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Sieges
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Posted - 2014.11.13 21:52:49 -
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I need to remove all traces of EVE from a Windows computer I am passing on. Is it possible to remove all reg keys and DLLs from the PC? I know that generally the uninstall scripts don't get everything. I found this link here which helps: http://community.eveonline.com/support/knowledge-base/article.aspx?articleId=60 but it does not discuss removing any reg keys and DLLs, etc that might be scattered out there.
EDIT: I would prefer not to re-install Windows. |
Foxicity
The Scope
Gallente Federation
7
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Posted - 2014.11.13 22:16:33 -
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I'm having trouble believing anyone cares that much about finding out you played EVE.
Just do some keyword searches to find and delete entries in the registry, repeat for hard disk files. |
Grauth Thorner
Vicious Trading Company
223
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Posted - 2014.11.13 22:20:27 -
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Sieges wrote:
EDIT: I would prefer not to re-install Windows.
Could you explain why you don't want to do this? If you have the right stuff (a cd or usb or whatever that has Windows on it and the appropriate key) it takes only a few minutes to press next and fill out a couple of fields like pc-name and accountname, the rest is all a matter of waiting.
Creator of the EVE Custom Ship Labeler application:
>EVE Custom Ship Labeler application forum thread
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Doc Fury
Furious Enterprises
7182
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Posted - 2014.11.13 22:29:00 -
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Grauth Thorner wrote:Sieges wrote:
EDIT: I would prefer not to re-install Windows.
Could you explain why you don't want to do this?
Passing it back to work most likely.
Gÿ+
The accumulated filth of all their sex and murder will foam up about their waists and all the ho's and politicians will look up and shout 'Save us!' and I'll look down, and whisper 'Hodor'.
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Adrie Atticus
Shadows of Rebellion
The Bastion
533
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Posted - 2014.11.13 22:35:49 -
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You cannot uninstall everything used by eve because they are shared resources, like DirectX. Get rid of the files outlined in the article and check if there's anything in regedit under "CCP". |
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Chribba
Otherworld Enterprises
Otherworld Empire
13230
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Posted - 2014.11.13 22:45:09 -
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One simply does not leave New Eden just like that!
/c
GÿàGÿàGÿà Secure 3rd party service GÿàGÿàGÿà
Visit my in-game channel 'Holy Veldspar'
Twitter @Chribba
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Jvpiter
Jovelike
73
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Posted - 2014.11.13 22:47:18 -
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It is quite simple. You destroy your PC, preferably by casting it into a black hole.
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Lister Dax
Intergalactic Trade and Harm
13
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Posted - 2014.11.13 22:48:05 -
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Doc Fury wrote:Grauth Thorner wrote:Sieges wrote:
EDIT: I would prefer not to re-install Windows.
Could you explain why you don't want to do this? Passing it back to work most likely.
I think we have a winner.
Although i'm shocked Doc missed an - 'OOPE -------->'  |
Arla Sarain
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Posted - 2014.11.13 22:51:12 -
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Jvpiter wrote:
It is quite simple. You destroy your PC, preferably by casting it into a black hole.
Black hole -> sleepers -> sleeper caches -> highsec -> miners -> market.
Nope.
Soon everyone will know you played EVE online. |
Gosti Kahanid
GANOR Deep Space Explorers
GANOR INC.
71
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Posted - 2014.11.13 22:52:49 -
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to get rid of registry entry just uninstall eve and then run the CCleaner (google it). This should remove all registry entries which aren-¦t used anymore |
SFM Hobb3s
Wrecking Shots
Black Legion.
229
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Posted - 2014.11.13 22:57:59 -
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Fire. |
Desert Ice78
Gryphons of the Western Wind
422
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Posted - 2014.11.13 23:05:31 -
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A large magnet works well.
I am a pod pilot:
http://dl.eve-files.com/media/corp/DesertIce/POD.jpg
CCP Zulu: Came expecting a discussion about computer monitors, left confused.
