Our St Charles and Saint Louis, MO business network and computer customers contact us daily offering the opportunity to field challenging questions. These type of questions provide a moment of discernment as a course-of-action is applied. Questions range from network administration, server repair, or workstation malfunctions.
A common question, for example, is why a program will not uninstall. Sometimes the uninstall applet, located within the Windows XP and Vista control panel, will not uninstall a program. Yes, sometimes Windows XP and Vista cannot manage itself (a bit of sarcasm).
Obviously your network server or business computer is not going to need onsite repair for this type of issue. Usually business employees will pull over our technician with “hey while you are here.” Sometimes programs, for various reasons, are corrupted during the installation or by just normal usage. Professionally written programs are checked by quality assurance to ensure the uninstall scripts work.
Scripts are created to instruct programs how to uninstall should you decide it is no longer needed. Unfortunately, this is not always the case. There is a wonderful program, Revo Uninstaller, that goes above-and-beyond ensuring a successful computer or server repair. The program is packed with extras. It contains utilities to clean temporary files, disable bloatware from starting automatically, and invokes “hunter mode” at your discretion.
Hunter mode is a small agent that runs in the lower-right part of your screen. The agent continuously monitors programs that are installed and records all the changes programs create during the installation. It is like an external uninstall script.
The best part of this program is the cost. It is free. In addition, it is legal to use personally and commercially. Another benefit, for our fellow network and computer nerds, the program can be copied on your USB stick and used independently without the requirement of installation. In other words, the program doesn’t require an uninstall script. Ironic isn’t it? 
