I downloaded an unwanted screen saver. How do I remove it?

Answer 1

To remove the screen saver follow the advice of the first two who responded. The third response telling you to delete all your cookies, history, temp, etc has nothing to do with removing software programs, only your internet usuage. Some of those cookies are useful as are your temp files. When you browse the web cookies are used to log you into websites you have registered for, to log you into your web based e-mail programs too. Your history can go, nothing special about that except a footprint of where you have been browsing, but the temp folders allows quick access to sites you visited before.

Temporary internet files are used to quickly get you back to those sites you visited before when you type the URL in the address bar, OR click on a Favorite or Link. They reside on your computer so you can access them even if you are temporarily off line if you set them to be accessed as off line files. Now, when you put an address in the address bar, or click a favorite or link, your browser checks your temp cache and if it is on your hard drive in the temp folder your browser loads it into the window. Then, while you get a quick access to view, it quickly checks if a newer version is available, and if so it updates it usually wiithout your even noticing the difference. So, your temp files can be very handy.

Sometimes it is good to delete you temp files and cookies, especially if you are getting low on hard disk space or experiancing other stability problems. So, it that is the case open your browser, click on Tools, then select Internet Options. On the General Tab: in IE 6, click delete files, and click delete cookies. in IE 7 click the delete button then choose which ones you wish to delete. If you want to delete all, click delete all.

Now, there is a great little free utility which will help you manage a few areas in your computer. It is super easy to use and configure. It is called CCleaner, which means Crap Cleaner! It really does clean Crap out of a system. This utility has a few great management utilities all users should use on a regular basis. It has a cookie manager so you can decide which cookies you want to keep, the ones which are usefull for your logins and such, and then when you click 'delete cookies' it only deletes ones you don't want, not all of them. It is a great asset to have. It also has a software removal utility, which actually works better than Windows Add/Remove Applet. Applet means a small compuer application in an OS enviroment. It lists far more software than the add/remove applet does, so it offers a better way to manage software on a system. It has a startup program manager, which enables the least experianced user to manage the programs which startup when you boot 'turn on' your system. Often computer manufacturers load systems up with unwanted and unasked for software, trials and such and so they configure a lot of them to start at boot up. slowing down the boot process. Most of those programs are not needed to be started at boot. So, this program will eanble users to remove programs from the startup program without having to use Windows Explorer to track down the different folders these programs are placed in to startup at boot. It also has a disk clean utility which helps users get rid of cluttered disks and free up space on disks by getting rid of all sorts of garbage left behind. it gets rid of temp folders used durng installation processes, browsing internet temp files, empties the recycle bin and basically gets rid of major trash all over the disks. It also has a registry cleanup tool.

Now, the registry is no place for an inexperainced user to be playing around in. However, the registry is where all sorts of garbage is left behind after removing software and changing settings. It gets really cluttered which at best can slow down a system down and at worst cause instability and even crashes. It also leaves behing orphoned files, file extensions, broken links, broken shortcuts, shortcuts which lead nowhere. What is great about this tool is it enables even the most inexperainced user to clean out the registry by themselves. It is totally safe if you backup the registry and this tool makes those backups as easy as two clicks of a mouse. Really!

Now, this tool is super easy to use and super easy to get and it is free, did I already mention that? I used it for one computer for six months, using it weekly or more before installing it on office networks and home networked computer systems. I swear by it and will encourage my ten year old to get it and use it.

Go here: http://www.ccleaner.com

or go here: http://www.cnet.com/downloads

the above address is a software downloads site where you can read hundreds of user reviews of this nifty little utility if you need more knowlege before using it. I strongly encourage all users to check out ALL information received from members of ANY forum, even the Microsoft MVP members newsgroups, so they can be fully informed of all decisons they make. Please read ALL privacy policies before giving out your sensitive information, and NEVER give out sensitive information if the URL is not a secure site. You know it is secure if it has an S after the http. like this: HTTPS://WWW.CNET.C........ect. ALSO, make sure any site you give out personal sensitive information to, even your e-mail adress is a member of a secuity garentee group such as Truste or another like it. You can find out by looking at the site for the signs, and clicking on "Privacy Policy". Any website which doesn't have a privacy policy or their privacy policy is NOT backed up by Truste, the BBConline, or Verisign with a check mark after the name or a icon with a lock, DON'T give out anything OR register.

Now, as a disclaimer here, I want to say I am sorry if I have made an error in your degree of knowlege or your age goup. I am sorry for taking it for granted you are a new and inexperainced user. You see, most individuals who have used a computer for any amount of time know how to go into the add/remove applet and get rid of a software element. Even if they do not know it is called an applet, or that each software program is an "Instance" of the original software code. So, I am proffering an apology just in case you are experianced and are having technical difficulties beyond using the add/remove applet. I do know that sometimes the add/remove applet does not list all installed software, which is one reason I gave you all that information regarding the CCleaner. It does list ALL installed software.

Also, CCleaner does have instructions for use. I found a link to them AFTER installing the program, which I followed and then printed out the six or seven very short pages with screen shots (photos of the program as seeen on a desktop). The programa is extreamly easy to use, just make sure you back up and go into your options to set an automatic window to pop open asking if you want to back up before running the registry cleaner. Click Yes, then a window will open to save, select your My Documents folder and then click Save on the windows Save button. It is as easy as that. After I had several backups which use the date as file names for easy access, I created a folder within My Documents and dragged them into it. Now when asked if I want to save a backup and I click Yes, it opens to that folder in My Documents. Simple and easy without any fuss or muss.

I wish you much luck in ridding your system of that screen saver and a very nice day as well.

Answer 2

if you want to keep the screen saver but not use it right now you can go to the control panel, then appearances, then change screen saver to change to a different screen saver. if you want to delete the screensaver go to add/remove programs and remove it. if you can't find it in add/remove programs you may have to do a system restore to a time before you installed the screen saver

Answer 3

Yes. Control panel-remove programs-Find this specific program and delete it. But also go to control panel-internet and network connections-change connections-and delete all cookies, temp. internet files, and history, then restart pc to be sure everything that came with that screensaver is gone.

Answer 4

I would download or select a new screensaver, then delete the unwanted screensaver, which is probably saved in your My Pictures folder.

Answer 5

click start, click control panel click add/remove programs.
Look for it in the list and delete it