Uninstalling Software
Applications, like the people we meet, fall into three categories: friends for life, acquaintances we deal with occasionally, and those we hope never to speak to again. Avoiding people we dislike is usually just a matter of avoiding contact with them—they’ll get the hint after a while. Unlikable applications, however, just don’t seem to get it. They keep hanging around like party guests who won’t leave. If you have an application that has worn out its welcome, you need to uninstall it so that it’s out of your life forever.
In the Programs and Features window, click the application you want to remove and then look for an Uninstall command in the taskbar (refer to Figure 27.5 for an example). In some cases, the corresponding ...
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