How to Uninstall ZoneAlarm
ZoneAlarm is good, you want to uninstall it in some cases, however! This article collects several approaches to uninstall ZoneAlarm. To uninstall other more applications, please go to www.perfect-uninstaller.com and download the best uninstall programmes or download it here for the free trial.
Method One: How to Uninstall ZoneAlarm – From Vista
Step 1: Go to start, all programs, scroll down until you find ZoneAlarm click on that then right click on ZoneAlarm uninstall.
Step 2: Click on properties from the menu.
Step 3: Click on COMPATIBILITY tab.
Step 4: Check box for run in compatibility mode, and choose XP, serrvicepack 2.
Step 5: Click OK then get out of there.
Step 6: Hit your windows key and the “r” key at the same time.
Step 7: Run box comes up and type in services.msc then hit OK.
Step 8: Services panel comes up and look for “True Vector Internet Monitor” double click on that.
Step 9: Panel comes up, and in the general tab change the startup type to disabled, click ok then close out of services panel.
Step 10: Open Task manager and under processes end process for all instances of vsmon.exe and leave task manager open.
Step 11: Go back to start, all programs, zonealarm, and click on uninstall zonealarm, it will then come up with a panel that says verifying permission to uninstall zonealarm. This part will take a while, almost 15 minutes for me, during this time task manager might show that zonealarm uninstall is not responding, JUST BE PATIENT. Finally, it will come up with a do you really want to uninstall question. Before you say yes, check processes on task manager to make sure vsmon.exe is NOT running, end it if it is.
Step 12: Finally click yes to uninstall and it should be removed, but you will have to reboot after the uninstall to completely clean.
Method Two: How to Uninstall ZoneAlarm Completely in case normal uninstall can’t be run or doesn’t run properly
Step 1: Right click the ZoneAlarm systray icon and click Restore ZoneAlarm Control Center. Go to Overview > Preferences and uncheck Load ZoneAlarm at startup. Close Control Center, right click the icon again and then click Shutdown ZoneAlarm.
Note: If you’re unable to carry out this step because the icon is missing, you can skip it and proceed with the next steps, but in this case do them all in safe mode!
Step 2: Reboot
Step 3: Go to Start > Programs > ZoneLabs and click Uninstall, or uninstall ZA using Control Panel > Software > Add/Remove Programs. If a security check appears, click Yes and continue the uninstall procedure.
Step 4: Reboot
Step 5: Make sure hidden files and folders are shown. To do so open Windows Explorer. Depending on your OS click Tools or View and then Folder Options > View. Choose Show hidden files and folders, uncheck Hide protected operating system files and click OK.
Step 6: Go to Start > Search > Files and Folders. Make sure the location box is set to search your Local Hard Drive (usually C:\ ) or All Local Drives. Also make sure the Advanced Search Options are set to search subfolders and hidden files. Now copy the entire line below, paste it into the search box and click Search Now.
Zonelabs; “zone labs”; “Internet logs”; vsconfig.xml; vsdata.dll; vsdata95.vxd; vsdatant.sys; vsmon.*; vsmonapi.dll; vsnetutils.dll;vspubapi.dll; zaplus.*; zapro.*; zllictbl.dat; zlparser.dll; zonealarm.exe; zoneband.dll; vsutil.dll; zlclient.*
A list of files and folders belonging to ZoneAlarm will appear in the Search Results pane.
Note: if you’re using McAfee software be sure to check the vsutil.dll if found: right click the file and choose Properties. Verify it belongs to ZoneLabs.
If it does not do not remove it. Now proceed by deleting all ZoneLabs files and folders that were found.
Step 7: Empty the Recycle Bin.
Step 8: Now remove all ZoneLabs keys that may be left in the Windows registry. To do this copy the lines below and paste them into Notepad. Save the file as zabegone.reg, double click it and allow for the registry changes to be made.
REGEDIT4
[-HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\ZAMailSafe]
[-HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Zone Labs]
[-HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Zone Labs]
[-HKEY_USERS\.DEFAULT\Software\Zone Labs]
Step 8: Reboot
ZoneAlarm will now be completely removed from your computer.