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DaReaper
Net 7
1230
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Posted - 2014.11.13 23:09:36 -
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Format c:
done
OMG Comet Mining idea!!! Comet Mining!
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DaReaper
Net 7
1230
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Posted - 2014.11.13 23:11:11 -
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Doc Fury wrote:Grauth Thorner wrote:Sieges wrote:
EDIT: I would prefer not to re-install Windows.
Could you explain why you don't want to do this? Passing it back to work most likely.
except depending on the work they already know.
OMG Comet Mining idea!!! Comet Mining!
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45thtiger 0109
AL3XAND3R.
113
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Posted - 2014.11.13 23:13:48 -
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Give your PC to CCP Or ISD they can deal with it   
**You Have to take the good with the bad
and the bad with the good.
Welcome to EvE OnLiNe**
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Gully Alex Foyle
Black Fox Marauders
Spaceship Bebop
2048
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Posted - 2014.11.13 23:16:05 -
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You'll never get rid of the tear stains on the keyboard.
Make space glamorous!
Is EVE dying or not? Ask the EVE-O Death-o-meter!
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Ralph King-Griffin
Lords.Of.Midnight
The Devil's Warrior Alliance
6808
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Posted - 2014.11.13 23:23:23 -
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You always say that.
"I'm also quite confident that you are laughing
and it's the kind of laugh that gives normal people shivers."
=]I[=
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WASPY69
Hard Knocks Inc.
Irresponsible Use of Capital.
374
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Posted - 2014.11.13 23:26:48 -
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Place funny pictures of cats in random directories. That should distract anyone from noticing traces of internet spaceships.
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Chainsaw Plankton
IDLE GUNS
IDLE EMPIRE
748
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Posted - 2014.11.14 00:05:43 -
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just like smartbombs solve most problems in game, Fire takes care of most out of game problems 
I'll join the chorus asking CCP, don't take my fancy names away from me!
In the name of the Limos, the Malkuth, and the Arbalest, so help me pod
- Mara Rinn
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Abrazzar
Vardaugas Family
5144
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Posted - 2014.11.14 00:20:13 -
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Don't forget to delete boot.ini!
Sovereignty and Population
New Mining Mechanics
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Jvpiter
Jovelike
77
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Posted - 2014.11.14 00:48:15 -
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Kudos to Adria and Gosti for offering some genuine help in a thread even Chribba has decided to troll.
No wonder everyone likes this place.  |
La Rynx
School of Applied Knowledge
Caldari State
108
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Posted - 2014.11.14 08:34:17 -
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format c:
install linux
Forum Main
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Nami Kumamato
School of Applied Knowledge
Caldari State
315
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Posted - 2014.11.14 08:44:59 -
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Sieges wrote:I need to remove all traces of EVE from a Windows computer I am passing on. Is it possible to remove all reg keys and DLLs from the PC? I know that generally the uninstall scripts don't get everything. I found this link here which helps: http://community.eveonline.com/support/knowledge-base/article.aspx?articleId=60 but it does not discuss removing any reg keys and DLLs, etc that might be scattered out there. EDIT: I would prefer not to re-install Windows.
Use the EVE uninstall and pass it back to local.
Trust me they'll reimage it anyway, without the slightest remorse + nobody cares you played EVE + local guys usually don't care + who da fak cares?
Unless...you're sending it back for audit...in which case...."may the odds be ever in your favour"
[i]"And now my ship is oh so cloaked and fit
It never felt so good, I never felt so hid"[/i]
- Ramona McCandless, Untitled
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Elena Morin'staal
Sebiestor Tribe
Minmatar Republic
10
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Posted - 2014.11.14 08:49:18 -
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The simplest way is to run the CCP uninstall, then manually delete the system32 folder. This will ensure there is no trace of anything from Eve left. |
War Kitten
Panda McLegion
5500
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Posted - 2014.11.14 13:18:42 -
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My favorite electronic device adjusting tool should do the trick.
