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December 10, 2008 at 12:53 pm #159935
Freddy
MemberI thought I had removed McAfee completely, no sign of it anywhere. Stumbling across some information I found a McAfee tool (i.e McAfees own tool ;)) that completely removes all McAfee programs and running this and checking the log afterwards there were lots and lots of files, registry entries and even a hidden running service!
The McAfee Consumer Products Removal tool (MCPR.exe) can be found here!
EDIT: Another link with working dl fixed. The PCWorld-link, which links to McAfee stopped working. Evern trying to get the tool directly on McAfee’s website stopped working.
New link works as of now, if it also would stop working just do a search on Google for “MCPR.exe”December 10, 2008 at 2:48 pm #174585Sideburnt
Membertell me ’bout it, i even had a thread on the woes I had killing McAfee, plus I’ve still got a load of McAfee releated files on my drive that I cannot delete as they are being ‘used’
thanks for the link, i’ll be runing this app tonight.December 10, 2008 at 2:50 pm #174572jez
MemberThanks Freddy. I am leaving it on until my free trial runs out then I will be using that tool lol!
December 10, 2008 at 5:42 pm #174583Derek
MemberSince I’m waiting for little Sammy – is there any way to prevent McAfee installation on first start-up?
We have a site-license for McAfee Enterprise which I will be installing anyway…December 10, 2008 at 6:07 pm #174573TheRing
MemberThe mcaffee software is a part of the xp image on the hard drive so unfortunately you cannot start without it.
December 10, 2008 at 6:10 pm #174576scientist
Member[quote1228932528=Freddy]
The McAfee Consumer Products Removal tool (MCPR.exe) can be found here!
[/quote1228932528]That PCWorld link wouldn’t work for me for some reason, here ia a direct link to the tool:
http://service.mcafee.com/FAQDocument.aspx?lc=1033&id=TS100507December 10, 2008 at 6:12 pm #174579Pugrider
MemberBig thanks for the link, I was still getting annoying reminder messages even though I thought I had removed it!
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December 10, 2008 at 7:06 pm #174578techguyone
MemberThe link wouldn’t work for me either, but I don’t have mcafee installed, maybe it checks first before d/loading ?
no matter, the new link works fine.
December 10, 2008 at 8:19 pm #174586JonB
Member..or you could just reinstall XP from scratch from the XP disk, then elect to install just the drivers from the Samsung apps disk.
December 10, 2008 at 9:16 pm #174574Freddy
MemberUpdate: After doing this removal I noticed a significant change in battery life, this was the last modification I did on my system so my guess is that this can be it. Keep a look-out for this and please tell if you notice the same thing.
The download-link first posted stopped working, post edited with new download link that I have checked works.
December 10, 2008 at 9:52 pm #174584Edward
MemberLink works and it certainly finds a lot left behind junk.
December 10, 2008 at 11:43 pm #174582littleguy
Member[quote1228952561=Freddy]
After doing this removal I noticed a significant change in battery life…
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For better or worse?December 10, 2008 at 11:47 pm #174575Freddy
MemberFor the better, much better, see this thread
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After doing this removal I noticed a significant change in battery life…
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For better or worse?
[/quote1228952771]December 14, 2008 at 11:53 am #174581BlackWhizz
MemberWhat a load of cr@p is McAfee. I ran it, and i think i got 50meg more space on my C drive. Thats just fantastic! Also, i got 15 min more on my battery 🙂
January 2, 2009 at 12:09 pm #174577dino
Memberhow would you define ‘significant change’? you think just mcafee or any AV software?
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