Hi,
Several months ago I installed a piece of software called " Deep Freeze 2000 XP ". Soon after installing it, however, I realized that the programme was unsuitable for my purposes and decided to uninstall it. This is where the problem starts: the CD that I had initially used to install the software did not have an uninstall procedure so I searched the Internet
for a solution.The following uninstall procedure was what I eventually ended up using:
1. Disable DeepFreeze with the password using Shift + Double Click on the tray icon or CTRL + ALT + SHIFT + F6
2. Reboot
3. Goto the control panel -> Add/Remove Programs -> Uninstall DeepFreeze
3x. You may want to reboot again, up to you.
4. After you return to desktop, open the RUN command prompt in the start menu
5. type in msconfig
6. Click the Services tab and uncheck the service named DFServ by Hyper Technologies
7. Click Apply/OK
8. Look in C:/Program Files/Hyper Technologies, look for any EXE files in there and remember their names
9. Press CTRL + ALT + DELETE and shut down the system processes that you should have remembered from step 7, there are most likely 2.
10. Go back to C:/Program Files and delete the Hyper Technologies folder
Final Step: Reboot.
If successful, the DeepFreeze icon in the system tray should be gone, and the startup time should be improved.
The above procedure did the job of removing the programme but at the expense of significantly slowing down my computer at Start-Up. Pre -“Deep Freeze” installation Start-Up time was simply a matter of seconds whereas the current Start-Up time takes over 90 seconds!
I’ve carried out all of the following actions in the hope of restoring my system’s original Start-Up time but to no effect:
• Disk Cleanup
• Disk Defragmenter
• Full Virus Scan
My computer uses Windows XP Professional ( Version 2002 ).
Any help or suggestions would be much appreciated.