Uninstall Outhouse Excuse?

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Jim Thompson

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In a moment of mental weakness this afternoon I updated my Win2K to
the latest Service Packs/Security Levels.

In the process Outhouse Excuse was installed.

Anyone know of a way to uninstall it, or at least render it neutered?

Thanks!

...Jim Thompson
--
| James E.Thompson, P.E. | mens |
| Analog Innovations, Inc. | et |
| Analog/Mixed-Signal ASIC's and Discrete Systems | manus |
| Phoenix, Arizona Voice:(480)460-2350 | |
| E-mail Address at Website Fax:(480)460-2142 | Brass Rat |
| http://www.analog-innovations.com | 1962 |

I love to cook with wine. Sometimes I even put it in the food.
 
"Jim Thompson" <Jim-T@golana-will-get-you.com> wrote in message
news:doanmvkkss6qgn2mchnk2s2uru8lq68lkr@4ax.com...
Anyone know of a way to uninstall it, or at least render it neutered?
Click to expand...
Why bother? I can't seriously believe you're strapped on HD space
or something..

Tim

--
In the immortal words of Ned Flanders: "No foot longs!"
Website @ http://webpages.charter.net/dawill/tmoranwms
 
Jim Thompson wrote:
In a moment of mental weakness this afternoon I updated my Win2K to
the latest Service Packs/Security Levels.

In the process Outhouse Excuse was installed.

Anyone know of a way to uninstall it, or at least render it neutered?
Click to expand...
It will be neutered as long as you don't use it and make it the default
email client.
 
Jim Thompson wrote:
In a moment of mental weakness this afternoon I updated my Win2K to
the latest Service Packs/Security Levels.

In the process Outhouse Excuse was installed.

Anyone know of a way to uninstall it, or at least render it neutered?

Thanks!

...Jim Thompson
--
| James E.Thompson, P.E. | mens |
| Analog Innovations, Inc. | et |
| Analog/Mixed-Signal ASIC's and Discrete Systems | manus |
| Phoenix, Arizona Voice:(480)460-2350 | |
| E-mail Address at Website Fax:(480)460-2142 | Brass Rat |
| http://www.analog-innovations.com | 1962 |

I love to cook with wine. Sometimes I even put it in the food.
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You can leave it there, as long as you don't run it. Just make sure a
different program is set as your default E-mnail program.
--


Michael A. Terrell
Central Florida
 
Well if just leaving it there is not good enough and you still cannot bear
the thought of it being there:
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;263837
I am sure there was a tool someone written to do all this but this way
you'll be sure that you've killed it...

Eugene.

"Jim Thompson" <Jim-T@golana-will-get-you.com> wrote in message
news:doanmvkkss6qgn2mchnk2s2uru8lq68lkr@4ax.com...
In a moment of mental weakness this afternoon I updated my Win2K to
the latest Service Packs/Security Levels.

In the process Outhouse Excuse was installed.

Anyone know of a way to uninstall it, or at least render it neutered?

Thanks!

...Jim Thompson
--
| James E.Thompson, P.E. | mens |
| Analog Innovations, Inc. | et |
| Analog/Mixed-Signal ASIC's and Discrete Systems | manus |
| Phoenix, Arizona Voice:(480)460-2350 | |
| E-mail Address at Website Fax:(480)460-2142 | Brass Rat |
| http://www.analog-innovations.com | 1962 |

I love to cook with wine. Sometimes I even put it in the food.
Click to expand...
 
Eugene Rosenzweig wrote:
Well if just leaving it there is not good enough and you still cannot bear
the thought of it being there:
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;263837
I am sure there was a tool someone written to do all this but this way
you'll be sure that you've killed it...

Eugene.
Click to expand...
Ha! Did you see the caveat on that link? You CAN'T get rid of it!

It is so deeply embedded that removing it breaks the OS.

--
Joe Legris
 
Joe Legris wrote:
Ha! Did you see the caveat on that link? You CAN'T get rid of it!

It is so deeply embedded that removing it breaks the OS.
Click to expand...
On Domain Controllers, it says you must reinstall it after removing it.
Apparently you can leave it off if you don't have Active Directory set
up and you don't have Outlook.