I find that without a good mob to provide one for them, most people would have no mentality at all.
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Caviar Liberta
Moira.
Villore Accords
752
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Posted - 2014.11.14 14:09:24 -
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I format hard drives the same way. |
Serene Repose
1622
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Posted - 2014.11.14 14:26:25 -
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The easiest way to pass on a clean computer is to reformat and reinstall. Anyone who doesn't grasp that either
a.) believes in the computer boogie man, or
b.) I have no b.
I have sworn upon the altar of God eternal hostility toward every form of tyranny over the mind of man.-á
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Frostys Virpio
The Mjolnir Bloc
The Bloc
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Posted - 2014.11.14 15:18:01 -
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Grauth Thorner wrote:Sieges wrote:
EDIT: I would prefer not to re-install Windows.
Could you explain why you don't want to do this? If you have the right stuff (a cd or usb or whatever that has Windows on it and the appropriate key) it takes only a few minutes to press next and fill out a couple of fields like pc-name and accountname, the rest is all a matter of waiting.
He probably only have a C drive and don't want to delete his **** folder... |
Jean Luc Lemmont
Federal Navy Academy
Gallente Federation
258
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Posted - 2014.11.14 17:01:39 -
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You can't. Eve gets into your very soul and you can never be rid of it.
On topic - stop using PCs to do thinngs you shouldn't be doing on them and you won't have this problem in the future.
A bitter vet trying to start anew.
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Phoenix Jones
Isogen 5
862
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Posted - 2014.11.14 18:11:33 -
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You can try using a bowling ball. Roll it into your computer 20 or 30 times and it should remove eve, along with every other component of the computer.
Eve saves files in two locations (3 actually)
The installed folder (your client)
In your documents folder under games/eve. To find this, log into eve, take a screenshot. Find the screenshot.
3rd is a hidden folder in your user profile (Google appdata all one word). Check all user accounts including the default.
After that, some registry keys are left. Use a registry cleaner (powertools macecraft works and ccleaner should also work).
After all of that is done, shred your free space (option available in ccleaner I believe). What that does is overwrite all unallocated and free space on your drives with zeros. This makes it much more difficult to obtain data from the drive (undelete). Not impossible, but pretty much impossible.
Yaay!!!!
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Ima Wreckyou
The Conference Elite
CODE.
473
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Posted - 2014.11.14 18:17:36 -
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install EVE Trinity
the Code ALWAYS wins
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baltec1
Bat Country
Goonswarm Federation
13898
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Posted - 2014.11.14 18:38:33 -
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Ralph King-Griffin wrote:
It has a 100% success rate.
Join Bat Country today and defend the Glorious Socialist Dictatorship
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Sloeb
Republic Military School
Minmatar Republic
2
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Posted - 2014.11.14 18:38:42 -
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http://www.amazon.com/Model-0101-Sledgehammer-Drive-Crusher/dp/B002LS2CWI/ref=sr_1_3?ie=UTF8&qid=1415990175&sr=8-3&keywords=hard+drive+shredder |
Brutus Le'montac
233
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Posted - 2014.11.14 20:11:16 -
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after deleting eve, use a free prgram called Ccleaner, run both the normal clean option, and the register cleaner.
this should delete all invalid/outdated register keys, including eve register keys.
i use this program a lot and it works very well.
just keep in mind to download it] from their own site, (piriform) or you might end up with bloatware.
the free to use version works good enough for this.
Thought is dangerous; lack of thought, deadly!
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Sieges
68
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Posted - 2014.11.16 18:54:45 -
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Doc Fury wrote:Grauth Thorner wrote:Sieges wrote:
EDIT: I would prefer not to re-install Windows.
Could you explain why you don't want to do this? Passing it back to work most likely.
