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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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    Part of the reason is that a Restore Point is automatically made when you

    uninstall a program in Vista.

     

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    "bmollon" <bmollon@discussions.microsoft.com> 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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    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" <bmollon@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message

    > news:8D75B888-1BDB-4FC4-97F6-58A60F562966@microsoft.com...

    > > 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" <bmollon@discussions.microsoft.com> 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" <bmollon@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message

    >> news:8D75B888-1BDB-4FC4-97F6-58A60F562966@microsoft.com...

    >> > 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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    There are advantages to leaving it on. Is this an hourly task? Weekly?

    Monthly?

    "bmollon" <bmollon@discussions.microsoft.com> 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" <bmollon@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message

    >> news:8D75B888-1BDB-4FC4-97F6-58A60F562966@microsoft.com...

    >> > 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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