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In article <vmnbt477tk2fdf@corp.supernews.com>,
"Tim Williams" <tmoranwms@charter.net> wrote:

"Jim Thompson" <Jim-T@golana-will-get-you.com> wrote in message
news:doanmvkkss6qgn2mchnk2s2uru8lq68lkr@4ax.com...
Anyone know of a way to uninstall it, or at least render it neutered?

Why bother? I can't seriously believe you're strapped on HD space
or something..

Tim

--
In the immortal words of Ned Flanders: "No foot longs!"
Website @ http://webpages.charter.net/dawill/tmoranwms
Click to expand...
Why should anyone want to use up disk space or RAM to keep MicroCrap
software on their computer if they don't want it.

Al

--
There's never enough time to do it right the first time.......
 
I don't know how similar Win2K is to WinXP-Pro, but if they are remotely
similar, you can remove Outlook Express Via the Add/Remove dialog box. It's
not listed under the normal programs section, you need to access the
Add/Remove Windows Components section of it. In that area you will find
Outlook Express and be able to remove it from you system, along with damn
near ANY other Windows software you don't want lurking around your system...

FeMaster


"Jim Thompson" <Jim-T@golana-will-get-you.com> wrote in message
news:doanmvkkss6qgn2mchnk2s2uru8lq68lkr@4ax.com...
In a moment of mental weakness this afternoon I updated my Win2K to
the latest Service Packs/Security Levels.

In the process Outhouse Excuse was installed.

Anyone know of a way to uninstall it, or at least render it neutered?

Thanks!

...Jim Thompson
Click to expand...
 
Al wrote:
In article <vmnbt477tk2fdf@corp.supernews.com>,
"Tim Williams" <tmoranwms@charter.net> wrote:

"Jim Thompson" <Jim-T@golana-will-get-you.com> wrote in message
news:doanmvkkss6qgn2mchnk2s2uru8lq68lkr@4ax.com...
Anyone know of a way to uninstall it, or at least render it neutered?

Why bother? I can't seriously believe you're strapped on HD space
or something..

Tim

--
In the immortal words of Ned Flanders: "No foot longs!"
Website @ http://webpages.charter.net/dawill/tmoranwms



Why should anyone want to use up disk space or RAM to keep MicroCrap
software on their computer if they don't want it.

Al

--
There's never enough time to do it right the first time.......
Click to expand...
RAM? What RAM if its not running?
--


Michael A. Terrell
Central Florida
 
Google for a freebie program called IEradicator - it wipes out Outhouse
too :)

--
Gregg
*It's probably useful, even if it can't be SPICE'd*
http://geek.scorpiorising.ca
 
On Sat, 20 Sep 2003 10:05:25 -0500, "FeMaster" <FeMaster @ hotmail .
com> wrote:

I don't know how similar Win2K is to WinXP-Pro, but if they are remotely
similar, you can remove Outlook Express Via the Add/Remove dialog box. It's
not listed under the normal programs section, you need to access the
Add/Remove Windows Components section of it. In that area you will find
Outlook Express and be able to remove it from you system, along with damn
near ANY other Windows software you don't want lurking around your system...

FeMaster
Click to expand...
I wasn't aware of the "Windows Components" section until David
DiGiacomo pointed it out to me in an E-mail.

But, in usual MShit tradition, removing Outhouse Excuse causes all
kinds of strange hangs :-(

...Jim Thompson
--
| James E.Thompson, P.E. | mens |
| Analog Innovations, Inc. | et |
| Analog/Mixed-Signal ASIC's and Discrete Systems | manus |
| Phoenix, Arizona Voice:(480)460-2350 | |
| E-mail Address at Website Fax:(480)460-2142 | Brass Rat |
| http://www.analog-innovations.com | 1962 |

I love to cook with wine. Sometimes I even put it in the food.
 
"Jim Thompson" <Jim-T@golana-will-get-you.com> wrote in message
news:doanmvkkss6qgn2mchnk2s2uru8lq68lkr@4ax.com...
In a moment of mental weakness this afternoon I updated my Win2K to
the latest Service Packs/Security Levels.