Method Three: How to Uninstall ZoneAlarm with Perfect Uninstaller
Step 1: Right click on the Zone Alarm icon in the taskbar, and close the program. Check the Windows system tray carefully to make sure that no applications of the Zone Alarm is still running in memory.
Step 2: Find the directory directly in the hard drive where you locate Zone Alarm software and Right-click the directory to select “Force Uninstall” to start.
Step 3: Click Next and follow the onscreen hints.
How to Uninstall Microsoft Office
There are lots of reasons to uninstall Microsoft Office. I uninstalled my Miccrosoft Office 2003 to install Microsoft Office 2007 a few weeks ago. Lost the original install disk, I found it was difficult to unintall Microsoft Office with Window’s Add/Delete program without the install disk. It was unistalled by Perfect Uninstaller at last.
How to uninstall Microsoft Office with Perfect Uninstaller, then?
Step 1: Download and install Perfect Uninstaller.
Step 2: Check the Windows system tray carefully to make sure that no applications of the Microsoft Office is still running in memory.
Step3: Force Uninstall
— Find the folder directly in the hard drive where you locate Microsoft Office
— Right-click the folder to select “Force Uninstall” to start.
Step4: Click Next and follow the onscreen hints to finish uninstall.
How to uninstall Windows Search4.0
Windows Search4.0 known as Windows Desktop Search is an indexed desktop search platform released by Microsoft for the Windows operating system. However your computer might slow down for this application, and many people found that it is hard to be uninstalled as the users would probably receive a generic warning that certain programs may rely on it and could fail to function if the uninstall is completed.
How do we completely and safely uninstall Windows Search without any complication? Perfect Uninstaller program is the right one that is designed to help you handle this kind of intricate task!
With few easy steps you can remove Windows Search from your computer completely by Perfect Uninstaller program:
Step 1:<1> Quit Windows Search by right clicking its icon in the bottom right of the taskbar, then click “Exit”.
Step 1:<2> Right click taskbar—–toolbar—–click “Windows Search taskbar” to remove the tick.
Step2: Run Perfect Uninstaller.
Step3: Select “Windows Search4.0″ in the list and click the Uninstall to start.
Step4: Follow the on-screen instruction to continue.
Notice: if you received this warning, click “Yes” to continue.
How to Uninstall Adobe
Having problems uninstalling Adobe products from Windows Add/Remove Program? This tutorial will tell you how to make a clean remove of Adobe Acrobat, Dreamweaver, Photoshop and other similar Adobe products using Perfect Uninstaller – a better and easier uninstaller which takes the place of standard Windows Add/Remove Programs.
There are two solutions to uninstall Adobe. We recommend you use solution 1 prior to solution 2 and only when solution 1 fails you can carefully choose solution 2.
Solution 1: Uninstall Adobe with Standard Uninstall function
Step 1: Download and install Perfect Uninstaller.
Step 2: Find the specific Adobe product in the application list and select it.
Step 3: Click Uninstall to open the uninstall wizard. Follow the instructions and click a few Next to complete the uninstall process.
Step 4: Reboot your computer.
Solution 2: Uninstall Adobe with Special Uninstall function
Step 1: Run Perfect Uninstall.
Step 2: Click Special Uninstall to open the application list as below.
Step 3: Select the specific Adobe product in the list and click Next.
Step 4: Follow wizard instructions to complete the next several steps.
Step 5: Restarting your computer is required to complete removal.
How to Remove iTunes
Note: iTunes Store purchases or songs imported from CDs are saved in your My Music folder by default and are not deleted by removing iTunes.
Step 1: Quit iTunes.
Step 2: From the Start menu, click Control Panel.
Step 3: In Control Panel, click Uninstall a program. The Programs and Features control panel opens.
Alternately, in Classic Panel of Control Panel, click Programs and Features.
Step 4: Select iTunes from the list of currently installed programs, then click Uninstall.
Step 5: When asked if you would like to remove iTunes, select Yes.
Step 6: After the uninstallation is complete, do not restart if you are prompted to.