Yes. This! I just reformatted and called it good. |
Unsuccessful At Everything
The Troll Bridge
17654
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Posted - 2014.11.16 19:37:38 -
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Doc Fury wrote:Grauth Thorner wrote:Sieges wrote:
EDIT: I would prefer not to re-install Windows.
Could you explain why you don't want to do this? Passing it back to work most likely.
Confirming that employers tend to frown upon their laptops being used for gaming.
There are plenty of other things they frown on their laptops being used for as well...
Since the cessation of their usefulness is imminent, may I appropriate your belongings?
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Hal Morsh
Exodus Mining Corp
186
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Posted - 2014.11.16 22:25:00 -
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Unsuccessful At Everything wrote:Doc Fury wrote:Grauth Thorner wrote:Sieges wrote:
EDIT: I would prefer not to re-install Windows.
Could you explain why you don't want to do this? Passing it back to work most likely. Confirming that employers tend to frown upon their laptops being used for gaming. There are plenty of other things they frown on their laptops being used for as well...
He could just be protecting himself from some sort of metagaming or another.
I enjoy a good session of mining.
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rofflesausage
State War Academy
Caldari State
196
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Posted - 2014.11.16 22:28:39 -
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revo uninstaller. |
J'Poll
CDG Playgrounds
4828
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Posted - 2014.11.16 22:52:35 -
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Doc Fury wrote:Grauth Thorner wrote:Sieges wrote:
EDIT: I would prefer not to re-install Windows.
Could you explain why you don't want to do this? Passing it back to work most likely.
And that's why you set up a restore point, the moment you get the machine.
Personal channel: Crazy Dutch Guy
Help channel: Help chat - Reloaded
Public roams channels: RvB Ganked / Redemption Road / Spectre Fleet / Bombers bar / The Content Club
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Unsuccessful At Everything
The Troll Bridge
17659
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Posted - 2014.11.16 22:53:31 -
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Hal Morsh wrote:Unsuccessful At Everything wrote:
Confirming that employers tend to frown upon their laptops being used for gaming.
There are plenty of other things they frown on their laptops being used for as well...
He could just be protecting himself from some sort of metagaming or another.
I see you have never met the wrath of the competent IT gods when they find StarCraft on your business laptop that stopped working for some reason that was probably not spilled coffee and/or zergling rush asshattery/rage related.. leading to the loss of a somewhat important presentation that someone didn't backup because reasons.
Since the cessation of their usefulness is imminent, may I appropriate your belongings?
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J'Poll
CDG Playgrounds
4828
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Posted - 2014.11.16 22:54:40 -
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WASPY69 wrote:Place funny pictures of cats in random directories. That should distract anyone from noticing traces of internet spaceships.
**** works well too
Personal channel: Crazy Dutch Guy
Help channel: Help chat - Reloaded
Public roams channels: RvB Ganked / Redemption Road / Spectre Fleet / Bombers bar / The Content Club
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Ursula Thrace
Red Federation
RvB - RED Federation
278
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Posted - 2014.11.16 22:54:44 -
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rofflesausage wrote:revo uninstaller.
i use this at work quite a bit. it removes the program, all program folders, all registry keys...everything. this is what OP is looking for.
eve online original intro
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J'Poll
CDG Playgrounds
4828
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Posted - 2014.11.16 22:58:02 -
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Jean Luc Lemmont wrote:You can't. Eve gets into your very soul and you can never be rid of it.
On topic - stop using PCs to do thinngs you shouldn't be doing on them and you won't have this problem in the future.
This.
If you are that worried, why did you install it in the first place.
