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[kuangning]

Removing xupiter involved using "find files or folders named *xupiter*", deleting every one of them, and then rebooting and emptying the recycle bin. I could not uninstall the thing -- and it was a package of programs. I could not delete the programs, or rather, I could delete them, but I could not then empty them from the recycle bin. Removing it broke the search from address bar feature completely. But better reinstalling IE 5 than reformatting and reinstalling Win98, which I thought I'd have to do. I am not happy with this. The files were created two nights ago, around 3 AM. I was at work then. I left Rhapsody running, apparently. I have changed the BIOS password and given the thing a password-protected screensaver. Hopefully that solves the problem, since she's set to boot from C: first and they'll have to do considerably more to tamper with anything now.

Did I mention that I'm not happy right now?

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[kaolinfire.livejournal.com]

:sympathies: 5ux0r.

[camwyn]

You might want to pop over to Rose City Software and try out their Registry First Aid program. It's quite good at finding registry references to programs you'd thought you uninstalled, then purging them. Granted, it's shareware and the only way to clean more than 15 irrelevant entries at once is to pay the full price, but I've found that it helps in getting the last tentacles of unwelcome bits of code out of my computers.

[gurath.livejournal.com]

These links tell how to get rid of it, if you are not nervous about manually editing your registry a couple times. I actually removed Xupiter from a client's machine a few weeks ago, but I failed to connect it with "Xuppa" and so did not mention it to you. I note that Xupiter's site contains it's own "uninstall.exe", but I would not trust it as far as I could comfortably spit out a rodent with ebola, as described here: http://boards.cexx.org/spyware/messages/2219.html

These sites offer better tips:

http://allentech.net/parasite/Xupiter.html

http://www.computing.net/windowsme/wwwboard/forum/30251.html

http://boards.cexx.org/spyware/messages/2163.html

[kuangning]

Heh. I was furious and impatient and don't mind reinstalling. :)

[rare.livejournal.com]

Yikes! I hate formatting and reinstalling. Such a long, tedious process to get everything rebuilt. And I always end up losing something -- eMail, notes, or random files. *hug*

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[kuangning]

enh. most everything important to me is on the other hard drive. *hugs.* I'll be a'ight.

[dewhitton.livejournal.com]

You *don't* have to format. Just delete and reinstall Windows. You will have to reinstall all your software as well, but if you reinstall over the existing stuff it will only establish itself in the register and leave all your data intact.

To delete windows, hit F8 a bunch of times until you get the menu, select "Command prompt only", and at the prompt type

deltree windows /s

that will kill the windows insallation. Then reinstall. Format isn't necessary.

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[kuangning]

*nods.* Noted for future reference.

deltree

[grepjava.livejournal.com]

I wonder why there is no deltree command in Win2k

[fearghaill.livejournal.com]

I had to deal with that Xupiter garbage myself last week. searching Google for it tossed back a half dozen or so sites right off the top with instructions on how to be rid of the thing, including where the registry entries can be found. I had already deleted everything else, but the information is still good.

I think the reason I was given no trouble in just deleting the Xupiter junk was because I Ctrl-Alt-Delete force closed the programs before trying anything. I keep a very tight rein on what programs can be running in the background on my laptop. Xupiter was not among the select few.

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[kuangning]

Dougie! *pouncesnuggles.* Log in to AIM if you're around, hon.