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On 19/03/2010 18:39, Dave Korn wrote:
> I would strongly suggest nobody ever follow this reckless approach to
> eliminating BLODAs.
>
>    Always use the service control manager and/or the add/remove programs
> control panel, according to whether you're trying to temporarily disable or
> completely uninstall a suspect package.
>
>    Don't go manually killing processes or hand-editing the registry, or you
> will be left holding the pieces when it all breaks.
>    

Thanks for the warning, but I feel pretty much on my own on whether 
Windows works at all anyway, so I'm happy with that risk. ;-)

Best regards
Jan


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