Personal channel: Crazy Dutch Guy
Help channel: Help chat - Reloaded
Public roams channels: RvB Ganked / Redemption Road / Spectre Fleet / Bombers bar / The Content Club
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Quihote
Native Freshfood
Minmatar Republic
3
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Posted - 2014.11.16 23:02:29 -
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Download a bunch of ****. The kinkier the better, like some next level Japan sh!t. Make desktop short cuts for the ****, too. Whoever it is that you are passing the laptop to will be so focused on the **** they won't even care about some EVE .dll. |
Unsuccessful At Everything
The Troll Bridge
17660
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Posted - 2014.11.16 23:02:29 -
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J'Poll wrote:Jean Luc Lemmont wrote:You can't. Eve gets into your very soul and you can never be rid of it.
On topic - stop using PCs to do thinngs you shouldn't be doing on them and you won't have this problem in the future. This. If you are that worried, why did you install it in the first place.
When has a little worry ever stopped anyone from doing anything.. outside of the whole 'AFK Cloaking' debate thing?
Since the cessation of their usefulness is imminent, may I appropriate your belongings?
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Sabriz Adoudel
Glorious Revolutionary Armed Forces of Highsec
CODE.
3616
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Posted - 2014.11.17 05:18:35 -
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deltree *.* /u
www.minerbumping.com - Mining accidents are increasing. Get your permit now.
Ganking doesn't need a purpose, the gank is its own purpose.
You don't ask why a plague spreads or a field burns. Don't ask why I gank.
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Zappity
Stay Frosty.
A Band Apart.
1563
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Posted - 2014.11.17 08:44:01 -
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Unsuccessful At Everything wrote:I see you have never met the wrath of the competent IT gods when they find StarCraft on your business laptop that stopped working for some reason that was probably not spilled coffee and/or zergling rush asshattery/rage related.. leading to the loss of a somewhat important presentation that someone didn't backup because reasons.
Hehe, reminds me of the time when I spilled a beer all over my laptop. I ran the line that I am so hard working that I even work while drinking. Which was actually even true now that I think about it. And Dell even covered it under warranty!
Games are against my work's policy but given that Skype, an application I use all the time, is also banned because it is a "file sharing" application I firmly ignore all their edicts on the ground that the fool who wrote them is obviously incompetent. IT remotes in all the time and no-one ever cares that EVE is sitting there proudly at the top of the start menu.
Zappity's Adventures for a taste of lowsec.
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WASPY69
Hard Knocks Inc.
Irresponsible Use of Capital.
377
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Posted - 2014.11.17 11:58:19 -
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Sabriz Adoudel wrote:deltree *.* /u
sudo rm -rf /
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Sieges
68
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Posted - 2014.11.17 17:04:24 -
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Ursula Thrace wrote:rofflesausage wrote:revo uninstaller. i use this at work quite a bit. it removes the program, all program folders, all registry keys...everything. this is what OP is looking for.
Does Revo Uninstaller leave any traces? I ran the reinstall of Windows already so my laptop is clean. But for my future reference, does Revo itself need to be installed? |
Kamahl Daikun
Hounds of War.
Hashashin Cartel
23
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Posted - 2014.11.17 17:11:04 -
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Foxicity wrote:I'm having trouble believing anyone cares that much about finding out you played EVE.
Just do some keyword searches to find and delete entries in the registry, repeat for hard disk files.
Hey Jeff,
As you know, you're up for review as the District Manager. We had an amazing proposal written up to promote you to VP of Sales, earning a modest six-figure salary with company paid vacations and a brand new car. We even bought a few new hookers just for you.
Then, we had IT go through your computer and it turns out you play this internet game named Eve Online. We checked it out and, well, there's nothing good to be said about it. We've given the position to Sarah instead.
You have 24 hours to clean out your desk. |
Leoric Firesword
Dark Fusion Industries
Limitless Redux
91
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Posted - 2014.11.17 22:43:47 -
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Foxicity wrote:I
Then, we had IT go through your computer and it turns out you play this internet game named Eve Online. We checked it out and, well, there's nothing good to be said about it. We've given the position to Sarah instead.
You have 24 hours to clean out your desk.
sounds like Sarah awoxed your ass! |
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