From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Dec 27 14:38:14 2005 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5E09616A41F for ; Tue, 27 Dec 2005 14:38:14 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from gerard@seibercom.net) Received: from smtp4.suscom.net (smtp4.suscom.net [64.78.119.247]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 76AF243D4C for ; Tue, 27 Dec 2005 14:38:13 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from gerard@seibercom.net) Received: from localhost (unknown [127.0.0.1]) by smtp4.suscom.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1C879150060 for ; Tue, 27 Dec 2005 09:38:12 -0500 (EST) Received: from smtp4.suscom.net ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (smtp4.suscom.net [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with LMTP id 27155-01-77 for ; Tue, 27 Dec 2005 09:37:59 -0500 (EST) Received: from seibercom.net (ip148.217.susc.suscom.net [216.45.217.148]) by smtp4.suscom.net (Postfix) with SMTP id 8899815005F for ; Tue, 27 Dec 2005 09:37:59 -0500 (EST) Received: from [192.168.0.2] (//gerard [192.168.0.2]) by seibercom.net (8.13.4/8.13.4) with ESMTP id jBREbx1I084323 for ; Tue, 27 Dec 2005 09:37:59 -0500 (EST) (envelope-from gerard@seibercom.net) Date: Tue, 27 Dec 2005 09:38:01 -0500 From: Gerard Seibert To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Sender: gerard@seibercom.net Organization: Seibercom.net In-Reply-To: <200512280005.05165.malcolm.kay@internode.on.net> References: <20051225143322.86896.qmail@web33313.mail.mud.yahoo.com> <200512280005.05165.malcolm.kay@internode.on.net> X-Face: "\j?x](l|]4p?-1Bf@!wN<&p=$.}^k-HgL}cJKbQZ3r#Ar]\%U(#6}'?<3s7%(%(gxJxxcR nSNPNr*/^~StawWU9KDJ-CT0k$f#@t2^K&BS_f|?ZV/.7Q Message-Id: <20051227093503.15A0.GERARD@seibercom.net> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Mailer: Becky! ver. 2.24.01 [en] X-Virus-Scanned: amavisd-new at suscom.net Subject: Re: BSD Question's. X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list Reply-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 27 Dec 2005 14:38:14 -0000 On Tuesday, December 27, 2005 8:35:04 AM Malcolm Kay Subject: Re: BSD Question's. Wrote these words of wisdom: > I would claim that XP is quite capable of screwing up > its system without any real help from the user. > I installed a HP all-in-one scanner-plotter on my > a NEC laptop running XP professional and this worked > fairly well until HP suggested I should update the > software. Thereafter some minor annoyances/bugs appeared. > > I decided that I should go back to the original so I > activated the system unistall utility on the HP software. > After partly removing the software the utility reported > errors; that it could not complete the uninstall. > > Nor would the original installation rerun because it thought > it was already there. > > So now I don't have access to the all-in-one. Removing > all the directories on the machine identified as from HP > and registry entries in identified as HP allowed some > reintallation to proceed but it is incomplete and doesn't > run. > > I have never experienced this sort of lockout on a FreeBSD > system. > > It is looking as though I will need to do a completely new > XP installation -- which I am not looking forward to. > > It has been said before Windows is OK until something goes > wrong; but then it is mostly unfixable. > > Malcolm Kay ***** REPLY SEPARATOR ***** On 10/11/2005 5:29:42 PM, Gerard Replied: Get a copy of JV16 Power Tools and run that. Then check the HP site for specific programs that DO totally uninstall their software. HP is notorious for this behavior. Even Symantec on occasion pulls this stunt. -- Gerard Seibert gerard@seibercom.net