I don't think you can uninstall it cuz it is now built into the OS but you can disable it by going into system services and disable it.

I still have not gotten over my paranoia about M$ from their introduction of Windows Genuine Advantage - they snuck it in with no warning or anything during one of their upgrades. When geeks found...

I have to say that Spybot Search and Destroy is probably the best anti-spyware package. It is free and does a pretty thorough cleaning but I usually run Ad-Aware also because sometimes they catch...

They differ for each OS and each drive manufacturer - you might be able to find what you want here (http://www.driverfiles.net/DVD-Drives/page,level1,ID25.html)

Have you disassembled the keyboard and blown out keyboard. Once you have the board open and the large chunks blownout, then check the membrane for spilled drinks and stuff, trying cleaning that. ...

Are you trying to set up a dual boot system w/both XP and/or Vista? Or are you trying to upgrade from XP to Vista? 2 gigs of ram is bare minimum for Vista - try adding another gig to the mix.

If you have the correct drivers, yes.

You might be able to find what you are looking for in TweakVI (http://www.ec-software.com), I don't know if it has what you want but it is the only tweaker I have found for Vista.

This (http://forum.piriform.com/index.php?showtopic=16497&pid=108162&st=0&#entry108162) thread may give you some ideas on what to look for. They mention something about deleting 'system restore...

Your pc probably already has VISTA installed which is an operating system (it is like pulling teeth to get a new pc with XP installed). What do you want to do with the office package? If you only...

Try this page - it seems to imply that the sp1 version of recdisc.exe is corrupt - Create a recovery disk (http://www.vistax64.com/tutorials/141820-create-recovery-disc.html)

I do not use IE much but look in Tools/Internet options/security - there should be a setting you can fiddle there.

I agree with Scru (how did that happen???) - it is not worth upgrading from XP to Vista. The up-grade can go wrong - and Vista will cost a couple hundred bucks; not all non-MS software will survive...

I think you meant decrypt rather than encrypt - google is your friend; be prepared to let it run a long time.

I don't think we live in the same United States of America:

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A growing number of individuals and organizations are using BitTorrent to distribute their own or licensed material....

Yes, Vista supports VS'05 - I don't think any service packs have been released yet for Vista but there is one for Visual Studio '05. Oddly enough, I believe that the VS pro package includes a Mac...

Bittorrent is a free P2P file-sharing protocol (BitTorrent (http://www.bittorrent.com/)) - it is thought that it is responsible for a significant amount of traffic on the web. You need a client to...