Step 7: If other entries were present for iTunes remove those as well.
Step 8: In Programs and Features, remove any iPod Updater applications that are listed in the same fashion as iTunes was removed.
Step 9: Restart your computer.
Step 10: After the computer restarts, open Local Disk (C:) in Computer or whichever disk programs are installed on.
Step 11: Open the Program Files folder.
Step 12: Right-click the iTunes folder and select Delete and choose Yes when asked to confirm the deletion. Note: This folder may have already been deleted if iTunes was successfully removed in steps 1-7.
Step 13: Right-click the iPod folder and select Delete and choose Yes when asked to confirm the deletion. Click Continue if Windows needs confirmation or permission to continue.
Step 14: Right-click on the Recycle Bin and on the shortcut menu, click Empty Recycle Bin.
Step 15: Restart your computer.
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How to Get into Windows Safe Mode
It is required to boot your PC in safe mode to uninstall some programmes with Perfect Uninstaller. For making the uninstall instructions more detailed, we list the methods to boot your windows in safe mode.
Perfect Uninstaller operating System: Windows 95/98/ME/NT/2000/2003/XP/ Vista.
Instructions to boot your windows in safe mode for Windows 95:
1. From Start, click Shutdown
2. Click Restart The Computer, and then click OK.
3. Press on F8 button when it starts beeping or you see the message “Starting Windows 95“,and then the Windows 95 Startup menu will be shown.
4. In the menu, choose option 3 by pressing the 3 key and press Enter, and then you should start the safe mode.
5. If you fail, please try again. If you fail, please try again. If you fail to do it for many time, turn off your computer. When the computer is turned on the next time Windows should notice that the computer did not successfully boot and give you the Safe Mode screen.
Instructions to boot your windows in safe mode for Windows 98/ME:
1. From Start, click Shutdown
2. Click Restart The Computer, and then click OK.
3. During the process, press on Ctrl button, and then the Windows 98 / ME Startup Menu will be shown.
4. Select Safe Mode in the Startup menu, and press the Enter button.
5. If you fail, please try again. If you fail, please try again. If you fail to do it for many time, turn off your computer. When the computer is turned on the next time Windows should notice that the computer did not successfully boot and give you the Safe Mode screen.
Instructions to boot your windows in safe mode for Windows 2000
1. From Start, click Shutdown
2. Click Restart, and then click OK.
3. During the process, press on F8 button, and then the Windows 2000 Startup Menu will be shown.
4. Select Safe Mode from the Startup menu, and press the Enter button.
5. If you fail, please try again. If you fail to do it for many time, turn off your computer. When the computer is turned on the next time Windows should notice that the computer did not successfully boot and give you the Safe Mode screen.
Instructions to boot your windows in safe mode for Windows XP
1. From Start, click Shutdown
2. Select Restart and click OK.
3. During the process, press on F8 button, and then the Windows XP Startup Menu will be shown.
4. Select Safe Mode in the Startup menu, and press the Enter button.
5. If you fail, please try again. If you fail to do it for many time, turn off your computer. When the computer is turned on the next time Windows should notice that the computer did not successfully boot and give you the Safe Mode screen.
Instructions to boot your windows in safe mode for Windows NT
1. From Start, click Turn off computer.
2. Select Restart.
3. During the process, press on F8 button, and then the Windows NT Startup Menu will be shown.
4. Select Safe Mode from the Startup menu, and press the Enter button on your keyboard.
5. If you fail, please try again. If you fail to do it for many time, turn off your computer. When the computer is turned on the next time Windows should notice that the computer did not successfully boot and give you the Safe Mode screen.
Instructions to boot your windows in safe mode for Windows Vista
1. From Start, click the Arrow to the right of the padlock.
2. Select Restart and click OK.
3. During restart, hold down the F8 key and it will show Windows Advanced Options Menu.
4. Use your arrow keys to move to Safe Mode and press the Enter button.
5. If you fail, please try again. If you fail to do it for many time, turn off your computer. When the computer is turned on the next time Windows should notice that the computer did not successfully boot and give you the Safe Mode screen.