In the process Outhouse Excuse was installed.

Anyone know of a way to uninstall it, or at least render it neutered?

Thanks!
Click to expand...
Oddly, after years of using Eudora and Netscape, I find myself using Outlook
Express, Internet Explorer etc.

Its the simplest thing to use, handles html messages and pictures
seamlessly, and, with a bit of virus protection software, isn't any more
dangerous than running sendmail on your linux system, particularly if you
use a firewall.

Its also free, which I like. Like most MS software, its annoying, hopeless
crap, but its about 2% more cost effective to use than the alternatives.
They design to their market, which is an admirable thing from a business
standpoint (although how engineers can live with themselves after doing it
year after year is beyond me. Must be a corporate culture thing.)

The only reason they get hit so often with viruses/worms is that the huge
installed base makes them a target. Having worked for Apple in the past, I
know that their stuff is just as hopeless internally (actually, maybe more
so), and just as open to viral infection; its just that the 5% installed
base makes them far less attractive to the assholes who write these things.
Linux, being open, is always getting hit, its just not as big news when it
happens.

Regards,
Bob Monsen
 
On Sat, 20 Sep 2003 10:08:36 -0700, Jim Thompson
<Jim-T@golana-will-get-you.com> wrote:

On Sat, 20 Sep 2003 10:05:25 -0500, "FeMaster" <FeMaster @ hotmail .
com> wrote:

I don't know how similar Win2K is to WinXP-Pro, but if they are remotely
similar, you can remove Outlook Express Via the Add/Remove dialog box. It's
not listed under the normal programs section, you need to access the
Add/Remove Windows Components section of it. In that area you will find
Outlook Express and be able to remove it from you system, along with damn
near ANY other Windows software you don't want lurking around your system...

FeMaster



I wasn't aware of the "Windows Components" section until David
DiGiacomo pointed it out to me in an E-mail.

But, in usual MShit tradition, removing Outhouse Excuse causes all
kinds of strange hangs :-(

...Jim Thompson
Click to expand...
Backing my way out of this mistake, it looks like the third hotfix
back creates instabilities, crashing Windows Explorer at the slightest
provocation.

I'm now on SP4 *only*, no hotfixes, and it seems stable... cross your
fingers.

...Jim Thompson
--
| James E.Thompson, P.E. | mens |
| Analog Innovations, Inc. | et |
| Analog/Mixed-Signal ASIC's and Discrete Systems | manus |
| Phoenix, Arizona Voice:(480)460-2350 | |
| E-mail Address at Website Fax:(480)460-2142 | Brass Rat |
| http://www.analog-innovations.com | 1962 |

I love to cook with wine. Sometimes I even put it in the food.
 
Jim,

Backing my way out of this mistake, it looks like the third
hotfix back creates instabilities, crashing Windows Explorer
at the slightest provocation.

I'm now on SP4 *only*, no hotfixes, and it seems stable...
cross your fingers.
Click to expand...
My sysadim recommends SP3 as golden. He has problems with
SP4.

--Mike
 
On 20 Sep 2003 21:25:17 GMT, "Mike Engelhardt" <pmte@concentric.net>
wrote:

Jim,

Backing my way out of this mistake, it looks like the third
hotfix back creates instabilities, crashing Windows Explorer
at the slightest provocation.

I'm now on SP4 *only*, no hotfixes, and it seems stable...
cross your fingers.

My sysadim recommends SP3 as golden. He has problems with
SP4.

--Mike
Click to expand...
Thanks for the input!

...Jim Thompson
--
| James E.Thompson, P.E. | mens |
| Analog Innovations, Inc. | et |
| Analog/Mixed-Signal ASIC's and Discrete Systems | manus |
| Phoenix, Arizona Voice:(480)460-2350 | |
| E-mail Address at Website Fax:(480)460-2142 | Brass Rat |
| http://www.analog-innovations.com | 1962 |

I love to cook with wine. Sometimes I even put it in the food.
 
Mike Engelhardt wrote:
Jim,

Backing my way out of this mistake, it looks like the third
hotfix back creates instabilities, crashing Windows Explorer
at the slightest provocation.

