How to uninstall Outlook Express, Windows Media Player, Messenger etc

[grofaty]

Hi,
I have installed SecuniaPSI program to check if there are any software in my computer installed that are not secure.

I have found out that there are some Microsoft programs that I have thought they were uninstalled years ago, but there are still installed. See picture - click on link:

http://www.shrani.si/f/s/PW/2HNnCPF/programs.png

How to remove all of this not needed software and from security point of view: security risk programs.

Thanks

 

[Glenn9999]

There's a number of programs that were included as part of the OS. To that end, you'll have to go through Settings/Control Panel/Add or Remove Programs and then Click on "Add/Remove Windows components" and see if you find any of those things there. Other than that, you should find some of it like "Windows Media Player 11" in the regular Add/Remove Programs list for uninstall.

Barring any of that, you'll simply have to patch the libraries and things up to the current level, which is what the Secunia PSI will suggest for those.

It is not possible for anyone to acknowledge truth when their salary depends on them not doing it.

 

[Glenn9999]

FWIW, Messenger and NetMeeting should be removable options in the OS. Windows Media Player libraries are left over on the OS for backward compatibility.

If it helps, here's the list of Windows Media related patches I keep around because Windows Update called for them once upon a time as critical updates or for some other reason, I don't know how much of it you need now (I have no idea), but hopefully it can be of help, too.

I do understand that if you download and install the latest build of Media Player 11 that you'll be fine for patching that.

02/15/2006  12:04 PM           611,592 WindowsMedia10-KB911564-x86-ENU.exe
08/28/2007  07:12 PM           561,568 WindowsMedia11-KB939683-x86-ENU.exe
08/13/2007  04:49 PM           797,088 WindowsMedia6-KB925398-v2-x86-ENU.exe
06/12/2005  01:28 PM           480,008 windowsmedia-kb892312-x86-intl.exe
01/27/2009  02:59 PM           590,088 windowsmedia-kb895181-x86-enu.exe
09/11/2007  11:44 PM           857,152 windowsmedia-kb942423-x86-intl.exe
01/07/2009  12:17 PM         7,717,256 windowsmedia-kb952069-v2-x86-enu.exe
01/27/2009  02:59 PM         2,549,512 windowsmedia10-kb892313-x86-intl.exe
01/27/2009  02:59 PM           628,488 windowsmedia10-kb902344-x86-intl.exe
01/27/2009  02:59 PM           589,648 windowsmedia10-kb922814-x86-intl.exe
01/27/2009  02:59 PM           883,264 windowsmedia10-kb944110-x86-intl.exe
01/27/2009  02:59 PM         2,555,456 windowsmedia10-kb949056-x86-intl.exe
01/27/2009  02:59 PM         1,184,672 windowsmedia11-kb928788-x86-intl.exe
01/10/2008  03:28 PM           641,440 windowsmedia11-kb929399-v2-x86-intl.exe
01/27/2009  02:59 PM           958,800 windowsmedia11-kb929773-x86-intl.exe
01/27/2009  02:59 PM         1,066,912 windowsmedia11-kb932390-x86-intl.exe
01/27/2009  02:59 PM           555,424 windowsmedia11-kb933547-x86-intl.exe
01/27/2009  02:59 PM           581,536 windowsmedia11-kb935551-x86-intl.exe
01/27/2009  02:59 PM           715,168 windowsmedia11-kb935552-x86-intl.exe
01/27/2009  02:59 PM           484,768 windowsmedia11-kb935957-x86-intl.exe
01/27/2009  02:59 PM           574,368 windowsmedia11-kb939209-x86-intl.exe
01/27/2009  02:59 PM           559,680 windowsmedia11-kb944882-x86-intl.exe
01/27/2009  03:49 PM           856,640 windowsmedia11-kb950478-x86-intl.exe
07/22/2008  07:39 AM           618,048 windowsmedia11-kb954154-x86-enu.exe
02/17/2009  09:44 PM         5,810,056 windowsmedia11-kb959772-x86-enu.exe
08/20/2008  04:55 PM           797,248 windowsmedia9-kb954156-x86-enu.exe
09/22/2009  02:17 AM           663,440 windowsmedia9-kb969878-x86-enu.exe
05/18/2010  07:10 PM         1,034,120 windowsmedia9-kb979332-x86-enu.exe
09/22/2009  02:22 AM         1,101,192 windowsxp-sp3-windowsmedia-kb954155-x86-enu.exe
11/16/2009  06:41 PM           587,656 windowsxp-sp3-windowsmedia-kb972187-x86-enu.exe
07/20/2009  08:57 PM        10,020,752 windowsxp-sp3-windowsmedia-kb973540-x86-enu.exe
05/18/2010  07:35 PM         4,409,752 windowsxp-sp3-windowsmedia-kb978695-x86-enu.exe
03/23/2010  04:58 AM         2,312,600 windowsxp-sp3-windowsmedia-kb979402-x86-enu.exe

It is not possible for anyone to acknowledge truth when their salary depends on them not doing it.

 

[linney]

Those programs, some of them anyway, seem pretty old, was your operating system upgraded from Windows 98 years ago?

Are you aware of software like this, if you used it then a reinstall would be necessary.

nLite 1.4.9.1

http://www.softpedia.com/get/System/OS-Enhancements/nLite.shtml

Alternatively if there is no uninstall or removal of Windows Components via the GUI, and if you don't use the programs concerned, then perhaps the Delete key, or renaming the applications folder would suffice? You could even look at the Deny permission via the Security Tab.

 

[grofaty]

linney, no I haven't upgraded from Win-98 this is pure Windows-XP with service pack 3 and THE LATEST WINDOWS UPDATE.

I have removed programs from Control Panel | ... | Windows components but there is only a message that "uninstalling" from Windows components will only remove shortcuts from Start menu. This is not uninstalling by real definition. This is something that makes me worried about security of Windows. Users thinks programs are uninstalled, but actually shortcuts are just removed.

nLite is not the program that I am looking for. nLite is Windows-ISO creating program that you can create a ISO file and then install a Windows from fress. I don't want to reinstall Windows.

I have tried to execute them (I see file paths from Secunia PSI) and all of them can still be executed.

Is there any tool to remove this old programs full of security bugs?

 

[Lemon13]

Edit sysoc.inf in the windows/inf directory, delete the hide statement behind the progs in question, save the file, delete the sysoc.pnf (it´ll be recreated by windows). now, when in add/remove windows components, you should be able to uninstall them.

M. Knorr

MCSE, MCTS, MCSA, CCNA