1. Download Your Update
2. UNinstall
3. Clean Your Hard Drive
4. Install

(1) Download Your Update. . .

Download the latest version from their web page saving it in your
c:\My Download Files folder renaming the downloaded program installer what you want.
Go to the folder and send a shortcut of the new download to your desktop.

(2) Un-Installing

Step A: Shut down all non-essential programs. . .

Quit all other applications, make sure that all non-essential programs (especially virus scanners and screen savers) have been shut down.
The biggest culprit is Anti-Virus software, please disable this before you uninstall and reinstall.  You will have to consult your manual or talk with your Anti-Virus tech support for the proper way to disable it temporarily. Other programs like First Aid, Shell Programs like Norton Navigator, etc. need to be turned off as well.

On desktop double click on My Computer
Double click on Control Panel
Double click on Add/Remove Programs
Scroll down the list to and single click to highlight
             the program you wish to remove
Single click on the BUTTON Add/Remove Start

Then follow the directions given on each pop up screen.
All leading to a complete uninstall.

Some programs have their own UNINSTALLERS and cannot be removed thru the Control Panel.
Go to:
Start | Programs Find the program you wish to remove
Double click to open The Uninstaller

Then follow the directions given on each pop up screen.
All leading to a complete uninstall.

(3) Clean Your Hard Drive. . .

We'll do the two built-in
Window95-98 maintenance programs! However it does not clean everything off your hard disk that should be removed. See Cleaning Your Hard Drive for all the steps to a clean hard drive for your weekly cleaning job. Below is an abbreviated version just to use after un-installation.

Basically it scans the hard disk for errors.

Single Click. . .Start | Select. . .Programs

Select. . .Accessories

Single Click. . .System Tools | Select. . .SCANDISK

Make sure there is or put a dot next to "THOROUGH"
and a check next to "Automatically FIX ERRORS"

Imagine a bag of M&M's on a platter, then you eat all the red ones. I come over and eat all the yellow ones. See all those random empty spaces on the platter, that's what your hard drive looks like if you don't DEFRAG once in a while.  It takes the hard drive longer to find information if it's scattered around like the M&M's. Let's push them all together.

Single Click. . .Start | Select. . .Programs

Select. . .Accessories

Single Click. . .System Tools | Select. . .Disk DEFRAGMENTER

 

On the tiny window that appears, select the hard disk you wish to defrag and

Single Click. . .OK

On the next tiny window, Single Click. . .Start

(4) Install. . .

Quit all other applications, make sure that all non-essential programs (especially virus scanners and screen savers) have been shut down.  If you have any programs running during the install this can and will cause you problems.
The biggest culprit is Anti-Virus software, please disable this before you uninstall and reinstall.  You will have to consult your manual or talk with your Anti-Virus tech support for the proper way to disable it temporarily. Other programs like First Aid, Shell Programs like Norton Navigator, etc. need to be turned off as well.

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