I'm now on SP4 *only*, no hotfixes, and it seems stable...
cross your fingers.

My sysadim recommends SP3 as golden. He has problems with
SP4.
Click to expand...
It has compatibility problems with some apps, Autodesk VIZ 3D Rendering
for one.


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Robert Monsen wrote:
"Jim Thompson" <Jim-T@golana-will-get-you.com> wrote in message
news:doanmvkkss6qgn2mchnk2s2uru8lq68lkr@4ax.com...

In a moment of mental weakness this afternoon I updated my Win2K to
the latest Service Packs/Security Levels.

In the process Outhouse Excuse was installed.

Anyone know of a way to uninstall it, or at least render it neutered?

Thanks!

Oddly, after years of using Eudora and Netscape, I find myself using Outlook
Express, Internet Explorer etc.

Its the simplest thing to use, handles html messages and pictures
seamlessly, and, with a bit of virus protection software, isn't any more
dangerous than running sendmail on your linux system, particularly if you
use a firewall.

Its also free, which I like. Like most MS software, its annoying, hopeless
crap, but its about 2% more cost effective to use than the alternatives.
Click to expand...
Mozilla pisses all over it. http://www.mozilla.org

They design to their market, which is an admirable thing from a business
standpoint (although how engineers can live with themselves after doing it
year after year is beyond me. Must be a corporate culture thing.)
Click to expand...
They design to a market of morons. Over the years, they've forced all their
users to become a bunch of uniformly spec'd point/click/drool morons to be a
perfect fit for their mass-market crap. It's like this: buying windoze is like
buying yourself a soft-drink vending machine. That gives you the wonderful
privilege of paying for software to stock it. You even get the bonus privilege
of paying for virus-checkers and agreeing to be interrogated by the BSA. When
you need to upgrade an app, it only runs on xp. XP means a cascading upgrade.
http://newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=03/09/19/032238
XP gives you the wonderful privilege of M$ telling you if that HDD or mainboard
upgrade is "authorized". By clicking "I AGREE", you are consenting to be well
and truly f****d for all you're worth.
 
On Sat, 20 Sep 2003 19:11:45 UTC, "Robert Monsen"
<postmaster@BulkingPro.com> wrote:

Oddly, after years of using Eudora and Netscape, I find myself using Outlook
Express, Internet Explorer etc.

Its the simplest thing to use, handles html messages and pictures
seamlessly, and, with a bit of virus protection software, isn't any more
dangerous than running sendmail on your linux system, particularly if you
use a firewall.
Click to expand...
Um, this is a sort of religion with folks. Do we really want to debate
the, er, "merits" of MS software vs the alternatives, here in these
particular mix of NGs? If you really do, I'll jump in with both feet
and cite references, but that's not really what we're here for, is it?

Its also free, which I like.
Click to expand...
Gack. Like hell. Measure the doubtless millions of wasted man-hours
trying to keep this stuff running -- oops, there I go.

There is "using the tool", and there is "fighting the tool". The ratio
of one to the other is the true measure of the value of a tool.

--
Regards,
Al S.
 
On Fri, 19 Sep 2003 18:19:44 -0700, Jim Thompson
<Jim-T@golana-will-get-you.com> wrote:

In a moment of mental weakness this afternoon I updated my Win2K to
the latest Service Packs/Security Levels.

[snip]
Click to expand...

The crashing continues... message says "Explorer has committed an
illegal..."

Is there a way to go back from IE6 to IE5?

I have a directory that seems to contain all the necessities for
installing IE5.5

Another strange phenomenon:

I can no longer paste (from other programs) into the message *body* of
Eudora Pro v3.0.5, though I can copy and paste from *within* the body.
Really weird!!

...Jim Thompson
--
| James E.Thompson, P.E. | mens |
| Analog Innovations, Inc. | et |
| Analog/Mixed-Signal ASIC's and Discrete Systems | manus |
| Phoenix, Arizona Voice:(480)460-2350 | |
| E-mail Address at Website Fax:(480)460-2142 | Brass Rat |
| http://www.analog-innovations.com | 1962 |

I love to cook with wine. Sometimes I even put it in the food.
 
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