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hello,
i have a sony vaio with windows vista, would like to know how to uninstall OneNote 2007. i accently clicked on the ballon on the bottom of my screen and it installed and i really dislike this program. ive tried looking for an uninstall icon in the program files from hard drive, but there was none.
any help would be appreciated,
Leonard
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I am not sure why this has become such a hot button issue. I am sorry that my comments have made it worse.
I added the remove instructions at the top f the thread because I thought it would help people. It was done directly from my uninstalling it for a test. Let me repeat the basics of that instruction, since a piece of it seems to have gotten lost:
From Start --> Control Panel --> Programs and Features, find your version of Office in the list of programs. Click the "Change" link at the top of the list. Wait for Office to do the set up. On the list of options, select "Add or Remove Features". Click Continue. Select OneNote from the list. RIght click it and select "Not Availalbe", then click continue again. Your computer will buzz for a while.... When done, OneNote should be removed from your computer.
Please be sure that you have another printer available to that machine so that you get a new default printer once Send to OneNote is gone.
As for the other question: No - OneNote doesn't slow down my machine. I usually have at least one instance of it up and I don't see any slow down at all. In fact, installing it and getting it set up only takes a minute or two on my machines. I would love to know more about what is on your machines that is causing the slow down.
Some of us do care about OneNote problems. Just because I can't live without it doesn't mean you should use it. I am sorry for the problems this thread has caused.
For a self proclaimed hardware and software engineer to misspell 'trouble' is surprising. Also to call others idiots is usually a mark against you and indicates ignorance and intollerance. You assume that those complaining about OneNote are using the same operating systems and copies of Word that you have, and that they haven't kept their installation Cd's. You also assume that, once removed, future updates from Microsoft will not include OneNote with them (hidden among other updates), as several people have already mentioned. So the point is not that it can't be removed, or how difficult or easy it is to do so, but the fact that it is foisted upon customers, without their consent and that many people don't like it, or want it, for whatever their reasons are. Saying things like, "Yeah, there are plenty of idiots who wont take the time and truble to figure it out for themselves." and, "You are a fool if it is!", along with your assumptions and generalisations, make it hard to figure out just who's side you are on here - probably your own!
Hi Phillip,
I see you agree with me, I had NO problems in uninstalling One Note, because I have the DAMM CD of MS OFFICE Student 2007, AND... the CD of MS OFFICE 2000 Professional with their CD keys. Yeah, there are plenty of idiots who wont take the time and truble to figure it out for themselves. It depends on the PC and what Version of Windows you have, to use MS Office 2000 Pro. With some finesse you can get all the features of Office 2000 Pro to work with Windows 7 with its Office Assistant of your choosing... That is NOT All, ONCE you copy these two CDs onto any hard disk drive or partition, YOU can execute it to install it from THERE. The reasoning is simple! MS Office 2000 Pro has the help option to 'Fix and Repair' and that can load from anywhere! BE DAMMED the CD AND the DVD drive, It is acient history to me. Its slow, and it limited to 800 MB and the DVD is limited to 4.7 GB when I can have a hard disk drive taking up its drive letter, EVEN if I leave it connected in its 5¼-inch bay, or not! I do not need it in all eight of my PCs consuming its vauled power either as I can install any 3½-inch hard disk drive in its place. Two of my PCs have a SATA DVD and both are taken out because the BIOS does not recognize the programs to install from them. So I stick to IDE CD/DVD RAM drives.
Microsoft does not care for its users in improving on Windows 7 etc in adding to it or keeping what was good with Windows XP and its compatibility and features. ... In a survey that was scheduled that was for Windows 8, they shut me out because I exposed the truth to them and gave me the $30.00 as if I took this survey. Also the rest od the users as you say are really dense ameobea brained, and do not keep their installer type of programs they buy on a hard disk drive or even in their own network server! Then they scream bloody Mary when they get hacked or something glitches on them as where is their real backup? If you can reload or do a "Clean install" of Windows from your own software, then you are halfway there up to me. One backup or even a recovery partition are lame at best, they are really worthless on a small HDD about 40 GB. YOU need its drive space to safely USE Windows with a decent Page file! Windows XP goes TURBO, really QUICK if the page file is about 20 GB, 40 GB or even 60 GB. But Microsoft "Threw you all overboard" because they limited the page file to 4096 MB PER partition!!! TO get the 20 GB, you need five partitions and at least TWO hard disk drives... Also Microsoft threw you again overboard also limiting each hard disk drive to four Partitions!!! I know this as a fact and I told my brother WHY he fried his 366i e Machines' processor!!! BE-CAUSE, he had 256 MB page file and no margin of free space on drive letter C. The most important thing is Memory space, the DDR jazz and next is the Page File (Windows Workspace!!!) Expand both and then whatch the CPU Meter go WAY dpwn to zero! It is fatal to the processor if its pegs at 100% for more than seven minutes for whatever reason... Some processors do not limit its maximum frequency such as AMD and some Intel processors. Some good ones shut down the PC for five minutes before a restart can occur. One PC that runs on Windows XP that I have has 65 GB page file! and that is sixteen partitions internally plus 1 GB VIDEO RAM. And that is not all in it... To each is his own PC but there is a certain parameters we all have to be aware of and get off the starting line and USE our gray matter to keep you PC running Cool, Straight and Normal like an well oiled piece of equipment. Windows 7 have three good things I need by using it: One is I can resize to expand or shrink any partition live; without losing the contents of any partition. Two; It can have all of its page file with no limitation on its Partition of C or any other internal partition!!! Third; It can access double of the DDR mememory up to how many memory slots that are inside the PC. (XP only see a max of 4GB DDR2 Memory and 7 8GB (4 per slot). Also depending on how good is your power supply, you can add more hardware to it. (PCI(e) cards, USB ports etc)! SKY is my limit, but the power supply is the limiting factor, it cannot be an Energy Star PC! You are a fool if it is! 300 Watts barely cuts the mustard, How efficient is it? Does it have a case cooling fan or not? I had to add or reinstall better ones that were in there from the Factory. You surely do not want the PC in on early retirement to the junk pile! A few happened to me and I scrap what is left!
I do not JUST USE the PC; I test it constantly and improve upon it. I am a software and a hardware engineer as to build my own PC and the HDDs I get from what is out there. My latest improvement is my Dell Optiplex PC. I got it cheap refurbished for $119.99 and now worth ten times that. It is not an 'so empty case' anymore!
Edmond The Hardware and Software engineer!
Thanks Underlingdoesn't work,
If no-one else replies I'll be more than happy with your excellent response. I know many people who swear by Apple and wouldn't use anything else, but I've used Microsoft since the year dot and there are things I don't like about Apple too (I have used them at work). The first one I ever used, a workmate said, 'Use my computer, but just don't delete anything.' I spent my whole lunchtime trying to figure out how to turn it on. There was no visable Power button and I've forgotten how she showed me to do it. I hope a time comes when consumers' wishes are actually considered by manufacturers.
Cheers, Apuharmi.
apuharmi: I couldn't have said it better! Anything to make a dollar at the expense of MS customers. Almost makes one want to go buy an Apple. The only reason I haven't is because others use this and my POV isn't valued since they've all invested too much money in repairing this dog.