restarted the computer.

How to Fix an Ubuntu Error: "No init found. Try passing init= bootarg"

Problem: ‘No init found. Try passing init=bootarg’

Solution:

Tried Booting into "Recovery Mode". Problem repeated

Boot with ERS 12.2 or any Ubuntu Live CD. Open/Run Terminal.

Type: ‘sudo fdisk –l’ (to get the device name) then press ENTER;

In this case, the partition is /dev/sda1.

Now run disk check on that partition using fsck.

Type ‘sudo fsck /dev/sda1’

Once the above command has successfully executed, reboot the computer.

9 features to use Internet Explorer 9

9 reasons to select fastest browser

Internet Explorer 9 provides the best web experience for Windows. Here are the top reasons why you should get it today.

It's all-around fast — hardware-accelerated text, video, and graphics speed up performance and make websites perform like programs that are installed on your computer.

Streamlined and simplified design — gives you the basic controls you need and puts the focus on your websites.

One-click access to your favorite sites — with Pinned Sites, you can get to your favorite sites directly from the Windows taskbar without having to open your browser first.

A combined search and Address bar — one place to either navigate to a website or start a search.

Redesigned New Tab page — now you have quick access to the sites you visit most often, and you can also reopen closed tabs or your last browsing session, or start an InPrivate Browsing session.

Integration with Windows 7 — with Snap, Pinned Sites, Jump Lists, and thumbnail preview controls, Internet Explorer 9 and Windows 7 bring you the best web experience for Windows.

Improved add-on management — Add-on Performance Advisor tells you if an add-on is slowing down your browser and allows you to disable or remove it, helping ensure that your browser stays fast over time.

Helps control your privacy — Tracking Protection enables you to limit the browser's communication with certain websites to help keep your information private.

Keeps your downloads in order — Download Manager keeps a running list of the files you download from the Internet, notifies you if a file could be malicious, and allows you to pause and restart a download.

Source:Microsoft.com

Windows Explorer has stopped working Error in Windows vista/windows7/Windows 2008 server

  Recently there are so many calls reported related to windows explorer crashing in windows vista/windows 7/ Windows 2008 server.Please try the below solutions and if any additional fix or solutions available please share with us.

Problem: The most annoying error messages in Windows Operating system are “Windows Explorer has stopped working” -  “Windows Installer has stopped working”.

Operating system: Windows vista,Windows 7/Windows 2008 server

Suggested Solutions;

Method1:

• Go to the Start button.
• In the Search box, type “regedit” (without quotes) and press Enter.
• Browse the following registry key: “HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\ Microsoft\ SQMClient\Windows\DisabledSessions”.
• On the right window pane, delete the subkey: “Machine Throttling”.
• Reboot your computer.

Method 2:

In Administrator mode, At the command prompt, type “chkdsk /r /f” (without quotes) and press Enter. Restart the System.

Method 3:
 
 Incompatible Drivers installed while updating the Sound Card,Graphics Card, LAN Drivers etc. So Roll back the driver that you installed recently.It may also happen due to old drivers. Go the official download page for the respective hardware  to get the driver updated.

Method 4 :

1. Press the key combination Windows logo key + R to open the Run dialog.
2. Type gpedit.msc in the Run dialog and press Enter.
3. In the Local Group Policy Editor navigate to
   Computer Configuration → Administrative Templates → System → Internet Communication Management → Internet Communication Settings.
4. You would find a setting on the right hand side pane — Turn Off Windows Customer Experience Improvement program
5. Double-click on this setting and choose Enabled and then click OK.
6. Close the Local Group Policy Editor windows