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To: Sidney Reilly who wrote (3803)	5/30/1999 1:54:00 PM
From: mr.mark	Respond to of 110626

hi sr, two things i can suggest. one, when you go to the add/remove dialog, click on the 'windows setup' tab. maybe you can uninstall 98 right there. two, i suggest an uninstaller program in a utility suite like norton. system works uses clean sweep to remove programs. for instance, i have 3 isp's. one is aol. i just removed it last night (i feared that the aol software was corrupt and causing probs). it wasn't removing itself using the windows based add/remove feature, but when i went the norton route, it eliminated every trace of aol. (i then reinstalled aol and it hasn't caused any instability so far.) those are the only suggestions i have, sr. i've never had to remove an os. good luck. i look forward to learning what worked for you. :) mark

To: Sidney Reilly who wrote (3803)	5/30/1999 5:41:00 PM
From: PMS Witch	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 110626

Win98 -- The advertising billboard you pay $100 to see. I faced the same challenge. I resented my screen filled with stuff from companies I wasn't doing business with. One difference though, I didn't mind Explorer. First, make a backup of your system. If you don't, you'll soon wish you had. Next, right click the stuff you don't like and select delete. You'll get rid of most of the annoying stuff like AOL. Other stuff, you can't erase, but you can make an obscure little corner where you never visit to keep it in. Load Tweak-UI from your Win98 CD and use it to rid yourself of some extra persistent icons by converting them to files. Remember, most of the 'junk icons' are shortcuts. You can re-create them if you find you really wanted them after all. Also, run your system a while before 'emptying the recycle bin.' Until you do, retreats are painless. Check the "don't show ever again" boxes when you see one. One last cover-up is viewing your desktop as a web page. You can make this web page appear as you wish because it's a HTML file. Unfortunately, new computers come pre-loaded with lots of crap, but a few nice goodies, included on the CD, aren't loaded at the factory. Check what's available -- you may discover some treasure. Cheers, PW.